1. Brady

After being linked to more than 100 robberies, Mikel Brady shoots an interstate trooper and later leads a violent prison escape attempt with three accomplices, killing four staff members before being recaptured.

3. Beamon

Rocky Beamon lures a woman into the woods outside Naples, Florida, and drowns her there. Once in prison, he brutally kills two fellow inmates - and vows to kill again.

4. Jenkins

Born into a notorious family, Erica Jenkins goes on a murder spree in Omaha, Nebraska that shocks the nation. Behind bars, she continues her streak of violence, attacking corrections officers and hospitalizing inmates.

5. Gardner

Willing to kill for just $20, Joshua Dewayne Gardner commits his first murder at 24 in Hernando County, Florida. Even behind bars, he can't contain his rage, brutally beating a fellow inmate to death.

6. Wissink

Imprisoned after a botched robbery that ends with the fatal shooting of an innocent man in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Craig Wissink later kills a corrections officer in a brutal attack.

7. Romo

Feared crime boss Ezequiel Romo ruthlessly runs the streets of L.A. - even from behind bars. Leading the Blythe Street gang from his cell, coldly ordering the murders of anyone who stands in his way.

8. Watson

Nearing the end of a lengthy prison sentence, Curtis Ray Watson does the unthinkable: he sexually assaults and murders a prison administrator in West Tennessee State Penitentiary, before escaping and going on a four-day run.

9. Maugaotega

Convicted of 22 felonies, Miti Maugaotega Jr. receives one of the longest prison sentences in Hawaii history. Behind bars, he joins a prison gang and becomes a tornado of death and destruction.

10. Berget

After shooting two people, Rodney Berget kidnaps and sexually assaults a gas station clerk. South Dakota prison struggles to contain him. His final attempt involves the sadistic murder of a corrections officer.