In the "Emerald City" experimental unit of Oswald State Penitentiary, we meet some of the diverse inmates who live within a pecking order of Homeboys, Latinos, Muslims, Irish, Aryans, and Wiseguys. No clear-cut leader emerges -- with the possible exception of Kareem Said, a Muslim author who preaches non-violence and abstinence. Said's arrival doesn't prevent a short-fused Mafia inmate named Dino Ortolani from ticking off just about everybody--a habit that ends up burning him.
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Lee Tergesen, Harold Perrineau, Dean Winters, Eamonn Walker, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno, J.K. Simmons, Kirk Acevedo, Craig muMs Grant, BD Wong, Tom Mardirosian, Christopher Meloni, Scott William Winters