Oz (1997)
1997 · 6 seasons · Crime, Drama
The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.
Created by Tom Fontana. Starring Lee Tergesen, Harold Perrineau, Dean Winters, Eamonn Walker and Ernie Hudson.
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