A powerful family navigates the brutal politics of a town where incarceration is the only industry.
Tense and bleak. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Netflix and Paramount+.
The thing to know: strong sex and nudity, more than a TV-MA usually carries. Beyond that, strong violence and frequent strong language.
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In a small Michigan town where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry, the McClusky family are the power brokers between the police, criminals, inmates, prison guards and politicians in a city completely dependent on prisons and the prisoners they contain.
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