EPISODE

1. The Truth and Nothing But...

In the Season Three premiere, Beecher is still in the hospital after Schillinger and Keller broke his bones, Alvarez is still in solitary for blinding Rivera, Adebisi is back in the kitchen and McManus starts dating a newly arrived CO.

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The prison is renamed Oswald State Correctional Facility Level 4. Governor Devlin makes a deal with Weigart, a pharmaceutical corporation, to cut costs to the state prison medical board. This results in Alvarez, who is suicidal, having his medicine rejected and his not being fed in retaliation for blinding Rivera. Wangler, who dubs himself "Brickz", takes new inmate Malcolm Coyle under his wing. Nappa who suspects he is undercover, decides to have Wangler prove his loyalty to him. Adebisi is released from the psych ward and decides not to fight back.

Clayton Hughes, who is a close friend of Glynn, whose father was killed in the line of action, is hired. Another new CO, Claire Howell, sets her sights on McManus. O'Reily wants to get revenge on Schillinger by causing trouble between Schillinger and the bikers. Richie Hanlon is sent to death row, and Bellinger finds him intriguing. Said meets Scott Ross' sister to try to persuade her to join the lawsuit; during this meeting, he starts to show feelings for her. McManus learns the truth about Metzger and tries to get Beecher to testify about what happened to him. Beecher declines. Keller starts to feel guilty for his part and wants to prove his love to Beecher, so he confesses the truth to McManus. Beecher gets revenge on Metzger.

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