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1. The Routine

In the 'Emerald City' experimental unit of Oswald State Penitentiary, we meet some of the diverse inmates who exist in a pecking order of Gangbangers, Latinos, Muslims, Westies, Aryans and Wiseguys.

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In Oswald Maximum Security Penitentiary ("Oz"), Warden Leo Glynn and Unit Manager Tim McManus preside over "Emerald City," an experimental cell block designed to promote rehabilitation among a select group of inmates. Tobias Beecher, a former lawyer convicted of killing a child while driving under the influence, is sent to Oz and finds it difficult to adjust to prison life. After being roomed with one of the most dangerous inmates, Simon Adebisi, Beecher is "saved" by Aryan inmate Vernon Schillinger - only to find that things go from bad to worse. Muslim Kareem Said arrives and declares that he now runs Oz. Another inmate, Dino Ortolani, makes enemies fast and ends up getting burned alive, in a move perpetrated by longstanding Irish inmate Ryan O'Reily.

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