Episodes >>> Season 3 >>> 03.12 Penitence

First aired: 13 January 2005

When Mac, a prisoner only two weeks from parole, disappears during a fight in the yard along with another prisoner, his sister contacts the FBI for help. No one can figure out why a member of the Aryan gang would escape with a black prisoner. While Martin and Viv talk to the other prisoners and Jack tries to wade his way through the sister's lies and half-truths where her brother is concerned, Danny focuses on a new prisoner who Mac had been protecting.

Despite the prison warden's insistence that the missing man, James "Mac" MacAvoy, escaped with another inmate during a staged fight, the team reluctantly agrees to investigate him as a potential Missing Person at the urging of Mac's despondent sister, Laura. Laura remains steadfast in her belief that her brother, who had been serving time for manslaughter, is not a runaway as he had not only "found God" but was scheduled to be released on parole in two weeks. The team also questions why Mac, a member of an Aryan prison gang, would plan an escape with a black prisoner.

Guest Appearances:
Rob Brownstein .... Parole Commissioner
Andrew Bryniarski .... Beast
Joseph Cappellitti .... Guard #2
Jeremy Davidson .... James 'Mac' MacAvoy
Greg Fitzpatrick .... Mr, D'Angelo (uncredited)
Dave Florek .... Professor
Jenny Gago .... Warden Hilary Gutierrez
Faye Jackson .... Stephanie D'Angelo
Reggie Jordan .... Guard #1
Damien Leake .... Chaplain
Billy Lush .... Randell Bowen
Dean Norris .... Officer Tim Orley
Cyril O'Reilly .... Kansas Dowel
Anne Ramsay .... Laura MacAvoy
Corey Reynolds .... Damon Ferris