24 to Life: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

24 to Life follows eight unexpected individuals as they go through their final 24 hours before they are incarcerated. In each of the four, one-hour episodes, cameras document two seemingly normal people on their final day of freedom as they say their goodbyes and prepare their loved ones for the years they'll be away. The series offers a startling look at the consequences of crime and incarceration, from the devastation their sentences have wrought on their families to the aftermath their victims continue to endure. It's an emotional, unexpected look inside the machinery of the criminal justice system.

Series details

• Title: 24 to Life
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Crime
• Premiere date: 2016-04-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-09-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Lifetime Movies
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 15594
• IMDb ID: tt5208672
• TVDB ID: 310033

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-04-12; final listed air date 2016-04-19; episode order: 4.
• Season 2: premiered 2017-02-15; final listed air date 2017-03-01; episode order: 3.
• Season 3: premiered 2018-10-01; final listed air date 2019-09-23; episode order: 5.

Source and licence

Adapted from 24 to Life on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.