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(suspenseful music)

(ominous music)

(suspenseful music)

- what I got here is a shank, I got it for my protection.

(clamoring)

it's life or death in there, for real.

- You can get your ass beat. - You guys' project is insane.

- Shut the door. - It's so (beep) real.

- Yeah, this jail's really messed up.

There's a lot of problems in this jail.

(tense music)

- I feel like I'm about to snap.

This place sucks, it sucks.

(tense music)

they can violate every possible human right.

- [officer] squat and cough. (coughs)

- it's embarrassing, for sure.

It makes you feel like less than a man.

(tense music)

it's hard.

(tense pulsing music)

(tense pulsing music)

(sigh)

- I'm scared that if I have to stay here for another day,

my mental health is going to suffer.

(yelling)

- I gotta make it home to my family, you know?

- I don't think it's safe, I don't.

(banging)

(ominous humming music)

(birds chirping) (dramatic music)

- welcome to etowah county, alabama, the heart of dixie.

We are a very conservative christian community.

There's a lot of things we don't do on Sunday.

We don't cut grass, we don't hunt.

It's the sabbath day.

We enjoy eating fried chicken

and work six other days of the week.

I am jonathan horton, I'm the new sheriff in town.

I took office January the 14th,

after winning a highly contested election,

and cameras were rolling the whole time.

I, jonathan horton, solemnly swear

that I will support the constitution.

How you guys doing?

Good to meet you, man.

- I don't blame you man.

I wanted to become sheriff so I can make a difference

in the detention center and in the community.

When it comes to the safety and security of the employees

and the running this jail, money is not an issue, period.

The previous sheriff had been here for 12 years.

- Some accuse him of turning the jail

into his personal piggy bank,

pocketing leftover money

from the inmates' food budgets.

- I haven't done anything wrong.

If it's wrong, somebody needs to change the law.

- And I think that he just lost focus of the task at hand.

(upbeat music)

the jail is rated to hold 865 inmates.

Currently, we're at over a thousand.

- [officer] lockdown!

(upbeat music)

- the officer to inmate ratio is one officer to 110 inmates.

(clamoring)

there's no barriers between the inmates

and the correctional officers.

- Code yellow unit 4.

- [officer] you ain't gonna do (beep).

- When I took office, it had been over three years

since the jail had been searched.

So, in my first week of office,

one of the first things I did was we had a shakedown.

I brought a camera crew with me so they could document

just how messed up this place was.

- Get on the ground. - Get on the ground now!

- [officer] flip over, flip over.

- There was a tremendous amount of contraband

that was found, I would say a little over 5,000 pounds.

It varied from weapons to narcotics

the soft contraband and the excess trash.

A whole lot of fishing going on here.

It's like, probably on the bass pro tour.

Razors, synthetic marijuana.

(yelling)

and 212 broken door locks within the jail.

It was a bit overwhelming.

I had expected some problems,

but I never expected it to that magnitude.

This unit alone could have set the whole building

on fire at any minute.

We can't do nothing about yesterday,

but the next time we search the jail,

it's got to be better than this.

As sheriff of etowah county, I am a firm believer

that the buck stops with me, good or bad.

200 locks didn't break overnight.

They broke a long time ago.

After that first shakedown, it opened my eyes

to just how much work it was gonna take

to get this jail back into the shape it needed to be.

- [officer] lockdown!

- We've got a lot of work to do

and a blatant place to start.

I realized that this jail is really broken.

I believe that we need 60 days in

more than any other jail in america.

So, I'm putting seven civilians into the detention center

and we look forward to the skillset and perspective

that each brings to the table to help clean our jail up.

- [ashley] I'm ashley, being a police officer

is a rollercoaster of emotions, but you will not

see me shed a tear on this show, I promise.

- [dennis] I'm dennis, I definitely grew up in the hood,

but in college, I was a quarterback and I was

a football star, so while I'm in there,

I'm not gonna tolerate any disrespect.

- [alex] I'm alex, I'm a political science major.

Growing up, I had a pretty easy childhood,

but I want to show my parents that I can get through

60 days in jail without needing their help.

- [jennifer] my name is jennifer.

I'm a born-again christian and a god-fearing woman.

Being a christian woman, I'm expecting

to go in and change lives.

- [jacob] my name is jacob.

I'm a corrections officer for the state of pennsylvania.

To have to congregate with other inmates,

it's going to be difficult for me.

- [shanese] my name is shanese, I am an educator.

I work with at-risk youth.

They tell me I'm crazy,

but you have to have a little bit of crazy

to work in that atmosphere and be successful.

- [matt] my name is matt.

Fresh outta high school, I joined the marine corps.

I love the show, I watch the show every season.

If history has shown us anything,

being a marine will play to my advantage.

- [jonathan] the participants will see

where drugs and contraband are coming in.

- [jonathan] identify problems we would have never seen.

(laughing)

- [jonathan] but, it's going to be a very difficult task.

(ominous music)

- [inmate] let me out!

(ominous music)

(dramatic strings music)

(suspenseful thumping music)

- I don't think these participants are ready

for what they're about to face.

I believe that this jail is going to be

a lot tougher than any of the past seasons.

And that's why we need to meet with them

and make sure they're prepared.

- Alex. - Matt.

- Nice to meet you, man.

- No, no, I won't quit once I start something.

- I hear ya.

Yeah, it's hitting me right now,

but I think once I'm in there,

it'll be like a relief.

You know what I mean?

- What's going on, man?

- Alex. - Nice to meet you.

- Dennis, nice to meet you.

Matt. - Matt?

- Yeah. - Nice to meet you guys.

- Nervous?

- Ah, yeah.

- Sup, bro? - Sup, man, I'm matt.

- I'm jacob, nice to meet you.

- Jacob, what's up, boss? - What's your name?

- Dennis. - Dennis.

- I'm alex. - Alex.

- Yeah, nice to meet you, man.

- All right, cool, nice.

(mellow music)

- how you guys doing this afternoon?

- [all] it's good, good.

- Doing great, to introduce myself, I'm jonathan horton.

I'm the sheriff of etowah county, alabama.

This is my first term, I'm a new sheriff.

I would like to introduce to you my team.

To my right is the assistant chief of corrections,

mark bullock.

To my left is chief of corrections, keith peek.

Chief peek is chief of corrections.

He's the top of the food chain when it comes to the jail.

No one knows the jail as well as chief peek.

In relationship to this program,

chief peek will be the point person with the participants.

Let's start with you guys and I'll start here in the front.

You wanna introduce yourself and where you're from?

- My name is matt, from tacoma, washington, seattle area.

I was in the marine corps, decided to do this to see

if my opinion's right on jail, or if it's wrong.

- So, what do you think of the criminal justice system

right now?

- Being a criminal is not my world,

criminal justice system is not my world.

I wanna go out and help veterans who've been through this,

and I can't help them if I don't know

what they went through.

- And what's your story?

Why were you arrested? - I got a d.U.I.

- We're now talking inmate talk.

- I got a d.U.I. - D.U.I.

Where'd you get caught at?

- Up in hunstville, at redstone.

- Yeah, okay.

Appreciate it, thank you.

- So, I think all the marines

that have been on the show have been successful.

- You want to come up?

- Matt and nate are both combat veterans.

I don't think I'm up to their level

because I just didn't have that kind of deployment,

but I'm up to their level as far as I'm a marine,

I understand the routine.

- Hi, my name's jacob.

I'm 45 minutes south of pittsburgh, pennsylvania.

- And then what's your story?

- I got arrested for embezzlement.

- Embezzlement, okay.

Now, in real life, you work in the state penitentiary or--

- I been at the state penitentiary now

for three and a half years, and then before,

I was there for about two and a half, three years.

Then, I did 500 hours of overtime last year,

on top of my normal schedule, and--

- sound like you work at etowah county.

(laughing)

- well, thank you. - No problem.

- We wish you a lot of luck. - Thank you.

- My name is alex, I'm 24, from atlanta, georgia.

I'm in my senior year studying political science.

I'm kinda at a point in my life where I'm not exactly sure

which path I wanna take, what exactly

I wanna do with my life.

So, I'm hoping this will help me grow up,

and I'll be able to get through this

without the help of mom and dad, for once, so.

- So, if you were in jail right now,

what were you arrested for, alex?

- I was on my way to panama city beach

after finishing my finals,

and we were picking up a friend in birmingham.

Cop pulls us over, finds two ounces of cocaine.

Nobody claims the cocaine, so we all get arrested

and sent to different jails.

- Were you driving or just a passenger?

- I was a passenger.

- [chief] now, are you nervous right now?

- A little bit.

- You're about to pull your fingers off,

and they're shaking like crazy.

So, why are you nervous?

- Why am I nervous? - What's making you nervous

right now with just us?

- Just talking, honestly, to you guys

right now is a little bit--

- so, how you gonna do with a bunch of inmates?

So, we've got a nice space.

An inmate is gonna be like this up on you, talking to you.

- Yeah. - See the difference?

- Mm-hm.

- So if you're nervous now with us,

- right.

These guys will see that, they will eat you alive.

- Okay.

- You need to work on that. - Right.

- Go to your hotel room or wherever you're staying,

stand in front of a mirror, and tell your story.

- Yeah. - We've got homework tonight.

- All right thanks, alex.

Your name again? - Dennis.

- [jonathan] dennis, okay, dennis.

- Nice to meet you. - Dennis.

- What's your inmate story?

I mean, what are you doing in jail?

- I don't really feel like talking about that right now.

- Okay. - What you in for?

- I'm good, I'm not in jail, I'm running the jail.

- You know, you're a little cocky, okay.

You ever been in jail before, really?

- No, never.

- So, this is a new experience for you, okay?

You're kinda pretty.

You're going to go in a place with a bunch of rednecks.

With that attitude right there,

they're going to eat you alive.

- I think chief peek is threatened by me,

intimidated by me.

That to me, that's not a tough person.

That's a weak person, that's a soft person.

That's a person I'd beat up, you know,

if I'm allowed to, if I could fight 'em.

Peek come off to me as one of those type of guys, you know?

This is jail, but I'm gonna get my respect.

- You gotta relax a little bit.

You gotta let lose, you know?

- You got my back, I got yours.

- Thank you, sir.

- Good to meet you. - Nice to meet you.

- Good luck to you. - Thank you.

- [horton] so, once you get in these units,

there's a couple of signals that we're gonna give you,

one verbal and one physical, to ask for help.

The non-verbal is to take your right hand

and put it upon your chest.

We'll call it the pledge of allegiance,

or I've got heartburn.

This is your signal of I need help.

The verbal would be, it sure is crowded in this pod.

It sure is crowded in this pod.

In etowah county, we have a large population

that generates a lot of violence within the jail.

So, I've asked my associates, chief john bryant

- how's it going guys?

- [jacob] how you doing?

And detective jason higgins to come

and help us in training today in teaching self-defense.

- Hands up!

It's an aggressive, assertive movement.

That's what you got to do.

- These guys are both masters of self-defense,

certified in ppct, which is pressure point control tactics.

In a fight, a minute can seem like an eternity.

Nice!

All right, let's do the duck out.

Come on up and grab me, right.

But I'm simply just gonna duck out.

All right, good, now you try it, you choke him.

No, no, no, no, no, do it again.

- Ready? I'm gonna choke you.

- Oh you're gonna-- (laughing)

- no, no, no, no, no.

- I was not impressed with my performance in training.

- [bryant] right down.

- It still feels so awkward.

I don't know what it was, I just couldn't duck.

But I played plenty of dodge ball in my life.

- [dennis] come on, alex.

- Dennis was like, I guess he could tell

I was discouraged, so he tried to help me out.

- Duck, like, duck.

I had to encourage him, I just kinda took him to the side

and let him practice on me, you know what I'm saying?

I don't want you to feel like you can't protect yourself.

You can.

- [jacob] let's go alex, do it, man.

- Get away from me.

- [bryant] do it again, this time, put some ass into it.

- All right, (beep).

- I hope none of you guys end up having to defend yourself,

but it is a very real possibility.

All right? All right.

Good luck to you, sir.

- [jonathan] the etowah county jail is in a dire situation.

- Good luck.

We do not feel that we have time to waste.

- We feel that we need to get participants embedded in

the jail as soon as possible.

- [dennis] good job, guys.

- So, we're gonna do things different this season.

I'm going to arrest people straight out of training.

We've had a long day of training.

All of you seemed to have done well.

Now, I will tell you this, we have made a decision

that one of you is going to jail today.

(dramatic music)

so, we've had a long day of training.

All of you seemed to have done well.

Now, I will tell you this, we have made a decision

that one of you is going to jail today.

And that person's going to be the one that we feel is the

most ready, and right now, we feel like that's you, matt.

- (beep) I got a few things that I need

to handle with my wife first.

- You can take care of that before you go.

- All right. - All right.

- [jonathan] we want matt to go in first.

- [matt] all right sir.

- [jonathan] we feel like his former military training

gives him a little bit of an edge.

In the past, marines have done well in the program.

We feel that he's the toughest for the position.

(beep)

(exhale)

(dramatic music)

(exhale)

- I didn't expect it, I didn't.

When he was like, "somebody's going in today,"

my stomach dropped immediately.

- [matt's wife] hello?

- Hey, I'm gonna go in right now.

- [matt's wife] no, you're not.

- I really...

- [matt's wife] huh?

(beep)

(matt sighing)

- [matt's wife] are you okay?

- Yeah, just I'm (beep) nervous.

- [matt's wife] you got this.

- Just like two or three days, I'll probably get ahold of you.

- [matt's wife] oh, man.

All right, well, I love you, be safe.

You got this. You can do it.

- All right, I love you both.

- [matt's wife] all right, we love you too.

- All right, bye.

Not in a million years would I ever have thought

I was gonna be on "60 days in", at all.

In 2011, I joined the marine corps.

I was active duty for four years.

Been to afghanistan, one tour.

Got married shortly after that.

And I now have a three-year-old daughter.

I'd like to say I have the perfect life.

I love my family, I like to be around them.

Those are my best friends.

I'm very strong-minded.

Once I make my mind up on something, I'm gonna do it.

I'm competing to prove to myself that any situation

that arises in my life, I can handle it.

If I can handle the marine corps,

I can handle going to jail.

All right, let's just do it.

(dramatic music)

now that I'm getting ready to go in,

I need to remember why I'm here, why I'm doing this

because this is a whole new world.

What is the city called?

Gladson? Gadsen?

- Okay.

- I don't even know.

- Yeah.

- So, walk right this way, come on, please, sir.

- [matt] walking towards the arrest vehicle,

I felt excitement, fear, nervousness.

(dramatic music)

(handcuffs clanking)

when I got handcuffs put on me, I felt like

there's no turning back at that point.

(engine revving)

I've accepted the mission,

and I have to perform and complete it.

(dramatic music)

- now that matt's on his way to the facility,

it's time to refocus and make sure the females are trained

and ready for the challenges that lay ahead of them.

- How are you? - Great, how are you?

- Shanese. - Good to meet you.

- You, as well.

- Hi, how are you?

- I'm jennifer.

- Are we the team?

- Yes. - We're the team?

- Well-- - yes.

- We're the team, yes. -Oh my gosh.

- Shanese, give me a hug, girl.

What's your name? - Ashley.

- Good to meet you, how you feeling?

- I'm good, I've just been kind of waiting to meet you guys.

I take this program extremely seriously.

Anticipation is killing me.

I just hope I get put with a group of like-minded people

whose goal is to help the sheriff

and to make this world a better place.

This is so nice to finally meet you guys.

- I kinda have chill bumps right now

'cause this is like-- - yeah.

- This feels good.

(suspenseful music)

- good morning, I'm sheriff jonathan horton.

This is my chief of corrections, keith peek,

assistant chief of corrections, mark bullock.

You're going to the etowah county jail.

It's one of the largest county jails in the state.

So that you can get an understanding

of some of the things you may encounter,

I'm gonna turn it to chief of corrections, keith peek.

- Y'all got all prettied up today, you put your makeup on.

These are things you're not gonna be able to do.

It's not gonna be a walk in the park.

It's not gonna be easy, "hey, I'm on tv."

we have 10 units in our jail, one unit is for females.

- Wow.

- So, knowing that, you're gonna be in there

with anybody from a traffic ticket to capital murder.

- Mmm.

- You know the women, to be honest with you,

are a lot nastier than the men are.

A lot more conniving, manipulative,

and just as violent or vile.

- We actually have more fights inside the women's unit

than we do anywhere in the facility.

- Interesting.

- So, we'll start on this end, we're gonna give each one

of you an opportunity and introduce yourself.

- Hi, I'm ashley, nice to meet you.

I'm 29 years old, I'm from texas.

I'm full-time army national guard.

For my own safety, I do not want

any of the other participants to know

that my actual career is that I'm a police officer.

That's pretty much me in a nutshell.

Because there have been previous leaks

in the show by the participants.

I'll be telling everyone outside of the sheriff

and the production staff that I am full-time national guard.

- Being in the military and having the kind of training that

I have, I have a very clear mission, I want to help you.

I really do want to help you and find out as much as I can.

- Y'all have got a mindset where you want to go in jail

to see what's going on, that's not normal.

You know, they see you going out a lot for interviews

and stuff like that, you're gonna be labeled as a snitch.

Snitches get stitches, so how long it takes them

to label you as a snitch, that's up to y'all.

You've got to be cautious of what you do, you know?

These people do this for a living.

They don't do it to be on tv and to be a movie star.

- Well, thank you, ashley. - All right.

- Hello, I'm shanese.

- Shanese? - Shanese, you got it.

I work with at-risk youth.

One of the reasons I'm interested in doing this,

a lot of my kids have been to jail,

a lot of their parents have been in jail,

or are in jail, or in prison.

I try tot reach them in unique ways,

and I think this is a very unique way to try to reach them.

- So, you're a little nervous and all that kind of stuff.

- I am, I mean, I really, I feel stupid.

I feel crazy. - But I love it.

'cause you ain't pulled at your hands.

You hadn't done anything, so.

- It's all in my head, my head's just going like--

- you ever had trouble with law enforcement?

- Yes and no.

I'll tell you this, before going into education,

I wasn't a fan, but they've helped me out a lot.

I mean, working in an alternative school,

there's fights, there's guns, there's all of that,

and they protect me.

So I have no problem with law enforcement.

- Good luck, shanese. - Thank you.

- Last but not least.

- [peek] she's been taking a lot of deep breaths over there.

- I have.

I'm jennifer.

- [keith] keith,

- [jennifer] nice to meet you. - [keith] nice to meet you.

- And how old are you, jennifer?

- I'm 41, I'm a minister in my church.

When I was young, I was a very rebellious teen.

I was a runaway, I was an alcoholic,

I was an underaged stripper at the age of 14.

I had a son very young.

By the time I had my son, I kind of changed my life around.

Now I'm a grandmother, my son will be 25.

My whole motto is if I can change someone's mind,

their way of thinking,

then their actions are automatically gonna follow.

So, not only do I live that, but I see it work.

- And you actually have good body language,

as far as how you talk, how you tell your story,

which I think is because you have a past of...

- Maybe.

Dealing with that type of stuff.

- You have any tattoos? - No.

- You'll have the opportunity to get some.

(laughing) - no, thank you.

I'm gonna pass, I'm gonna pass.

- Here's the thing, okay?

The numbers are stacked against you.

You're from out of town, you don't know anybody,

you don't have friends, they do.

Remember that.

So, are y'all scared?

- Hell, yeah.

(dramatic music)

(percussive music)

- [matt] so when I woke up for training today,

I was like, "all right, I'm a little bit tired."

and then you guys dropped that bomb on me,

told me I'm going in,

and my whole fatigue kinda turned

into like an adrenaline rush.

(yelling)

stepping out of the arrest car, you feel anxious.

You feel worried, you feel lost.

One guy was on suicide watch.

That set in the reality and I was like,

"man, this is so real."

(banging)

(beep)

- [officer] take a seat right in that chair right there.

- And then once I walked through the actual jail door,

and I sat at that table, I'm trying to sit there

and remember my cover story,

and remember everything I have to remember.

But the only thing I could think about are my surroundings.

I was just like, "I sacrificed everything

"back home to do this?"

like, what was I thinking?

- [officer] right here, gentlemen.

- Like, I'm not as mentally strong as I thought I was.

Because I thought I had it figured out, and I don't.

(suspenseful music)

- so, are y'all scared?

- Hell, yeah.

Being an educator for at-risk youth,

at any moment, the kids can bring in a gun, a knife,

or whatever, and you know, a lot of times, I am scared.

But in training, (beep) got real.

It got real, it got so real.

- I mean, I been here for 19 years, I get scared.

- With that being said, we've decided

to arrest one of you and place you in the jail right now.

(suspenseful music)

we've decided that person is ashley.

We feel that you're ready. - All right, I knew it.

- You ready to go to jail? - [ashley] yep.

This is the best way to do it.

Now I don't gotta think about it anymore.

All right, can I wash my face?

- Yeah, you can wash your face.

- Okay. - [jonathan] yep.

- We want ashley to go in first

because we believe being as police officer

will give her that edge that she needs to be successful.

- Goodbye, ladies. - Bye.

(exhales and sighs)

- you okay?

- Yeah, I was holding my breath.

I'm surprised I'm breathing.

- All right.

Ouch.

I'm kind of glad that it is me

because the anticipation is murder.

So, get in, get it over with.

- [ashley] okay

- [ashley] do my job, do the best I can, get out.

Those are my goals.

It's game time.

- [horton] you look different.

- [peek] you look a little more inmate-ready.

- So, we wish you a lot of luck, - [ashley] thank you.

And we believe you'll do fine, so...

- Anything I can do to help.

I have been in the national guard for over 11 years.

I love my country.

As a police officer, I have a lot of respect

for corrections officers.

My motivation for wanting to do this

is the very rare opportunity to strengthen

my investigation skills by engulfing myself in the element.

I'm a police officer, I'm in the military, I'm a student.

I am quite overwhelmed with everything in my life,

but I have no doubt that I'll make it the full 60 days.

Let's get me in, let me learn.

Let me help, I'm ready.

(dramatic music)

- [officer] calm down, when I take these cuffs off,

your hand goes on top of your head, do you understand?

- [ashley] when I came into booking, oh gosh,

it was probably the most surreal moment of my life.

(banging)

I'm just thinking, "wow, this is a very

"different experience for me."

(yelling)

I'm used to taking people to jail,

and now I'm in there with them.

- You'll turn around, put your hands against the wall.

- I have done better pat-downs on the side of the road

than I was given entering a correctional facility.

She didn't search the inside of my bra.

She didn't check in between my legs properly.

Nobody checked my mouth.

That was scary to me because I definitely

could have snuck in a lot of drugs.

- [officer] go to that room that has chains on it.

- I don't want it too tight anyway.

- [ashley] thank you.

- I didn't even get a towel to wash my ass.

- Nobody watched me take my clothes off.

I got to take my clothes off privately.

I could have kept my bra, the only reason I took it off

is because I knew that it was contraband,

and I'm not trying to rock the boat.

I was not asked to squat.

- All right ladies, let's go.

- [ashley] but it's actually reminded me of why I'm doing it,

to help out the community as a whole.

(dramatic percussive music)

(door closing)

(indistinct converstionn)

- [ashley] sorry.

(suspenseful music)

- [ashley] I tried to keep like stone-faced, but--

- [ashley] that was like probably the most vulnerable

moment of my life.

- I feel like an inmate.

I feel like a real inmate, and that's scary.

(inmates yelling and laughing)

(dramatic music)

(suspenseful music)

- [matt] in other seasons, intake looked very quick.

I thought you know, you go in there, get your cuffs,

here's your (beep), put it on, go to your cell.

When I went through it, nine hours,

waiting to be told you're going to this room.

You know, like a kit-kat when you break it in half?

That's my mind right now.

The stuff they gave me told me it was fresh.

Jeans that have never been washed,

a shirt that has never been washed, the mattress,

I wouldn't even call it a (beep) mattress.

A piece of cotton with the rubber over it.

And all of a sudden, it's a whole other game.

- [officer] pay attention.

(inmates yelling)

- [matt] walking into the pod for the first time,

it was a very surreal feeling

at three o'clock in the morning,

haven't slept all day, to just see.

It literally looks like a zoo.

People walk around, all the animals come out to get fed,

that's really what it looked like.

That's really how it felt, like a zoo.

And because the doors don't lock,

they don't go to bed even at night time.

- [inmate] go ahead, boy.

You know you scared, boy.

(inmates laughing)

- [officer] 449 right there.

- [inmate] you kickin' it with me, baby!

- [inmate] (beep) the police!

(radio chatter)

(dramatic music)

- you watch the show, and it looks completely different

than when you're in here.

In the back of my head, I was like,

"you should have just stayed a fan.

"honestly, you should have just stayed a fan."

and I don't care what anybody says.

If you've never been to jail, you have no idea.

(door closing)

(suspenseful music)

- I didn't sleep too well last night.

A lot of anxiety.

- Right now, I'm still very nervous.

I think anybody that's going to jail

that's never actually done jail time is gonna be nervous.

But, you know, I walk into this type

of environment everyday.

- Hey, baby girl, are you daddy's girl?

- I'm a family man.

I have a wife and three children.

- [jacob's wife] ahh.

- [jacob] I got into corrections mainly to

make better money for my family.

Working in corrections, you have to have a thick skin.

There's danger everyday,

and you pretty much become accustomed to the environment.

I gotta go, can I have big hugs one more time?

I believe that being a c.O. Could be an advantage.

Are you daddy's girl?

- Yeah.

- But I also believe that it could be

a disadvantage, as well, because I know inmates,

I know what they do, I know what they're in involved in.

And, it's horrible.

- [jacob] I love you. - I love you too.

- Bye, puppy.

But failing is not an option.

For me to tap out, it's gonna take a shank to the body.

I have never left home before.

- [producer] really?

- [jacob] nope.

- [producer] this will be an experience.

- [jacob] yeah.

- [jacob] okay.

- Sounds... Sounds great.

(jacob laughing)

- [jacob] all right, fellas.

- How's it going, jacob?

- [jacob] I'm doing okay, how are you?

- Ready to do this thing?

- [jacob] yep, I am.

- I have high expectations, not to put stress on you,

knowing what you do for a living in the real world.

You got you cover story,

- yep.

Pretty good and down.

So, anything you wanna say before we begin this mission?

- The only thing I can think of is...

Let's get it going, I'm tired of waiting.

- Good luck, jacob.

- All right, thank you.

- Gonna have you step right over here to the arrest team.

(dramatic music)

jacob, he's got to be able to separate

being an officer versus an inmate.

And if he can't accept that role reversal,

he's gonna fail.

- For me to be successful,

I'm going to have to stick to my cover story,

and I'm going to have to become inmate jacob miller.

(suspenseful music)

(yelling)

- [jacob] walking up in there, I do have this feeling

that this jail may be worse than the other seasons.

(inmate screaming)

(yelling in the distance)

- [jacob] even though I have an idea of what goes on

inside these places, now I'm gonna be on the other side.

- [inmate] he in there?

- And that worries me because inmates are very smart.

They shout, say, and do certain things

to try to mock you, make fun of you, to bully you

because they're trying to spin you up.

- [inmate] oh yeah.

(inmates chattering)

(banging) (beep)

- [jacob] being alone inside this jail,

it's really the only thing that I'm terrified of.

(inmate screaming)

- [officer] what do you think jerry?

- [jacob] I think this is going to be

a lot harder than I thought.

(dramatic music)

(suspenseful music)

- just replaying my story in my head.

I gotta live a different life, so I'm ready.

My hands a little sweaty, but it's all good.

I feel like, this ride feel like my uconn...

Ready to head to rentschler field, like it's game day.

(hip-hop music)

high school, college, football was everything to me.

So it was always,

"you gotta be the leader, you gotta be the leader."

and not to sound cocky or anything like that,

but everywhere I went, people look up to me.

So, I don't think this will be any different.

- You really thought this out?

- I think I did.

I was thinking about what it can do,

how I can help the community, help the people.

I wanna go to jail for 60 days

because I definitely wanna show my family, my friends,

and basically myself that I can do something like this.

- I know you as a person.

Like my son, so I know you know how to handle

what need to be handled.

- For sure, yeah.

Yeah, by the end, I'll definitely

have some position of authority in there.

Basically, you just look at people in the eyes,

and you just don't back down, that's it.

- Aw, ma, don't be so sad, ma.

- You gonna be praying in jail?

- Yeah, I'ma be praying.

- You better be praying.

(suspenseful music)

- [producer] all right, dennis, good luck in there.

- [dennis] all right, I'll be back.

What's up, sheriff? - Dennis, how you feelin, man?

- Feeling good. - You ready to do this?

- Yes, sir, I'm ready.

- You look like you come off a gq photo shoot.

You know you're in the country now, right?

- I'm from miami. - You gotta go in...

That ain't the country.

You need to go in with a mindset of don't worry about

your appearance or anything like that

'cause when people see that, they're gonna tear you apart.

- Yes, sir. - I know we're on tv,

but you're fixin' to go into a real, live jail.

There's not going to be anybody in there that says,

"hey, stop, we're gonna retake this."

got it? - Yes, sir.

- Your success is our success, so that's what we're after.

All right? - Yes sir.

- Go right over here to the arrest team.

- Step to the front of the van,

place both hands on the hood.

Go ahead and lift up your left leg.

- I definitely want to show the mental toughness I have

to be able to go in any situation and come out dominant.

I think I can go in there and definitely

have an influence in there.

- [officer] step right inside the van.

- I'm not gonna go in there and get bullied.

That I won't tolerate, I can hold my own.

For real, I can hold my own.

But I never been to jail, so...

I know I'm talking before I go in there.

But I'm a tough person, and I'm going in there,

and I know I'm gonna kill it, I know I'm gonna kill it.

(dramatic music)

(suspenseful music)

(inmate yelling)

- [ashley] the moment that I set foot in that pod,

I think I was having a panic attack.

- [inmate] I want something to drink, bitch!

The (beep) out my face! (door slamming)

- this is not like anything I've seen on 60 days, ever.

This is nothing like anything I've ever seen on the show.

- Show me how bad you can be...

(banging) (beep)

- so many more females than "60 days in"

has ever had before, like it's just massive.

(dramatic percussive music)

my cellmate, she told me that they put bright pink shirts on

women who are either convicted or charged with murder,

or other high-custody crimes,

so that they make those women stand out.

(suspenseful music)

this is very very real.

This is a very real, terrifying situation to be in.

Especially for me.

Thank god I decided not to tell anybody my real job.

If word gets out that I am a police officer,

I will probably be in the hospital.

(dramatic music)

this is not what I thought it was gonna be at all.

Usic)

(indistinct radio chatter)

- [man] sign one last time for me, ma'am.

(people coughing)

- I do not need to be around anybody, okay?

What they say...

I've told them that, they know that.

They want to lock me up.

- As I walk through intake...

Just to even walk through those doors,

that's when I knew this is not tv, this is real life.

- Six foot three inches.

- How much you weigh? - 200 pounds.

- From that moment, I said a prayer.

And it was like, you know what?

What the hell. I'ma go with it.

- [officer] you're gonna step right over there.

- [officer] one four!

(indistinct radio chatter)

(door closing)

(suspenseful music)

I recognized him when I first walked in, it was jacob.

I didn't talk to him, but I can tell he's not felling well.

He looked like he was sick.

I don't know how long he's been here.

He kept drinking water, he kept using the restroom.

I don't know what's going on.

- [jacob] as a corrections officer on the inside,

I'm having a hard time turning it off.

- If you wanna tap out, take your right hand

and put it upon your chest.

- [jacob] I can't become an inmate, I can't do that.

(dramatic music)

- [alex] I'll see you on the other side.

- [shanese] I'm giving up all control.

- Checking was very slack. I totally could have

stuck something up my butt if I wanted to.

(alarm buzzing)

- gotta go in, had to look like, "don't (beep) with me."

- it's been pure (beep) from the moment

I walked in through the door.

- If you think this (beep) is fake,

I'm telling you right now, it's not.

- Etowah county jail is a party.

- Anything that's out in the street is in jail.

- [dennis] clone, heroin, ice.

- The whole night is just free-for-all.

There's weapons, it is not safe.

- I never really seen a guy get, like,

stabbed that close to me.

- Yeah, beat that white boy, we cracked your ass.

- People can die in a matter of seconds.

- If alex was in any type of danger,

I would look out for him.

- I'd rather get beat up than have dennis be my savior.

That was (beep) awkward as (beep).

- This place sucks ass.

I trust ashley more than I do jennifer.

I don't drink stuff like that, what's going on?

- I want shanese to go home as soon as possible, please.

Burn in hell, bitch.

This place can take a sane person,

and cause them to become insane.

There are so many demonic presences in this place.

- That place is (beep) insane.

- This is (beep) up.

This is the worst thing I've ever experienced in my life.

- This is the dumbest decision I've ever made.

- If you wanna tap out, take your right hand

and put it upon your chest.

- [matt] I underestimated the reality of it.

- [producer] something that's never happened before

in six seasons, is happening right now.

(dramatic music)

- bye bye.