The sheriff’s office previously posted that the series will give an “unfiltered look at what truly happens behind bars.”
“You can soon take an inside look at America’s toughest jails, where officers are often outnumbered and violence can erupt without warning,” BCSO said.
Since it premiered in January, “120 Hours Behind Bars” has featured:
- The Washington Parish, Louisiana, jail, which “battles overcrowding and chaos.”
- The Leake County Jail near Jackson, Mississippi, where “a rural county jail is gripped by meth addiction and repeat offenders.
- The Clayton County Jail near Atlanta as it faces “dangerous infrastructure issues.”
- The Caddo Parish Correctional Center in Shreveport, Louisiana, which “is struggling with a staffing shortage” and where “the inmates outnumber the deputies by 180 to one.”
The episode scheduled to run this Monday spotlights the Virginia Beach Correctional Center. A teaser for the episode says “Virginia Beach is a party town with a vibrant nightlife, making its Correctional Center one of the busiest city jails in the state. Here, some inmates arrive to go on vacation, then leave on probation — and return on a violation.”
The Feb. 23 episode will feature the Bristol County Jail in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, where “half of the cells don’t lock.”
“As changing demographics bring in more violent, gang-affiliated criminals, staff must manage a higher-risk population without the facility slipping into chaos,” the teaser for the show says.
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