Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 4844 AMERICAN POLICE BEAT: MAY 2016 H ave you ever wondered what happens to the people on the re- ality show COPS after they get locked up? A new A&E reality show aims to give people a look. Seven ordinary people signed up to play prison- ers for 60 days in a county lockup on A&E’s new docu- mentary series, 60 Days In. The show follows the participants’ experiences as undercover inmates at an Indiana jail. Most so-called “reality TV” is usually pretty light on the “reality” and heavy on the “TV” but maybe 60 Days In will be different. The people that volun- teered for the reality tele- vision undercover assign- ment do not have criminal records. They were all booked on fake charges and received false identities during their stays at Clark County Jail in Jeffersonville, Indiana, and lived among the jail’s 500- inmate population without corrections officers or other inmates knowing their secret. The idea for the show comes from the sheriff who runs the jail. Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel said his idea was using outsiders to give him an honest and fresh take on what life behind bars is like Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel thinks outside of the box. in his facility. “The only way to truly un- derstand what was going on in the jail was to implement innocent participants into the system to provide first- hand unbiased intelligence,” Noel said in a statement provided by A&E. “These brave volunteers helped us identify critical issues within our system that undercover officers would not have been able to find.” It appears to have worked like a charm. Noel says the people that went undercover for the show provided him with key details and new insights about the social dynamics that govern daily life for inmates. In a recent interview with Business Insider, Noel said he was fascinated to learn that there s a strict hierarchy that governed when inmates could use the bathroom. Additionally, new inmates were expected to give up any food or items bought in the prison commissary in ex- change for bathroom privi- leges, according to Noel. “Even folks in corrections for 20-plus years had never heard of that,” Noel said. But if you’re familiar with life on the inside, a lot of what happens on the show is hardly the kind of thing that will shock the conscience. In one episode, two fake inmates witness a bloody fight between real inmates, I’m not a convicted crook – I just play one on television ignited by a mealtime dis- pute. “The fight had an obvious cause and effect,” Zac, a par- ticipant and former Marine, said. “Ricky was supposed to give his hash browns to Cody. He didn’t give his hash browns to Cody. He got beat up for it.” Sheriff Jamey Noel wants to end crime and corruption at Clark County Jail. Noel’s unprecedented program involves seven law-abiding citizens living there, undercover, for 60 days. NSA WEBINAR SERIES Featuring a new educational webinar on the second Thursday of each month at 2:00pm ET. Visit www.sheriffs.org/webinarsapb to view upcoming and archived webinars.