South Annex
Oh, I had forgotten how creepy Stephanie got last season. Stephanie and Jaclin both know the other is in the program, but rather than realizing that puts them on the same team, Stephanie is already talking about throwing Jaclin under the bus.
Angele is still being fawned over by all the girls. She seems like the only female in the group who realizes she has a job to do. Then a new girl, Brielle, joins her room and now she has a crush.
The drug problem in this jail and not improved at all. One of the inmates, Tiny, is having a birthday party for herself. In preparation for this, everyone has been cheeking their meds for weeks. This is ridiculous, I’ve worked in a locked adolescent treatment center before and the nurse would examine the patients mouth with a flashlight after ever pill to be sure they swallowed it. Stephanie is planning to take the drugs, Jacliin is not.
It’s party time! Stephanie is quick to drink the party pill drinks. Jaclin is appalled. When one of the girls puts a whippet on her hand for her to lick off, she washes it off instead. Stephanie thinks that is just rude. Did they do a psych eval on Stephanie before selecting her for this program?
600 Zone
Matt is still pissed off about pissgate. He didn’t want to wake up his fart box cellmate to pee in the metal toilet, so he quietly peed in a cup. Then fart box tattled to the guards as if he had committed some sort of federal crime.
Matt wanders up on Johnny who is the latest plant in the 600 Zone and vents about Lawrence. Do they not make these guys wash their hair in there? Matt looks gross. Even during the middle of the night, Matt is up telling the cameras that he just wants to punch Lawrence in the head. Matt has lost his mind. They are either going to have to pull him or move him. He gives the distress signal. Won’t it be weird if they pull him in the middle of the night? It looks like it may be morning by the time he goes in for an interview. He says he is at his breaking point but he can’t tap out because his son is there. A few days later, Lawrence is released and Matt has his cell to himself again.
Emmanuel arrives in the 600 block and begins to share his cover story. Emmanuel is too clean-looking to maintain his cover. Also, he going to speak in his second language, “hood” to relate to the inmates. This makes him look fake as fuck and I don’t think he will be able to keep it up for 60 days.
Oh Lord. Emmanuel is an idiot. He’s going way over the top with his hood act. He gives the producers a tour of the jail like he is the host of the show. He’s way over the top. We flash back to Colonel Mark training him before he goes in. He specifically tells them to blend in and avoid being the center of attention. Yet, here he is acting a fool and all eyes are on him and his foolishness. He’s also lost his hood talk for this performance.
500 Zone
The guards in the 500 zone seem to be playing some sort of bullying game with the inmates with regard to turning on the TV. I would think that having the TV on would be better for the guards than off but that doesn’t seem to be how the guards see it. A group of young punks mouths off to the guard over the intercom and that causes the entire unit to be locked down. Again. The men seem to spend a lot of time in their cells. When some of the guys protest the lockdown and take to long to get back to their cells, they call the DART team to get everyone locked down. But first they scream profanities and threats at everyone. As a police officer, Alan is furious about this and can’t believe the colonel doesn’t know this is happening.
Andrew is getting to know his creepy cellie Timothy a bit better. Timothy admits that he should be in the psychiatric zone but no one will listen to him. Then he says it is the GED program he is supposed to be in. Andrew is teaching Timothy to read and write. He also reads to him from the Bible.
It’s Nate’s 29th birthday and he was able to get a haircut. He’s trying to keep his birthday on the down low because last season a guy got the crap beat out of him on his birthday. But instead of a birthday beatdown, they make him a special dinner.
Next Week: Jaclin has an altercation with the guards over pictures on the wall. There is a fight in 500 Zone.
Nate is starting to think he’s the shitz. Stephanie is trying too hard to be popular because she probably wasn’t in High School. Matt is behaving the same way towards the inmates that caused him to quit ministering in prison in the first place. Alan is getting all defensive about police brutality…they are in JAIL, you idiot! Commit a crime, well…maybe no TV. And we don’t talk to you so nice.
Everyone in county jail is not quilty. Many have not been to court yet and can not afford bail.
However, even those that are guilty should still be treated humanely. Why the majority of Americans believe putting humans in a cage to suffer is somehow a benefit to anyone is something I will understand. Especially when many of these inmates will be released someday back into society. It seems a better and safer investment would be to do what is needed to insure when they are released they value their own lives enough to change . After all, that inmate released may end up being your neighbor . And the next innocent person put in prison may be someone you love or yourself. The US has the largest prison population then any other country in the world. Including China and Russia. Yet Americans are told they have the most freedom ?? The majority of Americans also love claiming the US is a “Christian Country”.
Well, I can say I am a cocker spaniel, but that will not make it so. There is zero about the US Prison system or the foriegn policy of the USG
that is Constitutional much less Christ like in any way.
I work with prisoners and support the Innocence Project. I would rather 1000 guilty people walk free then 1 innocent person be locked up. Ask any innocent person that has been found guilty in court and sent to prison if they ever believed it could happen to them.
They will tell you, they like most Americans trusted the cops, and the government. But never again.
Agree with every word.
I never normally say this, but perhaps Emmanuel needs to get his butt kicked. Who would be that happy in prison on the first day? So stupid. I know that if I was in prison… I would cry every day, yes I would, and i would also get my ass kicked.
Matt is disgusting! Alex is doing far better than his Pop. Alex is teaching a fellow inmate to read and greasy dad is threatening to beat someone’s ass b/c of urine filled cups.
Good episode. I would like to see more of Angele and Johnny, less of Matt.
And why did Matt not empty his piss cups after his room mate woke up ??? HOW GROSS ! I would rather on him too
“Rat on him ”
darn auto correct
One of them supposedly causes them to end the program early, right? If so, I predict it is Stefanie. She is such a moron. Clearly, she thinks she is nailing this inmate bit. Plus the more drugs she takes, the bigger chance there is at her blowing her cover. Though I could see a couple of them getting the series and participants in trouble (Matt, Angele, Jaclin, Emmanuel).
Shouldn’t Stephanie be charged with drug posession or something? Aren’t they warned before they go in about illegal activities?
didnt one of the inmates take drugs last season as well? I remember her being warned but they ultimately didnt do anything
He admitted to it after the show was over, he was smoking with his roomie but it wasnt actually recorded and he was out in a final interview. I don’t imagine they had anything to charge him with. Stephanie is doing major drugs in full view of the camera. She is seeming to like it. She says it tastes like Kool Aid or something. No chance for her to deny.
My mom and step dad have separate bedrooms due to his constant farting…i love this,show! And this season is the best!!! Especially knowing one will blow it! Too bad so sad I will miss this series!!
I thought it was really nice to see Andrew trying to help Timothy learn to read and write. I can’t recall what crimes Timothy had committed to be in jail, but hearing him talk about his life growing up and dropping out of school because no one would help him, made me tear up. I hope he can get his GED and change his life around.
Matt is disgusting TT, I totally agree!!! He is way to over the top hyper sensitive to everything his roommate said. He should be removed from the program because of his constant talk of physically fighting people. He is just an idiot and an instigator.
Stefanie is an idiot too, she is going to get Jaclin hurt by gas lighting the situation. That devil looking smirk needs to get smacked off her face by Lyric 🙂
I already forgot the dudes name doing the game show sounding commentary on the living conditions. What a total moron. It’s the first day and he’s drawing attention to himself and acting like he’s at summer camp. I wouldn’t be surprised if he gets pulled out for his antics.
Stephanie should be charged for aiding and abetting for her part with the drug situation also drug trafficking she was warned before she went in.
Isn’t Stephanie a pharmacy tech? I would be surprised if she has a job after this once it’s known she is abusing/misusing other people’s medications