Viewer confidence in Noel and Maples won't have been bolstered by the sight of them pondering the suggestion that their inmates need educational programs, proper exercise hours and daily routine as if it was the first time they had heard such a thing.īut perhaps they were just playing a dead bat given that there's no money for anything in Clark County's perpetual fiscal crisis.

Zac gets a taste of life inside Clark County Jail in 60 Days In. They were quick to assert that Jeff had invited the attack by projecting a weak image. Some of them, such as ex-Marine Zac and police officer Tami, seemed better equipped for it than the likes of mousey housewife Barbra and cocky teacher Rob, who bragged that he was about to expose a taxpayer-funded holiday resort.Īnd from the start it seemed almost inevitable that at least one of the volunteers would suffer violence at the hands of a real inmate – making the whole enterprise an exceedingly high-stakes gamble.Īnd when the predictable happened – pudgy retail-security officer Jeff being attacked by an inmate who was having a psychotic episode because he had been selling his medication to another prisoner – the reaction from Noel and Maples was less than heartening. The aim of the series, according to Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel and the officer in charge of the jail, Captain Scottie Maples, was to gain intelligence from the volunteers that they would not be able to get any other way.įrom the beginning it was clear that the participants were a diverse bunch who were going to have very different experiences inside. Zac, who wants to begin a career in law enforcement, volunteered to be an 'inmate' for 60 Days In.

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