'60 Days In' Season 3: What Will Happen As Show Shifts Gears To Atlanta Prison? [VIDEO]
Two groups of undercover inmates went through Clark County Correctional in Indiana and helped Sheriff Jamey Noel start enacting changes and improvements to make the jail a better place, and now, in the new season of 60 Days In, the focus will shift to a new location as the show heads to Atlanta to help a new prison.
According to the show's page, 60 Days In: Atlanta will also see two seasons and two groups of undercover inmates going undercover in an effort to make improvements at the Fulton County jail, which the show claims is one of the most dangerous facilities in the country.
"With five times the number of inmates as previous seasons, rampant drug problems, a powerful gang population and the constant threat of violence, innocent participants plunge deeper into this dangerous world of incarceration," the show's about page reads.
This time around, the man in charge of the inmate program will be Chief Jailer Colonel Mark C. Adger, who learned about the success in Clark County and decided he too wanted to implement a similar program. His jail is plagued by rival gangs, drugs and corruption which he is desperate to control.
The actual identities of the inmates participating in his program have not been revealed, but the reasons behind some of them willingly participating have been detailed.
"The participants who infiltrate the jail this season include a special education teacher who works with at risk youth, a man who believes that the system has failed African Americans and wants to help fight discrimination, a former corrections officer who wants to see what it was like when the roles are reversed, a woman who met her husband while he was incarcerated and hopes to understand his institutionalized behavior, a Marine with law enforcement aspirations and others," the website reads.
In addition to the increased potential for danger, there will be a difference in how the inmates live as well. The male participants will be housed in the main campus of the facility where they will share a cell with one other inmate, while the females will be in cell-bunk forms with seven other inmates. In addition, everyone will be on lockdown with their cell mates for over 15 hours a day, which will increase the pressure they face to fit in or risk being threatened, violently attacked, or worse, having their covers blown.
60 Days In returns March 2 on A&E.
