Update 2 p.m. Sunday, March 1: Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones and his officers deal with a drug problem inside the jail at 705 Hanover St., Hamilton, in the 鈥淏utler County Jail鈥� episode of premiering 9 p.m. Monday, March 2.
Discovery鈥檚 description of the one-hour reality show: 鈥淚nside the Butler County Jail a six-term sheriff and his staff confront an unrelenting opiod crisis. As drugs flood the facility, officers work to dismantle the supply ring and maintain order.鈥�
The episode is the seventh installment of the series which debuted Jan. 19. It repeats at 1 a.m. Tuesday, March 3.
Original post 3:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30:The Butler County Sheriff鈥檚 Office says 鈥測ou won鈥檛 want to miss this inside look鈥� at the county jail March 2 on TV.
Sheriff Richard K. Jones welcomed a Discovery Channel film crew into his jail at 705 Hanover St., Hamilton, for its new reality series, 120 Hours Behind Bars. His episode will air at , on the Discovery Channel, his office announced on Facebook Thursday, Jan. 29.
Discovery describes the show this way: 鈥淥ver five intense days, 120 Hours Behind Bars delivers an unfiltered look inside America鈥檚 toughest jails, where officers are outnumbered, cellblocks are overcrowded, and violence erupts without warning.鈥�
shows an inmate screaming while pinned against a wall by officers, and a prisoner saying, 鈥淔or an inmate never locked up before, it鈥檚 just terrifying.鈥� A corrections official also describes his jail this way: 鈥淚t鈥檚 just a dangerous situation. It鈥檚 terrible. Don鈥檛 come to jail!鈥�
The Jan. 19 premiere featured the jail in Washington Parish, Louisiana, where the corrections staff 鈥渂attles overcrowding and chaos." The Jan. 26 episode from Leake County Jail near Jackson, Mississippi, showed 鈥渁 rural county jail 鈥� gripped by meth addiction and repeat offenders.鈥�
No episode description has been released by Discovery for the Butler County Jail show.
The Butler County Sheriff鈥檚 Office announced the series
鈥淵ou can soon take an inside look at America鈥檚 toughest jails, where officers are often outnumbered and violence can erupt without warning.
鈥淭he Discovery Channel will be airing a new series titled 120 Hours Behind Bars, delivering an unfiltered look at what truly happens behind bars.
鈥淭he series premieres Monday, January 19 at 9:00 PM, following more than five days of intense filming to capture the realities faced daily by correctional officers and inmates alike.
鈥淭he Butler County Jail will be featured in this series, and we will share the specific air date for that episode as soon as it is announced鈥︹��
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