Season 5

Season 5

2016-07-09
18 Episodes

Overview

Season 5 follows prison inmates from their initial booking through their first moments behind bars in the Big State of Texas. Each episode captures the harsh and sometimes humorous reality of what happens to criminals after they're caught.

Episodes

Rough and Rowdy

1. Rough and Rowdy

2016-07-09

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A driver with a baby in her backseat texts, drinks and drives; after his arrest for shoplifting, a young man realizes the consequences of his crime.

Half-Baked Brisket

2. Half-Baked Brisket

2016-07-23

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A man arrested on drug warrants gets upset about the brisket he left on the grill; a drunk man flirts with the jail staff; an inmate sells tree leaves as pot to an undercover officer.

One Joint Equals Custody

3. One Joint Equals Custody

2016-07-31

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Welcoming an eccentric regular back to jail; a man fleeing Mexico details the horrors he escaped; a young woman describes her lucrative stint as a stripper

Ms. Sunshine

4. Ms. Sunshine

2016-07-31

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A woman who says she’s called “Sunshine” has less than a sunny disposition. A man ditches a halfway house for jail to get his life in order. A career criminal shows no regret for his “thug life.” Tense moments in Booking as officers and medical staff try to save a young man from a drug overdose.

Self-Medicating Felon

5. Self-Medicating Felon

2016-08-13

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An inmate claims to be the victim of an internet scam which led to his arrest.

Sisters and a Sugar Daddy

6. Sisters and a Sugar Daddy

2016-08-20

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Two sisters go on a mini-crime spree, get caught and find no one will bail them out.

No Jail For Old Men

7. No Jail For Old Men

2016-08-27

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An agitated woman wants to call the shots, a drunk man claims he knows the law, and an older man gets booked for domestic violence.

Monkey Shines

8. Monkey Shines

2016-09-03

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A women finds in herself in jail after telling police she was frightened by a monkey mask.

Irritable Inmates

9. Irritable Inmates

2016-09-10

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Over the course of a single shift, officers go toe to toe with a hotheaded inmate refusing to change cells without a fight, and deal with the whims of a homeless man who demands room service and a better cell.

Breaking Rules

11. Breaking Rules

2016-10-22

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A trustee finds himself in hot water after officers discover his contraband stash.

Prison Primping

13. Prison Primping

2016-11-05

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A woman confesses to having drugs hidden where they can't be seen.

Season Fourteen

14. Season Fourteen

2016-11-12

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Green Man

15. Green Man

2016-11-29

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Booze and a cellphone dispute lead one man to the "green suit."

Clowning Around

16. Clowning Around

2017-02-11

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Officers warn a man that dressing up like a clown in Texas is not a good idea.

Drunk Dogfighter

17. Drunk Dogfighter

2017-04-15

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A beer sets off a fight between a mom and her daughter.

Panhandling Problems

18. Panhandling Problems

2017-04-22

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Officers get a laugh from an arrested panhandler who wants to buy a permit for panhandling.

Episode 519

19. Episode 519

2017-07-08

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Officers have to get ”hands on“ when a man tries to swallow his ring. A heroin addict wants help when he realizes his habit has cost him everything he loves. One man fights with his girlfriend in a bathroom, another fights with his girlfriend at home, both are surprised they are arrested for domestic violence. A habitual criminal is worried that other inmates will fight over him.

Episode 520

20. Episode 520

2017-07-15

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After falling down a flight of stairs while drunk, a young man is amazed he is in jail for refusing to go to the hospital. A correction officer tries to explain to a young man why carrying a gun-shaped knife is not a good idea. An expectant father is arrested after a gin-fueled rampage at his parent's house and misses the birth of his first child. A woman arrested for selling fake designer purses as real ones says she didn’t know it was a crime.