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Is Unlocked: A Jail Experiment Real? What Really Happened Behind The Scenes
It’s the Netflix series that’s taking up the internet by storm. If the reality show has been on your radar, you might be itching to know if Unlocked: A Jail Experiment was real or fake. Turns out, there has been meticulous planning in making the show.Prince Andrew Nearly Avoided Another Scandal the Same Day Netflix Released a Movie on His Jeffrey Epstein Interview Leading the experiment is Arkansas sheriff Eric Higgins of the Pulaski County Jail. “The deputies are inside the unit with detainees,” Sheriff Higgins told Netflix Tudum about the structure of the show. Higgins says that for Unlocked, his...
‘Unlocked: A Jail Experiment’: Were Inmates Paid for the Netflix Series?
The Netflix series follows dozens of inmates in an Arkansas jail as they attempt to govern themselves. What happens when a group of prisoners are left to govern themselves? That’s the question that Netflix’s new unscripted series Unlocked: A Jail Experiment asks. The eight-episode show follows dozens of inmates at a jail in Arkansas who are given greater autonomy (including unlocked cell doors), with some surprising results.
Sheriff addresses new Netflix show filmed in Arkansas jail
JACKSONVILLE, Ark. — On April 10, a new series on Netflix called Unlocked: A Jail Experiment debuted in the United States. The new show follows 46 unguarded inmates in the Pulaski County Regional Detention facility to see if they can govern themselves. This Sunday, the NAACP in Jacksonville held...
Former Arkansas inmate reflects on whether Netflix jail experiment can actually work
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — After premiering yesterday, Unlocked: A Jail Experiment is now the No. 1 on Netflix in the U.S. The series focuses on an experiment implemented by Pulaski County Sheriff Eric Higgins, which lets inmates manage themselves without locks and guards. With the show out, we contacted...
Arkansas Supreme Court dismisses Fort Smith marijuana cultivator case, goes back to Pulaski County Court
A Fort Smith medical marijuana cultivator can keep its license as it passes on to Pulaski County Circuit Court, according to an April 11 Arkansas Supreme Court ruling.
This gripping new Netflix reality series takes you inside an actual prison
Ten years after Orange is the New Black debuted on Netflix, the streamer is serving up another original series about inmates, but this one isn’t scripted. Unlocked: A Jail Experiment premiered on Wednesday, going behind the scenes on a real-life social experiment that took place within the Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility. As Netflix explains on Tudum, the experiment was dreamed up by Arkansas sheriff Eric Higgins, who was disappointed in the poor conditions of the jails in his community and the high recidivism rates of their occupants. As the name of the series implies, Higgins unlocked the unit cells of...
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