Overview
- The new season is now streaming on Netflix and is set at Pinal County Jail in Arizona.
- Sheriff Ross Teeple told KJZZ Phoenix he unlocked a housing pod to let inmates self-govern, noting inmates later asked for set lights-out hours as routines emerged.
- The unscripted series depicts operational hurdles including contraband, authority disputes, and racial tensions.
- Pinal County Jail averages about 600 inmates daily, has a 1,503-bed capacity, opened in 1996 with a major 2006 expansion, and operates a re-entry program linking people to housing, work, and treatment.
- Recent updates report Ronald “AO” Dunmire at Arizona State Prison Complex in San Luis with a 2030 release target; Elwood “Woody” Murphy Jr and Ronald “Irish” Stricklett at Lewis with expected releases in 2032 and November 2026; and Shane “Hondo” Tipton in the John Volken Academy program.