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Unlocked Season 2 Debuts in Arizona as Oversight Tempers 'Unsupervised' Claims

Officials say the experiment ran under constant surveillance despite the show's unscripted label.

Overview

  • Netflix releases Season 2 at Arizona’s Pinal County Correctional Facility, promoted with tougher regulations and heightened factional tensions.
  • The series is presented as unscripted, following real inmates and capturing their interactions as they occurred.
  • Officials clarify the jail was not unmanned, with continuous CCTV monitoring and secure access points in place.
  • Participants received detailed briefings on behavior expectations before filming and were told taking part was optional.
  • Sheriff Ross Teeple attributes conflicts to jail politics, chiefly racial tensions, and outlines a six-week trial of freer movement and inmate-made rules.