Seven people did for 60 Days In, a new unscripted series debuting Thursday on A&E.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKY: How did you come up with this idea?
SHERIFF JAMEY NOEL:The county jail was in tough shape.
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Because of the illegal activity thats running rampant, I had to arrest a few of our own employees.
We started getting a lot of local media coverage because we were doing these searches.
So, we kinda mutually suggested putting a regular person in.
Where did you put the cameras?
They came in and installed some pretty high-tech cameras that weve never had in our facility before.
Inmates signed a waver to agree to be in that section [where the cameras were].
We were able to basically monitor them around the clock.
I dont want to agree to be taped.They would be moved to a different section of the jail.
Did the inmates know that you put regular Joes in the jail, they werent actual criminals?
No, they did not know that.
They did not know that they were helping me in an undercover capacity.
I notice that these volunteers were prepped for their time in prison.
How do you prep them?
Did any of them do that or did they all stay in?
Yeah, they were.
They were told that, hey, this is jail.
This is what could happen.
60 Days Inpremieres Thursday at 9 p.m.
ET on A&E.
