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Season 5
July 9, 2016

Season 5

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.

01. Rough and Rowdy

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.

July 9, 2016

02. Half-Baked Brisket

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.

July 23, 2016

03. One Joint Equals Custody

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

July 31, 2016

04. Ms. Sunshine

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.

July 31, 2016

05. Self-Medicating Felon

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

August 13, 2016

06. Sisters and a Sugar Daddy

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

August 20, 2016

07. No Jail For Old Men

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.

August 27, 2016

08. Monkey Shines

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

September 3, 2016

09. Irritable Inmates

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.

September 10, 2016

11. Breaking Rules

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

October 22, 2016

13. Prison Primping

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

November 5, 2016

14. Season Fourteen

No details

November 12, 2016

15. Green Man

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

November 29, 2016

16. Clowning Around

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

February 11, 2017

17. Drunk Dogfighter

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

April 15, 2017

18. Panhandling Problems

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

April 22, 2017

19. Episode 519

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.

July 8, 2017

20. Episode 520

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.

July 15, 2017