Jail Season 5, Episode 5: Self-Medicating Felon

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.

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.

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

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.

Sisters and a Sugar Daddy

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

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.

Monkey Shines

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

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.

Breaking Rules

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

Prison Primping

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

Season Fourteen

Green Man

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

Clowning Around

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

Drunk Dogfighter

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

Panhandling Problems

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

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.

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.