A&E's "60 Days In" touched down at Fulton County Jail for its 3rd and 4th Seasons. This unscripted reality series incarcerates volunteers for up to 60 days in order to gather intel on the inner workings of the prison system. Due to their undercover status, the mission is incredibly risky — several volunteers have had to be removed from the series before their sentence was up, due to mental and physical strain.
From 2017 to 2018, Fulton County Jail was the setting for the "60 Days In" program. Colonel Mark Adger allowed A&E to film in his jail after seeing how the series positively impacted prisons from earlier seasons. "This is way out there when it comes to risk-taking ... I decided this would be the only way to perhaps shock us out of any complacency we had settled in," he explained to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Adger's concerns also shed light on the serious problems plaguing the lockup: Gangs, contraband drugs, and abuse at the hands of officers.
In some seasons, volunteers were former convicts themselves. Thus, they had less difficulty gaining the trust of inmates — where crimes at Fulton County Jail range from drug possession to homicide. But for volunteers who had never been locked up before, the mission was much more difficult — one regretfully blowing their cover. As Season 7 of "60 Days In" got even more intricate, the show gained more popularity.
