POPNOTES | OPINION: Bold experiment, bold debacle? ‘Unlocked: A Jail Experiment’ is reality TV behind bars

April 11, 2024 at 7:02 p.m.

by Philip Martin

Inmate Daniel Gatlin gazes out of his locked cell just before the start of Sheriff Eric Higgins' experiment in the Netflix series “Unlocked: A Jail Experiment.” (Courtesy of Netflix)
Inmate Daniel Gatlin gazes out of his locked cell just before the start of Sheriff Eric Higgins' experiment in the Netflix series “Unlocked: A Jail Experiment.” (Courtesy of Netflix)

The pretext of Netflix series "Unlocked: A Jail Experiment" is that it is a look inside a bold experiment in American correctional science undertaken by Pulaski County Sheriff Eric Higgins in a tough cell block of the Pulaski County Detention Center.

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