Jail on REELZ: Could Calcasieu Parish Be Featured?

Lake Charles, LA [KNGT-FM] - The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office appears to be hinting that its Corrections Division could soon step into the television spotlight.

They posted on Facebook over the weekend teasing it. They said,

Our CPSO Corrections Division is stepping into the spotlight.

Stay tuned.

The recent hint from CPSO had viewers wondering whether the Calcasieu Sheriff’s Correctional Center or the CPSO Prison will be featured on Jail, the long-running reality series that documents activity inside jails across the United States.

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Then yesterday, the CPSO released a statement confirming that they would, in fact, be featured on the show. They laid out what channels you could watch the show on, the dates of when it would air, and the episodes they would be featured in. The new season is available through Roku, Prime Video, Sony PlayStation, and VIZIO.

Television Schedule For Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office On Show JAIL

Kayla Vincent with the CPSO said the scheduled premiere is as follows:

VIZIO
Season 7 premieres Thursday, October 1 at 7:51 p.m. ET with Episode 701, followed immediately by Episodes 702–710 airing back-to-back.
The rollout continues Friday, October 2 at 8:07 p.m. ET with Episode 711, followed by an encore marathon of Episodes 701–709.

ROKU, PRIME VIDEO AND SONY PLAYSTATION
Season 7 launches Thursday, October 1 at 12:17 a.m. ET with Episode 701, followed immediately by Episodes 702–711 airing back-to-back.
The complete Season 7 lineup begins again Saturday, October 3 at 3:55 p.m. ET, with Episodes 701–711 airing consecutively.
Only the first 11 episodes are scheduled so far. CPSO will be featured in episodes 701, 704, 707, 711, and 716.

REELZ currently airs Jail as part of its programming lineup, with episodes also appearing alongside the network’s other reality programming, On Patrol: Live.

Jail dates back to 2007 and originally aired on MyNetworkTV. The series later appeared on TruTV as Inside American Jail before returning as just Jail on Spike TV. Spike revived the franchise with Jail: Las Vegas in 2015.

The series has featured correctional facilities in cities including Las Vegas, Austin, Tampa, Fort Worth, Tulsa, and Portland. Its episode guide lists 102 episodes through 2017.

Top Weapons Prisoners Make In Jail

Shanks, which are homemade stabbing weapons
Sharpened down broom handles
Clubs, which include ordinary objects used as blunt weapons
Saps, which are weighted objects used as striking weapons
Melt brushes or toothbrushes and insert razor blades in them for a cutting device

Personally, I am thrilled if this all comes to be. In 1993, I was hired at the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office and worked in the Calcasieu Sheriff’s Correctional Center. The Correctional Center consists of three pods, A, B, and C, along with Intake, where the booking process takes place.

I worked in B pod for a month before being transferred to Intake to book people in. Let me tell you, anyone who wants to be a police officer on Patrol first needs to work in the jail first. You learn a lot, which prepares you for the next step in your career.

I am pretty excited. This hits close to home for me. I can't wait to watch it.