Jail (2007– ) User Reviews (8)

Nicole Sittre Sucks

[WaldoLydecker1 · 7/10 · 9 August 2022]

In 2022, we've been watching episodes of this show from several years ago. The guard/officer/prima donna by the name of Nicole Sittre is one sorry piece of work. She obviously enjoys being on camera, as she shows off/acts in order to be the center of attention. Worse, she picks at the inmates, females in particular, obviously trying to provoke them into making scenes for the camera. She quizzes and judges until most of the objects of her disdain are either weeping or furious. Her most telling statement about herself was when she said she PRETENDS to be interested in the inmates.

Shame on her!

(And no one, neither inmates nor staff, knows how to pronounce "recognizance," changing the 4 syllables to 3.)

I LOVE IT!!! well, most than other "reality" crap.

[johnnymacbest · 8/10 · 20 January 2008]

Ahhh.....Oh how I always wanted to see what goes on in the big house(well, at least from the safety of my home).Fortunately the good 'ol folks who gave us Cops now present to you Jail, a new reality show (originally on Fox Reality TV) that takes a look at the lives of the men and women working in the slammer. A treat for TV. Nothing is scripted; this is as real as it gets and its raw and dirty (though some of the content is edited from its cable brethren) and hits you in the face. Beatings, blood, innuendo, verbal confrontations are all there for you to enjoy. You may not need High Definition to enjoy all the bells and whistles, but it helps. Not much to say about the show, but stick around and you'll be pleasantly entertained.(just make sure you're not on it yourself; lest you reap the rewards of embarrassment by your mom, dad, friends, or girl).

Thank You and Enjoy!!!

Basically the same show as cops but after they're in custody

[Maniac-9 · 8/10 · 28 January 2012]

Jail is the same basic premise as Cops but after they've been locked up. Most of the people they show on the show is when they're drunk and belligerent and not wanting to co-operate with the officers. The show takes place in multiple different jails all across America whether it's in Las Vegas, Oregon, New Jersey or whatever city they happen to feature on that episode.

A lot of times they'll show prisoners getting in fights with each other while in their holding cells.

The show originally aired on FOX Reality but now airs in syndication on SpikeTV.

"Jail" is actually fairly accurate

[jim-burkholder · 26 January 2016]

This is in response to: mykey accident, who said it is a complete fake intake process. I've also been locked up at several jails including Portland, which is one of the jails featured. Yes there are people who freak out, scream and have fits because they got arrested. And yes, there are some jailers, who actually do care and try to give advice to inmates that will take it, however, the lady at the Las Vegas jail does over do it when the cameras are on.

Like cops, they take a lot of footage that doesn't make it on air, because they want footage with uncooperative inmates as that makes for better ratings, but I do not believe that they get those inmates to act up for the cameras, as most people getting arrested would not cooperate with that unless they're guaranteed something in return. For the most part it is a fairly accurate intake process.

Had so much potential.

[tsn-48730 · 6/10 · 25 July 2023]

This had the chance of being a great program that showed what no really happens in America's jails. Unfortunately it did. In many cases it did show SOME officers treating some offenders as what they were, innocent until proven guilty. Sadly that was only the case a minority of the time.

Far much more of the time it was obvious that many of the "officers" were playing far too much to the camera. It wasn't as much of a problem with some of them just primping constantly (Vegas!) by inserting themselves into other people's problems with the obvious intent of making them look worse and themselves look sympathetic, albeit so very, very, air-headed phony.

Other times it was just that plain disgusting to watch as some "officers" (especially one young blond hair man on several episodes (2007, Two Fisted Fights for example)) who always and I do mean ALWAYS went out of his way to escalate every situation into a fight resulting in someone in a restraint chair. Many times, even though they backed him up (blue wall) even the others working with him would roll their eyes at him or try step in, only for him to taunt prisoners (who were still innocent BTW) constantly in holding cells to "Keep banging on the door!" "Go ahead" "See what happens! "Just do it" over and over and over and over almost endlessly, especially when they've already backed down and are quiet, goading them on until they explode and have to be restrained. He's a small man who lived for the excitement of being seen as tough on camera. Phony brave only because he knew he was backed up by many others. Either that or he's just a horrible cop/jailer exposed.

He has no place in any form of jail or mental health facility or in any job that requires him to interact with any living thing. He's the type of cop that always ends up getting caught on tape beating someone on the street to death. Or worse never gets caught at all. He gives law enforcement a really bad name.

For him and several bad apples on this shows every person arrested must be already guilty, otherwise why did the police arrest them?

A fake look at jail.

[13Funbags · 2/10 · 17 June 2017]

First of all, this show changed it's name to Jail: Las Vegas a long time ago.The reason for the change was because in the Vegas jail they found exactly what they were looking for, a "likeable" female who pretends to care about the inmates.No one who works in any jail cares about any inmate.They won't talk to you about anything.Implying that they care about your life and want to help you is science fiction.This show also uses the TruTV staple of having everyone freak out.They did it for Hardcore Pawn and those terrible fake towing shows, why not do it in jail?At least it's almost believable that people would freak out in jail.It's a complete lie but I can see how someone who has never been there could buy it.To top off their fakeness they even used a girl who also got busted on Bait Car.The cartoon Superjail! is a more realistic portrayal of jail life.

FAKE

[amymiracle-25272 · 1/10 · 8 August 2023]

Nicole is patronizing and enjoys degrading those who are already degraded. Her voice even drives me nuts. The show doesn't do law enforcement any justice. It seems they enjoy twisting arms and bending thumbs. I've never been arrested but I'd like to know why it takes ten officers to rush and man handle one individual. There's always a female in the back of them when they rush someone as if their help is required. I always had respect for the police until I watched a couple shows... very sad. Nicole seems to make everything worse and escalates by stirring the pot. I realize law enforcement deals with a lot of things but there's no excuse for belittling those who are already feeling mighty low. Anything for ratings I guess.

Why would jail inmates talk to their jailers?

[johnqpublic-36808 · 4/10 · 25 August 2023]

Why would jail inmates talk with their jailers about their cases? Weren't their rights read to them when they were arrested? Don't they know that "anything they say can and will be used against them"? Don't any of them ask for lawyers? I've never seen a lawyer appear with an inmate on any episode of Jail. Perhaps they were told that charges would be dropped if they consented to appear on the show, talk about their cases, and let the jailers leer and guffaw at them and strap them to retaining chairs and lock them in holding cells? I'll admit the show is somewhat entertaining, but it hardly smacks of reality.