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In the first of two immersive documentaries for BBC Three, Reggie Yates enters Bexar County Jail in Texas, to experience what it's like to be an inmate in the American criminal justice system, and understand how prisoners with mental health problems are treated behind bars

A Texan Jail

The Mexican Drug War

A Week in a Toxic Waste Dump

In a Refugee Camp

A year after spending a week living as an inmate, Reggie is heading back to jail. Only this time, he’s working as a guard. Based inside Guildford County Jail in North Carolina, Reggie helps guard nearly a thousand prisoners – whose crimes range from minor misdemeanors to murder. What is it like working in a system operating under unprecedented scrutiny? And having seen incarceration from the other side sides – will he feel part of the solution? Or part of the problem?

US Jail Guard

Reggie Yates enters Bexar County Jail in Texas, to experience what it's like to be an inmate in the American criminal justice system, and understand how prisoners with mental health problems are treated behind bars. Then, he puts himself through another intens

All Episodes of The Insider: Reggie Yates

All Episodes of The Insider: Reggie Yates

Season 1

A Texan Jail

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/28/2016

The Mexican Drug War

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/5/2016