By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Imagine a jail where dangerous inmates awaiting trial live 24 to a room and fight each other under a violent gladiatorial code. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781473996359. Have you created a personal profile? The programme follows Theroux as he spends time in the Miami-Dade County jail system: the Pre-Trial Detention Center (PTDC) (formerly known as DCJ or "Main Jail"); Metro West Detention Center (Metro West); Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center (TGK); and the Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Department Boot Camp Program (Boot Camp). Theroux goes deeper into the jail system when he meets an alleged triple murderer, in solitary confinement at TGK, who faces a possible death sentence if convicted. [10], Miami Dade Rehabilitation Department organisation, "Sarah Palin's Alaska, Discovery Real Time/ Louis Theroux: Miami Mega Jail, BBC Two", "BBC Journalist Locked in Miami "Mega Jail" (for Documentary)", "TV review: Louis Theroux: Miami Mega Jail; Sarah Palin's Alaska", "Louis Theroux Miami Mega Jail Review: Fight Club", "TV review: Louis Theroux: Miami Mega Jail", "Louis Theroux: Miami Mega Jail was fascinating and brave", https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13457576, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis_Theroux:_Miami_Mega_Jail&oldid=1109542432, Documentary films about incarceration in the United States, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 10 September 2022, at 13:49. Louis Theroux: Miami Mega Jail is available to watch in the US and Canada on BBC Select. In Miami County Jail, Louis discovers a strange jail culture where the men fight each other for food, status, and just to pass the time. Filmmaker Louis Theroux spends time in the Pre-Trial Detention Center, where all inmates are theoretically treated as innocent, the "Main Jail" that houses some of the more violent offenders, and the Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Department Boot Camp Program, where young inmates who plead guilty are given a shot at a second ch. "[7] On the Box gave it three stars and said, "Miami Mega Jail suffers from a lack of narrative or destination. the inmates. He shot his ex-gf, and his ex-gf's new gf at the time. Here are the two girls they shot at. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. I have no idea in what form it originally aired. Maybe most of his fellow inmates appeared grim. Start your free trial and watch today: https://bit.ly/3A3b8ROContain. I think this guy is the same guy you're talking about. Can't decide how I feel about the guy on crotches at the end - he seemed alright when he was doing jobs for the guards etc. Theres definitely stuff about him online, pretty sure on this subreddit too. Documentaries by the BBC's Louis Theroux. Louis Theroux: Miami Mega-Jail Part 1. Its a transitory place for those not yet sentenced 6,000 prisoners, from some of Americas most dangerous men to those who have yet to see a court room. Sorry, this post was deleted by the person who originally posted it. Available at: Sally Fraser Church Times, Ryan Homes Roof Warranty, Mark Billingham Unbreakable, Articles L