'Crack stick' cooked up in cells, attacks over hash browns and rampant gay sex: Shock findings of seven undercover prisoners who lived in one of America's most violent jails for TWO MONTHS
Seven volunteers went undercover as prisoners inside Clark County Jail in Jefferson, Indiana, for two months
Inmates found making their own drugs by smoking crushed e-cigarette filters wrapped in coffee-soaked toilet roll
Documentary also discovered convicts regularly had trivial fights over food - including one brawl over hash browns
Weapons were stashed all over the jail - even inside lighting fixtures - and gay prostitution was rife in cells
Trusted prisoners allowed to help in the kitchens were found to be smuggling in illegal drugs inside food trays
Undercover inmates were not discovered but did find themselves in danger from fellow prisoners
Homemade drugs, violent attacks over food and rampant gay prostitution have been exposed at one of America's toughest jails after seven people went in undercover as prisoners.
The brave civilians posed as inmates for a documentary as they spent two months behind bars alongside dangerous thugs and drug dealers at Clark County Jail in Jefferson, Indiana.
The volunteers were sent in with fake identities and were treated like prisoners for the full two months, with none of the inmates and hardly any of the jail's staff knowing they were not convicts.
he undercover prisoners discovered that drug use was huge inside the jail.
With illegal substances harder to get hold of, the inmates had taken to making their own homemade highs, including one called 'crack stick'.
They would make the drug by crushing an e-cigarette filter, wrapping it in coffee-soaked toilet paper and smoking it, Business Insider reported.
DIY drugs were not enough for the convicts, with narcotics also smuggled in from outside the jail.
Low-risk prisoners were allowed to help with tasks like food preparation, but the documentary discovered that they were using this as a way of getting drugs into cells.
Trusted inmates would hide drugs inside the food trays and smuggle them into the women's section of Clark County Jail.
One of the volunteer inmates, a Marine called Zac, told the News and Tribune that he met a fellow serviceman behind bars on drug charges.
'I mean whether it's PTSD or chemical dependency - whatever it was that caused Brian to go down the path he went as opposed to the path that I chose in my life - it's a tough situation,' Zac said.
'But at the same time, he still signed a contract with his life on the line, so that brotherhood still exists there.'
There was also suffering on the cell, with one female inmate trying to kill themselves by leaping from a second-floor railing.
Prisoners were given one hour a day of recreation time, in which they were taken into an enclosed room, where they could socialize and exercise.
One of the volunteers ended up in solitary confinement for breaking a jail rule.
The harsh conditions saw the man, called Robert, held in a tiny cell for half of his time in the facility. He was held in the cramped room for 23 hours a day.
Cameras were set up all around the jail for the A&E documentary series 60 Days In, with the prison's 500 inmates told filming was taking place - but not why.
Sheriff Jamey Noel told Entertainment Weekly that the prisoners soon forgot about the cameras and did not know they were locked up with seven people from the outside world.
He said the volunteers were given 'certain code words and different gestures' they could do if they felt they were in danger.
Prison staff would then rush in and take them to another part of the jail - something Noel says happened a few times.
The Sheriff allowed the filming so he could learn where the prison is going wrong, and one inmate has since been charged with drugs offenses after smuggling illegal substances into the jail.
Seven volunteers went undercover as prisoners inside Clark County Jail in Jefferson, Indiana, for two months
Inmates found making their own drugs by smoking crushed e-cigarette filters wrapped in coffee-soaked toilet roll
Documentary also discovered convicts regularly had trivial fights over food - including one brawl over hash browns
Weapons were stashed all over the jail - even inside lighting fixtures - and gay prostitution was rife in cells
Trusted prisoners allowed to help in the kitchens were found to be smuggling in illegal drugs inside food trays
Undercover inmates were not discovered but did find themselves in danger from fellow prisoners
Homemade drugs, violent attacks over food and rampant gay prostitution have been exposed at one of America's toughest jails after seven people went in undercover as prisoners.
The brave civilians posed as inmates for a documentary as they spent two months behind bars alongside dangerous thugs and drug dealers at Clark County Jail in Jefferson, Indiana.
The volunteers were sent in with fake identities and were treated like prisoners for the full two months, with none of the inmates and hardly any of the jail's staff knowing they were not convicts.
he undercover prisoners discovered that drug use was huge inside the jail.
With illegal substances harder to get hold of, the inmates had taken to making their own homemade highs, including one called 'crack stick'.
They would make the drug by crushing an e-cigarette filter, wrapping it in coffee-soaked toilet paper and smoking it, Business Insider reported.
DIY drugs were not enough for the convicts, with narcotics also smuggled in from outside the jail.
Low-risk prisoners were allowed to help with tasks like food preparation, but the documentary discovered that they were using this as a way of getting drugs into cells.
Trusted inmates would hide drugs inside the food trays and smuggle them into the women's section of Clark County Jail.
One of the volunteer inmates, a Marine called Zac, told the News and Tribune that he met a fellow serviceman behind bars on drug charges.
'I mean whether it's PTSD or chemical dependency - whatever it was that caused Brian to go down the path he went as opposed to the path that I chose in my life - it's a tough situation,' Zac said.
'But at the same time, he still signed a contract with his life on the line, so that brotherhood still exists there.'
There was also suffering on the cell, with one female inmate trying to kill themselves by leaping from a second-floor railing.
Prisoners were given one hour a day of recreation time, in which they were taken into an enclosed room, where they could socialize and exercise.
One of the volunteers ended up in solitary confinement for breaking a jail rule.
The harsh conditions saw the man, called Robert, held in a tiny cell for half of his time in the facility. He was held in the cramped room for 23 hours a day.
Cameras were set up all around the jail for the A&E documentary series 60 Days In, with the prison's 500 inmates told filming was taking place - but not why.
Sheriff Jamey Noel told Entertainment Weekly that the prisoners soon forgot about the cameras and did not know they were locked up with seven people from the outside world.
He said the volunteers were given 'certain code words and different gestures' they could do if they felt they were in danger.
Prison staff would then rush in and take them to another part of the jail - something Noel says happened a few times.
The Sheriff allowed the filming so he could learn where the prison is going wrong, and one inmate has since been charged with drugs offenses after smuggling illegal substances into the jail.