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Season 2 – Behind Bars: Rookie Year

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Corrections departments have one of the highest dropout rates in the country, with nearly half of all rookies leaving the job before their one-year anniversary. The long hours, close proximity to unpredictable criminals, mind games and constant threat of bodily harm make it an intensely stressful career. A&E's docuseries "Behind Bars: Rookie Year" delves into the world of greenhorn corrections officers by following recruits who are in training or are working at the Penitentiary of New Mexico. The training tests recruits' fortitude and gives them tools to survive a dangerous working environment -- roughly 75 percent of the penitentiary's inmates are incarcerated for violent crimes. But nothing can prepare rookies for the unexpected, and the physical and emotional demands of corrections work often prove too much for some.
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Behind Bars: Rookie Year — Season 2

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Gregory Henry

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Kimberly Woodard

Executive Producer

Jon Hirsch

Executive Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Aug 25, 2016 A New Threat Lilly is desperate to prove herself but gets stuck on traffic duty; D'Angelo goes head to head with a troublesome inmate; Mangin and Cordova face a new challenge when a dangerous ex-gang member leaves his cell unrestrained. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 1, 2016 Fear Israel is pushed to the limit by a combative inmate; Lilly is disrespected while working with inmates for the first time; Cordova fails to uncover hidden drugs in a gang member's cell; Andrew struggles with intense training. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 8, 2016 Predator vs. Prey The rookie officers work to assert their authority over the inmates; Ariel supervises a death-row inmate; Lilly faces a pod full of disorderly gang members; Purto returns to work following an assault and another inmate soon confronts her. Details Episode 4 Aired Sep 15, 2016 Survival of the Fittest Antagonistic inmates cause trouble for Purto and D'Angelo; Lilly takes charge of a prison work program; Andrew wonders if he can handle the demands of the job. Details Episode 5 Aired Sep 22, 2016 Boiling Point Mangin and Cordova subdue a threatening gang member; Israel bucks prison protocol when an inmate harasses him; Lilly finds drugs in a mail delivery; Purto assists with the discharge of a high-risk inmate. Details Episode 6 Aired Sep 29, 2016 Mind Games D'Angelo has a difficult time catching inmates with contraband; Lilly learns a hard lesson about trust when a phone goes missing in the pod; Purto interviews a gang member; a new rookie hopes to live up to his father's legacy. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 6, 2016 No Room for Error Mangin and the extraction team must forcibly remove an inmate from his cell; Israel makes a mistake when he performs a drug test; Fabian loses track of inmates in his unit; Ariel starts a new post and attempts to establish her authority. Details Episode 8 Aired Oct 13, 2016 Building the Case The rookies work to find evidence to take down the prison gangs; Purto assists in a major drug bust; D'Angelo finally locates drugs in the dormitory; Fabian seeks help from his brother. Details Episode 9 Aired Oct 20, 2016 The Ones That Make It Lilly works control in a locked-down prison-gang pod; Chaz prepares for an extraction; Javier excels in the training academy; a major mistake threatens Fabian's job; Ariel fails to show up for work. Details Episode 10 Aired Oct 27, 2016 Zero to 100 An inmate swallows unidentified contraband; gang members brawl in Chaz's unit; Javier works yard duty for his first assignment; a stressed-out Ariel calls it quits, while D'Angelo seeks more action. Details Episode 11 Aired Nov 3, 2016 It's Personal The administration steps up efforts to take down the SNM gang; Purto learns that his life may be in jeopardy; a leader of the SNM gang shares his story; Mangin and Cordova hit their one-year anniversary as COs; Chaz comes into his own as an officer. Details Episode 12 Aired Nov 10, 2016 The Takedown The rookies help put the final nail in the SNM gang's coffin; Javier conducts his first extraction; Israel considers a job change in light of recent news; Mangin and Cordova offer their knowledge to a new class of cadets. Details
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Season Info

Executive Producer
Gregory Henry, Kimberly Woodard, Jon Hirsch
Network
A&E
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Reality, Documentary, Crime
Original Language
English
Release Date
Aug 25, 2016