LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The new Netflix series “Unlocked: A Jail Experiment” has received plenty of attention, both positive and negative.
The eight-part series is about an experiment at the Pulaski County jail in Little Rock that gives inmates freedom and privilege within a unit.
For Sheriff Eric Higgins, the goal of giving freedom and providing privileges like free phone calls is to show the detainees that they can act like people and not criminals. He hopes this will help them in life.
Jordan Parkinson is one of the inmates on the show. He was charged with capital murder for the 2022 death of Jadon Shackelford in Little Rock.
Jadon Shackleford’s mom, Hailey Shackelford, said she struggles with watching the show because she doesn’t feel justice seeing one of the men accused of killing her son as part of a freedom experiment.
“I have not been able to finish the whole thing. I’ve started it and stopped it many times,” Shackelford said.