Overall, I really liked the show.
I did think the premise was flawed from the start because things were so bad that the CO's wanted intel on what went on, but it didn't seem to dawn on them (at least from what we saw) that problems could also stem from people who worked at the jail, & not just other inmates. So, they expected 6 civilians (I'm excluding Tami because at least she had been a cop) to keep their eyes open & snitch, when there are people in jail with power (and guns) who potentially could have been involved in stuff? That just seemed really irresponsible to me.
Robert was obviously not taking this seriously during the training phase, so why didn't they just bounce him then? Also, it made no sense to me why they were so bent out of shape when he quit. He seemed way more of a headache in the program, so I would have thought they would have been relieved to see him go.
It seemed to me that a lot of the stuff the stuff that the participants mentioned for improvements during the show & during the exit interviews, was common sense. There were a lot of times I found myself thinking, "The CO's needed someone to tell them that?"
I got a weird vibe during the exit interviews that the CO's didn't care that much about the feedback they got.
I give everybody a pass on how they reacted to leaving jail because something that monotonous, depressing, and boring, probably did feel like 60 years.
Next season, I think they should cast former police. Is it at a different jail?