Plot Synopsis

JAILHOUSE REDEMPTION is a one-hour docuseries that follows a group of heroin addicts on their paths to recovery offering audiences insight into the destructive power of addiction. Sheriff Karl Leonard's law enforcement career in Chesterfield, VA has spanned four decades, with the last as sheriff with oversight to the county's two jails. After learning that a staggering 80% of the men and women who enter his prisons are heroin addicts, Leonard made the bold move to step out of bounds and create a first of its kind recovery program so the deadly cycle of arrests, time served with no treatment, release and repeat could end. This four-part series documents the Heroin Addiction Recovery Program (HARP) and Leonard's team who forge a path to recovery for addicts while running the day to day operations of HARP at the Chesterfield County Jail. The series opener introduces Steve, a Chesterfield County inmate and mentor who takes a chance on a dope sick inmate, while multiple inmates must make tough decisions about their face tattoos as they prepare to re-enter society. Audiences are also introduced to returning HARP inmate Amber, who receives an emotional welcome from Leonard and his team, only to later face dire consequences for her actions. Other stories include the inmate population being rocked by the on-site death of a fellow inmate; inmates struggling with multiple decisions that have life and death consequences; court verdicts that will separate families for many years; inmates who must deal with decades of bad blood between them; and the overwhelming fears, anxieties, and painful emotions new inmates must face as they head to the recovery house. All four episodes of JAILHOUSE REDEMPTION dropped on Thursday, May 12, 2022 on discovery+.