Booked: First Day In

In Virginia Beach, a man finds himself in jail over stolen blueberries, and a woman who has spent her life running from the law decides to surrender, in hopes of making amends with her son. Meanwhile in Modesto, a professional motorcycle racer hopes to bail out in time to make the nationals.

Young adults learn the hard way that their actions have consequences. Three young men exploring abandoned buildings get charged with felony burglary and a young lady’s play fighting with her boyfriend lands her in jail for the weekend.

In Modesto, two men struggle with high bail amounts, and a “frequent flyer” ends up back in jail after having a little too much boxed wine. Meanwhile in Virginia Beach, a man is arrested after getting in a fight with his girlfriend’s ex over a litter of pitbull puppies.

Bad decisions cause people to get booked in, including a first-timer that resisted arrest for riding their bicycle on the wrong side of the road, a couple that had a half a pound of meth, and a frequent drug offender that is suspected of smuggling in contraband.

Whether you are young and reckless or an older habitual criminal stuck in a loop of chaotic re-offending, the booking process remains the same. A teen gets nabbed for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, while a man who left town with an outstanding warrant gets caught when he returns for his aunt’s funeral and faces a one million dollar bail.

One wrong move could get anyone booked in; like a son who landed himself in jail after his dad rear-ended a car, or a Northern California gearhead who gets spotted by a helicopter after allegedly doing a burnout at a car meet.

Life lessons are learned when a first-timer and folks familiar with the system get booked. A woman struggles to deal with her husband’s health issues and gets a DWI, while a father having too much fun draws attention to himself resulting in a gun possession charge.

In the realm of arrests and jail bookings, every person detained shares a universal longing for freedom and a return to their home. From the perspective of the person being arrested, viewers get a firsthand understanding of what truly happens once the handcuffs are on and the justice system begins its process.

A career criminal and first-time arrestee bond in custody; an expecting father faces the prospect of missing his child’s birth, and a 20 year-old aspiring model gets a taste of the inside of a jail cell for the first time.

First-timers and frequent flyers get booked, including the son of a deputy who is charged with stealing a dog that he’s been caring for, and an intoxicated gentleman comes back to see his favorite policeman and deputies for another round of hydration in a holding cell.

Every day, tens of thousands of people get booked into jails all across the country for crimes both big and small. “Booked: First Day In” is their side of the story.