Hard Time: The Law Inside The Walls
By Jon and Jake Welder
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Thinking about a career in corrections? Thinking about committing a crime? Correctional Sergeants Jake Welder and Jonathan Bates talk about life and the law behind bars, the challenges facing America's Forgotten Cop-- the correctional officer. The first responders on beats made up exclusively of our communities' most dangerous people.
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226. Nidal Hasan: Firing Squad, Live Streamed
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Oct 14, 2026 |
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225. All-Female Hit Squad Misses Big Time
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Oct 03, 2026 |
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224: THE DRONE BREAKOUT: The Super Criminal Who Tried to FLY Out of Prison
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Sep 20, 2026 |
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NEW SHOW, MORE OF THE SAME. EVERY DAY
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May 25, 2026 |
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223. Josef Fritzl's Do It Yourself Prison
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May 07, 2026 |
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216. Corrections Officer Jeremy Hall Died Because DOCs Don't Care
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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214. Absolute Monster Inmate Funston in CA Eligible for Parole?
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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210. Historic Jackson State Prison W/Allie
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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208. Robert Brooks: You Forgot You Were Mad
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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206. Test Episode. Will trump Pardon Diddy?
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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202. Ho Hum Drones From Above!
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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201. The Haunting of Pennhurst Asylum — Paranormal Encounters and a Dark American Past
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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200. Port Arthur: A Prison, A Tragedy, and a Nation Rewritten
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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199. "Celebrity" in jail
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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196. False Prophet
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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195. ¡Imanes Potentes! Barrio 18 Gang Escapes
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Nov 15, 2025 |
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191. Ghislane Maxwell's Move To Federal Hilton Hotel
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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190. Africa's Poo-Powered Prison: A Woman's Idea
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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189. The French Laundry Connection
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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188. It wasn't me it was my doppelganger
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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187: Should We Execute Tyler Robinson?
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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184. Decision Making: How To Be A Correctional Officer
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Aug 30, 2025 |
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183. Brian Kohberger Complaining In Prison
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Aug 23, 2025 |
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182. Visiting Diet Satan Wade Wilson
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Aug 16, 2025 |
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181. Alligator Alcatraz: The Prison Liberals Don't Want You You To Love
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Aug 09, 2025 |
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I Stand Correct | Jon's Solo Show
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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180: Georgia (The Bad Russian One) Prisons
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Aug 02, 2025 |
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179. Donna Adelson Requests Bond: Cuz Jail is Hard
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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178. Before Alligator Alcatraz, There Was Alcatraz (Regular)
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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177. Adam Sheaf Crucifies Innocent Man, Seeks Media Glory
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Jul 12, 2025 |
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175. Hanging It Up Down Under
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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174. Devil In The Ozarks; Cool Guy In Washington
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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173. Will Trump Stop The Plot To Kill R. Kelly?
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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172. Slang: Prison's 'Secret' Language
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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171. Cheering Up Jon
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May 30, 2025 |
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170: Well, Shit: Louisiana 10 Escape
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May 23, 2025 |
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169. Mega Jail: Is It America's Answer?
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May 17, 2025 |
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168. Lobotomies for Criminals: Worse Than Death?
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May 09, 2025 |
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167. Death By Restraint Chair
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May 03, 2025 |
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166. No Beautiful Way To Kill
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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164. No Moral Code: The Gentlemen Stranglers
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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162. Cats: There's Something Unseemly
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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160: The Kid With The Penis Tattoo
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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158. The Little Longest Yard: A Great Idea
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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156. Terror To Evildoers: Polk County CO a Hero
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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154. Operation Night Drop
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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152. How Pakistan Puts 'Em Down
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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151. San Diego's Secret Sex Offenders
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Live 6
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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149. The Real Shawshank Escape
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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147. Ok, So Hear Me Out: Slavery
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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145. French Correction II: Fruit Control
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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143. Secret Civil War: ¡Ecuador!
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Live 5
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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141. A Fucking Reminder: OFFICERS Get Killed
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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140. Trouble Down Under: Fremantle
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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139. That Idiot Jake Is Wrong Again: A Right Royal Mess
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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137. Recipe for Success... or Disaster?
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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135. Robert Brooks Breakdown
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Hard Time Live 4 with Special Guest
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Jan 04, 2025 |
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134. Speed III: Snakes In A Jail
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Christmas Bonus: David Ray Parker, The Toy Box Killer
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Live Stream 3
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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132. Evil or Just Some Asshole?
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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130. If You Want To Have It Your Way, Go To Burger King. This is Death Row Son
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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128. Jon And Jake Get Their Pee-Pees Slapped
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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127. Correctional Officers: Endangered Species
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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125. Aryan Brotherhood: Evil Geniuses
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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123. Saving Lives, Taking Lives as Prescribed By Law
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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121. Anarmosa: Failed Escape Leaves Staff Dead
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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119. Sayonara Sucker: Executions in Japan
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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117. Escape From Death Row!
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Hard Time Live #2 with Jon and Jake
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Hard Time Live Q&A #1
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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114. Brian Dorsey Deserved To Die
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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112. Escape: Inmate Dies Doing What He Loves
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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110. Ada County Ambush
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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108. Deprivation of Liberty: When Drones Attack
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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106. Masshole Governor Indifferent to Danger At DOC
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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104. Counterfeit Correctional Officers' Crimewave
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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102. Carli's Audition (with Dog)
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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100. The Boldest: Recognizing The Silver Line's Best
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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99. Daddy's Never Home: The State of Things
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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98. Laying Pipe: Sons of Anarchy Reaction
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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96. The Myth of Solitary Confinement
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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94. Literally Everyone Hates Leavenworth
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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92. Inside Out: Not The Pixar Film
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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90. Young Guns II: Officer Reagan Returns
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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88. Presumed Dead: Prisoners Hijack Yacht
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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86. Shit Rolls Uphill: Sheriff Arrests Warden
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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84. Running Guns: Murder-Suicide Inside The Walls
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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82. Shit's Rollin' Downhill in Clayton County
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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80. Diners, Drive-Ins and Detention Centers
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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78: The French Correction: A Real-Life Fictional Character
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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75. The Pros and Cons of The Most Insane Job
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May 20, 2024 |
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73. Final Fuckup: Picante Blast
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May 13, 2024 |
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71. Charlotte: Officers Down; Prison Gangs Target Retailers
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May 06, 2024 |
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69. Therefore The World Hates You
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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67. Inmates and The Internet: What Could Go Wrong?
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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65. Fighting Dirty: Jake Confesses To A Felony
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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64. Escape From Death Row: Mecklenberg
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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63. No Exceptions: Michael Dewayne Smith Executed
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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62. Unforgivable: COs Plead For Inmate's Life
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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61. Gettin' Stabbed: A Warden's Painful Tale
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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60. Inmate Dies Doing What He Loves
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Mar 30, 2024 |
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59. Go To The Bathroom and Break The Law
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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58. Ambush in Ada County
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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18. A Hard Time's Night: Riker's Island Strikes Again
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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14. Hell Hole: Riker's Island
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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2. The In-Custody Death of Irvo Otieno
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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1: The Most Prison Story Ever
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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57. Lotion and Electricity: All You Need To Escape Prison
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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56. We Can't Put A Bad Dog Down
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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55. Live: Officer In Hell as Inmates Takeover
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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54. Brooks Was Here: Inmate Institutionalization
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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53. For The Uniform: Favoritism and Corruption
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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52. Every Gun Makes Its Own Tune: A Feel Good Friday
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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51. Tier Talk with Anthony Gangi
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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50. One California Day: Officer Held Hostage
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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49. Double Blind: Who Takes The Blame?
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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48. The Fugitive 2: Juvenile Shane Pryor
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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47. Live on X and Instagram
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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46. Sextortion For Fun and Profit
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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45. Hot Pursuit: The Flight of Jordon Earl Linde
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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44. Last Nerve: Riker's Island Strikes Again
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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43. Without Evidence: Murder of Michael Francke
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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42.Forgotten Dead: Missing Men in Prison Graves
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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41. Stolen Brains: Quite A Mystery
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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40. Not On The Lone Prairie: Slow Implosion State Penitentiary
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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39. Sons of California: The End of Juvenile Corrections
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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38. A Marked Man: Iconography and Meaning For Notorious Prison Gangs Tattoos
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Jan 13, 2024 |
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37. Code Green For Christmas
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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36. The Cleveland Connection: Drug Trade from Beijing to the Buckeye State
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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35. The Habitual Fugitive Alex Rabold
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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34. Falling Down: How Do You Confront Decline
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Jan 06, 2024 |
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33. Back To Bibb County
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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32. Young Gun: Interview with a Rookie
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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31. The High Costs of Being A CO (Part 2)
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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30. The Villalobos Incident
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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29. Public Menace: How Cell Phones Inside Get People Killed Outside
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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28. Breaking Out of Bibb County
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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26. On Fire: The Burning of Huntsville State
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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25. No One Is Safe: Georgia Down
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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24. Eaten Alive in Fulton County
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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23. Stillwater Prison Blues
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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22. Juarez: The Lost Episode
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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21. The Devil Is A Sissy: An Awesome Name For An Episode
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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20. No Control: Being Detained in the Borderland
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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19. Dallas County Dilemma: Alias Valerie Jackson
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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17. Fugitive Road: Michael Burham's Summer Vacation
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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16. The Murder of Deputy John Durm
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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15. Taming Savages: Tomorrow Treatments For Yesterday's Offenders
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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13. The High Costs of Being A CO (Part I)
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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12. Run Him Down: Jon and Jake's Near Escapes
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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11. Sex, Lies and Audiotape
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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8. Forgotten Cop: Jon's Field Training Officer
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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7. The Tougher They Come: Juvenile Assaults Female COs
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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6. Deadline At Dawn
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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5. You May Be Next: How Inmates Destroy Officers
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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4. Cut Him Down: The Murder of Jeffrey Epstein
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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3. They Were Expendable: Inmates Dead, Officers In Prison
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Dec 27, 2023 |