I was sent to a maximum security prison for violent juveniles waiting for their 18th birthday, back when I was 15 years old in Summerville Tennessee. Did my classification in wilder Tennessee, and then sent back to Nashville Tennessee. I learned that it wasn't nearly the type of life I wanted to live so I my mom's boyfriend arranged for me to parole out of there and stright into the united states navy. I'm 54 years old and never even got a speeding ticket since being paroled by the TDOC back in 1988.
Dope. I did many years as an adult in Cook County, Menard and Vandalia. And lost most of my youth to juvenile placements. The last time I got out after doing 7 straight, I finally decided I wanted better for myself. I'm now in my 30's. I'm not active in gang shit no more but still live in the neighborhood. That's cool to hear from someone who's achieved what I'm trying to do. If you have any advice just hit me up in the comments 👍🏿💯
My peewee football coaches growing up were all black prison guards at Central Unit prison in Sugar Land, TX. They used to show up to practice with broken arms, black eyes, separated shoulders and shit like that. Every year, after we were about 10 or 11, they used to take us to the prison for a “field trip”. It was kind of a “Scared Straight” type experience. They used to put us in the gym with some of the model inmates that had worked to turn their lives around. I was the only white kid on my team a couple of years in a row, so the inmates used to kind of pick on me. I’ll never forget, I was sitting at a table with a black man with life for capital murder. He was my “mentor” for the experience. He looked at me and said “Never end up here. YOU, specifically, cannot end up here. White dudes have it tough in here, so make sure you keep your head on straight and keep grinding.” I’ll never forget it. Luckily I listened. Crazy experience, but those dudes seemed to really care. I actually wrote letters back and forth with one of them a few times. I really hope he’s doing well now. This podcast really sent me back to that time. Thanks for that.
Growing up in Houston in the early 80s, I knew a guard who took neighborhood kids from the Sandpiper area to "Scared Straight" on Saturdays at the Central Farm Unit in Sugarland. I said I was NEVER going to prison! That shit was CRAZY!
@@BigBrew4You That’s crazy. Yeah, I grew up living about 3 miles from that prison for my entire childhood. It was definitely a trip. Especially when a dude would escape for a couple of days every now and then. We weren’t allowed to go out for recess on those days. Lol. I went a little bit after you though. I went in the mid to late 90’s. It was a work prison at that point, so they used to take us out into the fields to do landscaping and farm work until we were dead tired. Then they’d take us into the gym and let the inmates scream at us for a couple hours. Lol. But I think it worked to an extent. I’m still Facebook friends with most of the guys I played football with, and I don’t think a single one of us ended up in prison.
Met a dude who was a prison guard in TX state pen. I know nothing about it so I asked a lot of questions. His said it was like being with a bunch of fifth graders that can kick your ass.
Similar. I knew a guy that taught math in a prison unit. Like you said he related it was like having a class elementary school age kids. He said most were there not to learn but to get out of the cell blocks.
In 2013 I was attending a narcotics anonymous meeting in Alvin, Texas. There were two oldtimers, and one young buck. They were sporting their ABT tats. The old timers were chill. But that one young ABT member was tightly wound. He told me that he had hurt a lot of people and he was an enforcer. That dude did not give a fuck and it was felt through out the room. He had nothing to lose. Which made me access my situation. I realized I had a lot to lose. I am 11 years clean.
@@BennyMcGibbon Cuz drug addicts are so immature and growth stunted that they still as grown men think that doing time is cool. As a drug addict myself, I can tell you i've seen it literally hundreds of times. Most will never grow up.
Oooof it is pretty bad. Especially in light of the fact many of these interviews go for like 4 hours, I imagine Johnny does this to stay focused and engaged in the conversation. I'm sure it's not easy. Undoubtedly, Johnny is an excellent interviewer but he ought to work on interjecting less.
The AB sucks. They're more interested in fighting each other. There's no loyalty in that group. My brother was locked up for years in CA. The AB tried to get him to join while he was in. He said all they did was attack each other, fight each other. It was bullshit. So, he joined with the Del Norte's, and was their enforcer. I can talk about this now, since he died back in 2013. The only thing about them is, if they want you to stay in, they'll make you do something to get time added to you. That's what happened to him. But, a week before he was supposed to get out, they wanted him to do a hit. He knew, no matter what he wouldn't be released on parole because of it. He knew they were doing this to keep him in there with them. He wasn't putting up with it. So, he informed about the hit, got put in solitary and got out on time. He immediately left state (I was there to pick him up and take him home) and never looked back. He had a price on his head until the day he died. All those gangs in lockup are the same. They might help you survive while you're in, but they will keep you down and take you out the first chance they get.
When I was inside the AB did a lot of business with blacks, and were assholes to all the other whites. They stand on no solid ground. They should change their name.
Thats all prison gangs u dont touch other groups u police ur own nf la em the blk even bloods crips dont touch other unless given a go to do so how it goes not a good life anyways
@@Jim-l2yNo, they aren’t doing what everyone does their entire life. If they really are trying to get on the straight and narrow then the odds are stacked against them. Most are starting out close to middle age with no money, no support systems and no real rehabilitation from the prison. In fact, some years ago, a lot of prisons took out the provision from their constitution that the goal of the prison is for rehabilitation. They replaced it with “punish”. Now I get that it seems a little obvious that prisons are for punishment but, when they take out any provisions for people to better themselves while they’re inside, who is ultimately getting punished? The taxpayers, that’s who. Beyond that little detail, getting a job with a living wage with a felony ain’t easy, most apartments won’t rent to you either. Not to mention, these guys bank accounts aren’t exactly brimming when they get out. Dudes not celebrating them for being able to do the basics that most people, who’ve never went down before, are able to attempt to achieve. He’s just saying it’s an accomplishment for these folks, with what they’re up against, to get there. The population should want them to get there, it’s beneficial to everyone. Except the prisons of course, especially the private ones. All that said, f@ck the chomos and r@pist, they can go jump in a wood chipper.
@@Jim-l2yright, and I've done 10 years myself. Prison is for and full of nothing but losers. Only on the porch, look-a-who's think anything about a dude wasting valuable time of his life around stinky, miserable men is impressive. Anyone who's done a significant amount of time could tell you all types of prison stories (myself included) but, anyone with any sense wouldn't waste their time talking about that miserable bum ah ish. Like I said in the beginning, prison is for bums, losers, wannabes and people with all types of issues that they are scared to face. Scum of the earth acting like they enjoyed being locked up, when in reality it's a bunch of cowards following cowards. That's why most of them are repeated offenders lol. It's the only place where they actually feel important. Out here they get a real reality check and usual run right back to that rat hole. I like money and puss-c and most importantly freedom. These dude's thrive to be top losers. Eff these lowlifes bruh
@@Jim-l2y I get what you're saying as well and there's some validity to it. I used to say in rehab that this is ridiculous because my cat's been sober for 4 years and he doesn't expect a Fkin trophy. But on the flip side most people never get all the way to the bottom and have to dig their way out. Because I know a lot of guys who are very successful and got their second DUI and could never get their life back together. And they have degrees experience you name it they just could never get it back together. When you just go through high school to college to intern to a good job you did good for yourself but there is something to say about somebody who was in hell and pulled himself back to Earth
A black man in an orientation block in county i used to play cards with and we got along great, told me the same thing, "when you get up the way, stick with your own kind". Wow was he right.
My brother is a member of this group. He has spent more than half of his life in state and federal prison. They are just criminals that extort their own race.
Ponzi scheme. Let’s call it for what it is. All criminal groups are communist socialist dictatorial tyrannical organisations. Sounds like governments on the streets
I hope your kids appreciate your wisdom your unique way of showing your love. This story hit a nerve with me big time. I was 15 when my mum di3d and i noticed a change in him towards me about 2 weeks after she died. A day after I turned 18 he gave me an old but super road worthy truck and $1500 cash.and asked me to move out and try make it on my own we didn't grow up with alot due to their drug and alcohol use so I know he must have scraped together every penny he had to give me that. I had a good job as a diesel mechanic apprentice so I knew if I worked hard I could make a good go of it.I asked him not long ago what the main reason he did what he did and told me he wanted me to break the cycle in our family of alcohol and drug addiction.Hes 4 years clean now and I thank him everyday for what he did.
Dudes a liar makes things bigger than they are and if your not in the gang their not telling you or giving you shit. And their not renting a boot from you they would just take it.
@@Scandless-j4n. “Dudes a liar, makes things bigger than they are” It’s human nature to exaggerate and fluff your life up to be a little better or bigger than it is
that makes no sense since he rolled the dice with that move. you just as easily could've gotten caught up with shit when you were on your own versus with him.
Except he didn't know why they started Tango. They were soldiers for m and they got tired of being used so that's when all the fights started in the pods.
@@weirdo24-7 which tango u talking about cause u ain’t speaking about the blast. U must be speaking on San Anto either way they were a tango under the M they didn’t start tango because of the M the separation came later. And the blast ain’t never been under the M.
this was very interesting, but what made it even better was the host constantly going "mm-hmm" and "right", and "mmmmm" in the other mic while the guest was speaking
Did 4 yrs at Ferguson 88-92 that was an experience I’ll never forget.Daily struggle is minute by minute.guards like to match us up. Lace up and get it.
1979-1984 A whole different world. 6 block cell 42. Commissary sold cigarettes. can goods, glass jars combination locks. We were giving white pants and a white shirt leather boots. And a belt with a hat. A lock in a sock Was used in fights.
As someone who has done time in TDCJ there is none. It is what you make of it. If you want to change you do. If you don’t want to change you don’t. They don’t help with shit there.
"the guards stick together, they're their own gang" so true, i saw that during my time with florida doc trying to find my way early on in that career (i left it after a year or two thank god)
So, the guards can be of any race and they're still united? But the prisoners have to stick to their own race? Kind of strange, but maybe it is just because there are so many more prisoners. And maybe the guard's authority gives them the unity.
Your thumbnail....the tattooed guy in the back is James Lemarc Byrd...I guarded that guy every night of my 4 day shift at Coffield Unit. I got to know him fairly well. Interesting guy.
@@kil.sakote Killing someone, robbing, stealing etc are not an authority's rules. These are considered bad things by the human laws. Your comment is what a 12 year old ''mr know it all and above the law'' skinhead would write.
@@ArtSmosh1274Nah, America is unique, particularly among western countries but not exclusively so, in the disproportionate amount of citizens it incarcerates and also the length of sentences its judicial system hands down.
Notice that the population you described are also low intellect, liabilities to society, & just unstructured/ poorly disciplined F ups with barely any agency... these people can't reason beyond the superficiality of "race". Tells a lot about the lack depth the people have that focus on it huh?
I did 22 years went in in 1996. The family’s ran the system. The system was Diffrent and I was there when the San Antonio and blast left the family’s and went on there own. The four horse man started cause of texas syndicate. It wasn’t cause they just wanted to it was Houston felt disrespected by TS. I went to 10 units and the truth is the blacks ran black units and Mexicans ran Mexican units. I was there thru 4 racial riots and it was the start of a lot of changes
@@raymondstorm2710 Respect 🫡. 752001 , 96 ( county late 95 after 2 stretches in TYC) 2002 and I remember when the 4 kicked off. Green eyes from Dallas and I worked together last year for a company up here in North Texas, he is A Dallas original. I went to the pen 4 times in Arkansas starting in 2005 and it was totally different from my Texas state time. Totally different.. I don’t really compare the two but fortunately the last time I went down in Arkansas I was at a work release and came home with several thousand dollars and started my life over. Never looked back.. I have been out almost 11 years now and I am STILL on active supervision parole and interstate compact transferred from Arkansas to Texas 7 years ago. Not one single glitch in my jacket and they are making me serve every single day of my parole flat- I have 3.4 years to go.
@@KrazyFoos I was in Brownwood state school with lots of SA guys. All the different clicks.. 1993-1994. Lots of them became M later on in tdc and unfortunately several are passed away.. I remember the BSV guys Al Kapone and Lil Jokr.. those dudes were wild even as teens. I’m white but they respected me because I didn’t back down from anyone. To this day I still keep up with a few people that I did TYC Time with way back in the day. And some of them have been in prison for the past 31 years now. Damn man we’re all getting old. You guys do know that we have an obligation to share our stories with the kids now, this Country is really going down in flames right now.
I’m always willing to share my storage. I had close ties with blue one of the Texas seven from San Antonio mini store about them. We were good friends. I live in San Antonio, but was born and raised in Auustin and I kept close ties with the blast as well the four Horsemen were legitimate, but San anto were Diffrent. They had a vibe like no other. wowee spoke for sa anto. Like I said they were like family. I still have a lot of love and respect for many of them. The truth is one of my books was written in prison and published in prison. It’s not about prison, but it was a warning that I was giving in 1999 about the cartels and how they were moving. “Caught at the edge “ by Raymond storm. Look it up brothers. Keep blessed know we can get out and make this happen. Change is what we have to do to survive in todays world
@@raymondstorm2710 I have some close friends that are from SA- I go all the way back to 1993 Brownwood State school with them. These dudes are some heavy ass hitters, I did time with quite a few of the M as well. I was always treated very respectfully and never had any problem doing time with any of them ever. It seems to me that people from San Antonio have always been about that business because many of them were killers as teenagers. I know a whole grip of people from all over that city. I can give nicknames if you’re interested.
Take notice that the AB is the only gang that scared the wardens and guards so bad they separated them from population into solitary confinement. The AB was small but feared by all including the police.
Pennsylvania State Correctional Institutes aren't like Cali/FL/Texas. For the most part, we don't really segregate ourselves. It's all about your demeanor/actions. Real dudes respect real dudes. White/Black/Hispanic/Gays (of course no pedophiles/rapists though) And yes, COs are the biggest gang. Any advice to someone who's about to go upstate in PA, stay humble, show respect, but if you need to rumble on some rah rah sh!t, stand up for yourself. SCI - Camp Hill & SCI - Smithfield KV4069 (SMH I'll never forget my #) MAKE GOOD CHOICES AND GOOD THINGS WILL HAPPEN TO YOU
I've never even been to Texas before, but one of my closest friends in the ARMY told me about how much he missed being a prison guard because he could just beat people up.
Surprised families don't sue prisons for security on the murders. No reason for the murders. The Japanese system is more about work, discipline and non violence
Once as a child I did a Hard, Time-Out (30min), technically I guess, I was allowed to associate with other races, but only my brother and sister were in the house, both of whom were my same race
telling a story verbatim = glorifying. Your right, we should silence this guy and never learn from anything. What about any of this sounded remotely bright or glorious to you.
@@thomasaustin6360 it's amazing that people actually believe everything they see on the internet shows how ignorant people are Idiocracy of America brought to you straight from the internet
When I hit Texas prison there were 18 prisons in the state. Building tenders, turn keys, lead row, tail rows. It grew exponentially in the next ten years.
Matson Browning has co-written a hair curling reveal of White Supremacy skinhead gangs with his mother Tawny Browning about his father's (and her husband's) 30 years undercover work starting in Arizona and later with international authorities throughout the developed world entitled The Hate Next Door. It details how deeply embedded it is around the world, but the US (and our prison system) is very much the epicenter for organizing. Yes, unless we figure out to fight drugs, racism and gun running we are in for a whole lot of bloodshed.
I saw that you made the Florida Fishermen a members only video. That's a bad decision imo dude, it's one of your best videos that would bring in more subs and more members overall by keeping it public, especially so because of its doco style. You do you but it seems like it would be wiser to market your best to as many people as possible instead of keeping it behind a paywall.
@@bobb4193 The boy band from London? Nah I'm more of a Backstreet Boys kinda big homie myself. How bout you big homie?? do you pop in that cassette tape and sing the lyrics as loudly as you can too?
@@JamesMeeks-d3i I did after like 3 minutes. Tired of uncritical gonzo journalist UA-camrs that give some lame local rappers videos to flex in and impress 14 year olds.
LWP is life withou parole and no i didnt know that it just hit me.. im on one tonight. sure someone was wondering. and yes dont go in for 2 1.2 wwith goodd time just to get 10 and during that 10 get 10 more.
Bam and BH- I know them two personally.. I was at Robertson with Bam and I kept in touch with BH for some years down there, I know where he’s at but he’s not on any inmate locators. The background story is a little different than that, that charter started at Ellis with Cosmo and Bosco, But D. Rushing was the founder of the Ride itself after the original two merged. BEFORE The name changed.
@diggie9598 An intellectual, unlike a dunce, can be instructed on several combat techniques. This especially becomes evident in professional combat sports.
From wikipedia... Robert Draper of the Texas Monthly accused various TDCJ board members and state officials in the early to mid-1990s of capitalizing on the rapid expansion of Texas prisons - from 1994 to 1996 the number of prisoners almost doubled and the number of the prison units increased from 65 to 108
Started as a guard when it was the Texas Department of Corrections. Worked there for years, through the unit expansion and its transition into TDCJ. Worked on many different units, including some mentioned in this interview. Just listening, my anxiety returns. What a waste of life for everyone involved.
One of the new guy tests in prison, is to play it cool and train with you then challenge you to training to failure, and they been training all day for years, so when you get tired they beat you or worse.
You know how we all like to sugar coat our stories and it's always tough to admit that we got our asses kicked, but if this dude is saying that he got knocked out and that it was bloody, then it probably is 10 times worse. Kudos for standing your ground
It's disturbing that in a country as developed as the United States, crime is still so widespread. How long will its citizens put up with the irony of living in a place where progress is overshadowed by constant violence?
It's the price of being free. You are allowed to live your life unbothered by the government for the most part and sometimes that leads to bad choices. I'd rather have freedom than Soviet style police, or even European style where you can't speak freely without jail time.
I have to carry a RPG to the grocery store and drive a tank to work. 😂 Your idea of the US is not based in reality. It’s not some lawless, scary place where you’re constantly in danger.
Don't believe the hype, prisons-for-profit have lobbied to expand the definition of felony and affected sentencing to the point where three felonies mean a mandatory 25 to life in some jurisdictions. The percentage of Americans in the prison system doubled from 1985 to 1998. Basically, being poor makes your decisions lower in quality, that life leads to stress, addiction, impulsivity, hospital, court, prison and the morgue. Cycling poors between poverty and prison is a great way to make billions for corporate shareholders, prisoners working for chump change is just added gravy.
@@MrRiz157 I’ve lived here my entire life and haven’t been a victim of violent crime. Everyone I know hasn’t been a victim of violent crime. The vast majority of the time violent crimes happen in urban areas. Most Americans don’t live in these areas.
Great interview. But I wish the interviewer would interrupt less. There has been a few times when Rex was talking about something interesting and then got off track because the interviewer asked a question. Joe Rogan it bro. Let the dudes riff
No. Racism is stupid and dangerous. All this racial drama is because of racism, not integration. I mean it’s prison. It ain’t like these are the crème de la crème of society to begin with
Prison is dangerous regardless.. and from experience... it's ya own people that be out to get u in there... it's never a rival gang or anything.. sometimes it is but mostly it's ya own clique that u have to watch out for
Did you not realize if it was an all white prison, they would just faction up using other criteria, like Irish or German descendants or what American city you came from?
I liked doing time in Alcatraz, back in the 1950’s good food, women, movies drugs, and plenty of cable TV, women , animals, free drugs, demons, ect great fun.
“Yeah” “ok” “right” “imagine that!”… the interviewer’s interjections were distracting. The guy being interviewed didn’t need much help. He was a good story teller by himself. The only thing needed from the interviewer would be asking a question here and there.
Every one that goes prison ends up worse off. can definitely fuck up your mental health with out being conscious about it most men know but don't get it.. survival mode type shit , should of would of could ofs overthinking type shit anxiety, depression, anger etc tends to take over in certain situations for sure. Then your thinking your not good your broken your bad which creates a ripple effect aswell proper healing is needed.. unless your like this guy 💪
Lol. A cigarette in the joint isn't the same size as a (Cadillac)taylor made. U understand u aint seeing no pack of cigarettes like on the street. 1 real cigarette has enough tobacco to roll up probably 3 sticks/cigarettes. And what he meant by that is he had enough tobacco to make 500 cigarettes. When u buy one it doesn't come rolled and ready to smoke 9 times out of 10 u goin get a little pinch of tobacco. Now u gotta go roll it up. Smh...
@@treepounderbaitco.5153 it use to be Bartlett state jail but now they’re calling Bartlett unit. I’m not sure if they’re just using it due overcrowding or what. My major made assistant warden at Bartlett. So I’m waiting to hear from him. I don’t wanna share a lie in saying it’s a state jail
Y'know, I see the repeated smug "Don't go to prison" line on videos like this and I think of my childhood friend who's in the feds because he gave a chick a ride and she stuck her backpack full of 3.5 kilos of white under her seat. Got out to get a soda from 7-11 and the cops there actually forced my cuz to get out and found it. She conveniently walked out of the store and kept walking. I also think about my cousin who got *jumped* at a party hit one of the idiots who attacked him and that guy had a seizure from the impact then fell down hitting his head on some stairs. *Life comes at you fast and unfair. Avoiding prison is possible but so is a terrible situation.*
Heck I spent the entire year fighting false allegations of DV from a crazy bch.. I called her out for stealing from me - she called the cops and made shit up. If they didn't realise she was full of it i'd have ended up in a bad place on a bad charge.
Man I wish LA had something like that, guards just let men work out their differences. My state was schizophrenic as Hell about charging people for fighting. It made things twenty times more stressful. I saw dudes get in fights so serious they needed stitches and staples in their head, no charges. Another time, a dust-up happened and BOTH dudes got battery charges and more time. Hell I got a partner that was in the bathroom when some dudes chose to jump an SO and he had no clue what was going on, just leaving the bathroom and washing his hands when it all happened. He spent EIGHT MONTHS trying to get that case finished before he could go anywhere in DOC and program. It's genuinely less stressful if dudes are just allowed to box out their issues in prison. The problem you have is dudes can't take an L and feel like they gotta take the tool to somebody in their sleep.
I was sent to a maximum security prison for violent juveniles waiting for their 18th birthday, back when I was 15 years old in Summerville Tennessee. Did my classification in wilder Tennessee, and then sent back to Nashville Tennessee. I learned that it wasn't nearly the type of life I wanted to live so I my mom's boyfriend arranged for me to parole out of there and stright into the united states navy.
I'm 54 years old and never even got a speeding ticket since being paroled by the TDOC back in 1988.
Good for you Bro your one of the few! 👍
God bless you brother. From an Army Infantryman.
Dope. I did many years as an adult in Cook County, Menard and Vandalia. And lost most of my youth to juvenile placements. The last time I got out after doing 7 straight, I finally decided I wanted better for myself. I'm now in my 30's. I'm not active in gang shit no more but still live in the neighborhood. That's cool to hear from someone who's achieved what I'm trying to do. If you have any advice just hit me up in the comments 👍🏿💯
How was your time in the Navy? Did you do your full 20?
Thank you for serving my friend.
and the moral of the story....
Don't go to prison.
no the morale of the story is lock more blacks up and throw away the keys, then close the border and deport all mexicans
Or be a racist
There are no guarantees in life.
Yeah don't get wrongly convicted.
@@badgoat666 lmfao keep coddling like a woman
The prison system is so ridiculously broken. How the hell could anyone ever be rehabilitated in a situation like this. Its insane.
I'm sure it's due to money.
They don't want to rehabilitate you. They want repeat customers.
People like this guy do not want to reform, his own words he wanted to do shitty things to have power and make money.
It's not about rehabilitation. It's all about money.
That's why they need more prisons, so they can segregate races
My peewee football coaches growing up were all black prison guards at Central Unit prison in Sugar Land, TX. They used to show up to practice with broken arms, black eyes, separated shoulders and shit like that.
Every year, after we were about 10 or 11, they used to take us to the prison for a “field trip”. It was kind of a “Scared Straight” type experience. They used to put us in the gym with some of the model inmates that had worked to turn their lives around. I was the only white kid on my team a couple of years in a row, so the inmates used to kind of pick on me.
I’ll never forget, I was sitting at a table with a black man with life for capital murder. He was my “mentor” for the experience. He looked at me and said “Never end up here. YOU, specifically, cannot end up here. White dudes have it tough in here, so make sure you keep your head on straight and keep grinding.” I’ll never forget it. Luckily I listened. Crazy experience, but those dudes seemed to really care. I actually wrote letters back and forth with one of them a few times. I really hope he’s doing well now.
This podcast really sent me back to that time. Thanks for that.
Growing up in Houston in the early 80s, I knew a guard who took neighborhood kids from the Sandpiper area to "Scared Straight" on Saturdays at the Central Farm Unit in Sugarland. I said I was NEVER going to prison! That shit was CRAZY!
@@BigBrew4You That’s crazy. Yeah, I grew up living about 3 miles from that prison for my entire childhood. It was definitely a trip. Especially when a dude would escape for a couple of days every now and then. We weren’t allowed to go out for recess on those days. Lol.
I went a little bit after you though. I went in the mid to late 90’s. It was a work prison at that point, so they used to take us out into the fields to do landscaping and farm work until we were dead tired. Then they’d take us into the gym and let the inmates scream at us for a couple hours. Lol.
But I think it worked to an extent. I’m still Facebook friends with most of the guys I played football with, and I don’t think a single one of us ended up in prison.
I dated the warden's daughter of central unit. Warden Winkler. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I went to central unit.. it was a cake walk..
@@Idiocracy.is.now. I don’t doubt it. I think they were just trying to scare us. It was in the 90’s and I was 11, so it worked. Lol.
Met a dude who was a prison guard in TX state pen. I know nothing about it so I asked a lot of questions. His said it was like being with a bunch of fifth graders that can kick your ass.
Good way to put it. Bunch of giant man babies trying to get away with anything and everything they can.
Sounds bout right that's how CA is too
And that was just his fellow guards. 🤣
Similar. I knew a guy that taught math in a prison unit. Like you said he related it was like having a class elementary school age kids.
He said most were there not to learn but to get out of the cell blocks.
Your talking about the blacks now I'm assuming 🤔
In 2013 I was attending a narcotics anonymous meeting in Alvin, Texas. There were two oldtimers, and one young buck. They were sporting their ABT tats. The old timers were chill. But that one young ABT member was tightly wound. He told me that he had hurt a lot of people and he was an enforcer. That dude did not give a fuck and it was felt through out the room. He had nothing to lose. Which made me access my situation. I realized I had a lot to lose. I am 11 years clean.
Man. The amount of meetings I've been to and the first thing out of their mouths when they share is that they've done time. I don't know why?
The home Depot in Alvin is pretty good
I’m a Brit living in Alvin, just bought some land in Liverpool, small world 😂
no one cares. everyone else lives a life and doesn't tout how long they haven't done drugs. you're embarrassing
@@BennyMcGibbon Cuz drug addicts are so immature and growth stunted that they still as grown men think that doing time is cool. As a drug addict myself, I can tell you i've seen it literally hundreds of times. Most will never grow up.
Maybe it's just me. But, hearing "uh huh, yeah" and "right" after every single word is a bit much.
Now that you said that I can't hear anything else now 😂
Mhmm, right
Oooof it is pretty bad. Especially in light of the fact many of these interviews go for like 4 hours, I imagine Johnny does this to stay focused and engaged in the conversation. I'm sure it's not easy. Undoubtedly, Johnny is an excellent interviewer but he ought to work on interjecting less.
Mmmhuh
It's just you- I've listened to an interview before 🤷♂️
The AB sucks. They're more interested in fighting each other. There's no loyalty in that group. My brother was locked up for years in CA. The AB tried to get him to join while he was in. He said all they did was attack each other, fight each other. It was bullshit. So, he joined with the Del Norte's, and was their enforcer. I can talk about this now, since he died back in 2013. The only thing about them is, if they want you to stay in, they'll make you do something to get time added to you. That's what happened to him. But, a week before he was supposed to get out, they wanted him to do a hit. He knew, no matter what he wouldn't be released on parole because of it. He knew they were doing this to keep him in there with them. He wasn't putting up with it. So, he informed about the hit, got put in solitary and got out on time. He immediately left state (I was there to pick him up and take him home) and never looked back. He had a price on his head until the day he died. All those gangs in lockup are the same. They might help you survive while you're in, but they will keep you down and take you out the first chance they get.
When I was inside the AB did a lot of business with blacks, and were assholes to all the other whites. They stand on no solid ground. They should change their name.
Sounds about right
i’m sorry for your loss❤ thanks for sharing
Thats all prison gangs u dont touch other groups u police ur own nf la em the blk even bloods crips dont touch other unless given a go to do so how it goes not a good life anyways
Truth
All I could think about was Ali Saddiq, "The Mexicans got on Boots!" lol
Should I put my boots on?
When I heard that joke the first time I rolled on the ground 😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂
He was 100% referencing it.
10 inches in ya! Lol
Impressed with any guy whose done time and made a solid life themselves afterwards
I get what you're saying but aren't they just doing what every person does their entire life? No kudos for not being a criminal.
@@Jim-l2yNo, they aren’t doing what everyone does their entire life. If they really are trying to get on the straight and narrow then the odds are stacked against them. Most are starting out close to middle age with no money, no support systems and no real rehabilitation from the prison. In fact, some years ago, a lot of prisons took out the provision from their constitution that the goal of the prison is for rehabilitation. They replaced it with “punish”. Now I get that it seems a little obvious that prisons are for punishment but, when they take out any provisions for people to better themselves while they’re inside, who is ultimately getting punished? The taxpayers, that’s who. Beyond that little detail, getting a job with a living wage with a felony ain’t easy, most apartments won’t rent to you either. Not to mention, these guys bank accounts aren’t exactly brimming when they get out. Dudes not celebrating them for being able to do the basics that most people, who’ve never went down before, are able to attempt to achieve. He’s just saying it’s an accomplishment for these folks, with what they’re up against, to get there. The population should want them to get there, it’s beneficial to everyone. Except the prisons of course, especially the private ones. All that said, f@ck the chomos and r@pist, they can go jump in a wood chipper.
@@Jim-l2yright, and I've done 10 years myself. Prison is for and full of nothing but losers. Only on the porch, look-a-who's think anything about a dude wasting valuable time of his life around stinky, miserable men is impressive. Anyone who's done a significant amount of time could tell you all types of prison stories (myself included) but, anyone with any sense wouldn't waste their time talking about that miserable bum ah ish. Like I said in the beginning, prison is for bums, losers, wannabes and people with all types of issues that they are scared to face. Scum of the earth acting like they enjoyed being locked up, when in reality it's a bunch of cowards following cowards. That's why most of them are repeated offenders lol. It's the only place where they actually feel important. Out here they get a real reality check and usual run right back to that rat hole. I like money and puss-c and most importantly freedom. These dude's thrive to be top losers. Eff these lowlifes bruh
@@Jim-l2y I get what you're saying as well and there's some validity to it. I used to say in rehab that this is ridiculous because my cat's been sober for 4 years and he doesn't expect a Fkin trophy. But on the flip side most people never get all the way to the bottom and have to dig their way out. Because I know a lot of guys who are very successful and got their second DUI and could never get their life back together. And they have degrees experience you name it they just could never get it back together. When you just go through high school to college to intern to a good job you did good for yourself but there is something to say about somebody who was in hell and pulled himself back to Earth
As opposed to being a wage slave feeding a rotting corrupt system? Lol lmao
Worked for TDCJ for 32 years every thing he's saying is true no exaggerating on his part!
pig
Are the guards still like this in 2024?
@@abestone60 any relation to Penny Stone?
did you get sucked daily?
@@brianezell5790lol, no inmates are protected. It stopped being like this in the 90's
A black man in an orientation block in county i used to play cards with and we got along great, told me the same thing, "when you get up the way, stick with your own kind". Wow was he right.
Good advice not just for prison, but for life in general.
@@-Swamp_Donkey-😂 it's because whotes started the race wars
@@-Swamp_Donkey-not good advice for life, inbreeder
@@-Swamp_Donkey-you sound like a donkey
@@-Swamp_Donkey-whiteboys are soft
My brother is a member of this group. He has spent more than half of his life in state and federal prison. They are just criminals that extort their own race.
Yup. Sounds like criminals
Yeah all prison gangs do that..
Yea bu tango is big af them young boys be renegade now they look out for themselves
I'm sorry for your pain.
Ponzi scheme. Let’s call it for what it is. All criminal groups are communist socialist dictatorial tyrannical organisations. Sounds like governments on the streets
I hope your kids appreciate your wisdom your unique way of showing your love. This story hit a nerve with me big time. I was 15 when my mum di3d and i noticed a change in him towards me about 2 weeks after she died. A day after I turned 18 he gave me an old but super road worthy truck and $1500 cash.and asked me to move out and try make it on my own we didn't grow up with alot due to their drug and alcohol use so I know he must have scraped together every penny he had to give me that. I had a good job as a diesel mechanic apprentice so I knew if I worked hard I could make a good go of it.I asked him not long ago what the main reason he did what he did and told me he wanted me to break the cycle in our family of alcohol and drug addiction.Hes 4 years clean now and I thank him everyday for what he did.
Dudes a liar makes things bigger than they are and if your not in the gang their not telling you or giving you shit. And their not renting a boot from you they would just take it.
They're lol
@@Scandless-j4n. “Dudes a liar, makes things bigger than they are”
It’s human nature to exaggerate and fluff your life up to be a little better or bigger than it is
@@Scandless-j4nare you special ??
that makes no sense since he rolled the dice with that move.
you just as easily could've gotten caught up with shit when you were on your own versus with him.
This the first person to refer to the term blast as it was used
and the meaning of Tango.
Except he didn't know why they started Tango. They were soldiers for m and they got tired of being used so that's when all the fights started in the pods.
@@weirdo24-7 which tango u talking about cause u ain’t speaking about the blast. U must be speaking on San Anto either way they were a tango under the M they didn’t start tango because of the M the separation came later. And the blast ain’t never been under the M.
@@UrbanOutlaw713 You are correct! 👍
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Listening to this guy was the fastest 30 minutes ever, I could listen to him for hours.
I read this looked up. Im at twenty minutes. Felt like 5. Lol
forget wes watson, this guy is the real deal.
Yeah because you're geighhh 😂
He’s a really well spoken storyteller, absolutely.
believe he writes crime fiction now, maybe you'd enjoy dk
Did 3 years Robinson and Rudd. Bro ain't lying. Told it exactly how it is
Damn you were at Jim Rudd? I was there 2010, 2011. Never met anyone who was at that small ass unit in Brownfield
2012 to 2014 robertson
@@diabolicalrabbit6864Robertson Unit is the id unit alongside the Middleton transfer intake unit in Abilene. Correct?
Y'all hit Garza West unit
@@diabolicalrabbit6864 97-99 cc and then seg
This guy gets off when he talks about Corrections Officers beating up cons.Solid guy right there.😂
this was very interesting, but what made it even better was the host constantly going "mm-hmm" and "right", and "mmmmm" in the other mic while the guest was speaking
😂
Dude had fear. The host u can see it
Then again to much was said. On something. They already no
uh huh
Did 4 yrs at Ferguson 88-92 that was an experience I’ll never forget.Daily struggle is minute by minute.guards like to match us up. Lace up and get it.
Ferguson in the 80s must've been stiff as fuck lol
OG might know you huh
@@ALLSTAR2223we gotta ask Percy about Larry 🤣
@@JaylenEban what you talking about
1979-1984 A whole different world. 6 block cell 42. Commissary sold cigarettes. can goods, glass jars combination locks. We were giving white pants and a white shirt leather boots. And a belt with a hat.
A lock in a sock Was used in fights.
Sounds like zero rehabilitation coming from a place of ‘corrections’ and ‘justice’ lol
They don't make money if it's empty
Prison system is designed to keep inmates as inmates.
It’s never to rehabilitate. Look at the Japanese prison. Completely different
As someone who has done time in TDCJ there is none. It is what you make of it. If you want to change you do. If you don’t want to change you don’t. They don’t help with shit there.
Justice has nothing to do with rehabilitation.
Lots of prison gangs always talk a lot but the AB and the Jamaicans would do what they said they were going to do, every time.
"the guards stick together, they're their own gang" so true, i saw that during my time with florida doc trying to find my way early on in that career (i left it after a year or two thank god)
It's the same in North Carolina prisons.
@@craigstarling4704 probably the same in every correctional facility, private, state, or feds, in the usa.
If you work in a prison you would hope that all employees are in your gang
Google “Stanford Prison Experiment” and you will see that “absolutely power corrupts absolutely.”
So, the guards can be of any race and they're still united? But the prisoners have to stick to their own race? Kind of strange, but maybe it is just because there are so many more prisoners. And maybe the guard's authority gives them the unity.
Your thumbnail....the tattooed guy in the back is James Lemarc Byrd...I guarded that guy every night of my 4 day shift at Coffield Unit. I got to know him fairly well. Interesting guy.
When were you there? I was there in the early 2000s. Medium custody. I think it was called A side.. an and b wing...
It's been 20 years forgive me :-)
what was interesting about him?
Went to jail once in Atlanta for a couple of days for disorderly conduct. That was enough for me.
What was the worst part of being there ? Beside missing your family,friends.
Imagine not being criminal ever and not doing time.. Kudos to all NORMAL PEOPLE :D
Imagine coming into the comments to sound like this much of a fagg0t 😂
Not any better just cause you didn’t break the authoritahs rules..
@@kil.sakote Killing someone, robbing, stealing etc are not an authority's rules. These are considered bad things by the human laws. Your comment is what a 12 year old ''mr know it all and above the law'' skinhead would write.
It's easier then you think to end up in prison... for your sake I hope you never go
@@kil.sakoteI think that’s exactly what it means.
The Land of the Free has more people in prison than any other country. Crazy
Lies
Most countries don't release those figures
Per capita, that’s not true. El Salvador
@@ArtSmosh1274Nah, America is unique, particularly among western countries but not exclusively so, in the disproportionate amount of citizens it incarcerates and also the length of sentences its judicial system hands down.
Because they are bad people. Who don't like to work. They take the easy way out. Then find out they are not really that smart.
Isn't it funny how prisons everywhere get segregated by race. But outside we should still all live together.
Yeah.
You're really looking to felons as a template for society to follow?
Nah , they want us segregated and fighting on the outside too.
Diversity is our strength goyim
Notice that the population you described are also low intellect, liabilities to society, & just unstructured/ poorly disciplined F ups with barely any agency... these people can't reason beyond the superficiality of "race". Tells a lot about the lack depth the people have that focus on it huh?
what does that say to you?
I did 22 years went in in 1996. The family’s ran the system. The system was Diffrent and I was there when the San Antonio and blast left the family’s and went on there own. The four horse man started cause of texas syndicate. It wasn’t cause they just wanted to it was Houston felt disrespected by TS. I went to 10 units and the truth is the blacks ran black units and Mexicans ran Mexican units. I was there thru 4 racial riots and it was the start of a lot of changes
OG them orejones was coming up back then as the young guys now we took over the TDC system
@@raymondstorm2710 Respect 🫡. 752001 , 96 ( county late 95 after 2 stretches in TYC) 2002 and I remember when the 4 kicked off. Green eyes from Dallas and I worked together last year for a company up here in North Texas, he is A Dallas original. I went to the pen 4 times in Arkansas starting in 2005 and it was totally different from my Texas state time. Totally different.. I don’t really compare the two but fortunately the last time I went down in Arkansas I was at a work release and came home with several thousand dollars and started my life over. Never looked back.. I have been out almost 11 years now and I am STILL on active supervision parole and interstate compact transferred from Arkansas to Texas 7 years ago. Not one single glitch in my jacket and they are making me serve every single day of my parole flat- I have 3.4 years to go.
@@KrazyFoos I was in Brownwood state school with lots of SA guys. All the different clicks.. 1993-1994. Lots of them became M later on in tdc and unfortunately several are passed away.. I remember the BSV guys Al Kapone and Lil Jokr.. those dudes were wild even as teens. I’m white but they respected me because I didn’t back down from anyone. To this day I still keep up with a few people that I did TYC Time with way back in the day. And some of them have been in prison for the past 31 years now. Damn man we’re all getting old. You guys do know that we have an obligation to share our stories with the kids now, this Country is really going down in flames right now.
I’m always willing to share my storage. I had close ties with blue one of the Texas seven from San Antonio mini store about them. We were good friends. I live in San Antonio, but was born and raised in Auustin and I kept close ties with the blast as well the four Horsemen were legitimate, but San anto were Diffrent. They had a vibe like no other. wowee spoke for sa anto. Like I said they were like family. I still have a lot of love and respect for many of them. The truth is one of my books was written in prison and published in prison. It’s not about prison, but it was a warning that I was giving in 1999 about the cartels and how they were moving. “Caught at the edge “ by Raymond storm. Look it up brothers. Keep blessed know we can get out and make this happen. Change is what we have to do to survive in todays world
@@raymondstorm2710 I have some close friends that are from SA- I go all the way back to 1993 Brownwood State school with them. These dudes are some heavy ass hitters, I did time with quite a few of the M as well. I was always treated very respectfully and never had any problem doing time with any of them ever. It seems to me that people from San Antonio have always been about that business because many of them were killers as teenagers. I know a whole grip of people from all over that city. I can give nicknames if you’re interested.
Right around 22:06 he goes on a "mhmm yea" rampage when the other guy starts talking about loose tobacco lmfao
Take notice that the AB is the only gang that scared the wardens and guards so bad they separated them from population into solitary confinement. The AB was small but feared by all including the police.
Because they do what they say and say what they do.
They do what they want to a point yeah. But i feel like if they did what they want they'd walk out the front gate😂@raymondready7496
They can reach the guard and warden from outside.
Not on the unit I was at…they made those white people cover up every tattoo they had…white people were in last place.
My last comment was deleted but what you’re saying is just not true…what unit were you on and during what year?
Pennsylvania State Correctional Institutes aren't like Cali/FL/Texas.
For the most part, we don't really segregate ourselves.
It's all about your demeanor/actions.
Real dudes respect real dudes. White/Black/Hispanic/Gays (of course no pedophiles/rapists though)
And yes, COs are the biggest gang.
Any advice to someone who's about to go upstate in PA, stay humble, show respect, but if you need to rumble on some rah rah sh!t, stand up for yourself.
SCI - Camp Hill & SCI - Smithfield
KV4069 (SMH I'll never forget my #)
MAKE GOOD CHOICES AND GOOD THINGS WILL HAPPEN TO YOU
I've never even been to Texas before, but one of my closest friends in the ARMY told me about how much he missed being a prison guard because he could just beat people up.
You can tell this guy did time cause he took forever to tell his 5 minute story. Holy shit
it would've been 5 mins but the audience/listener needs context to make it cohesive
Surprised families don't sue prisons for security on the murders. No reason for the murders. The Japanese system is more about work, discipline and non violence
Japanese people dont have non Japanese like we do. if our prison system was all White we wouldnt have this trouble
Exactly. We separate them from the rest of society with literal walls... And then put people in the walls with them, to be victims. What's the point?!
True, but the Japanese prisons are full of Japanese. Not blacks or mexicans
Genetics will out
Crazy. I just mentioned Japanese prisons. Much different
@@SHAKA-NEU-LU Japanese prisons dont have people like yours who cause all the crime
Crazy prisons don't return to being segregated.
Once as a child I did a Hard, Time-Out (30min), technically I guess, I was allowed to associate with other races, but only my brother and sister were in the house, both of whom were my same race
😊 best comment on here! I guess you learned tour lesson?! Lol
Were you at fisherprice penitentiary, too? I was in playpen block 8. We smuggled in blankies, alphabet soup you name it.
@@frenchonion4595
& rubber duckies!
Time Out Shot Caller here, that corner taught me lessons good kids will never know.
Amazing that felons can come out and glorify their prison system and make money on UTube. The hustle never ends. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Monetize your rough past and struggle, I see nuthin wrong with that
I think it’s great. The only people that would complain about this sort of thing are the envious guys that have to go work a 9-5 every day
Oh btw Thomas if you think these ex con podcasters make prison seem good or glorious then I’m sorry but you aren’t listening to what they are saying
telling a story verbatim = glorifying. Your right, we should silence this guy and never learn from anything. What about any of this sounded remotely bright or glorious to you.
@@thomasaustin6360 it's amazing that people actually believe everything they see on the internet shows how ignorant people are Idiocracy of America brought to you straight from the internet
Integrating prisons is dumb as hell. If anything should be segregated, it’s prison…
Whoever decided that is dumb as hell
On racial grounds? Why?.
@@AS-gz8oesomeone's not paying attention...
Because race is real. Evolution is real. Read Darwin Origin of Species.
@@Jp3Jp3-cc5ub
^This^
Former ABT is what the title should read...AB of Texas is what he claimed
You are a great interviewer, just enough to get the guest talking and a push here and there to get them to continue. Great stuff.
Don’t forget Tango Blast’s saying…. If You Ain’t Blasting You Ain’t Lasting.
Just commented that
When I hit Texas prison there were 18 prisons in the state. Building tenders, turn keys, lead row, tail rows. It grew exponentially in the next ten years.
@@JimmyJapan yer mommy.
@@JimmyJapan with yer mom.
@JimmyJapan oh, an internet tough guy. Jimmy Japan is my name, keyboard boxing is my game! Ha ha ha ha ha!
The people, the culture, the food, the guards, the lack of women..prison just sounds so unbelievably lame.
I am from Chrenshaw and Slauson but I did 17 years in Tx prisons ever since 1988. He’s pretty accurate but I am still watching it.
Salute Fam 🫡
Aight 60
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What are you up to these days?
@@TW7S95 living ten minutes from the lake. Enjoying life for once.
forget wes watson, this guy is the real deal.
Always the most quality individuals work at prisons.
😮😮😮
A little glimpse into the future of Western civilisation.
Plz explain..
Matson Browning has co-written a hair curling reveal of White Supremacy skinhead gangs with his mother Tawny Browning about his father's (and her husband's) 30 years undercover work starting in Arizona and later with international authorities throughout the developed world entitled The Hate Next Door. It details how deeply embedded it is around the world, but the US (and our prison system) is very much the epicenter for organizing. Yes, unless we figure out to fight drugs, racism and gun running we are in for a whole lot of bloodshed.
You mean until they need a brain 😂
@@commiehunter733ok. I will get back to you.
@rosswilliams2303 maybe they are the ones with the brain. Maybe they don't want to conform or contribute to a system that openly hates them.
I saw that you made the Florida Fishermen a members only video. That's a bad decision imo dude, it's one of your best videos that would bring in more subs and more members overall by keeping it public, especially so because of its doco style. You do you but it seems like it would be wiser to market your best to as many people as possible instead of keeping it behind a paywall.
Yo what's up big homie???? You bang the five??
@@bobb4193 The boy band from London? Nah I'm more of a Backstreet Boys kinda big homie myself.
How bout you big homie?? do you pop in that cassette tape and sing the lyrics as loudly as you can too?
Stop glorifying thugs. Super lame.
@@Richard.B.Riddick. Are you alright, mate?
Stop watching
@@JamesMeeks-d3i
I did after like 3 minutes.
Tired of uncritical gonzo journalist UA-camrs that give some lame local rappers videos to flex in and impress 14 year olds.
Great video.... knowledge like that hopefully will help keep the young men out of prison. I feel lucky to never have been to prison or jail.
Ive heard many storys of prisoners doing time for a DUI only to end up with LWP due to joining a prison gang and carrying out a hit
LWP is life withou parole
and no i didnt know that it just hit me.. im on one tonight. sure someone was wondering. and yes dont go in for 2 1.2 wwith goodd time just to get 10 and during that 10 get 10 more.
Bam and BH- I know them two personally.. I was at Robertson with Bam and I kept in touch with BH for some years down there, I know where he’s at but he’s not on any inmate locators. The background story is a little different than that, that charter started at Ellis with Cosmo and Bosco, But D. Rushing was the founder of the Ride itself after the original two merged. BEFORE The name changed.
Damn that’s wild, the guards just formed up and watched too.
We do
wagers $
Intelligence always wins.
Not always.
LoL
It does but brute force is a
Said the intellectual right before he got knocked out.
@diggie9598
An intellectual, unlike a dunce, can be instructed on several combat techniques. This especially becomes evident in professional combat sports.
From wikipedia... Robert Draper of the Texas Monthly accused various TDCJ board members and state officials in the early to mid-1990s of capitalizing on the rapid expansion of Texas prisons - from 1994 to 1996 the number of prisoners almost doubled and the number of the prison units increased from 65 to 108
He really is in to that prison expansion…
We could tell from the shirt you had black friends bubba 😂😂😂
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First thing I noticed was the shirt and the jewelry haha... he looks sharp though (no Diddy).
Started as a guard when it was the Texas Department of Corrections. Worked there for years, through the unit expansion and its transition into TDCJ. Worked on many different units, including some mentioned in this interview. Just listening, my anxiety returns. What a waste of life for everyone involved.
so you beat convicts up and had to cover for your fellow guards beating up everyone
This was fascinating but please take note of what the first comment says. Nicer alternatives are "Yes", "Okay", "I see", "Go on."
Tight interview!
I work my ass off till i cant lift my arms. I don't fight with no one for respect.
I'm guessing you're not in prison, though?!
Better make sure you never go to prison because your approach will get you big trouble
@@benjaminr-cj6xu It's easy. Don't be a moron and don't crime.
Dont ever go to prison then, becuse in there, respect is the only thing you have (if you can get it that is).
One of the new guy tests in prison, is to play it cool and train with you then challenge you to training to failure, and they been training all day for years, so when you get tired they beat you or worse.
Dude looks like Bill Burr after southern supersoldier serum.
You know how we all like to sugar coat our stories and it's always tough to admit that we got our asses kicked, but if this dude is saying that he got knocked out and that it was bloody, then it probably is 10 times worse. Kudos for standing your ground
It's disturbing that in a country as developed as the United States, crime is still so widespread. How long will its citizens put up with the irony of living in a place where progress is overshadowed by constant violence?
It's the price of being free. You are allowed to live your life unbothered by the government for the most part and sometimes that leads to bad choices. I'd rather have freedom than Soviet style police, or even European style where you can't speak freely without jail time.
I have to carry a RPG to the grocery store and drive a tank to work. 😂 Your idea of the US is not based in reality. It’s not some lawless, scary place where you’re constantly in danger.
@@Chet73 I daresay it's commonplace for US citizens to become inured to such violence, whereas other nations undoubtedly find it deeply unsettling.
Don't believe the hype, prisons-for-profit have lobbied to expand the definition of felony and affected sentencing to the point where three felonies mean a mandatory 25 to life in some jurisdictions. The percentage of Americans in the prison system doubled from 1985 to 1998. Basically, being poor makes your decisions lower in quality, that life leads to stress, addiction, impulsivity, hospital, court, prison and the morgue. Cycling poors between poverty and prison is a great way to make billions for corporate shareholders, prisoners working for chump change is just added gravy.
@@MrRiz157 I’ve lived here my entire life and haven’t been a victim of violent crime. Everyone I know hasn’t been a victim of violent crime. The vast majority of the time violent crimes happen in urban areas. Most Americans don’t live in these areas.
4 states that dont play is cali, texas, NY and florida
Come on down to Alabama dept.corrections ,I'f you think there's only 4 states that don't play.
What about Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Illinois, etc?
@@jameslammons2525Exactly there’s 50 states I’m sure atleast half of them are no different
@jameslammons2525 kentucky, Indian don't play either. You're a little off bro 😮
ny?
Great interview 💯
He's very good at telling stuff and making it interesting to listen to. I enjoyed this vid alot.
Great interview. But I wish the interviewer would interrupt less. There has been a few times when Rex was talking about something interesting and then got off track because the interviewer asked a question. Joe Rogan it bro. Let the dudes riff
This dudes life experience should have shown him not to speak on abt to media 😒
Integrating prison is stupid and dangerous
Yeah I agree. People are so dumb that they segregate themselves based on race.
No. Racism is stupid and dangerous. All this racial drama is because of racism, not integration. I mean it’s prison. It ain’t like these are the crème de la crème of society to begin with
Prison is dangerous regardless.. and from experience... it's ya own people that be out to get u in there... it's never a rival gang or anything.. sometimes it is but mostly it's ya own clique that u have to watch out for
Did you not realize if it was an all white prison, they would just faction up using other criteria, like Irish or German descendants or what American city you came from?
But diversity is our strength. 😆
I liked doing time in Alcatraz, back in the 1950’s good food, women, movies drugs, and plenty of cable TV, women , animals, free drugs, demons, ect great fun.
Good interview,, the interviewer was asking all the things I was thinking lol..
“Yeah” “ok” “right” “imagine that!”… the interviewer’s interjections were distracting. The guy being interviewed didn’t need much help. He was a good story teller by himself. The only thing needed from the interviewer would be asking a question here and there.
Did 7 years for gun charges an he’s speaking the truth. Except we don’t call our transfer facility a holiday we call ours gladiator school 😂
It’s just the name of the unit. Full name is Reverend CA Holliday unit. Spent 5 months there. Sucked cause you could never get settled in.
Every one that goes prison ends up worse off. can definitely fuck up your mental health with out being conscious about it most men know but don't get it.. survival mode type shit , should of would of could ofs overthinking type shit anxiety, depression, anger etc tends to take over in certain situations for sure. Then your thinking your not good your broken your bad which creates a ripple effect aswell proper healing is needed.. unless your like this guy 💪
indeed
Prison saved my life but robbed so many more of theirs.
My first time in county jail heading to prison best vice I ever got was association no affiliation
Worked Florida DOC for a long time. He's 100% honest here.
the thumbnail="I'm gonna eat your face!" the video= " Hey buddy how's it going?"
Wow! How scary is it walking into a texas prison huh? Great detailed story dude, well told.
What a waste of a life.
14:23 look at Johnny’s reaction 😂😂 the irony of him saying those words
"I" "We" distinction.
It's like being an executive at Nesle and going "I never shot anybody in South America."
Moral of the story is, be as racist as the out group or you get done
I'd really love to hear this guy's story without him constantly being interrupted and having to move between topics for no reason ...
9:46 quoted Ali
I'm more memorized by their voice than their ideology.
His voice just kept me listening longer than I should have.
Mesmerized
ngl this so fucking corny - all these prison politics - just obey the law for christ sake
Cry about reality all you want, it's reality.
That takes brains
@@abettermind i ain’t crying about nothing - keep your ass out of prison
@@radius1729what about the innocent people who got wrongly convicted of a crime and sentenced? Because that’s apart of reality too..
Shawsheink was too real brah
For me, it appears El Salvador understands how to run a prison system.
500 cigarettes in a sock down his pants...... A carton is 200 ciggs. No way he was walking around with 25 packs swinging.
Lol. A cigarette in the joint isn't the same size as a (Cadillac)taylor made. U understand u aint seeing no pack of cigarettes like on the street. 1 real cigarette has enough tobacco to roll up probably 3 sticks/cigarettes. And what he meant by that is he had enough tobacco to make 500 cigarettes. When u buy one it doesn't come rolled and ready to smoke 9 times out of 10 u goin get a little pinch of tobacco. Now u gotta go roll it up. Smh...
i'm at 1:43, and it looks like the interviewer is about ready to hit his guest in the face just to prove how tough he is.
They just reopened the Bartlett unit. I’m at the Hughes unit now as a Lieutenant
Bartlett unit?
@@leroybrown549 yea, dang autocorrect 🤦♂️
Is it state jail only or TDCJ also?
@@treepounderbaitco.5153both
@@treepounderbaitco.5153 it use to be Bartlett state jail but now they’re calling Bartlett unit. I’m not sure if they’re just using it due overcrowding or what. My major made assistant warden at Bartlett. So I’m waiting to hear from him. I don’t wanna share a lie in saying it’s a state jail
Y'know, I see the repeated smug "Don't go to prison" line on videos like this and I think of my childhood friend who's in the feds because he gave a chick a ride and she stuck her backpack full of 3.5 kilos of white under her seat. Got out to get a soda from 7-11 and the cops there actually forced my cuz to get out and found it. She conveniently walked out of the store and kept walking.
I also think about my cousin who got *jumped* at a party hit one of the idiots who attacked him and that guy had a seizure from the impact then fell down hitting his head on some stairs.
*Life comes at you fast and unfair. Avoiding prison is possible but so is a terrible situation.*
Heck I spent the entire year fighting false allegations of DV from a crazy bch..
I called her out for stealing from me - she called the cops and made shit up.
If they didn't realise she was full of it i'd have ended up in a bad place on a bad charge.
@@stormeeds8119 see? And that's terribly common now.
“Feel like Aladin.” Come on lol😂 This dude is ABT. Anyway great interview.
They kill their own the most.
That’s how it usually is. *your own* people are the ones breaking the rules & they’re the ones you’re with.
Not true always
"When the sh$t goes down brown and white unite" I remember a buddy telling me that after he got out.
And your point is?
That's only prison. Out in the real world, it's everyman for themselves. Remember that
does brown mean mexican? tf
@@justinbridgezare you slow????
Im at orios
Man I wish LA had something like that, guards just let men work out their differences. My state was schizophrenic as Hell about charging people for fighting. It made things twenty times more stressful. I saw dudes get in fights so serious they needed stitches and staples in their head, no charges. Another time, a dust-up happened and BOTH dudes got battery charges and more time. Hell I got a partner that was in the bathroom when some dudes chose to jump an SO and he had no clue what was going on, just leaving the bathroom and washing his hands when it all happened. He spent EIGHT MONTHS trying to get that case finished before he could go anywhere in DOC and program.
It's genuinely less stressful if dudes are just allowed to box out their issues in prison. The problem you have is dudes can't take an L and feel like they gotta take the tool to somebody in their sleep.
This explains why there are so many wealthy and successful Arian Brotherhood members in society today.
For So Cal people, John’s performing in Tustin Friday (17th St Grill)
man i wish i still lived in so cal i missed alot of awesome shit since i left in 2007
@@riotsquadgaming7460 you avoided lots of shit too. Tradeoffs.
@@riotsquadgaming7460honestly leaving socal was the best thing I ever did for myself.
This guy is cool very well educated and very well spoken. I like him.
Juat dont drop your soap.
The guards are all dirty and corrupt
Facts
Glad i don't have prison stories to remember.
you still have time to experience it. make sure u don't F up.