Prison Guard Reveals How Inmates Are Treated On Rikers Island | Marlon Fernandez

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  • Опубліковано 28 тра 2024
  • Marlon Fernandez shares his experience of becoming a correctional officer on Rikers Island and reveals how the inmates are actually treated.
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    Timestamps:
    00:00:00 - Orientation at the Academy and Corrections
    00:04:28 - Growing up and career aspirations
    00:09:08 - The Struggle to Make a Living
    00:13:42 - Living Conditions in the Prison System
    00:18:02 - Pursue What You Love
    00:22:13 - Overcoming Obstacles and Pursuing Goals
    00:26:19 - The Gray Area of Criminal Justice
    00:30:34 - Challenges Working with Others
    00:34:47 - Challenges of being a correctional officer
    00:38:59 - Living conditions and hygiene in prison
    00:43:12 - Corruption and mistreatment in Riker's Island
    00:47:24 - Harsh Treatment of Inmates
    00:51:36 - Leaving the Job in Frustration
    00:56:01 - Rikers Island's Future
    01:00:06 - The Importance of Going Through Stages in the Acting Industry
    01:04:02 - Acting Tips and Self-Tape Challenges

КОМЕНТАРІ • 218

  • @VictoriaZegri
    @VictoriaZegri 15 днів тому +14

    I love that he found his purpose instead of becoming a corrupt officer, or not caring about inmates. Good human, like we need in our world!

    • @texascrimestories
      @texascrimestories 15 днів тому

      Every single co that does inter iews all claim to he that kind of co. When in reality 99 percent of them were scum

  • @extendedplay8830
    @extendedplay8830 19 годин тому

    Marlon seems like a really well balanced guy , Mad Respect From Chicago!!

  • @jackieharris5987
    @jackieharris5987 15 днів тому +11

    This is a good brother, he has a good heart ❤️ He is definitely keeping it real & fair 💯 I agree with his C.O skills & parenting skills. Yes, everyone deserves a second chance.
    G❤️D B🙏

  • @canadianty420
    @canadianty420 16 днів тому +14

    Haven’t missed a podcast they keep getting better

    • @ianbickCT
      @ianbickCT  15 днів тому +1

      Thank you!!!! Much love

  • @erictbe4079
    @erictbe4079 10 днів тому +3

    I like the way this guy tells his story! Seems 100% genuine, great episode

  • @baronabrothers7739
    @baronabrothers7739 15 днів тому +7

    He looks like the type that would get mad when they would call him “ rookie” 😂. Definitely a door holder

    • @Chazer45
      @Chazer45 14 днів тому

      Seemed pretty respectful to me. Don’t agree.

  • @dajamonet
    @dajamonet 16 днів тому +5

    🤞🏽✨ HYPE FOR THIS.
    You don’t disappoint

  • @yi588
    @yi588 16 днів тому +16

    I was a NYC CO for 4.5yrs
    As long as you give respect most inmates will return respect
    They're there to fight their case and move on
    Some inmates are pieces of shit and deserve no remorse or empathy

  • @AshBear2008
    @AshBear2008 11 днів тому

    Ian, I LOVEEEEEE your channel!!!!!! side note: thanks so much for the time stamps.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @user-jx2se6hp5b
    @user-jx2se6hp5b 15 днів тому +1

    Keep up the good work every episode is straight 🔥🔥

  • @Sunshinespeck
    @Sunshinespeck День тому

    Ian, you’ve got talent for journalism! Good job! 👍🏻 new subscriber here.

  • @banksee2013
    @banksee2013 15 днів тому +8

    Try bringing on a inmate and a CO on the show from rikers

  • @Ghost-zf8lk
    @Ghost-zf8lk 15 днів тому +1

    Lots of gems in this one. Needed some advice I heard in the interview

    • @weaux007
      @weaux007 8 днів тому +1

      No bullshit bro got his head on his shoulders fr

  • @debbiedequillettes6984
    @debbiedequillettes6984 14 днів тому +2

    Hi !!! I could almost be your gramma !!! I love your story and what you do now. Keep it up. You do a great job. You were born for this. Deb

  • @Static_Mossberg
    @Static_Mossberg 15 днів тому +1

    Bro... Your channel is informative it's DANGEROUS 😅😅😅😅😅

  • @Kyle.Jason1
    @Kyle.Jason1 16 днів тому +10

    He was only there a year there’s officers 15 yrs they change this guy only a year ain’t shit

    • @dashonlive6623
      @dashonlive6623 15 днів тому +5

      At the same time that’s like telling someone whose never been to prison or jail and end up in that situation “that year ain’t shit” 😭🤣 shit one semester in college feels like you was there for awhile living on campus

    • @SEVEN-sg5rb
      @SEVEN-sg5rb 15 днів тому +8

      @@dashonlive6623bruh fr being at a psyche ward, rehab, or mental health facility for 72 hrs feels like eternity.

    • @Chazer45
      @Chazer45 14 днів тому +5

      I’m interested in hearing it. A year is plenty of time to grasp the reality of a situation.

    • @user-xo8wm4ii8g
      @user-xo8wm4ii8g 13 днів тому +2

      Huh???

  • @rensii6305
    @rensii6305 5 годин тому

    That’s my boy Fernandez. My mutual partner. Cool humble dude. It’s true what he’s saying.

  • @danielclay906
    @danielclay906 16 днів тому +1

    Ian u never fail me bro yr show keeps me entertained while working... good shit yo

    • @sheldonlaney11
      @sheldonlaney11 15 днів тому

      This exactly when I watch him or smoking weed

    • @ianbickCT
      @ianbickCT  15 днів тому

      Appreciate you bro

    • @Chazer45
      @Chazer45 14 днів тому

      What do y’all do for a job where you can watch this while you work? Just envious.

  • @x.s.bleeding7780
    @x.s.bleeding7780 16 днів тому +9

    Loved this guys positive energy. Great guest choice 👌 👍 👏

  • @robm3016
    @robm3016 9 днів тому +2

    I did two years 8 months in China as a white man from Nee Hampshire!!! I am banned from China for life and I’d never wanna go back anyway. I’ve never been to prison anywhere else and surprisingly enough my record is clean, I am a state employee with a pretty great job.

    • @TeagueVivolo
      @TeagueVivolo 6 днів тому +1

      You should be a guest on his show! 😊

  • @michaelwblade
    @michaelwblade 16 днів тому +7

    Love your style of interviewing keep growing you’re going to get that 1 million before you know it, brother❤

  • @jay_ay_why
    @jay_ay_why 11 днів тому +1

    The John Jay College to Ian Back show pipeline is STRONG lol.

  • @ricardoperez1601
    @ricardoperez1601 14 днів тому +4

    He worked at nic that shit is a vacation compared to amkc aka 95 and grvc aka the beacon

  • @khall187
    @khall187 16 днів тому +5

    This guy starts the conversation with a "you reap what you sow in life" (which I very much agree with) and proceeds to spend the rest of the pod talking about inmates not getting what they're "entitled" to. I'm sorry but these hardened criminals probably ruined many people's lives, I'm not caring about all the stuff they're "entitled" to after murdering somebody. Go be a counselor, would suit you better.

    • @TeagueVivolo
      @TeagueVivolo 6 днів тому

      Idiot. You didn't listen to a word he said.

  • @lucifersstepkid1143
    @lucifersstepkid1143 16 днів тому +11

    My dads a correctional officer, he hates it when people call him a prison guard

    • @user-xo8wm4ii8g
      @user-xo8wm4ii8g 13 днів тому +3

      That's what he is though correct? 🤔

    • @donsolo4845
      @donsolo4845 13 днів тому +2

      @@user-xo8wm4ii8gI guess it’s the equivalent of calling a custodian a janitor 🤷🏽‍♂️

    • @isidrosalas5088
      @isidrosalas5088 12 днів тому +3

      He's a prison guard

    • @king.g.7184
      @king.g.7184 10 днів тому +1

      Does babysitter of criminal adults sound better😂

    • @greaterthansolomon-vv4ho
      @greaterthansolomon-vv4ho 3 дні тому +1

      some don’t like being called a officer. we just there to get a mustang and a white girlfriend

  • @Jayone00
    @Jayone00 15 днів тому +3

    I was in that building he worked in. I was in the maximum security unit. I believe it was the second floor. It was a crazy experience.

    • @Chazer45
      @Chazer45 14 днів тому

      In what ways? Specifically?

  • @joshnewman6667
    @joshnewman6667 14 днів тому +2

    When i was a inmate at rikers island, i fed the guards hot dogs boiled in water

    • @greaterthansolomon-vv4ho
      @greaterthansolomon-vv4ho 3 дні тому

      when i was a guard i brought fast food to work and had fornication with 5 female guards deep and raw

  • @BeyondFacts25
    @BeyondFacts25 14 днів тому +1

    i worked as a co for 2 years on rikers.. i would love to tell my story

  • @user-su4pl1dk1r
    @user-su4pl1dk1r 14 днів тому

    So the question when you asked the gentlemen about the conditions of Rikers Island. What you have to put into play is that every jail runs totally different. Facilities are structured different what he seen in NIC you’re probably not going to see in another facility. Every facility layout is totally different. For an example the facility I work at the majority of the housing areas or dorms. In the dorm the capacity can run up to 60 individuals in that dorm. It’s up to the inmates who would assigned the job of running sanitation running the feeding cleaning, so yes, some people jump on Interviews and try to downplay the facilities, but the reality of it is, it’s not the officers that’s making these facilities look like this. it’s the individuals and custody that’s doing it the ones who starting fires the ones who are basically overdosing on drugs and potentially harming themselves, and some expire due to that. So everyone is all in favor of closing down Rikers island, which, in the reality of it all closing the island is not going to change what goes on in a facility. People in custody are still going to do drugs harm themselves and or others. So when you open the borough facilities, my question is what are you going to say when things that happening in Rikers Island are happening in the borough? Close the jails? And a Big shout out to Leroy Ebron. That’s the CO I push myself to be

  • @AyoItsMike
    @AyoItsMike 11 днів тому

    🔥

  • @williamcherubin2219
    @williamcherubin2219 8 днів тому

    That’s true

  • @BigMoney23223
    @BigMoney23223 8 днів тому +1

    They purposely call breaks early, they know most of the potential guards don’t know what they signed up for. So they call early breaks to weed out the weak from wasting their time.

  • @williamcherubin2219
    @williamcherubin2219 8 днів тому

    I got a degree in criminal justice I work with kids my self now I’m a trucker I love my job I’m in peace

  • @seanjohn9656
    @seanjohn9656 16 днів тому +4

    GARY HEYWARD NEEDS AN INTERVIEW.

  • @axeldejesus4555
    @axeldejesus4555 День тому

    True but you don’t no peoples situations certain people don’t really have a choice or don’t have the proper understanding or guidance trust I’ve been their done that thank god I’ve turned my life around god bless 🙏🙏

  • @jerrythomas4457
    @jerrythomas4457 15 днів тому

    Ian is in love with

  • @kiannachantel6669
    @kiannachantel6669 8 днів тому

    Being in more COs!

  • @HellonRIKERSISLAND
    @HellonRIKERSISLAND 10 днів тому

    He really not lying tho u don’t see them people & they do wat they want facts wat he saying plus more been going on way before that when I was there 06 threw 08

  • @iriswood3744
    @iriswood3744 16 днів тому +2

    You got to be a certain type of personality in order to work in D.O.C if you are the type of person that turns the Other Cheek i believe that everybody is a very nice person...That job isnt for you

  • @Thesmithfamily2023
    @Thesmithfamily2023 8 днів тому

    I left the same way.

  • @markcafebrown2883
    @markcafebrown2883 16 днів тому

    Get Locked in to LockedIn

  • @OKLAHOMIESKY
    @OKLAHOMIESKY 14 днів тому +2

    I could tell his story without any of the history he says he has.. he's not detailed at all compared to your other interviews. idk maybe it's just me

  • @chrisventura1881
    @chrisventura1881 10 днів тому

    Marlon a decent name lol.✌🏼 Jr. And Sr are if you got the same middle name right.

  • @Roc_Sinatra
    @Roc_Sinatra 10 днів тому

    This is definitely Steven Dominguez half brother or something my goodness

  • @cleangreenelectronicrecycl4739
    @cleangreenelectronicrecycl4739 15 днів тому +1

    He Said
    'Exactly' -- 291 Times

    • @Raiyven79
      @Raiyven79 15 днів тому

      Wow you counted? 😂

    • @Chazer45
      @Chazer45 14 днів тому

      It’s super cool that you’re here making fun of someone but you’ve contributed absolutely nothing of entertainment for anyone to enjoy. Everyone really respects a dude like that in life.

  • @HellonRIKERSISLAND
    @HellonRIKERSISLAND 10 днів тому

    Yooo he not lying they get stuck for 3 to 4 days straight

  • @Kyle.Jason1
    @Kyle.Jason1 16 днів тому +2

    Now he helps ppl live off the government

    • @MarkSinishtaj
      @MarkSinishtaj 15 днів тому

      They lived off the government when he was working the jail also. Not much of a difference for him

  • @ricardoperez1601
    @ricardoperez1601 14 днів тому +1

    Yes prison guard is offensive to a correction officer

  • @TennesseeZee
    @TennesseeZee 11 днів тому +1

    One year? You can really tell he didn’t have much to tell or say. It was more like a job interview.

  • @awakenotwoke1973
    @awakenotwoke1973 15 днів тому +1

    I don't know what he's say'n, you know what I'm say'n?

  • @user-pn2sl1xe2x
    @user-pn2sl1xe2x 6 днів тому +1

    Is jail there's no royalty treatment do the time you did the crime

  • @clarencebradley27
    @clarencebradley27 12 днів тому

    HE'S DEFINITELY NOT A PRISON GUARD , HE'S A C.O. GET IT RIGHT 👍

  • @JayR914
    @JayR914 9 днів тому +1

    After a while i think this dude is bullshitting why he actually left none of why he said he left made sense to me think it was something else

  • @bluesky6985
    @bluesky6985 16 днів тому +1

    We need prison industrial complex reform

    • @Chazer45
      @Chazer45 14 днів тому

      Absolutely and without a doubt.

  • @texascrimestories
    @texascrimestories 15 днів тому +1

    Distric attorneys are lawyers dude

    • @Alleykatsks
      @Alleykatsks 15 днів тому

      Yea I think he meant just doing his own thing instead of working for someone else. Idk but ur right.

    • @justice77justice
      @justice77justice 15 днів тому +1

      He meant he wants to defend not be a prosecutor

    • @texascrimestories
      @texascrimestories 15 днів тому

      @@justice77justice most defense attorneys worth a dam. We're usually da at somepoiny

    • @Chazer45
      @Chazer45 14 днів тому

      He meant he didn’t want to be the person putting working class people in jail for petty drug crimes. DA’s are primarily concerned about metrics.

    • @pickleforknwiggles634
      @pickleforknwiggles634 10 днів тому

      OMG 😂 "attorney" - "lawyer" ...you shouldn't have to explain this. Dummies on here. District*

  • @mikegreen5502
    @mikegreen5502 3 дні тому

    Dude must of atarted his career at 18 or 19 dude looks young

  • @dansanta4611
    @dansanta4611 15 днів тому +2

    He was barely there lol what a joke. He was only there 6 months, academy is 6 months.

  • @zairebailey9593
    @zairebailey9593 11 днів тому

    High-school Diploma no criminal record

  • @kennyr1968
    @kennyr1968 15 днів тому

    I don’t understand why this guy was interviewed. Most of your interviews are really interesting, but this guy just didn’t like working overtime.

  • @MichaelEdwardLee
    @MichaelEdwardLee 13 днів тому

    8:49 penal
    Seminary
    Rectory
    Not random sounding
    Rhetorical

  • @canamrockinryder8337
    @canamrockinryder8337 11 днів тому +1

    This cat knows what he's saying, knowm sayin? He finna keep it real dawg, knowm sayin?? Knowm sayin??

  • @Optim40
    @Optim40 12 днів тому

    Come on bro why you sitting like that ? The host looks like he wants to snuggle in a blanket with a teddy bear.

  • @lavy9815
    @lavy9815 14 днів тому

    Improve this , Improve that. Where the fuck does he think the money is going to come from??

  • @elijahgadson264
    @elijahgadson264 7 днів тому

    By far rikers got to be the worst jail to ever go to

  • @tier1solutions28
    @tier1solutions28 15 днів тому +1

    Bring back chain gangs. 14 hr work days.

    • @Raiyven79
      @Raiyven79 15 днів тому

      100%

    • @tier1solutions28
      @tier1solutions28 15 днів тому

      @Raiyven79 I don't believe in caging grown men during the day. If they are that dangerous they need their own cell with no contact with others. I have to work to eat / live and so should they. We have buildings that need to be rebuilt....

    • @Raiyven79
      @Raiyven79 15 днів тому

      @@tier1solutions28 agree

    • @Chazer45
      @Chazer45 14 днів тому

      You realize that a lot of people are in jail for things you’ve almost surely done as well- they just got caught.

    • @tier1solutions28
      @tier1solutions28 14 днів тому

      @@Chazer45 I mean for violent crimes and trafficking type offenses

  • @Don-Cheech538
    @Don-Cheech538 7 днів тому

    Tell the truth you couldn't handle the annex

  • @LuchadorMasque
    @LuchadorMasque 16 днів тому +1

    you look like a floating head and a pair of hands

  • @joseplaza9442
    @joseplaza9442 15 днів тому

    You know what I am saying 300 times

  • @Kyle.Jason1
    @Kyle.Jason1 16 днів тому

    Bro thinks jail is supposed to be a play ground happy place he said it holds the worse of the worse

    • @Chazer45
      @Chazer45 14 днів тому

      He never said anything close to that.

  • @timothydurkan
    @timothydurkan 15 днів тому

    Twenty eight minutes in.... no points gotten to. Yeet!

    • @Chazer45
      @Chazer45 14 днів тому

      Disagree, there’s a lot of value here. Focus on the “keep moving, no excuses” part especially.

  • @ricardoperez1601
    @ricardoperez1601 14 днів тому

    This dude is not credible he dont know shit he was there for 1 year and 6 months was in the academy i did 4 years and left because of the mandatory overtime

  • @jullz1000
    @jullz1000 8 днів тому

    Too soft for the job and that's ok it's not for everybody. These are criminals it's not supposed to be comfortable for them they make it tough so they think twice about coming back to jail.

  • @clayevins6795
    @clayevins6795 15 днів тому +1

    This guy gave literally zero info on the job and told nil stories about being there. 😂😂

  • @nikkirichards4952
    @nikkirichards4952 13 днів тому +1

    All smoke & mirrors

  • @Comeonsteve
    @Comeonsteve 6 днів тому

    Seniority. of course he will start the low job

  • @user-ht6bp5im1z
    @user-ht6bp5im1z 16 днів тому

    I can RELATE to Marlan, I too was a CO. I caught sooo much shot from other COs because I WOULDN'T GO ALONG W THEIR BULLYING OF THE INMATES. I too just like Marlan said Ill treat the inmates how I feel like it. They shot all over them, I was more respected by the Inmates than any other CO. COs wanted to fight me, not 1 on 1.but 2 , or 3 against me at same time. Eventually. I ACCEPTED. Im not a BadAss BUT I held my own.

  • @ricardoperez1601
    @ricardoperez1601 14 днів тому

    Theres more female officers in correction 60-40 %

  • @mattwilsonracing388
    @mattwilsonracing388 16 днів тому +55

    I dont see the problem with convicts being on the receiving end of unfair treatment. They treated someone unfairly to get themselves there. I dont sympathize with criminals

    • @ayylmaoyt
      @ayylmaoyt 16 днів тому +38

      i hope you don’t work with people in the real world lol

    • @TheArbitraryObserver
      @TheArbitraryObserver 16 днів тому +49

      That's a very dangerous way of thinking for multiple reasons.
      1. RI is a jail, not a prison. This means if someone doesn't have the means or opportunity to bond out before their trial, they can be there for many years without even having been proven guilty.
      2. Most people who go to prison will be getting out. Do you think treating them like trash the entire time would be much more harmful long term for everyone??
      3. It may not seem this way, but not everyone who is convinced or pleads guilty actually are. People are much more likely to just taking the charges and pleading out because they'd be out faster than if they were going to trial. Also false confessions and critical error are not uncommon.
      I'm not trying to be a cunt here but....yeesh. Your way of thinking is scary and a very slippery slope.

    • @MrCheekyrust
      @MrCheekyrust 16 днів тому +9

      @@TheArbitraryObserver tune into this guys take^^

    • @markmerk3939
      @markmerk3939 16 днів тому

      Asshole

    • @buyhouses2833
      @buyhouses2833 16 днів тому +16

      Do you realize innocent people go to Jail also?

  • @MichaelEdwardLee
    @MichaelEdwardLee 13 днів тому

    12:27 in i see
    Not see
    Peetsa
    Myamy

  • @og_love
    @og_love 12 днів тому

    lol.. this dude was to soft for the job... nothing to see here .. what year was he on RI ?

    • @AyoItsMike
      @AyoItsMike 11 днів тому

      stop yappin

    • @og_love
      @og_love 11 днів тому

      @@AyoItsMike get off my nuts ...

    • @og_love
      @og_love 11 днів тому

      @@AyoItsMike stay in your lane youngin 🫵🏽

    • @AyoItsMike
      @AyoItsMike 11 днів тому

      @@og_love I respect OGs but nothing he said in the interview made him soft. He's just a human not trynna put on that tough guy act. stop hatin on bro

  • @mattyspence6652
    @mattyspence6652 16 днів тому +3

    Dudes a fake! He Makin shit up as he goes!!

    • @dansanta4611
      @dansanta4611 15 днів тому

      Facts

    • @Chazer45
      @Chazer45 14 днів тому

      No he’s not. He obviously worked as a CO for a year, including his academy time. I’m sure you can pull his file as a public record, he was a municipal employee. You can disagree with him, but you have no right to call another man a liar based on nothing.

  • @DannyDirtyDrawz
    @DannyDirtyDrawz 15 днів тому

    Typically….

  • @MichaelEdwardLee
    @MichaelEdwardLee 13 днів тому

    13:58 jlo
    Rhetoric

  • @MichaelEdwardLee
    @MichaelEdwardLee 13 днів тому

    13:46 a a.
    N.a.
    Rhetoric

  • @JCRjr
    @JCRjr 15 днів тому +1

    Boring

  • @josecamillo8306
    @josecamillo8306 10 днів тому

    Booooring

  • @ErectkyleDysfunction
    @ErectkyleDysfunction 16 днів тому

    Ill never work as a correctional officer. I work as shelter security guard and that is enough make me ick.

  • @MichaelEdwardLee
    @MichaelEdwardLee 13 днів тому

    9:58 neurotoxin

  • @ErectkyleDysfunction
    @ErectkyleDysfunction 15 днів тому +1

    They give toilet paper in sections because they clog the toilets on purpose, light fires with them ect.

  • @mattchristiansen2343
    @mattchristiansen2343 4 дні тому

    Next guest gonna be Diddy