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😉🍀😉🍀😉🍀✌️ Larry can you please show what happens to a family after mama or daddy goes to jail what happens to the family financially.. Plus psychologically.. Any insights would be greatly appreciated Thank you peace out
Hey Larry, My name is Larry also I’ve been a fan of yours for a while my sons been in prison for the last five years here in Florida. I don’t know what to do I bought a deck of cards to donate to the prison factory sealed as I said I could bring. I got their hand them to the guard they pulled me aside call the warden and I haven’t seen my son in six months. He still got another two years to go. I’m not in the best of health and I used to go visit him every single Sunday. I don’t know what to do. I did not try to conceal them high then bring them in without a note without them knowing. I don’t know what to do. I don’t wanna leave my phone number online. I don’t know if there’s someway you can contact me. I’d appreciate any advice you have! Dad just trying to see his son.
@@LarryLawtonJewelThief it really is they closed 5 prisons in Ny and moving all the rikers people into 2 different prisons and now those prisons are turning into rikers it’s a violent cycle. I’m just finished paying off gangs not to kill my husband
In the UK the prisons we have are not as good as the ones in Norway or Germany or Holland. But it is very much a unheard of that a prisoner is killed in his cell on remand. And if it did happen the public will demand answers as the prison will be held and investigated from an ouside source,. Thanks for the content from the Uk
But the British “public” is ok with Assange being dragged from the Ecuadorian Embassy and being locked up in a prison on orders from the USA. Why do people always get this delusion of superiority, as if their countries are any better than the USA?
@@thenoneckpeoplerepresentat8074 I know I’m late but I should let you know that the public actually were rather concerned, in fact one of the main subjects of the London mayor candidacy is about letting Assange be free. I thought I should let you know because it is never too late to learn the right information! 👍
I am a contracted counselor at a jail, so I was as very interested on how easily two common door locks used in jails were wave-raked picked by the Lock Picking Lawyer (youtube). I am not saying that there wasn't some kind of "coordination" going on between the relevant entities, I'm just observing that as elephant proof as the doors may be, the lock may not be quite so much of a challenge. Also, I would be very interested in your analysis of the Attica prison riot (It just occurred to me that I should check out your channel to see if you have don it). Oh yeah, I do believe our carceral system needs to be scrapped and something better should be put in place.
I have to agree...there is absolutely NO WAY that inmates breached a cell door, in any way. Unfortunately I've been in jail cells before, and it's just not possible. If they could break into a cell, they could break outta one...and that's just not happening.
@@joaobrito2653 This is the big one right here. I was in an older 270 design prison with doors but still very old ones at that so sometimes they would malfunction and require multiple cops to address it immediately because an alarm is going off in control that the door is not secure yet. Sometimes it's a fault sensor, but the reality is they will know the moment that door is getting bypassed. Plus, the electronics and mechanisms that you would have to fuck with are behind steel and concrete OUTSIDE and above the door out of reach even if you were standing outside the cell hands free. Even if you had a fucking crow bar your are NOT opening that door without setting off every alarm in the facility. These things are literally fool proof. It would take a catastrophic failure of multiple redundant systems and alarms to fail all at once. Not happening. Also the doors lock into place in such a way that if power is lost and the locking mechanisms fail, it's still gong to be physically held in place by a dead lock that can only be manually disengaged with the right key. These doors are fucking nuts. Not only that but your door HAS to be in site of that units control room. They need direct line of site at all times. Simply put, they let the guys in, they saw they got in, and they did nothing about it... That is scary as FUCK!
The only way I’ve seen a jail prison door open is when you stuff your door lock and card it open but I sincerely doubt he had his door lock blocked! As another person who has been to prison, I really enjoy your channel! I’m looking forward to getting your book! Thanks for this video!
There was a dude on 60 days in named Champange in the Fulton County jail who opened up his own door from the inside infront of a camera crew. The COs reaction looked like it was a common occurence.
It's not just getting into his cell; how did everyone else get out of theirs? WTF is going on that you can have a small mob break out of their own cells and into someone else's in the middle of the night and the guards supposedly don't know about it? And legally, the moment you're under arrest until the moment you're free, whomever has custody of you-has you in their "care and custody"-had a duty to see to your care and wellbeing. It's hard as hell to enforce most of the time, but in theory it exists. So that's going to be part of whatever lawsuit come out of this. This is one of the reasons custody transfers are so full of paperwork; whomever has you on their books at that exact moment has their ass on the line when it comes to anything bad happening to you.
I’ve been saying this since I’ve been old enough to understand anything about law or the justice system. Agencies shouldn’t be able to sweep their own crimes under the rugs by “investigating” themselves.
Hey Larry, my video that I told you about yesterday is up on my channel now. It is called "An Open Letter to Congress". I hope that you get a chance to see it, I would appreciate your opinion on it. I agree with you on this video, an open, unbiased investigation needs to be done regarding this case.
@@joshuachenier7185 Trust me, he said yesterday during his live video chat that he was interested in watching it. Not only am I a subscriber of his, I am also a good friend of his as well.
Have you talked about the lack of actual mental health care in this country and the fact that we send our meatily ill to prison, instead of getting them the help they need??? Love what you do.
An example of the cells being impossible to break into. During the New Mexico Prison Riot, the rioters could only break into cells with blow torches(don't ask me how the outside workers were allowed to leave their tools unattended overnight in a freaking prison!!)... and it took them 5 hours to get through(it was an even more secure cell than just normal cells. It was the door for the unit that help CM, people with mental problems, etc.
Until about 2 months ago the cell doors did NOT lock or was easily manipulated. It’s not always the correction officers sometimes it’s politics. Thanks to Mayor Adams & the new commissioner things are changing for the better.
In the Brevard County jail people used to stuff some toilet paper in the hole where the latch goes just enough where the latch wouldn’t lock all the way out and you could use a spork to jimmy it.
In my belief, a lot of people are gonna be real suprised when then meet their maker. We will be judged on the way we treat the least of these in our society. We need corrections reform.
Hi Larry, I enjoy your videos they teach me a lot and make me laugh often. I was hoping you could speak on the New Mexico State Penitentiary riot of the 80s
In cape county Missouri jail, I've seen inmates put a domino in the door to stop It from closing completely. Which would cause the locking mechanism to not work and you could just push the door open. They were sliding doors that locked open, or closed. Some inmates would slam the door open when the guards were opening them, which would cause it to jam and be unable to close. Those inmates were still allowed to sleep in their cells, and had open doors 24/7. It was also overcrowded when I was there, and they put me on the floor in the block with about 5 others. No cot, just my mattress and blanket, and others that got their after I did didn't even get a mattress just an extra blanket on the concrete floor.
Still how they opened the other dudes doors? I have no idea how that works in us but they had to be cellmates or something. Its not possible to open multiple doors at the same time or something. Plus dont they have some kind of alarm if someone opens the cell by force?
@@zigasi86 I'm not sure what type of door are in rikers, but if they dominod his door they could have made it able to open because it wouldn't be locked shut. I'm almost positive the guards did this, but I was just answering the question about seeing people open doors in jail.
Rikers is a pretty old jail....I imagine that it's more likely that the guards were just negligent in checking the doors were properly secured...I know in the county jail in my home town had doors that could be "popped" pretty easily by simply stuffing a folded up milk carton between the lock and the locking mechanism. Pretty easily detected if the COs did thier checks properly..But it's not a far stretch to also assume they purposely let them in, but i think the first scenario is much more likely Also, I think Larry is doing a great thing by bringing awareness to how life TRULY is in the shit boxes that we call Federal AND state pens in this country. I certainly tip my hat to you sir
I was in an old jail that had doors that COULD be kicked off it’s track. The door wouldn’t come completely off, but gave u enough room to squeeze out. You could also stuff the paper in the locking mechanism so it wouldn’t latch when closed.
Former CO had and inmate in confinement unit i as working we had bar doors like the shaw shank movie. Well he wanted and extra tray and showed me a trick they could do down in confinement to jam the lock so it'll look like it clicked shut but it won't actually lock
Being on Rikers Island has forever changed the violence you experience and see is just crazy it's not if you will get stabbed or cut but when. You will get attacked just for knowing a person who someone wants to stab and they will get you to other people's beefs will become yours. I witness in 1 year 52 slashings that just what I saw in the dorms and hall ways. Smh the guard be in gangs and set people up. The officers watch the fights and violence for entertainment.
If i were writing a film, with Riker's being less crowded, sounds like the bored guards want some entertainment. What makes me think that is his warning. "You're going to fight." If that's real... yeah, that's a movie plot, but I can buy it.
Larry Lawton I have been on Rikers island yes they do have cell doors that are able to be opened by inmates. And is because a lot of the cell doors are so old they are off the tracks and don’t close probably. The sad thing is the guards knows what cells they are and they do nothing!
Great video. It's so convenient that the cameras are never working when guards are suspected of doing something illegal. When are we going to have redundant backup cameras so if one set starts working we at least have some grainy footage from backups?
We’ve seen it in county jails on 60 Days In. The COs ignore every other complaint as if it’s a lie; they’ll react no different when you tell them “this door won’t lock”.
Love your stories Larry….you’re a great man keep up the great work and I feel so sorry for that inmate his eye socket was hanging out I know he was in a a lot of pain 👀
It must be difficult for prison administration at Rikers to find qualified people with clean records and no large outstanding debts to work as guards. Considering what happened to this poor guy, somebody had to pay off the guard(s) with a LOT of cash to unlock that cell and risk losing a decent job when they're caught. Sounds as if the payoffs went higher up the food chain than one or two entry-level guards, especially when prison administration didn't bother to notify the kid's family that he'd been injured, and then tried to cover it up.
Hey Larry are you familiar with Wes Watson? He is a fellow former prison inmate turned UA-cam content creator. You guys should collaborate at some point. Love your videos!
Larry. Your videos are interesting and truthful. A topic you can help me with I'm sure. Letters. We're encouraged to write letters and even put a couple bucks on accounts of inmates.... To those who ended up in jail via substances/ homelessness/ addiction. Is it dangerous? What clean topics would be enjoyable to read? Many rules keep outside mail basic including no cards, no books etc just plain paper and pen allowed we're told. Religious topics not my thing. Thank you for your input.
Do you think their should be a department that watches the activity of guards 24 hours. Given the CCTV’s cover 100% of the area(for prisoners and guards) ? Please let me know.
I've seen a jail cell opened from outside using a piece of cardboard from a notepad, cut in a certain shape. The detainees wanted to show the snitch that they could get to him if they really wanted.
In Duval County, Jacksonville. The doors there, ya could put the lil golf pencil in the jam, and then snatch the door open anytime. If the guard didn't notice it was there...
I seen it happen it was in a pod block with sliding doors but we was on lock down we was kicking doors causing trouble so they took this big dude in the padded room which was on the block and dude kicked the door open but it was a pull or push door not the sliding type but still dude kicked it open never seen anything like it before
Larry, do you support the abolishment of qualified immunity for Correctional Officers so that they can be held civilly accountable for their misconduct?
He did a video about how he would change the police and prison systems a couple months ago. I think he did mention him being against qualified immunity.
UK Prisons are a mess for a number of reasons but they do have a solution for keeping guards from opening cells at night, night shift officers do not have cell door keys by default and each wing/unit has a key in a sealed pouch. If that pouch has been opened there has to be a chain of paperwork and reports by the guards, they can only use the key for emergencies like fights in cells or medical issues. This quickly gets passed up the chain and copies of all the reports get sent to various places, it would take quite a large conspiracy to get this past everyone and its just not worth it to give an inmate a beating or for guard-inmate "interactions" of a more pleasant sort.
Guards do criminal shit all the time they ought to be in jail for. Just like they don't charge inmates with assault and battery when they attack another.
There is an electric log every time the doors open and close on the main computer . Red / Green light. The victim and Perpetrators door should have been logged electronically on the computer. Even if the door was jimmyed or left ajar, the buzzer will not go off and it will be in the file
Larry I used to see that diamond tatted on a bunch of guys inside and I never knew what it meant. I assume it has multiple meanings. Any hints I'm really curious
Brad Pitts bodyguard , the giant warrior who starred in the opening scene of Troy is a convicted bank robber here in Australia . Nathan was convicted in the Brisbane Supreme Court in April 1989 on five counts of attempted robbery and three of the unlawful use of a motor vehicle. His eight-year sentence was increased to 12 years after an appeal by the Attorney-General. In prison, an upset Nathan is said to have torn his cell door off; in reality he was a gentle giant. Nathan was transferred when Brisbane Correctional Centre closed in 1992. After serving his time, Nathan had a successful wrestling and movie career - including roles in blockbusters Troy, Mad Max: Fury Road, and horror films, Charlie’s Farm and The Condemned - filmed inside No.2 Division. He could break TWO sets of handcuffs . And yes , he kicked his cell door open .
1 big problem in this country is the way inmates (along with former inmates, people with any criminal record) are viewed by some people. They view them all as "bad" people that deserve to be there and deserve it if anything bad happens to them. Yet the only people Ive ever heard make those type of comments either did a lot of shit back in the day that they would be arrested for now and/or break laws today (drink a few beers, shots of whiskey & drive somewhere after talking that kind of bs about a news report about an arrest on their local news). Its always the hypocrites, people that say "I wouldnt end up there because I dont do anything illegal"
Please be kind and help someone this week. Don't forget my podcast, 'The Real Deal w/Larry Lawton" on all major platforms. New shows every Monday and Friday.
Thanks for all the awesome content Larry, you always have some awesome life lessons that help alot of people.
@@matthewsmith5695 Thanks Matt, I appreciate that
I have heard numerous prisons where can rig doors to let you out cell
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Larry can you please show what happens to a family after
mama or daddy goes to jail what happens to the family financially..
Plus psychologically..
Any insights would be greatly appreciated
Thank you
peace out
Hey Larry,
My name is Larry also I’ve been a fan of yours for a while my sons been in prison for the last five years here in Florida. I don’t know what to do I bought a deck of cards to donate to the prison factory sealed as I said I could bring. I got their hand them to the guard they pulled me aside call the warden and I haven’t seen my son in six months.
He still got another two years to go. I’m not in the best of health and I used to go visit him every single Sunday. I don’t know what to do. I did not try to conceal them high then bring them in without a note without them knowing. I don’t know what to do. I don’t wanna leave my phone number online. I don’t know if there’s someway you can contact me. I’d appreciate any advice you have! Dad just trying to see his son.
"this is Larry Lawton and he is a former robber", to this day these words warm my soul, I will never forget Larry :))
Thanks, I appreciate that
@@LarryLawtonJewelThief
If prison inmates are "somehow getting through LOCKED DOORS" shouldn't that trigger a massive internal investigation?
It's the same as the police. "We investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing."
Trust me. Every inmate has learned how to pop their cell.
@@the_once-and-future_king. took the words out my mouth
@@ViktorVonDoom723 I've only heard one person claim this and they'd been in for bout 30yrs.
@@ViktorVonDoom723 yeah no.
"Cameras are out" should be considered hard evidence that whatever crime is being claimed absolutely happened.
I agree 1000%
I guarantee that the jail/prison wouldn't pull that excuse if the cameras on the yard were out.
@@isaacgleeth3609 Yeah unless it were guards killing people out there.
Start severely punishing whoever is in charge of making sure the cameras are up and it'll stop happening real fast.
But then they couldnt murder people like Jeffery Epstein.
I'm glad that you're covering this story, Larry.
I try to cover the ones that are so bad you have to shake your head.
It’s absolutely disgusting what’s going on in NY state rn. My husbands currently experiencing rikers people where he is
That is a shame. What is happening with humanity
@@LarryLawtonJewelThief it really is they closed 5 prisons in Ny and moving all the rikers people into 2 different prisons and now those prisons are turning into rikers it’s a violent cycle. I’m just finished paying off gangs not to kill my husband
In the UK the prisons we have are not as good as the ones in Norway or Germany or Holland. But it is very much a unheard of that a prisoner is killed in his cell on remand. And if it did happen the public will demand answers as the prison will be held and investigated from an ouside source,. Thanks for the content from the Uk
That is the only way to do it.
But the British “public” is ok with Assange being dragged from the Ecuadorian Embassy and being locked up in a prison on orders from the USA.
Why do people always get this delusion of superiority, as if their countries are any better than the USA?
@@thenoneckpeoplerepresentat8074 I know I’m late but I should let you know that the public actually were rather concerned, in fact one of the main subjects of the London mayor candidacy is about letting Assange be free. I thought I should let you know because it is never too late to learn the right information! 👍
Thanks for being so candid about your past, and taking a no-BS approach to everything you talk about. Love your videos, Larry
Your videos are great to watch and listen to Larry keep up the great content
Thanks, I appreciate that
I am a contracted counselor at a jail, so I was as very interested on how easily two common door locks used in jails were wave-raked picked by the Lock Picking Lawyer (youtube). I am not saying that there wasn't some kind of "coordination" going on between the relevant entities, I'm just observing that as elephant proof as the doors may be, the lock may not be quite so much of a challenge. Also, I would be very interested in your analysis of the Attica prison riot (It just occurred to me that I should check out your channel to see if you have don it). Oh yeah, I do believe our carceral system needs to be scrapped and something better should be put in place.
keep up this content Larry been loving it recently
Thanks Alex, I try to please everyone.
So sad. I'm imagining this young man being my son, husband, brother. People paying their debt to society are still deserving of safety and respect.
I have to agree...there is absolutely NO WAY that inmates breached a cell door, in any way. Unfortunately I've been in jail cells before, and it's just not possible. If they could break into a cell, they could break outta one...and that's just not happening.
And alarms would go off too
@@joaobrito2653 This is the big one right here. I was in an older 270 design prison with doors but still very old ones at that so sometimes they would malfunction and require multiple cops to address it immediately because an alarm is going off in control that the door is not secure yet. Sometimes it's a fault sensor, but the reality is they will know the moment that door is getting bypassed. Plus, the electronics and mechanisms that you would have to fuck with are behind steel and concrete OUTSIDE and above the door out of reach even if you were standing outside the cell hands free. Even if you had a fucking crow bar your are NOT opening that door without setting off every alarm in the facility. These things are literally fool proof. It would take a catastrophic failure of multiple redundant systems and alarms to fail all at once. Not happening. Also the doors lock into place in such a way that if power is lost and the locking mechanisms fail, it's still gong to be physically held in place by a dead lock that can only be manually disengaged with the right key. These doors are fucking nuts. Not only that but your door HAS to be in site of that units control room. They need direct line of site at all times. Simply put, they let the guys in, they saw they got in, and they did nothing about it... That is scary as FUCK!
It definitely happens
This is so sad. I feel so bad for this kid. How can these guards allow others in knowing that that wanted to hurt him? They need to be charged
He's a member of his program
I agree.
Lots of guards are crooked, maybe he was bought off.
@TORPEDO ya gots the diamond 💎 next to there name
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Thanks for sharing, Larry.
I've seen a playing card folded up and tucked into the striker on a swinging door, but you're right, you can't rig a sliding door or pry it open.
The only way I’ve seen a jail prison door open is when you stuff your door lock and card it open but I sincerely doubt he had his door lock blocked!
As another person who has been to prison, I really enjoy your channel! I’m looking forward to getting your book!
Thanks for this video!
Nothing like a good vid from uncle La', after a long day and this gloomy Cleveland weather...
Glad I can brigthen your day.
@@LarryLawtonJewelThief Absolutely. Thanks again.
There was a dude on 60 days in named Champange in the Fulton County jail who opened up his own door from the inside infront of a camera crew. The COs reaction looked like it was a common occurence.
It's not just getting into his cell; how did everyone else get out of theirs? WTF is going on that you can have a small mob break out of their own cells and into someone else's in the middle of the night and the guards supposedly don't know about it?
And legally, the moment you're under arrest until the moment you're free, whomever has custody of you-has you in their "care and custody"-had a duty to see to your care and wellbeing. It's hard as hell to enforce most of the time, but in theory it exists. So that's going to be part of whatever lawsuit come out of this. This is one of the reasons custody transfers are so full of paperwork; whomever has you on their books at that exact moment has their ass on the line when it comes to anything bad happening to you.
I’ve been saying this since I’ve been old enough to understand anything about law or the justice system. Agencies shouldn’t be able to sweep their own crimes under the rugs by “investigating” themselves.
Hi Larry great show man! Really love the show!
Much love from Denmark :)
I'd love to see your take on that show "Worlds worst prisons", some of them are just god awful.
Yes, my friend Rafael Rowe is the host. Good show
Very good video thank you Larry for bringing this to light. Because they will try to sweep it under the rug. God bless have a great night
Rikers island is like playing razor tag in a box.
Hey Larry, my video that I told you about yesterday is up on my channel now. It is called "An Open Letter to Congress". I hope that you get a chance to see it, I would appreciate your opinion on it. I agree with you on this video, an open, unbiased investigation needs to be done regarding this case.
He never gonna watch it due there is only subscribers
@@joshuachenier7185 Trust me, he said yesterday during his live video chat that he was interested in watching it. Not only am I a subscriber of his, I am also a good friend of his as well.
nice 3rd grade student council club election 'vote-for-me' speech
Joe, [please send me an email on that and I will look later
@@Joe_Okey I will definitely watch it JOe
Have you talked about the lack of actual mental health care in this country and the fact that we send our meatily ill to prison, instead of getting them the help they need??? Love what you do.
What a fucked up case. As a Finnish person it's mindboggling to hear about how bad the design of the prison system in the States is.
An example of the cells being impossible to break into. During the New Mexico Prison Riot, the rioters could only break into cells with blow torches(don't ask me how the outside workers were allowed to leave their tools unattended overnight in a freaking prison!!)... and it took them 5 hours to get through(it was an even more secure cell than just normal cells. It was the door for the unit that help CM, people with mental problems, etc.
Imagine being on the other side of that door knowing other inmates on the other side are coming to eventually kill you... Fuck...
Ayo a Larry Lawton movie?! Now that I would pay for.
People used to break out of their cells every night in Atlanta rice st. This was early 2000. They eventually retro fitted all of the doors.
Enjoy your show very informative 👍
Larry my ritual is when you make a blog I light a cigar and listen. You are the reason why I believe in prison reform, the system is messed up.
Thanks, Rob, I will be lighting a cigar soon myself.
Until about 2 months ago the cell doors did NOT lock or was easily manipulated. It’s not always the correction officers sometimes it’s politics. Thanks to Mayor Adams & the new commissioner things are changing for the better.
Hey Larry, have you ever watched Season 1 of Prison Break? It's a masterpiece and would highly recommend
I did and reviewed it. It is in the playlist
In the Brevard County jail people used to stuff some toilet paper in the hole where the latch goes just enough where the latch wouldn’t lock all the way out and you could use a spork to jimmy it.
In my belief, a lot of people are gonna be real suprised when then meet their maker. We will be judged on the way we treat the least of these in our society.
We need corrections reform.
Very true Thomas, A country should be judged on how it treats its elderly, infirmed, and incarcerated. We fail miserably.
@@LarryLawtonJewelThief as a vet, Im saddened by how we can spend 800billion on our military but yet still treat people this way.
Hi Larry, I enjoy your videos they teach me a lot and make me laugh often. I was hoping you could speak on the New Mexico State Penitentiary riot of the 80s
Love the videos Larry
Hey Larry 👋🏽 watching from BERMUDA 🇧🇲 your vids are amazing
In cape county Missouri jail, I've seen inmates put a domino in the door to stop It from closing completely. Which would cause the locking mechanism to not work and you could just push the door open. They were sliding doors that locked open, or closed. Some inmates would slam the door open when the guards were opening them, which would cause it to jam and be unable to close. Those inmates were still allowed to sleep in their cells, and had open doors 24/7. It was also overcrowded when I was there, and they put me on the floor in the block with about 5 others. No cot, just my mattress and blanket, and others that got their after I did didn't even get a mattress just an extra blanket on the concrete floor.
Still how they opened the other dudes doors? I have no idea how that works in us but they had to be cellmates or something. Its not possible to open multiple doors at the same time or something. Plus dont they have some kind of alarm if someone opens the cell by force?
@@zigasi86 I'm not sure what type of door are in rikers, but if they dominod his door they could have made it able to open because it wouldn't be locked shut. I'm almost positive the guards did this, but I was just answering the question about seeing people open doors in jail.
@@MrCodyminner i guess someone had to open the attackers cells also
@@zigasi86 yeah, I'm sure the guards did. As I said. I was just answering his question about seeing people open doors in jail.
Larry "I'll Never Forget" Lawton
Scenario: Innocent man gets sent to prison, guard opens cell, prisoner dies.
The state: Case closed!
Guilty man goes free.
He’s spittin straight bars
Big guy another great video
I’ve personally seen these cells be opened by inmates
Your views are so refreshing in this world where people are becoming increasingly more selfish and refuse to acknowledge the suffering of others.
Rikers is a pretty old jail....I imagine that it's more likely that the guards were just negligent in checking the doors were properly secured...I know in the county jail in my home town had doors that could be "popped" pretty easily by simply stuffing a folded up milk carton between the lock and the locking mechanism. Pretty easily detected if the COs did thier checks properly..But it's not a far stretch to also assume they purposely let them in, but i think the first scenario is much more likely
Also, I think Larry is doing a great thing by bringing awareness to how life TRULY is in the shit boxes that we call Federal AND state pens in this country. I certainly tip my hat to you sir
By trying to fix it, they're asking for more funds but doing so only makes some super rich and the repairs don't get carried out
You to Larry 💪 awesome dude
Man I'd watch a Larry Lawton movie or TV show soooo fast.
That's crazy the only other time I've heard of a cell brake in was the new mexico prison riot im sure it's happened more than that
I was in an old jail that had doors that COULD be kicked off it’s track. The door wouldn’t come completely off, but gave u enough room to squeeze out. You could also stuff the paper in the locking mechanism so it wouldn’t latch when closed.
Surely there's camera surveillance on every wing & they can see what CO's were on duty at that time.
They cam, the questions is, will they
Your videos are so interesting. I learn something new every time. My fiance and I never miss them.
Love the shirt, coming from a former Prison Guard, I also don’t believe in Bad People just Poor Decisions
peace be upon you Larry
Former CO had and inmate in confinement unit i as working we had bar doors like the shaw shank movie. Well he wanted and extra tray and showed me a trick they could do down in confinement to jam the lock so it'll look like it clicked shut but it won't actually lock
Being on Rikers Island has forever changed the violence you experience and see is just crazy it's not if you will get stabbed or cut but when. You will get attacked just for knowing a person who someone wants to stab and they will get you to other people's beefs will become yours. I witness in 1 year 52 slashings that just what I saw in the dorms and hall ways. Smh the guard be in gangs and set people up. The officers watch the fights and violence for entertainment.
I've heard of people opening the doors with incense sticks I'm not sure how true it is but that's what I've heard .
jesus once you mentioned the eye, i winced... shit like scares me more than even gettin stabbed. Permanent type injuries... fuck man thats fucked up.
If i were writing a film, with Riker's being less crowded, sounds like the bored guards want some entertainment. What makes me think that is his warning. "You're going to fight." If that's real... yeah, that's a movie plot, but I can buy it.
Larry Lawton I have been on Rikers island yes they do have cell doors that are able to be opened by inmates. And is because a lot of the cell doors are so old they are off the tracks and don’t close probably. The sad thing is the guards knows what cells they are and they do nothing!
Ohhhhhh, it's the Larry 💪.
Great video. It's so convenient that the cameras are never working when guards are suspected of doing something illegal.
When are we going to have redundant backup cameras so if one set starts working we at least have some grainy footage from backups?
Did hear that in Arizona the cell door locks were broken that inmates could just open them and inmates complained about it
We’ve seen it in county jails on 60 Days In. The COs ignore every other complaint as if it’s a lie; they’ll react no different when you tell them “this door won’t lock”.
im a new yorker but what can i do? I wanna know what the mayor eric adams is saying about this.
Thanx man I love this shit
A buck 50 creates overtime for the guards in Rikers from what I’m told by a few guys that worked there and been there.
Love your stories Larry….you’re a great man keep up the great work and I feel so sorry for that inmate his eye socket was hanging out I know he was in a a lot of pain 👀
It must be difficult for prison administration at Rikers to find qualified people with clean records and no large outstanding debts to work as guards. Considering what happened to this poor guy, somebody had to pay off the guard(s) with a LOT of cash to unlock that cell and risk losing a decent job when they're caught.
Sounds as if the payoffs went higher up the food chain than one or two entry-level guards, especially when prison administration didn't bother to notify the kid's family that he'd been injured, and then tried to cover it up.
The sad thing is you probably have to go right back to prison after recovering from such a horrible thing.
There are way to mess with the locks so the doors don't lock properly. It does not happen alot but it does happen.
Hey Larry are you familiar with Wes Watson? He is a fellow former prison inmate turned UA-cam content creator. You guys should collaborate at some point. Love your videos!
Dude Wes would not appreciate you calling him an inmate
There is no one like Larry! Love the content! I've had a few jail guards as patients over the years
Larry. Your videos are interesting and truthful. A topic you can help me with I'm sure. Letters. We're encouraged to write letters and even put a couple bucks on accounts of inmates.... To those who ended up in jail via substances/ homelessness/ addiction. Is it dangerous? What clean topics would be enjoyable to read? Many rules keep outside mail basic including no cards, no books etc just plain paper and pen allowed we're told. Religious topics not my thing. Thank you for your input.
Do you think their should be a department that watches the activity of guards 24 hours. Given the CCTV’s cover 100% of the area(for prisoners and guards) ?
Please let me know.
I've seen a jail cell opened from outside using a piece of cardboard from a notepad, cut in a certain shape. The detainees wanted to show the snitch that they could get to him if they really wanted.
In Duval County, Jacksonville. The doors there, ya could put the lil golf pencil in the jam, and then snatch the door open anytime. If the guard didn't notice it was there...
Hi Larry!
If 5 guys entered your cell during the night with shanks,, while you were sleeping what would you do?!?
When you went on to say how an inmate was beaten to the point of his eye coming out of his head, I couldn't finish the video.
This made me sick.
ok
that is mild in prison.
yeah is apalling but unfortunately real
I saw so many crazy things
One time he talked about a man getting cut from his anus to his ball sack 😳
Lawton for president, man.
What were the perpetrators doing out of there cell at 1:30am, someone had to let them out...
I wonder who .....
Do u think the inmates found a way to pick the lock, or get a key to open the Cell?
I seen it happen it was in a pod block with sliding doors but we was on lock down we was kicking doors causing trouble so they took this big dude in the padded room which was on the block and dude kicked the door open but it was a pull or push door not the sliding type but still dude kicked it open never seen anything like it before
NYC has their own independent Department of Investigation. They should at least let them handle it.
Doors don't lock. You can pop locks all day long.
Larry, do you support the abolishment of qualified immunity for Correctional Officers so that they can be held civilly accountable for their misconduct?
He did a video about how he would change the police and prison systems a couple months ago. I think he did mention him being against qualified immunity.
@@andrewb5149 Thanks!
@@andrewb5149 I did
They should be held accountable.
UK Prisons are a mess for a number of reasons but they do have a solution for keeping guards from opening cells at night, night shift officers do not have cell door keys by default and each wing/unit has a key in a sealed pouch. If that pouch has been opened there has to be a chain of paperwork and reports by the guards, they can only use the key for emergencies like fights in cells or medical issues.
This quickly gets passed up the chain and copies of all the reports get sent to various places, it would take quite a large conspiracy to get this past everyone and its just not worth it to give an inmate a beating or for guard-inmate "interactions" of a more pleasant sort.
Guards do criminal shit all the time they ought to be in jail for. Just like they don't charge inmates with assault and battery when they attack another.
Just a thought do you think the stabbings over at Rikers has anything to do with COVID rage at all? Let me know what you think?
Everyone in a prison should be in solitary confinement 24 hours a day period.
There is an electric log every time the doors open and close on the main computer . Red / Green light. The victim and Perpetrators door should have been logged electronically on the computer. Even if the door was jimmyed or left ajar, the buzzer will not go off and it will be in the file
Larry I used to see that diamond tatted on a bunch of guys inside and I never knew what it meant. I assume it has multiple meanings. Any hints I'm really curious
Brad Pitts bodyguard , the giant warrior who starred in the opening scene of Troy is a convicted bank robber here in Australia . Nathan was convicted in the Brisbane Supreme Court in April 1989 on five counts of attempted robbery and three of the unlawful use of a motor vehicle.
His eight-year sentence was increased to 12 years after an appeal by the Attorney-General.
In prison, an upset Nathan is said to have torn his cell door off; in reality he was a gentle giant.
Nathan was transferred when Brisbane Correctional Centre closed in 1992.
After serving his time, Nathan had a successful wrestling and movie career - including roles in blockbusters Troy, Mad Max: Fury Road, and horror films, Charlie’s Farm and The Condemned - filmed inside No.2 Division. He could break TWO sets of handcuffs . And yes , he kicked his cell door open .
Yes
I've seen them pop the cell doors on docs and Lockdown23&1 Death talks about it...
1 big problem in this country is the way inmates (along with former inmates, people with any criminal record) are viewed by some people. They view them all as "bad" people that deserve to be there and deserve it if anything bad happens to them. Yet the only people Ive ever heard make those type of comments either did a lot of shit back in the day that they would be arrested for now and/or break laws today (drink a few beers, shots of whiskey & drive somewhere after talking that kind of bs about a news report about an arrest on their local news). Its always the hypocrites, people that say "I wouldnt end up there because I dont do anything illegal"
There are plenty of videos of people popping automated doors and stabbing a guard or inmate.
Yupp assault was not part of the sentence. Great video as always Larry