It would be interesting to watch you “react” to different prison or prison related shows. I think it would be good to see the differences and similarities between tv and reality
Yessssss!!! Christina randall did it...just in case u haven't seen it. If u have never been to prison, u need to watch it lol. TV is SO different than reality
girl! i am a correctional officer and i absolutely love your videos. i’ve learned so much through watching you and i commend you so much for everything you’ve overcame and accomplished. blessings to you! ❤️
I have no idea why the UA-cam algorithm suggested a channel about a former inmate who is now reformed BUT I am SO VERY HAPPY it did! I have been a subscriber for a couple of months now. I have learned so much from your channel and from you as a person. Kudos to you for working so very hard to change your life for the better, getting an education, helping so many people around the world. Your life has NOT been easy- but you have worked so hard to overcome your hardships and continue to do so. I wish I knew you in real life! You are amazing ❤️
amy macfarlane same here. I have no idea how this channel got to me. I usually watch shows about frugal living, minimalism and tiny houses. But this is one of my outliers that I do enjoy.
I love how you’ve used your jail time and past mistakes to turn your life around and educate others on the reality of prison life so as to not make the same mistakes. Please keep doing what you do, love ya!
I love how In every video you get right into it. It gets annoying how so many youtubers feel like they need to talk for 10 minutes before they get down to the point!
My husband has worked at a state prison for 10 years, YES in our state they eat what the inmates eat. They are not aloud to bring in outside food due to trying to control the contraband getting brought in. This is PA.
Yeah but they only work one shift and most guards skip lunch, eat commissary or if they want to save money they pick the good stuff and not the crap expired not for human consumption food items.
Yall😂 Its prison. I've done my share of state and county time (unfortunately)..but it saved my life. Getting up so early to eat isn't torture. It's a free meal, if u want it, u go. If u dont, u dont go. Simple as that. Only time we were required to go is during reception/intake...which was about 3 weeks. Yea our prisons suck...but there is so much worse shit going on that could be referred to as torture. Either way...I hope we all stay out! It's the most depressing shit I've ever endured...but I learned alot from it FINALLY lol. Good vibes to you ladies💙🥰
As a former C.O. we used to count after each meal.. I would always treat each resident. I use the term resident rather than Inmate. The reason I referred them as resident is due to the fact that they are humans. And that our roles could usually be reversed. You need to make a video describing PREA. I would always sit and eat the same meal
I’m a CO in Texas. We have our own cafeteria for the staff. Also male officers are not allowed to pat down female inmates or work female housing areas. Love your channel.
I was a CO for a several years. As a male it was no go to conduct a pat down on a female prisoner. Either find a female CO or walk a non custody staff member through a pat down.
I love how open and honest you are! People need to understand the horrible stuff that goes on. Jail saved my life and my sons as well but it was a hard lesson I wish I would have never had to learn. Keep brightening our days girl❤️
My husband is a CO and he was showing me how they do count at his facility because that day had been stressful for him. They had to do count 6 times because one officer did their math wrong.
My husband works over night. 11-7 plus overtime up until 11-11. He takes food of his own but when he was being trained on days he could eat what was there.
When I used to visit my husband, several times visit was like an hour or more late because they couldn’t get count right. They did allow is the full time, though, which kinda surprised me.
As a former C/O, I was exhausted and sometimes I didn't have time to make food because I wanted a little more rest, especially when I was pregnant 😩 I worked in seg and the kitchen boss always called and asked if we wanted a tray as well lol...I would pick at the food to tide me over till I got home.. oh edit: I'm from the south
Oh dang, wasn't prepared for negativity. Lol, not that need to justify myself, but I promise it wasn't an every day routine. My now almost 6 year old is and has been very healthy and thriving. Thanks for your concern though 😊 God bless
Hi Jessica. It would be very interesting if you sat down with a correctional officer and talked about your experiences. Maybe you could ask questions about how they think of these routines and stuff like that. Have a nice day!
Congratulations on being clean for 8 years ,yes it is tough but it can be done with help from the Lord GOD,I am now 14years clean but I never went to prison.
Oh so it's not just lazy but also uneducated now too. I know some pretty dumb people who are rising and shining at 5 am. In addition to highly intelligent individuals who don't wake until 3 PM. Everybodys got their own schedule, and they're all different. Who's to say which is best ?
Hospital gowns and scrubs are also washed with soiled sheets and other bloody hospital linens all together. The temperature gets so hot in those industrial washers that it kills communicable pathogens. Pretty standard and safe for hospitals. There may be an “ick factor” but it’s totally safe and normal.
with the few years you were in prision, when you got out did you notice the change of technology much or were you able to keep in touch with it a bit from within prison? Like were there any learning curves you experienced with technology after getting out from what you were previously used to?
Phones and computers were hard for me to learn . we know about all the new technology . But not many of us got to go hands on.the culture changes was the real shocker.people don't even know their neighbors .
Not trying to answer for her,but she only got 3 years,so I don’t think technology can change that much in that period of time. I would like to know it from her though.
I just love everything you put out, gurl. You're super intelligent and down to earth, and proof that your past doesn't have to define you. I appreciate that you're putting yourself out there by recounting details of your past while giving successful recovering addicts visibility. Thanks for the content 💕 Have a great week.
I worked in the library and LOVED it. We cataloged books, helped people find books and checkout their selections, we had a whole “library card” system like a regular library. And one of my favorite parts was choosing the weekend movies. I got to choose like 6 movies every Friday for the weekend, and that ability made me super popular in my pod, people would always have requests but you know nothing is free. I also got to choose and switch out the books for orientation and segregation units. In my county, we stayed in orientation for 3-7 days depending on the TB test and classification. So I got to choose books and go into those units to switch them out every week. One of the only positions that got to go into seg, along with the inmates that brought food to seg inmates. I also had unlimited access to books, not just the once a week library call. I was so sad when I went to minimum and couldn’t work in the library cause it was technically medium security, though in the same facility.
In MA, I was shocked when I recieved heavily used underwear sure it was "clean" but waistbands would be all ripped like some girl wore them for weeks at a time or something......and I was also there with a lady that was diabetic and they CONSTANTLY forgot her special meals and she would not eat sometimes because of this and she would only see a nurse once a day even if she pressed that she needed to be seen they would take hours
Well you did something to put yourself there. Also i went to MA prison and did an intake at least 6 times and never got used panties. Used socks shirts and jeans ofcourse.
👌...broken arm? Water and ibuprophen! I got a kop (keep on person) sheet of ibuprophen for a month (which they do check) but girls were tring to buy it like it was a controlled substance
Drink some water and lay on your side! Cant remember which side it was as it's been 12 yrs since I was in prison, but that was their cure all for everything! Which 1) doesn't cure shit and 2) they dont let you lay down anyways!!
Same thing in the military. All of those years we used to complain about water and Motrin being the cure all. That was years ago, now I think back and wonder how many lives they saved by giving out Motrin instead of narcotics like civilian providers were doing. I bet it’s thousands.
@@rachaelkopp3792 truth!.... i seen one girl shut her cell door on her bunk mate's finger (allegedly by accident) and u know how easily those macho doors could break a finger, so it was deff broke, like crushed! Her only exeption was a cast
@@AlexisgFay makes alot of sense (vietnam) but, i think there are injuries that deserve narcotics No matter what. Military, inmates, addicts, and anyone for that matter deserve pain management and where im at, its a verry rare occasion for some one to be perscribed a controlled substance, but when they are, its for a verry short time and they have to be alone in the medical unit, monitored for the durration of the perscription (which i get). I've only seen it once for a C-section
Very interesting, I'd often wondered just how often there would be violence in prison. I'd always imagined it would be much more violent. I know it's not my place to tell you, but I'm proud of you. It's hard to make sustained changes in your life, especially when those changes involve such radical steps.
Completely irrelevant to the video but your makeup literally looks flawless girl omg😻 literally watch your videos everyday you are such an inspiration:)
Thank you for your story, my case has been going on for more than a year and just now they told me I’m getting reunified with my child in two weeks!!!!!
Routine actually has a very huge role in addiction. The process of setting up said drug, doing it, feeling the effects, then the deconstruction. Our brain gets used to the routine of getting high and that physical fixation. A close friend of mine explained that to me a while ago and I thought it was an interesting point of view.
Very true. As a recovering IV heroin addict, not only was I addicted to the drug, but I was addicted to the RITUAL of doing it. The going to cop the dope, ripping open the bag, putting it in the spoon or cooker, adding the water, stirring it around, putting the cotton in the dope, drawing it up into the needle, tying off my arm or wrist (after awhile you have to rotate where you shoot up because your veins collapse or hide after being poked for so long in the same places) and hitting that vein FINALLY and pulling the plunger of the needle back and seeing the blood spurt up into the needle (the "red flag" as I called it) and pushing the dope into your vein. I have 7 years clean now (I'm on suboxone, so that is my new routine for the last 7 years) so I've become adjusted to that now. But sometimes I miss the "process" of shooting dope just as much as I loved the feeling it gave me.
@@hollywood2499 Ahhhhh!!! GODDD I was an IV heroin IV cocaine and occasionally IV crystal methamphetamine but only a handful times a year... but anyways...I've been clean for awhile now, but your description is SO FREAKING ACCURATE and almost triggering...no hate, honestly, but just reading all of it, I know you know what you're talking about....ehhh...stay clean girl!! All we can do is our best!!!
There have actually been studies that show this routine would trigger a neural response that would make your high less strong. It was as if your body knew what was going to happen & would start to release chemicals prior to you actually ingesting/injecting the drugs. The same studies showed that getting high in a new environment would remove this effect, and you would experience a stronger high with a greater risk of overdose. Brains are crazy.
I went to visit my mom and they did count while I was there. We all got into lines (kids were allowed to stay with there parents for count so I was there too) and they had to recount and the look on my mom's face was amazing. She need annoyed and I even heard a couple inmates say how they couldn't count
As a corrections officer, we ate the same food, just with more seasoning. Same menu. The only people that had different meals, brought their own stuff.
I used to work at a youth custody facility and it was my favourite job. I made a point to make sure I treated every young girl respectfully and humanely because I knew about how poorly they were often treated due to mental health, addiction and situations out of their control. I always ate meals with them and never brought in treats etc. I followed all the rules/ expectations of my job description and never made exceptions however I still always felt that just the way I interacted with them could maybe make a difference. I eventually stopped working at the facility for a few reasons however it was mainly due to the other very cold staff who bullied staff they didn’t like (me) lol. I knew the facility was going to be closed down soon anyways so I moved on for my sanity however I felt bad leaving the girls behind knowing there were only a few staff that actually were working their for the youth.
I was a CO for a big bad 3 months. All I could stand. I was in SC and the CO's were awful to the inmates. My training officer was a show off and did cruel things to laugh at the inmates. The women were scary. I had to pay them down and they would make comments about how they liked me touching them and how no woman ever touched them like that. Kinda scary when I'm only 5Ft and 110 pounds. I'm not cut from the right cloth to be in law enforcement. I'm entirely too nice and trusting. Love your channel and glad to see you doing well.
When I was in county jail, one of the officers would always open the door and yell "meals on wheels!" 🤦♀️ Haha because they would bring all of the trays on a big rolling cart
Been watching your videos lately. Im going to be a correctional officer in VT originally from Upstate NY. But im watching to learn about the environments but as well to learn what inmates expect from officers and the treatment they expect. Cause i agree humans are humans. And they deserve to be treated like humans. So keep up the amazing work!
Recently I've been watching 60 Days In which has been really interesting. Basically the sheriff has a couple different plants that go in to see how the jail in running. I've seen so much of what you've talked about through watching that and it's been really interesting to see.
My dad was a CO for many years. He would always bring us home the sporks from the kitchen, toothbrushes and other things. He worked at a women’s prison as well as a men’s prison. The stories I’ve heard from him are crazy, but the stories I’ll always remember were the stories he would tell me of how he would befriend certain women and they would remind him of his daughters. He said that he was surprised how many of the COs didn’t treat inmates like humans. he met some of the coolest/nicest people who were inmates. It’s so sad how although my dad was super sweet yet tough when he needed to be, many of the guards were just horrible. I wish more were like my dad.
I do prison ministry , one time the restroom was out of order (staff & Volunteer) and had to use the resident restroom and one of the grade can by and watching in and when she realized i was free man ( Volunteer ) she turned a way fast , Thank you for sharing !
Same, well had to get the kiddos ready for school, and on the bus, while getting the coffee. Christina, then Jess's notification...what a fabulous Friday morning ❤❤
Worked as an Officer in Missouri I never personally ate the food. Didn’t trust what the state bought so I brought my own food in. However I know a lot of the officers who ate the food every shift. We was always offered one for every shift you worked.
Preface: This is coming from someone who has never been to prison. So, maybe I’m about to show my ignorance. But, Jessica, I do not believe that prison should be “hard.” Should it be fun? No, absolutely not. And definitely not enjoyable in any way. But, I feel that the punishment when going to prison is losing your freedom. I don’t believe that people not knowing if they will survive (or other forms of prison stress) is helpful. This is one of the reasons we have a recidivism problem in the U.S. Putting people under the types of stresses which exist in our prisons can have the opposite effect we would hope for with regard to rehabilitation. Just my two cents. (Unless I am misunderstanding what you meant by “hard.”)
This schedule honestly sounds a lot like when I went through basic training 23 years ago- especially the laundry situation. We kept our underclothes and socks in a mesh laundry bag and the rest was just thrown in bins- and those mesh bags and the clothes in bins were washed all together. Now it sounds horrible but back then I was so stressed about other things that the laundry didn’t even phase me. We had open bay showers and we put shampoo on one shoulder and body wash on another and went through the showers almost like an assembly line. Since everything was inspected we did things like using only one sink or two toilets so that the others would stay clean. The food wasn’t bad- with all the physical training that we did we would make ourselves eat as much as time allowed (and there wasn’t much time). There were good and bad training instructors and there was no such thing as consensual physical contact- because they had power over you.
I worked in county jail here in texas. We ate the same food the inmates got. Some of it was really good. We got more than the inmates, and we had a trustee serving the food to us. In the jail where I worked, (I am a male) we did not ever watch women in the shower. I did have to back up the female deputies who would take the prisoners out of the isolation cells to let them shower, (I stayed out in the hallway.) The only naked women I saw in there was accidental (or not, maybe those women knew I was there.) We had a check we had to do once a shift from the catwalk, where we walked around the whole floor and could listen and see what they were doing from the rear areas of the cellblocks. This is where the one inmate flashed me, another woman stopped me and asked for "manhole covers" (sanitary napkins) at the bars, she stepped out of the shower and was looking right at me and started toweling off but was making no effort to cover up. I know I turned red and moved where I couldn't see her. I didn't like working on the women's floor but I had to. Women had to work on the men's floors too. And the women had underwear mailed in by family or they could buy it off commissary. They even had teddys! I was in the isolation cells area letting the men out to shower when a inmate I did not know about stepped out in just briefs and I thought a mistake had been made. I thought a woman had been put in the male tank, but it was a Transsexual not all the way through the process.
Can you talk about some prison tv shows? Like prison break or orange is the new black, I think I’ll be really interesting ❤️ love you!! Appreciate you so much💕💕
All she got was 2 days...most ppl only get 1 day, but she got an awesome nurse and gave her an extra day. They treated her like garbage after she gave birth...
Good morning Jess! Hope all is well! Great vid i have never been so interested in prison stories until i started watching u and Christina lol now i watch em all! I hope things in the system start changing!
Ro Clausen I was just thinking that! Shoulda called each other before going to the dance. Now you’re wearing the same dresses! LOL Hope you’re well B-RO!
My girlfriend is in prison. I agree that it’s suppose to be tough, but it does seem too de-humanizing. I say prison is bad enough without some of the BS that comes along with it.
Hey Jess, I’ve just seen the mugshot and assumptions vids, and I mean in the last hour, and I’ve started watching this one again in the hope you read my comment. I would just like to say that freckles are beautiful and that you,then and now, are a beautiful woman. Difference is that now you are beautiful within yourself and you help people to reach that same point. I’m a recovering alcoholic but I’ve been dry for 24 years this coming 3/15. Now I know with hard drugs you just can not do what I do, which is that every Christmas Eve, I will drink 1 can of beer, just to prove to myself that I’ve beaten it and can do at any time should I go back to it, god forbid, Now I want to stop smoking but that’s a whole different ball game. Alcohol I stopped from one minute to the next, like a snap from the fingers, nicotine is so different and I’ve tried all possible tablets and all other things available. Anything you can suggest? Thanks for your time reading this.
I just want to clarify here. Beauty shop..means Haircut room 😉 thats all you get..is a haircut. 🙂
😂 ☺
How often would you get to go and do you have to main an appointment?
wow, how sophisticated ;)
Facts. Jessica. And you go on odd numbers or even. The last of your din number
Yea its not really a beauty shop even thought that's what it's called.. Haircut room lol that's exactly what it is...😊
It would be interesting to watch you “react” to different prison or prison related shows. I think it would be good to see the differences and similarities between tv and reality
Yessssss!!! Christina randall did it...just in case u haven't seen it. If u have never been to prison, u need to watch it lol. TV is SO different than reality
Yes!
Omg I agree
Great idea
Chante Vercuil German prisons are like a hotel
girl! i am a correctional officer and i absolutely love your videos. i’ve learned so much through watching you and i commend you so much for everything you’ve overcame and accomplished. blessings to you! ❤️
I have no idea why the UA-cam algorithm suggested a channel about a former inmate who is now reformed BUT I am SO VERY HAPPY it did! I have been a subscriber for a couple of months now. I have learned so much from your channel and from you as a person. Kudos to you for working so very hard to change your life for the better, getting an education, helping so many people around the world. Your life has NOT been easy- but you have worked so hard to overcome your hardships and continue to do so. I wish I knew you in real life! You are amazing ❤️
amy macfarlane same here. I have no idea how this channel got to me. I usually watch shows about frugal living, minimalism and tiny houses. But this is one of my outliers that I do enjoy.
Alexis Fay Same! I love tiny house videos ☺️ But I found her channel about a month ago and I love her so much, she seems to genuine and kind 😊
I love how you’ve used your jail time and past mistakes to turn your life around and educate others on the reality of prison life so as to not make the same mistakes. Please keep doing what you do, love ya!
I love how In every video you get right into it. It gets annoying how so many youtubers feel like they need to talk for 10 minutes before they get down to the point!
Yes, I SO agree!!
Yes, I SO agree!!
My husband has worked at a state prison for 10 years, YES in our state they eat what the inmates eat. They are not aloud to bring in outside food due to trying to control the contraband getting brought in. This is PA.
thegrandfinale2 That is a very highly unlikely situation, but of course there is always that possibility
Yeah but they only work one shift and most guards skip lunch, eat commissary or if they want to save money they pick the good stuff and not the crap expired not for human consumption food items.
In MA They bring lunch or can order food and they eat in right in front of us at the desk
I've even had occasions where C.Os literally taunted people asking if they want some and then saying that sucks
@Danielle Christine Flores that's a good question. He does say the food sucks, but I wonder if it would suck more if the employees weren't eating it!
OK so one thing I never understand is why in all these prisons do they make breakfast at 4:30 AM?!
Kiki Baby i think because shift change is around 7 and they need it done before then
Torture
Because shift change, prep time, and how long it takes to get all the inmates thru chow. Plus a lil bit of torture!
Yall😂
Its prison. I've done my share of state and county time (unfortunately)..but it saved my life. Getting up so early to eat isn't torture. It's a free meal, if u want it, u go. If u dont, u dont go. Simple as that. Only time we were required to go is during reception/intake...which was about 3 weeks.
Yea our prisons suck...but there is so much worse shit going on that could be referred to as torture. Either way...I hope we all stay out! It's the most depressing shit I've ever endured...but I learned alot from it FINALLY lol. Good vibes to you ladies💙🥰
"There are rules and you will get punched in the face if you just decide to change the channel...." Too funny and so true....
As a former C.O. we used to count after each meal.. I would always treat each resident. I use the term resident rather than Inmate. The reason I referred them as resident is due to the fact that they are humans. And that our roles could usually be reversed. You need to make a video describing PREA. I would always sit and eat the same meal
I’m a CO in Texas. We have our own cafeteria for the staff. Also male officers are not allowed to pat down female inmates or work female housing areas. Love your channel.
So does the cafeteria serve food for you or do you guys just bring your own lunches and put it in the frij.
@@ryanm7249 I love the way you write fridge 🤣🥰
@@ronni7154 🤣
I was a CO for a several years. As a male it was no go to conduct a pat down on a female prisoner. Either find a female CO or walk a non custody staff member through a pat down.
Hopefully in Harris County! We need better Officers.
Even in prison people should be treated with dignity 🤨
Yeah unless you were like on some John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer type shit. Or people like Pearl Fernandez then you deserve the hell.
Determined2Win so true
I love how open and honest you are! People need to understand the horrible stuff that goes on. Jail saved my life and my sons as well but it was a hard lesson I wish I would have never had to learn. Keep brightening our days girl❤️
My husband is a CO and he was showing me how they do count at his facility because that day had been stressful for him. They had to do count 6 times because one officer did their math wrong.
My husband works over night. 11-7 plus overtime up until 11-11. He takes food of his own but when he was being trained on days he could eat what was there.
When I used to visit my husband, several times visit was like an hour or more late because they couldn’t get count right. They did allow is the full time, though, which kinda surprised me.
NotToday. I know my hubs wasn’t very appreciative of the person who was having problems adding 2+2 that day.
Yes count is super stressful. Sending him positive vibes for his next shift 🖤 and may everyone count correctly lol
Jessica Kent unfortunately he had to use time off tonight. The roads between our house and the prison are all covered in ice and we live an hour away.
The way you talk is so calming
you lowkey look like an older version of violet from the incredibles. but with lighter hair.
By dear
True
I can't unsee this one anymore
So random but I love it
"Dinner Chow". Sounds like a canned Purina dog food. 😂
Omg it does 😭🤣
Dog food probably tastes better.
Chow is what The Armed forces of the US eats
OMG yes
As a former C/O, I was exhausted and sometimes I didn't have time to make food because I wanted a little more rest, especially when I was pregnant 😩 I worked in seg and the kitchen boss always called and asked if we wanted a tray as well lol...I would pick at the food to tide me over till I got home.. oh edit: I'm from the south
Oh dang, wasn't prepared for negativity. Lol, not that need to justify myself, but I promise it wasn't an every day routine. My now almost 6 year old is and has been very healthy and thriving. Thanks for your concern though 😊 God bless
Prison would be hard for someone like me since sometimes I’m so sick I’m unable to get out of bed.
Me too and also i would be throwing up everywhere because my stomach is veeeery sensitive to certain foods 😦 i can't even imagine
All the more reason not to go lol! Joking aside, I'm sorry you suffer with what sounds like a serious health problem.
Same. Especially the exposed bathroom situation.
@@julese3881 Same here!
Same. I have Crohn's and the thought of not even being able to take proper care of myself makes me nauseous.
Hi Jessica. It would be very interesting if you sat down with a correctional officer and talked about your experiences. Maybe you could ask questions about how they think of these routines and stuff like that. Have a nice day!
I love that you and Christina upload at the same time! That lipstick shade looks great on you!
I hated how early that shit was 5am 10am 4am where I was, thank God I haven't done that in so long and have been clean since 12/8/12!!!!
Amy Wasson awesome work and great job! So proud of you!!!
Congratulations on being clean for 8 years ,yes it is tough but it can be done with help from the Lord GOD,I am now 14years clean but I never went to prison.
That’s incredible! You are so strong! Lots of love and blessings your way!
Soulful Diaries what does her being lazy have to do with it ?
Oh so it's not just lazy but also uneducated now too. I know some pretty dumb people who are rising and shining at 5 am. In addition to highly intelligent individuals who don't wake until 3 PM. Everybodys got their own schedule, and they're all different. Who's to say which is best ?
I love that you upload right after Christina, and I always watch hers, and get a notification of yours, as soon as I'm done ❤❤
A male officer patting down female inmates just seems inherently wrong and awful!
Pink Giraffe what about females patting down males
Tatiana Bernal Gonzalez lol
*cough* tsa
sophie marie haha i know im just asking, would they still consider it "wrong and awful"
It’s their fault for being in prison so if they weren’t in prison that wouldn’t happen
Anybody else want storytime on prison fights jess has been in... like so she sees this. Xx
She made one about beating up a pedophile
I’m three months sober today and you sharing your story has helped me so much in being consistent this time ❤️
Hospital gowns and scrubs are also washed with soiled sheets and other bloody hospital linens all together. The temperature gets so hot in those industrial washers that it kills communicable pathogens. Pretty standard and safe for hospitals. There may be an “ick factor” but it’s totally safe and normal.
with the few years you were in prision, when you got out did you notice the change of technology much or were you able to keep in touch with it a bit from within prison? Like were there any learning curves you experienced with technology after getting out from what you were previously used to?
Phones and computers were hard for me to learn . we know about all the new technology . But not many of us got to go hands on.the culture changes was the real shocker.people don't even know their neighbors .
Not trying to answer for her,but she only got 3 years,so I don’t think technology can change that much in that period of time. I would like to know it from her though.
Posting exactly at the same time as Christina? How to chose which goes first? 😳😳
Haha exactly...I was watching Christina...buttttt Jessica is my "go to girl" so I'll go back to Christina after Jessica ;)
LoL
@@LimuEmu420 depends on who you like more...🤭🤭
So true!!! Love grandma Christina, so I’ll watch hers after Jes
@@ٴٴٴٴۥۥٴٴٴٴۥۥٴٴٴٴۥۥٴٴٴٴۥۥٴٴٴٴٴٴ Jess is #1 but Christina is like #1&1/2 lol they are both great but I love Jessica!!
I just love everything you put out, gurl. You're super intelligent and down to earth, and proof that your past doesn't have to define you. I appreciate that you're putting yourself out there by recounting details of your past while giving successful recovering addicts visibility. Thanks for the content 💕 Have a great week.
I worked in the library and LOVED it. We cataloged books, helped people find books and checkout their selections, we had a whole “library card” system like a regular library. And one of my favorite parts was choosing the weekend movies. I got to choose like 6 movies every Friday for the weekend, and that ability made me super popular in my pod, people would always have requests but you know nothing is free. I also got to choose and switch out the books for orientation and segregation units. In my county, we stayed in orientation for 3-7 days depending on the TB test and classification. So I got to choose books and go into those units to switch them out every week. One of the only positions that got to go into seg, along with the inmates that brought food to seg inmates. I also had unlimited access to books, not just the once a week library call. I was so sad when I went to minimum and couldn’t work in the library cause it was technically medium security, though in the same facility.
In MA, I was shocked when I recieved heavily used underwear sure it was "clean" but waistbands would be all ripped like some girl wore them for weeks at a time or something......and I was also there with a lady that was diabetic and they CONSTANTLY forgot her special meals and she would not eat sometimes because of this and she would only see a nurse once a day even if she pressed that she needed to be seen they would take hours
Wow that is awful! :(
Welcome to jail .....
Well you did something to put yourself there. Also i went to MA prison and did an intake at least 6 times and never got used panties. Used socks shirts and jeans ofcourse.
They gave us used panties In florida too
Katie Cakes how interesting! Everyone’s experience is different, I’m sure it could vary county to county maybe.
You've been on fire with all this content lately, lady!! Thanks for all you share. You're incredible! 💜
You never explained the difference in the schedule for kitchen workers. They're probably up really early.
Perhaps, but maybe the food is made earlier and just reheated
And I do remember no matter what you went to the nurse for the famous line is DRINK SOME WATER! so matter how sick you where or what the problem was
👌...broken arm? Water and ibuprophen! I got a kop (keep on person) sheet of ibuprophen for a month (which they do check) but girls were tring to buy it like it was a controlled substance
Drink some water and lay on your side! Cant remember which side it was as it's been 12 yrs since I was in prison, but that was their cure all for everything! Which 1) doesn't cure shit and 2) they dont let you lay down anyways!!
Same thing in the military. All of those years we used to complain about water and Motrin being the cure all. That was years ago, now I think back and wonder how many lives they saved by giving out Motrin instead of narcotics like civilian providers were doing. I bet it’s thousands.
@@rachaelkopp3792 truth!.... i seen one girl shut her cell door on her bunk mate's finger (allegedly by accident) and u know how easily those macho doors could break a finger, so it was deff broke, like crushed! Her only exeption was a cast
@@AlexisgFay makes alot of sense (vietnam) but, i think there are injuries that deserve narcotics No matter what. Military, inmates, addicts, and anyone for that matter deserve pain management and where im at, its a verry rare occasion for some one to be perscribed a controlled substance, but when they are, its for a verry short time and they have to be alone in the medical unit, monitored for the durration of the perscription (which i get). I've only seen it once for a C-section
Very interesting, I'd often wondered just how often there would be violence in prison. I'd always imagined it would be much more violent. I know it's not my place to tell you, but I'm proud of you. It's hard to make sustained changes in your life, especially when those changes involve such radical steps.
The lack of braiding hair shocked me. My hair is always in a braid because otherwise it’s a ratted mess. I wouldn’t survive😅
Completely irrelevant to the video but your makeup literally looks flawless girl omg😻 literally watch your videos everyday you are such an inspiration:)
Thank you for your story, my case has been going on for more than a year and just now they told me I’m getting reunified with my child in two weeks!!!!!
Proud of you girl!!! Yoube got this, youll have your baby back momma!!!❤
CONGRATULATIONS that's Awesome!!!!
Routine actually has a very huge role in addiction. The process of setting up said drug, doing it, feeling the effects, then the deconstruction. Our brain gets used to the routine of getting high and that physical fixation. A close friend of mine explained that to me a while ago and I thought it was an interesting point of view.
Eden Hubbard Pavlov’s experiments are a great demonstration of this.
Very true. As a recovering IV heroin addict, not only was I addicted to the drug, but I was addicted to the RITUAL of doing it. The going to cop the dope, ripping open the bag, putting it in the spoon or cooker, adding the water, stirring it around, putting the cotton in the dope, drawing it up into the needle, tying off my arm or wrist (after awhile you have to rotate where you shoot up because your veins collapse or hide after being poked for so long in the same places) and hitting that vein FINALLY and pulling the plunger of the needle back and seeing the blood spurt up into the needle (the "red flag" as I called it) and pushing the dope into your vein. I have 7 years clean now (I'm on suboxone, so that is my new routine for the last 7 years) so I've become adjusted to that now. But sometimes I miss the "process" of shooting dope just as much as I loved the feeling it gave me.
@@hollywood2499 Ahhhhh!!! GODDD I was an IV heroin IV cocaine and occasionally IV crystal methamphetamine but only a handful times a year... but anyways...I've been clean for awhile now, but your description is SO FREAKING ACCURATE and almost triggering...no hate, honestly, but just reading all of it, I know you know what you're talking about....ehhh...stay clean girl!! All we can do is our best!!!
There have actually been studies that show this routine would trigger a neural response that would make your high less strong. It was as if your body knew what was going to happen & would start to release chemicals prior to you actually ingesting/injecting the drugs. The same studies showed that getting high in a new environment would remove this effect, and you would experience a stronger high with a greater risk of overdose. Brains are crazy.
this made me wanna watch orange is the new black again
Yesss! Routine in sobriety is so helpful and almost comforting. It took me forever to be able to sleep in even an hr later than in prison.
Reallly random - your skin is PERFECT
I went to visit my mom and they did count while I was there. We all got into lines (kids were allowed to stay with there parents for count so I was there too) and they had to recount and the look on my mom's face was amazing. She need annoyed and I even heard a couple inmates say how they couldn't count
My anxiety shot through the roof, the way you’re talking I️ feel like I️’m in a cell and you’re explaining to me what I️ can expect 😂
LITERALLY SO STRESSED.
Lol
I am glad you have taken some things away from prison and used them in a positive way to uplift your life.
Wisconsin here. My stepmom is a CO and she brings in her own food, water, and coffee.
As a corrections officer, we ate the same food, just with more seasoning. Same menu.
The only people that had different meals, brought their own stuff.
I have been waiting!! Lol. Love you girl!
Love starting my days off with your videos 😍
My husband is a CO here in Alaska, he refuses to eat prison food, I pack him a lunch everyday. Also I love your channel!!
Thanks for posting this. I still carry routines from prison in ‘92. Both personal and social.
I’m commenting as fast as possible! I love you Jessica! 💕
Same
Same here
Brenna- oh my.... I LOVE UR NAME💗
Beautiful person with a great message. So happy you're doing well!
I used to work at a youth custody facility and it was my favourite job. I made a point to make sure I treated every young girl respectfully and humanely because I knew about how poorly they were often treated due to mental health, addiction and situations out of their control. I always ate meals with them and never brought in treats etc. I followed all the rules/ expectations of my job description and never made exceptions however I still always felt that just the way I interacted with them could maybe make a difference. I eventually stopped working at the facility for a few reasons however it was mainly due to the other very cold staff who bullied staff they didn’t like (me) lol. I knew the facility was going to be closed down soon anyways so I moved on for my sanity however I felt bad leaving the girls behind knowing there were only a few staff that actually were working their for the youth.
I was a CO for a big bad 3 months. All I could stand. I was in SC and the CO's were awful to the inmates. My training officer was a show off and did cruel things to laugh at the inmates. The women were scary. I had to pay them down and they would make comments about how they liked me touching them and how no woman ever touched them like that. Kinda scary when I'm only 5Ft and 110 pounds. I'm not cut from the right cloth to be in law enforcement. I'm entirely too nice and trusting. Love your channel and glad to see you doing well.
When I was in county jail, one of the officers would always open the door and yell "meals on wheels!" 🤦♀️ Haha because they would bring all of the trays on a big rolling cart
Been watching your videos lately. Im going to be a correctional officer in VT originally from Upstate NY. But im watching to learn about the environments but as well to learn what inmates expect from officers and the treatment they expect. Cause i agree humans are humans. And they deserve to be treated like humans. So keep up the amazing work!
Good morning Jessica!! Great video/topic as always!!
You posted a little later than usual, I was worried you weren't gonna post today!!
I slept in a little 🤗
Awww!!! Good for you!! You deserve it supermom!!
despite the subject matter, you have a calming presence in my mornings
Recovery from addiction is a low percentage endeavor. And there are numerous reasons for the addiction...I wish you well and a permanent recovery.
When I was locked up we had our water supply cut off for several hours for punishment because someone else broke a rule. Seemed inhumane to me
Thanks for sharing. Love your stories. See ya on the next one.
Personally I really respect how you have accomplished so much.
Recently I've been watching 60 Days In which has been really interesting. Basically the sheriff has a couple different plants that go in to see how the jail in running. I've seen so much of what you've talked about through watching that and it's been really interesting to see.
Thanks for sharing another great video. It’s good that you upload in the morning so I can watch before it gets busy at work.
I love hearing all your stories and knowledge! I’ve learned a lot from you.
I love all of your video's so much can't wait to see your new back drop, love you Jess ❤️
My dad was a CO for many years. He would always bring us home the sporks from the kitchen, toothbrushes and other things. He worked at a women’s prison as well as a men’s prison. The stories I’ve heard from him are crazy, but the stories I’ll always remember were the stories he would tell me of how he would befriend certain women and they would remind him of his daughters. He said that he was surprised how many of the COs didn’t treat inmates like humans. he met some of the coolest/nicest people who were inmates. It’s so sad how although my dad was super sweet yet tough when he needed to be, many of the guards were just horrible. I wish more were like my dad.
Perfect timing. Watching while getting ready for work 🤩
I do prison ministry , one time the restroom was out of order (staff & Volunteer) and had to use the resident restroom and one of the grade can by and watching in and when she realized i was free man ( Volunteer ) she turned a way fast , Thank you for sharing !
I just 💜💜 you Jess! I've learned some really cool things from you--not just prison/drugs but life lessons!
Coffee, Christina, now Jess😊💗✔️
Same lol
Same, well had to get the kiddos ready for school, and on the bus, while getting the coffee. Christina, then Jess's notification...what a fabulous Friday morning ❤❤
Jess then Christina ;)
"They really liked me...you know what I'm saying..??" Lol
How can male guards be allowed to watch female inmates during shower time?? I thought that would violate the rights of the inmates.
What rights? Lol that's funny. Some of the guard are cool but some of them are horrible people who don't see the inmates as human.
At the prison near me, officers usually take their own food. But it has to be in clear containers so they can make sure no contraband is coming in.
#Routine: MWF breakfast with Jess.
I love MWF Christina AND Jess updates
Worked as an Officer in Missouri I never personally ate the food. Didn’t trust what the state bought so I brought my own food in. However I know a lot of the officers who ate the food every shift. We was always offered one for every shift you worked.
I love the way you said CHOW CALL 😂
My dad worked in a couple prisons in Kansas. He ate the food unless he packed a lunch that day. He said it wasn't good but it was food.
Preface: This is coming from someone who has never been to prison. So, maybe I’m about to show my ignorance. But, Jessica, I do not believe that prison should be “hard.” Should it be fun? No, absolutely not. And definitely not enjoyable in any way. But, I feel that the punishment when going to prison is losing your freedom. I don’t believe that people not knowing if they will survive (or other forms of prison stress) is helpful. This is one of the reasons we have a recidivism problem in the U.S. Putting people under the types of stresses which exist in our prisons can have the opposite effect we would hope for with regard to rehabilitation. Just my two cents. (Unless I am misunderstanding what you meant by “hard.”)
Keep up the great work my dear. I love hearing your story
This schedule honestly sounds a lot like when I went through basic training 23 years ago- especially the laundry situation. We kept our underclothes and socks in a mesh laundry bag and the rest was just thrown in bins- and those mesh bags and the clothes in bins were washed all together. Now it sounds horrible but back then I was so stressed about other things that the laundry didn’t even phase me. We had open bay showers and we put shampoo on one shoulder and body wash on another and went through the showers almost like an assembly line. Since everything was inspected we did things like using only one sink or two toilets so that the others would stay clean. The food wasn’t bad- with all the physical training that we did we would make ourselves eat as much as time allowed (and there wasn’t much time). There were good and bad training instructors and there was no such thing as consensual physical contact- because they had power over you.
I’m all for watching ads to help the UA-camr make money but when it’s 3 minutes long I have to skip it 🤷🏻♀️
Kathy Lynn McDougall I got the same one
Yup
And I had to watch for my girl.
I worked in county jail here in texas. We ate the same food the inmates got. Some of it was really good. We got more than the inmates, and we had a trustee serving the food to us. In the jail where I worked, (I am a male) we did not ever watch women in the shower. I did have to back up the female deputies who would take the prisoners out of the isolation cells to let them shower, (I stayed out in the hallway.) The only naked women I saw in there was accidental (or not, maybe those women knew I was there.) We had a check we had to do once a shift from the catwalk, where we walked around the whole floor and could listen and see what they were doing from the rear areas of the cellblocks. This is where the one inmate flashed me, another woman stopped me and asked for "manhole covers" (sanitary napkins) at the bars, she stepped out of the shower and was looking right at me and started toweling off but was making no effort to cover up. I know I turned red and moved where I couldn't see her. I didn't like working on the women's floor but I had to. Women had to work on the men's floors too. And the women had underwear mailed in by family or they could buy it off commissary. They even had teddys! I was in the isolation cells area letting the men out to shower when a inmate I did not know about stepped out in just briefs and I thought a mistake had been made. I thought a woman had been put in the male tank, but it was a Transsexual not all the way through the process.
So what is like living outside world ? What is like being in prison for 20 + years ? Do Inmate miss being in prison after their release ?
Can you talk about some prison tv shows? Like prison break or orange is the new black, I think I’ll be really interesting ❤️ love you!! Appreciate you so much💕💕
Yes! I will soon
@@JessicaKent omg thanks for the reply! ❤️❤️❤️ Love youu! Waiting for the video! I'm in love with prison break lol😂
BTW sending love from Israel! ❤️
@@JessicaKent Wentworth is something to look into too. It's also a good prison show
did you get any kind of “maternity break” in there? or did you have to go right back to work after having your daughter?
All she got was 2 days...most ppl only get 1 day, but she got an awesome nurse and gave her an extra day. They treated her like garbage after she gave birth...
I'll give you more info if you want about the subject. Let me know
can you talk about girls incarcerated? it's a tv show, I would love to hear your opinion or reaction to it. p.s. you're so pretty!
Good morning Jess! Hope all is well! Great vid i have never been so interested in prison stories until i started watching u and Christina lol now i watch em all! I hope things in the system start changing!
This is so interesting! I’m happy you made it being on UA-cam nice job Jess!!
OMG you're in my brain -- I posted the exact same topic (from Adam) today! Great minds!!!
Ro Clausen I was just thinking that!
Shoulda called each other before going to the dance. Now you’re wearing the same dresses!
LOL
Hope you’re well B-RO!
Really!? Going to watch yours now! How funny
🤣🤣🤣 As long as it's a matching dress and not an orange jumpsuit.... 😘
Ro Clausen LMAO! 💯
@@RoAdamClausen 🤣🤣
i watch every video you post the second you do it 😂😂❤️ lol love you jess!
Such an interesting vid. I've be so interested to hear more about the sexual harrassment in prisons. I feel like no one really discusses it
My girlfriend is in prison. I agree that it’s suppose to be tough, but it does seem too de-humanizing. I say prison is bad enough without some of the BS that comes along with it.
Hopefully your girlfriend will never go to prison again after her experience there.
I’ve done time and my gf doesn’t underhand what happened do us, you understand everything. Gold bless you and take care
Thankfully I haven't been to prison...yet.. but I was in county n they put a bracelet on us (like hospital kind) that's scanned for meals n count.
Watching from Spain, love you Jess! 💚
"There are rules and you will get punched in the face if you just decide to change the channel...." so so true...
Hey Jess, I’ve just seen the mugshot and assumptions vids, and I mean in the last hour, and I’ve started watching this one again in the hope you read my comment.
I would just like to say that freckles are beautiful and that you,then and now, are a beautiful woman. Difference is that now you are beautiful within yourself and you help people to reach that same point.
I’m a recovering alcoholic but I’ve been dry for 24 years this coming 3/15. Now I know with hard drugs you just can not do what I do, which is that every Christmas Eve, I will drink 1 can of beer, just to prove to myself that I’ve beaten it and can do at any time should I go back to it, god forbid,
Now I want to stop smoking but that’s a whole different ball game. Alcohol I stopped from one minute to the next, like a snap from the fingers, nicotine is so different and I’ve tried all possible tablets and all other things available. Anything you can suggest?
Thanks for your time reading this.