I served 5 yrs in DCI frm 2011-2016 it was a crazy n dangerous place if you handled yourself properly you’d be ok I vowed to never go back. I’m proud to say I’ve never been back I own 2 18-wheelers running my own business. I said that to say you can come back from the lowest of circumstances if you put your mind to it. I’m a proven example of overcoming a dark past.
12:50 This sergeant is my dad who passed in 2004. He viewed his job as a ministry - if you give respect you receive respect. It felt so good to hear his voice again. Thank you so much for uploading!!🙏🏾😊🙏🏾
Well a lot of times it’s based on your priors who knows the guy probably had been arrested for robbery a few times and now possession solid case to prove they put him away
The only bad thing is that kids are misdirected by stories of "Thug Life" being cool and the only way you get "respect" is by doing time and hurting people. What's really bad is that most if not all of these young people have no CLUE of what "respect" even means!!. To them, they confuse a tough guy reputation for respect. They really need to have a way to get into these kids psyche, and reteach them the meaning of Right and Wrong.
@@ryanduray1 is your mindset to let drug users peddle this to the community and the children ? go off on an lsd high and hurt someone ? how about instead of jail they tap him on the wrist and then send him on his way with a nice warm glass of milk ? this kind of thinking is bad for society. shame on you.
@@timmyshore3755 By your logic, we shouldn't be allowed to possess anything that could possibly lead to anything dangerous. Alcohol is perfectly legal, despite countless cases of people getting wasted and killing someone. Your argument is ridiculous.
The same offence here in UK & you wouldnt even get arrested. 7 years in insane!!!! Note to self: be a good boy in 'Merica otherwise you're doing hard time!! 😥😥😥
Grew up visiting my Grandparents in Natchez, on our trip to their house we always passed DCI on the highway and could see it clearly from our car. Always used to wonder as a kid what it was like in there....now I know! Thanks for posting, very interesting documentary 👍 ❤
I have to agree about the guy watching the clock all day in school. I don’t have a better system in mind but I do know that especially guys, some just aren’t mentally ready for school when we are required to be there. When I was I teen I couldn’t concentrate at all even the subjects like history that I now can’t get enough I just couldn’t do it at the time. If I could do it over again I’d had paid attention . If I could have done those same classes just a few years later I’d have done so much better. That being said, it’s not an excuse to be a criminal for sure. I had the same problems and I have never been arrested .
Majority of these men can’t cut it in life Working full time, rent, groceries, taxes, insurance. They don’t have the cognitive ability. Prison EVERYTHING is handed to them on a platter.
That is one of the saddest things I've heard "school ain't going to bring me any money", because school can bring you a whole lot of things plus money to survive and succeed!!!
Put yourself in there shoes. They need money for food RIGHT NOW! they dnt got time for school. Ive been in the same situation and now im grown with a family and in school because i couldnt before. Your never too old to learn. Stay humble kid.
Funny I know people are richer than the average Joe no education but are mutli millionaire's work ethic. Education is propaganda system you only need a few things to get through.
Write book doing hard time!!! Maybe they do a movie !!!! Sad thing is death row American people !!!??? THE PRISONER'S HAS CHANGE THEY SOFT !!!??? LOT OF GET OUT THEY HARD TIME FIND JOBS !!!??? THEY HAVE NO TV. !!!??? NO VISITORS JUST ATTERNOY !!! WHEN YOU THERE???!!
@@acemechanical275 After this punishment I wonder how these people that are punished will act when they get out. Rehabilitation should be the goal. The USA jails more people than the next five countries.
@@timmyshore3755 I mean if they want to stay consistent and give criminals stronger sentences for abusing children but most of the times they get way less than 49 years
Try facing 12years concurrent released to the way way revoked to the county now on non-res, all that and I still have my faith, I am truly Free…..of this sinful world!
@@markpickett4403 what that mean..... that's all you dudes think about now is something up yall butts. ....🌈🌈🌈 ... I'm lost.... do whatever yall want but yall ain't got to be sexual about everything
They knew the consequences while they were doing it. I don’t agree with prison for victimless crimes , but if you do something knowing the risks that just shows a low iq.
'G Street Crime News Network' RU-vid channel has a lot of shocking stories about how bad Louisiana prisons were back in the 90's, the level of rape and violence was almost unbelievable.
On god G got stories that'll get you hooked like a junkie 😂 but them stories like Tay Tay, buttman, bambino, srgt larry and beast will make them reconsider going to prison. 😂 SLEEP LATE LOSE WEIGHT
That last guy to talk simple robbery , crack cocaine , possession to distribute and he was given 5 years smh lol they clearly aren’t treated fairly skin color
Looking forward to part two. Most of these young men seem fairly respectful and just in need of direction and personal revelation . Seems like extreme violence is minimal here but of course the cameras are running.
@@r0ckstar666 meh...at some point you have to have a degree of trust in those deserving of it ,but that doesn't mean you have to be naive. Or else lock them all up for eternity in a dungeon and throw away the key. That was the Nazi and Stalinist model
When you get 3 to 8 years for a first offense marijuana charge I seen it happen to a 17 year old he did 2 years in Franklin parish detention center we spent a year in the same dorm I knew him way before our jail sentences happened. I got out first then he got out later on and was out not 3 weeks and was shot dead in winnsboro Louisiana his hometown
I'm from Nola and thank God they've eased up on this bulletin. I got busted with a small joint in Kenner. First offense. I thought I was going to jail. I just got a ticket. Fucking $1000 though.
Good times and hard times i'll remember forever. D.C.I. was definitely a roller coaster ride. Too all who went through it i raise a cup of coffee to you. Stay strong and Hold your heads up and stay out of trouble. Prison is still HELL. 😊😊🎅🎅
9:40 the guy said he saw the bars moving. Man do these guy’s need to be so hard threated? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying forget nor forgive. What is see is they need love, a lot of love man.
That's true but my Grandma's and my step Dad's tough love worked too. I was arrested a dozen or so times and it was when nobody wanted me that I realized I had to change to make them feel different. But yes in the end. We wanted to be loved by someone or another.
35:33 😆🤦🏻♂️🙅🏻♂️.....That much commissary attracts the wrong kind of attention in my opinion!! Boy became a target and he don't even know it.......smh!!
One guy could very well be allergic to chicken that's why he's feeling sick, who knows..I imagine that's a good way to get salmonella wouldn't want that job..
Good shyt brother I must say , I've watched probably thousands of these kind of episodes and have seen literally ever one except these ones bro dam I didn't think their were anymore out shyt lol good shyt brother
My brother did a few years here. And hunts. My uncle is in Angola. They just covered his case on a show…episode is called The Man With The Rabbits Foot
@@stevemoore-nx8cq proud? That’s what you wanted to take from my comment. I haven’t spoken to my brother in over five years and couldn’t tell you the last time I spoke to my uncle. He won’t speak to anyone anymore. Pride is not something I would necessarily associate with my uncle however I do still care for him.He was very good to me and lived with us growing up .he used to bring me to school and taught me how to tie my shoes and lived with us at the time of the crime. My uncle’s case is very complicated. I won’t waste my time boring you with it or risk you shaking your head again. My sincere apologies.
I was one of those people at DCI and there not that good to you,and truth be known we didn't deserve any better,I never committed a crime that I directly hurt anyone but I was a criminal,that was back in the 80.'s and I served my time,the only rehabilitation is found with in through JESUS Christ anything else will fail you like the system
Amen brother. I’m glad that the Most High Jesus Christ revealed Himself to you and that you answered the call. Glad you are free and doing better. Stay focused and stay on God’s path sir.
Imagine they have a good Mentor to help them start a business. Imagine they have a good Secretary to help them with the paperwork. Imagine they have a Manager to run their business for them when they are not in their business or on vacation. - TAV
@@Anonymous_________ Did you know that Louisiana has a program to help people start a business. It's called "SCORE." The business mentors are retired business people who get paid $80.00 per hour, but it is free for you. They should offer it to all the people who are in prison. The business could be painting, music, novels, autobiography, dentistry (Billy Cannon, Sr.), or whatever their work experience allows. Their profits could be used to pay for the prison expenses, so it would save the State money to do this.
Still amazes me that Robert had all of those charges and had the lightest sentence and best job out of everyone else. Last I heard police were looking for him for passing counterfeit bills.
Yep. Just looked him up to see so guess he learned nothing. That said, most of us will never know how hard it is getting out of prison and trying to function in the real world. Even though they’ve served their debt to society, those charges will follow them everywhere they go. It’s like a set up for failure in a way.
Got caught up in Shreveport they gave me 3 years felony probation. I asked if I could transfer my probation back home to California they denied me so I went on the run 🏃♂️ for 3 years until the probation was over. When I finally got caught in Cali Louisiana didn’t even want me no more fuck Louisiana Prison system my mom and family have given over 50+ years
It’s amazing how they so openly show the world how they’ve set up the system specifically for these men to fail as often as possible. It’s all about money, the longer they stay in prison, the more money they get. It’s fucked up. And the fact that Louisiana is the most incarcerated place in the US, and the US is the most incarcerated country in the world… that makes Louisiana the most incarcerated place on earth.
Louisiana sucks for incarceration. If you get Locked up here, be ready to sit in a parish prison in a "DOC Dorm" living like your in parish prison instead of a real DoC facility. Commisary sucks and ZERO programs. If you have a lengthy sentence youll goto a DoC facility but under 5, Parish.
@@caustic625 I know how to get out of those parish dorms....it's gonna cost you some good time,but you'll be able to get in enough programs to get your days back,plus some! Be as absolutely unmanageable as possible in the parish...fight, buck on all C.O.s ,don't work if you make trustee, just wild out!..make em ship you to Hunts,then wherever you head from there, then just chill and enjoy a little more freedom. Prisons always better than any Parish..even your 90 in the field,at least you get fresh air, and can hit the weight pile. Much better than rotting in the Parish! It works!
I’m a bit concerned abt the officer who keeps writing inmates up for crooked pillows etc. to me that’s not helping them to be better when they get out. I’m completely against prisons for profit… inmates are guaranteed long sentences and less likely to get paroled…
From working in corrections I experienced one of the scariest shifts ever because a Sargent refused to listen to a CO and the compound was put on lockdown until the unaccounted inmate was located...
That was an extraordinarily poor choice of words! Had I been given the incredibly difficult job as the Warden in one of the strictest law-and-order States in the Country, I would have worded that very differently! Perhaps using the phrase: A good percentage of whom are guilty beyond a reasonable doubt." There are, *without question,* innocent men serving time. And that breaks my heart. :(
i was in dixon serving 5 back in the 70s made parole, violated parole , went to the new wahington corr inst, in Bogalusa maxed out, been out since .. i was the one that fixed the tvs.. chainlink was our newspaper.. hey jeff merriweather from bellview, marty turner, artist lmfao at the 4th of july edition of the chainlink prison paper
You are in prison to be punished- where did these inmates get the idea that they have any freedom? - you gave that up when you committed a crime- the idea is to learn your lesson and never come back- you want to be free- don't commit crimes
The issue is finding a balance between punishment and rehab or prison becomes a revolving door and no one wins. That said, I do feel for those who committed a minor offense vs those who did a horrible crime.
@@woodynorris8224 Harriet Tubman broke the law, MLK broke the law, Jesus broke the law. Please do not brandish every prisoner as "bad". Louisiana is bible belt and inmates sometimes work on former plantations as modern day slaves.
What a shit prison! Too many petty rules to be broken, too easily. Getting treated like a naughty kid, and doing slave labour all day is borderline abuse, and has religious like punishment, not rehabilitation, to hell with that! I'd do whatever I can to be transferred to a normal prison, at first opportunity!
Honestly growing up in Louisiana I can honestly say that probably most of those men are innocent what with all the bribes, racist people, and civil unrest in the 1980-1990’s shit even after Katrina it’s still kinda like that tbh
the working etc reminds me of the film life . But its very though idd rather kill a officer there and be killed then a prison in lousiana or missipi or somewhere there :P
My cousin is serving a 30 year sentence at DCI for one punch.The victim hit his head on the road. My cousin was charged with manslaughter instead of negligent homicide. I miss him. He went in 22 and won't come home until he 50.
I know this is old but I doubt things are any different today,some of the prison officers set these lads up to fail,they tell lies and get the lads on charges that are unnecessary,how are they supposed to improve and gain life skills,they are doomed to feel hopeless,helpless and frustrated,some of the prison officers are worse than the inmates,just more sly and misuse their power
Extremely unfortunate that most of them are more then likely, back in jail or prison by now or dead. Convictions follow you for life in every aspect of it. If you can help it, stay on the right side of the law. The worst crime in life is riding down a road to nowhere and once the legal system gets it's hands wrapped around you, it's extremely difficult to break loose. Its like a vice grip. I understand not all of them should be in there and some are less fortunate then others but don't ever allow your specific circumstances to dictate the outcome of your life. No matter where you come from, you make your own destiny in life. Don't be a legal statistic and don't ever allow yourself to judge a book by its cover. If your life circumstances are not favorable, turn it into a success story. Carve out your own path. People love that. Don't waste it and end up on a prison show.
Colby is doing well he is a PEng with a masters, has a wife, three kids, gainful employment. He probably finished his degree and licensing in prison. A conviction is not a life sentence
Majority of these men can’t cut it in life Working full time, rent, groceries, taxes, insurance. They don’t have the cognitive ability. Prison EVERYTHING is handed to them on a platter.
A place I never wanna go again if you been to prison you know it’s not a place to be but if you can find peace and stay to yourself and show respect like everybody else then you good
Wholesome sidenote: Robert Blanda turned his life around and earned a med degree back in the mid 2010s. He now runs his own practice as a GP right outside of Lafayette. I'm obviously joking.
I'm 74 years old! The inhumanity disgusting way these people are treated sickens me! I'm happy that they are sharing this abuse of human life with other Americans! However it remains a disgusting Miss Fortune about America absolutely disgusting the way they treat these human beings should be a crime! The way prisons are run and the disrespect given to human life! Not negating if they are guilty!
