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Hard Time: A Look At The Law Inside The Walls

Jake Welder and Jonathan Bates

To get ALL the NEW episodes, become a paid subscriber with this link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hardtime/subscribe Thinking about a career in corrections? Thinking about committing a crime? Correctional Sergeants Jake Welder and Jonathan Bates talk about life and the law behind bars, the challenges facing America"s Forgotten Cop-- the correctional officer. The first responders on beats made up exclusively of our communities" most dangerous people. MERCH

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01:00:28

55. Live on X/IG: Officer In Hell as Inmates Takeover

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2024/03/11

Oklahoma County Jail became every officer's nightmare.Officer Daniel Misquez was doing his job when an inmate, held on rape charges, took his keys radio and cell phone and held a knife to his neck. They stabbed him, kicked, and humiliated our comrade-in-arms for over an hour. The incident was livestreamed on Facebook, giving you the pubic a real look at the animal inmates the media and politicians love to coddle. Choosing violence, the inmate signed his own death warrant which was served at

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00:54:52

54. Brooks Was Here: Inmate Institutionalization

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2024/03/08

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘸𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘙𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, aside from the guards being corrupt stupid and brutal, is one of the most compelling prison movies ever made. Can you swim through a river of shit and come out clean? Brooks got out but couldn't stand it. Jon tells the story of a guy who didn't want to go to general population, so he threatened Jon's life. But Jon didn't fall for it! Jake also sees repeat offenders finding the stability of a home environment when they return to jail.

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01:04:51

53. For The Uniform: Favoritism and Corruption

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2024/03/04

The job is polticial whether you like it or not. Robert Gonzalez, NYC's Correction Department training chief resigned because he refused to rescind transfer orders for COs who were breaking policy and not doing their jobs. His boss Lynelle Maginley-Liddie got a call from city hall. Gonzalez refused to bow to political pressure leveraged upon him by his subordinates. But how does that even happen? The entire training division suffers thanks to these four shitty officers.The story is important

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00:48:53

52. Every Gun Makes Its Own Tune: A Feel Good Friday

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2024/03/01

Last Friday was rough. CDCR admin was really taken to task for their California model. CDCR does have some really praiseworthy OFFICERS though, and in this episode Jon and Jake highlight the heroic actions of Officer Rogelio Tienda, who works at Corcoran, who saved the life of another officers and apprehended the suspect who left him for dead-- all this out in the community. Another story to lift you up this week are the heroic actions of Oficers Scott Holbrook and Angela Bzdak of Lorain County, who

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01:14:30

51. Tier Talk with Anthony Gangi

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2024/02/26

After episode 50, Jon's gonna sit out the next couple of plays.Joining Jake is Anthony Gangi, the host of 𝘛𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬, a YouTube Channel dedicated to the brave men and women who work in the shadows of justice-- corrections. Anthony worked in five prisons with all kinds of people and faced a lot of adversity. But he doesn't let bad admins or the daily negativity to stop him from enjoying a job in corrections, and pursuing excellence as a leader. He's gonna lift you up, bolster

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01:03:06

50. One California Day: Officer Held Hostage

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2024/02/23

It started out so well: Jon and Jake's spirits are high while they talk favorite bourbons and scotch, but then are soon sobered to hear the story of a female correctional in Los Angeles who was taken hostage on her post and raped for hours by a vicious inmate. The result of expanded freedoms and fewer consequences in "The California Model," being adopted across the country. Officers are not safe. Evil is never hypocritical. It acts in accordance with its nature without reprieve and

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00:47:02

49. Double Blind: Who Takes The Blame?

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2024/02/19

Tanya Suarez took meth, was arrested, and in a drug fueled psychosis, gouged out her own eyes. Now Suarez is getting a $4.35 Million payday because a San Diego correctional officer "failed" to save her from her own vicious insanity-- she blames the negligence and poor training of officers for her sightless life and has sued the people of San Diego. Kaylee Muthart did the same thing, but she wasn't in county custody. Kaylee is trying to rebuild her life with $65 thousand in charity and

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01:05:43

48. The Fugitive 2: Juvenile Shane Pryor

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2024/02/16

The Keystone state (again). A 17-year-old murder suspect with a knuckle ouchie escaped from correctional staffers while at a Philadelphia hospital. The mission for his capture began. According to toughass Texas-drawl US Marshal Matt Creams, he was seen by a Target employee whose determination exceeds all reason, and the "real" cops narrowed him down to a bus in his old neighborhod. But how did he get away in the first place? The handcuff key asks more questions than it answers. His mama

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00:54:55

47. Live on X and Instagram

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2024/02/09

They did it because they could. In this episode Jon talks about the attack on the two NYPD officer' in Times Square and how conservative outrage about the war on police irked him, since correctional officers have always been in a position to be assaulted by suspects who face no real consequences; Trying to save the show from becoming too depressing, they cover some correctional officers recently cited for heroic work in the field. If you want to watch Hard Time live, follow Jake on IG

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00:49:40

46. Sextortion For Fun and Profit

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2024/02/07

Sounds like Jake's idea of a party game. To Jon, it's a not-so-clever portmanteau. Hide your sons, hide their phones, and hide what you get when you put those two things together. Predators are on the loose-- but thanks to cell phones, incarcerated criminals can prey on your kids. But it's not just kids. the US Attorney's Office is investigating a massive sextortion scam operated from inside a South Carolina state penitentiary which attacked service members, using their fear of a

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01:38:51

45. Hot Pursuit: The Flight of Jordon Earl Linde

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2024/02/05

Jake and Jon break down the case of Jordon Earl Linde, 34, who escaped from a Park County Sheriff's Office detention officer. Linde stole his gun, threatened a nurse, stole the detention officers' vehicle, and was in flight pursued by a patrol unit. Linde was charged with robbery, assault escape and more and received a sentence of 59 years behind iron bars. You must wonder then, why today he is out in the community he threatened. Joining them to talk about it is a deputy who knows how rural

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00:58:25

44. Last Nerve: Riker's Island Strikes Again

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2024/02/02

Last year, a fire at the mismanaged facility left several officers and inmates injured. Now on the verge of federal takeover, the city's most ignominious jail is trying to fix its problems. By blaming officers, making uninformed policy changes and fundamentally misunderstanding how a shift inside a jail happens. Riker's Island-- where you can get disciplined for writing a concerned e-mail to leadership and fired for not being in two places at once, and where solitary confinement has been

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01:02:36

43. Without Evidence: Murder of Michael Francke

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2024/01/30

It's the murder case of prison reformer Michael Francke. Shortly before he died, Francke began to collect information about corruption in the Oregon prison system. In 1989 he was found stabbed to death just outside his office. Did someone want Michael Francke silenced-- permanently? Join us. Perhaps YOU can help solve a mystery. Fugitive/Shawshank References: Jake Joke: C --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hardtime/message

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00:58:48

42.Forgotten Dead: Missing Men in Prison Graves

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2024/01/26

Jake's hard work and dedication have paid off again as he and Jon tackle a macabre case. Methman Jonathan David Hankins died in a hotel room, and when police failed to identify him, he wound up buried at the penal farm. So when his mother reported him missing, no one put the pieces together. But hey, stuff happens. It's a one-off. Except Hankins' isn't the first. 37-year-old Dexter Wade-- killed by police seven months prior-- turned up in a body bag buried in a shallow grave not far

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00:58:29

41. Stolen Brains: Quite A Mystery

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2024/01/23

The body of inmate Charles Edward Singleton was returned to his family from the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC), missing all organs-- including his precious brain. Sure, you know, it happens. A one-off. But Singleton was not the first-- inmate Brandon Dotson came out of ADOC inconveniently dead, and he was missing his heart (which is sacred). Both Dotson and Singleton were already in advanced state of decomposition when they were released to families-- so what happened? Government denies

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00:52:39

40. Not On The Lone Prairie: Slow Implosion State...

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2024/01/19

SGT Jake Welder and ex-SGT team up with a former Ohio CO to talk about a state prison in South Dakota that seems to be crumbling on all sides: the inmates' aggression is escalating. Officers were recently attacked so severely attempted murder charges are on the table; lockdowns have increased, and most recently an active Correctional Officer has put his job on the line to speak out to the media. But will administration finally listen to the complaints? Or will they fire him and sweep his

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01:17:14

39. Sons of California: The End of Juvenile Corrections

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2024/01/16

Jon is dying. Seems like he does that a lot lately. SGT Carli joins the show to save the day, and she and SGT Jake both discuss their work in Juvenile Corrections, and reflect on how California is dumping off their trouble children on the counties to manage as state juvenile corrections is ending altogether. Fugitive/Shawshank References: 0 Jake Joke: F minus MINUS --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hardtime/message

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00:56:51

38. A Marked Man: Iconography and Meaning For...

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2024/01/13

Jon and Jake take a break from the news to educate and inform on some commonly seen tattoos found in jails and prisons today in America. Want to know who an inmate usually rolls with, who they might have a beef with? A picture or a word... is worth a thousand words and inmates are not very secretive about their ties to organized crime. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hardtime/message

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00:57:44

37. Code Green For Christmas

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2024/01/09

Jake and Jon are back to cover a string of "not major" incidents which occurred across the country in correctional facilities over the Christmas holiday. Albuquerque, Sioux Falls, Boise and Lauderdale County, Mississippi each have entries in this news round up. Family is always first and that is why you have to listen to Jake's daughter screaming sometimes. She is being put on a plan that involves administrative segregation and possibly loss of birthday. Poop references: 1 Fugitive

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00:55:27

36. The Cleveland Connection: Drug Trade from Beijing...

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2024/01/08

Jon's back for his filthy revenge, and Jake is angrier than a boiled owl that Jon plays for keeps in this podcast. In this episode the precocious pair breakdown a case of international drug trafficking in China, Italy, and lil ol' Cleveland Ohio. It seems like the newsreel summation of all the dirty work of a Denzel Washington movie, but it all started with some CO doing their damndest, and while the news media forgets the little guy in gray, we're here to pay them their dues. Poop

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