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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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00:58:26

12. Run Him Down: Jon and Jake's Near Escapes

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2023/12/27

Jake and Jon take on their great escapes in this episode, but first they talk the proliferation and exploitation of the New Mexican culture; television and video games for inmates; officer dumbfuckery, the consequences of a weak command staff, the exploits of Rex Morgan, M.D., and The Mayor of Kingstown; drones and AI in corrections finish up this satisfying entry. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hardtime/message

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11. Sex, Lies and Audiotape

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2023/12/27

It's a team-up like no other kind when Abby from "On Being A Police Officer" stops by with both Jake and Jon to take down the news media and their reports of "covered up suicides" at correctional facilities and "parole agents sexually abusing juveniles," and more controversy. Is it media stupidity or just yellow journalism? Where do the DA's politics fit into the scheme? We just keep fighting the article until we get to the truth. --- Send in a voice

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00:56:13

10. Six Years of Horror (Part 2)

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2023/12/27

Nurse April continues in this episode to talk about the most manipulative inmates in her history and how they are allowed to sexually abuse the nursing staff without legal reprisal. Jon remembers a rather good corned-beef sandwich. You may remember that COVID happened, and it turns out it affected prisons as well. Jon and April talk about crossing paths with inmates in post-prison life, and discuss the purest forms of nightmare fuel. --- Send in a voice message:

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00:43:44

9. Six Years of Horrors (Part 1)

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2023/12/27

In this break from format, April, a long-time nurse at the state penitentiary, tells her absolutely unique and thrilling stories from her perspective and position as a licensed nurse working in a men's state correctional facility. She talks inmates dying, their cruel manipulations, her conflicts with security staff, common disrespect for the human butthole, and how she made a difference in the lives of many while there. Desperate to compete with these amazing stories, Jon tells about the time a

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01:05:38

8. Forgotten Cop: Jon's Field Training Officer

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2023/12/27

Jon was just hanging out with his old mentor one day, and decided to turn on the microphone-- bear with him as he only has one-- but he talked about his first days a CO, being trained by the finest correctional officer on earth, Corey. They talk about the difference between police and corrections, their greatest capers together, and Jon's rookie year 15 years ago. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hardtime/message

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00:39:52

7. The Tougher They Come: Juvenile Assaults Female COs

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2023/12/27

Jake returns for filthy revenge in this episode. He's angrier than a boiled owl that Abby asked Jon all these great questions and Jon didn't know the answers. The two ex-sergeants cover news from Texas of a boy who assaulted two female correctional officers, leaving them with grievous wounds he likely will never held to account for. A phone call from another podcast comes in with a classic prison story. --- Send in a voice message:

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00:40:57

6. Deadline At Dawn

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2023/12/27

Abby from "On Being A Police Officer" rounds out the third and final part of her extensive interview with Jon-- who shares stories about proper care for inmates facing execution at the hands of the state and other fun stories. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hardtime/message

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00:31:32

5. You May Be Next: How Inmates Destroy Officers

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2023/12/27

Abby from "On Being A Police Officer" continues her interview of Jon, who talks how inmates manipulate and prey on officers, to bring about the destruction of not only their careers, but very often their personal lives. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hardtime/message

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00:31:37

4. Cut Him Down: The Murder of Jeffrey Epstein

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2023/12/27

Abby Ellsworth from the podcast "On Being A Police Officer" is a civilian who seeks to reveal the truth of the lives of those in law enforcement. Jon appeared on her episode #41, and now Abby is back to return the favor in the first of a multi-episode interview. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hardtime/message

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3. They Were Expendable: Inmates Dead, Officers In...

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2023/12/27

In 2018, a transport officer was tasked to transport two inmates to a mental-health care clinic in the midst of Hurricane Florence. The two inmates were held by court order as dangerous to themselves and others. The transport officers, following directions from their supervisors and national guard deployed the disaster area became trapped in floodwaters. They stayed with the vehicle and attempted to release or rescue the inmates inside the van but were unable to. The inmates both drown. An officer

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