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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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01:01:24

139. That Idiot Jake Is Wrong Again: A Right Royal Mess

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2025/01/20

A long long time ago on a continent far away, the Metropolitan Remand Centre not from a specific place in Australia, a riot involving a thousand inmates exploded. The cause for the kerfuffle? Sweet, sweet cigarettes. If there is anything cooler than an Australian its a smoking one, and the Aussies inherently know this as do we all. Soon to be deprived of the soothing smoke that doctors everywhere agree is safe for your throat, not to mention the basic unit of monetary measurement inside the walls,

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01:07:04

137. Recipe for Success... or Disaster?

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2025/01/13

In New Mexico, a new rehabilitation program is trying to teach the culinary arts as a marketable skill for inmates once they finally break out of jail. The inmates have access to knives in the kitchen to learn to butcher meat, and that seems like the first obvious problem. But is this a PR move by New Mexico DOC to merely 'look' proactive on solving recidivism rates, or will it work? And what about the private company which took the initiative? Are they just trying to keep their heads above water

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01:27:31

135. Robert Brooks Breakdown

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2025/01/06

Jon and Jake look at the silent footage from Marcy Correctional Facility of the mistreatment of inmate Robert Brooks, who later died in custody. Was what we see in the video normal? And what has gone wrong that professional COs, rule oriented public servants, could be turned into savages? https://ag.ny.gov/osi/footage/robert-brooks

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00:52:57

Hard Time Live 4 with Special Guest

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2025/01/04

Another Live with a special guest with news and Jake Jokes

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01:18:35

134. Speed III: Snakes In A Jail

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2024/12/30

The bus was on fire. The fight broke out between inmates and officers as a unique opportunity for mayhem and escape presented itself. No hardened criminal or committed inmate could leave the challenge untaken. Do the officers have what it takes? Meanwhile at a different time somewhere else, Martin County Jail (Florida) was attacked by an Anti-Trump radical, leading to his own personal J-6. As insane and hilarious as the attack was, what will the fallout be for the staff? And how many more bollards

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01:14:49

Christmas Bonus: David Ray Parker, The Toy Box Killer

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2024/12/23

Dusting off the lost episode of TRUE CRIME as a Christmas Special, we look into the sordid history of one of the worst criminal offenders in American History. Like many of the worst he got away with a lot. In this episode Jon is joined by Lexie Ellis, who is thinking about breaking into the true crime podcast game. It's her first time, be gentle. If you like what you hear send feedback: a second episode is already in the works, but we need to hear from you. Follow on IG @lexie_j_ellis to see

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00:53:54

Live Stream 3

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2024/12/17

A Livestream with Jake, Jon and Dana. WE answer questions, tell jokes and share an update on an old Hard Time case.

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01:24:25

132. Evil or Just Some Asshole?

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2024/12/16

Jamie Osuna killed Yvette Pena in 2011, a single mother six. Beating, stabbing, strangulation. Osuna went on the news to admit guilt and say he was proud of his crimes and proud of himself. A self styled nihilist in the vein of comic book and movie villains, he went on to behead his cellmate at Corcoran State Prison and desecrate his body. A battle for his competency ensued and the legal response to Osuna continues. But is it worth it? And are we indulging his self image, his machismo, his juice

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00:59:12

130. If You Want To Have It Your Way, Go To Burger...

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2024/12/09

An inmate on death row is asking for the firing squad instead of lethal injection. But why would he ask for that? Is it a strange request that buys time while the lawyers duke it out, or does he have legitconcerns about the 'cruelty' of the needle? Maybe his victims should weigh in. A emergency room doctor who had once been shot was one strange case of testimony in favor of the gun. But what is the best way to die? Jon and Jake talk it out before each of them goes through with their preferred

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01:28:26

128. Jon And Jake Get Their Pee-Pees Slapped

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2024/12/02

In this thrilling previously subscriber only episode, Jon and Jake discuss times they have gotten in trouble for making stupid mistakes, or being blames for the mistakes of their subordinates. But them's the breaks, that's what happenes when you have the awesome limitless power and authority of middle-management (sergeant), you have to take all the responsibility commensurate with that power (all of it). Jon also tells the story of a correctional officer too real to be discounted and yet too

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00:52:59

127. Correctional Officers: Endangered Species

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2024/11/25

Jon called it last year: more and more riots to come. and politicians and the public look the other way, criminals and judges are still doing their parts to fill up jails. The buildings are crumbling and command staff undermines the man walking a beat on the block. This makes one of the world's hardest jobs harder still, why their ranks are thinner than ever.

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00:43:47

125. Aryan Brotherhood: Evil Geniuses

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2024/11/18

Friday was so political. Jon and Jake kick back and relax this Monday morning and just shoot the shit about the aryan brotherhood (no I will not capitalize the name of a gang) up to their old shenanigans again. But have they pulled a fast one on the criminal justice system to sneak out of a death sentence? Only prison's least diverse gang knows for sure. Jake Joke: Really more of a mispronunciation? References: Det. Odafin Tutuola. Be ready for it.

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01:10:31

123. Saving Lives, Taking Lives as Prescribed By Law

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2024/11/12

**accidentally uploaded the file from last week. Been Fixed. Inmate Christian Walker died with contusions and in a pool of his own blood. His mama said they state killed him and covered it up. But what is really being covered up? Jon and Jake reveal the real tragedy the news can't even uncover. In Clallam Bay, corrections professionals go to extraordinary lengths to save an inmate's life. In house advanced procedures and helicopter flights. If you had a heart attack, would you be so lucky as this

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00:59:34

121. Anarmosa: Failed Escape Leaves Staff Dead

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2024/11/04

Correctional Officer Robert McFarland and Nurse Lorena Schulte were murdered in the line of duty during a failed escape attempt from Anarmosa Prison March 23, 2021. Now that the cases are adjudicated-- did we get justice? It's a case that hits close to home for Jon, having gone through something similar years ago. The inmates seemed to have been very little troubled by their murders-- Iowa has no death penalty. Now they've been shipped off to other states to threaten new and different COs. And what

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01:08:38

119. Sayonara Sucker: Executions in Japan

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2024/10/28

Japan has a unique culture. Have you seen their gameshows? They can take something as fun as an obstacle course and make into a humiliating and dehumanizing ordeal that would make Friedrich Nietzsche blush. Imagine then how they handle capital punishment. Jake breaks down how Japan's most dangerous criminals meet their maker-- quickly and without much notice. Is their way better for their society? Does it place a greater emotional toll on Japanese correctional officers?

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01:11:11

117. Escape From Death Row!

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2024/10/21

Mecklenburg Correctional Center was a maximum security prison operated by the Virginia DOC-- in 1984, six murderers broke out of the block in cool Ocean's Eleven fashion and The Fugitive: End Game scenario took place all without Tommy Lee Jones. Hear how prisons evolved since then to the supermax Red Onion and to today's softer model and decide for yourself-- are you safer now than you were 25 years ago?

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00:55:21

Hard Time Live #2 with Jon and Jake

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2024/10/09

Corrections news regarding recent hurricanes, a rant from Jon and a CO pursues a contraband laden van through the mean NYC streets.

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00:53:45

Hard Time Live Q&A #1

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2024/10/09

Jake does a solo live for subscribers. He shares a few updates and news stories from corrections as well as taking questions from listeners. In case you missed it live on Instagram and YouTube.

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01:03:19

114. Brian Dorsey Deserved To Die

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2024/10/07

Brian Dorsey was put to death. Dorsey did unspeakable crimes. Unlike from the officers who loved him so well, we will speak about those crimes. We will talk about those he victimized. And then we will criticize the officers and senior staff who were charmed into thinking he was a wonderful man-- those he duped into speaking on his behalf. The officers who forgot the family members he put into their graves. Jon loses his shit.

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00:57:44

112. Escape: Inmate Dies Doing What He Loves

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2024/09/30

Up north another riot gets called a "disturbance," when admin takes their toys away. In Hawaii, an inmate held on a felony gathered up all his gumption and decided to hop a fence with razor wire because more than anything else he wanted to live his life as a free man. Things were going well until a bus arrived to change his plans. Now a lawsuit is probably coming surprise surprise. In Washington State you have more options than ever: Combos, Funyuns, Narcan, Diet Narcan. Washington says the opioid

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