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@Variety_of_music

Жыл бұрын

Will you be doing a show to announce the winners? I’m wondering because I get so many emails saying I won something and they are all usually bullshit.

@codyyarger1444

Жыл бұрын

Bra first thing you ate after release??????

@ayden1311

Жыл бұрын

In Australia I spend more a day on dog food the the government spend on one human to eating in prison

@treyparkerofficial

Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure if you will see this or not Larry, but I hope you do. I spent more than 5 years in the state pen in Michigan. I believe you are completely correct in your assessments of prisons, guards, and the justice system in general. I want to help. I went from convict to having my life together with a family, and a bachelor's in criminal justice. I have several friends who are still guards who also support you. We all want to see prison reform. I may not have the connections you do, but I do have connections and I sincerely believe I could be beneficial to your cause. I want to help.

@nickulmer9667

Жыл бұрын

We should talk I worked at a prison in missouri for six months. I can prove it. A lot of there food wasn’t half bad I was a cook 2 supervisor

Back in the day jail food was actually good food. From the rustic stews, chilis and sourdough bread common in 1800s jails to the home cooking in the silver bow county jail in the 80s. Seriously, I'm talking about omelettes or pancakes with bacon for breakfast, submarine sandwiches and macaroni salad for lunch, and huge bread bowls full of homemade stew with a pile of salad and real cake, with frosting and everything. And that was every Tuesday. Things changed with the industrialization of the prison system that led to for-profit prisons that would feed their inmates sawdust bread and sewer water if it was legal.

@inonze7418

Жыл бұрын

are we speaking from experience or what?

@statinskill

Жыл бұрын

I'm going to go with that the hearty stew was made from a pile of festering fly infested hooves, claws, udders and dicks the town's stray dogs and even the town's workhouse for the poor and indigent rejected. And the delicious rustic country bread had a nice thick crust of black mold on the outside and a nice green infestation on the inside. Back in the days when they hanged people for stealing a loaf of bread, you don't think they're going to serve anything of value to those who only stole a slice of bread, now do you? Back in the days it was a crime to be poor and unemployed. They put you into that workhouse I talked about where you worked as slave labor of sorts for little more than board. And there you were fed a minimum diet not worth mentioning. Moldy potatoes, bread and gruel. You can expect that they made sure the food in their prisons would even be far worse. And then, another thing that should be interesting: feeding prisoners at all in prisons is a relatively recent idea. Back in the day it was the responsibility of your family to feed you while you were in prison. And they had to feed the prison staff as well, or the prisoners simply wouldn't get the food. In parts of the world this is still the case today. Just think you didn't have family. Maybe the church had a handout every other day, maybe you could catch a rat. And I could go on how the old days weren't necessarily the better days. You could also get sentenced to a branding and getting flogged nearly to death on top of all the incarceration, fines, property forfeit and even being declared an outlaw. That last thing is where they take you to the city limits and let you loose. Because from that point forward anybody can do whatever they want with you without getting charged. People can hunt you down for sport and torture and kill you. That's when you start running but you're welcome nowhere you go. They made sure of that by branding your face and all over your body. Everybody will know you've been made an outlaw somewhere. Good old times indeed. Just ask the wretches who colonized Australia, a continent much worse in many ways than America. These people did often as little as steal a handful of food and were expected to be grateful for the alternative of transportation to a hell of sorts instead of being whipped and hanged.

@antonioarellano5195

Жыл бұрын

Udders and dicks. Sounds like a fun weekend.

@jonathanlemon544

Жыл бұрын

They use to feed lobster to prisoners too. Lobster was considered poor persons food

@dqreps

Жыл бұрын

It's not no good anymore. Those days are long gone my friend. I spent five weeks in the county jail here recently and lost 47 lbs!! In five freaking weeks. Terrible. I barely ate anything the first 3 weeks. Literally. Finally after 3 weeks I couldn't take it anymore and I started to get commissary. I started eating some of their food too. It was just a shock at first. Some of it is not so bad like hamburger helper. But the toast is like cardboard, the eggs are overcooked and rubbery, everything is cooked in massive bulk so it's just not prepared great. But you do get used to it. After 2 or 3 weeks and basically starving.

“Fuck you. Two pieces of bread.” This had me dying 😂

@crazyhiphopp

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@someoneusedtobeknown2645

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@bajorekjon

4 ай бұрын

They used to give us a mustard packet we were balling

@Gary_Youtube1

3 ай бұрын

They serve bread with every meal

When I went through Army Basic Training, all of my uniforms that were issued were Prison Industries.

I was homeless at age 19-21. It was sort of my "prison" experience but without ever going to prison. They had prisoners run the rescue mission homeless shelter (like a halfway house). They got rooms and bunks upstairs while we slept on thin mats all together on a cracked floor with cockroaches crawling on you at night, no A/C or fan even in 110 degrees. Bed bugs were so big you could see them, and blood spots all over everyone's sheets in the morning. I had my share of misfortune. Thanks to Larry I definitely know I don't ever want to go to prison that's for sure. Thanks for exposing all this stuff to know what its really like and stay away from it.

@Benjy86

Жыл бұрын

All bed bugs are big enough to see, even the babies. Idk why everyone thinks bed bugs are microscopic or something lol

@leebarbs7176

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like my experience living in the tropics at times....you'd open a silverware drawer, see a massive unidentified bug crawlin all over it, close it back up, wait a couple minutes, open it back up & pretend you hadn't seen that lol

@CurlyFromTheSwirly

7 ай бұрын

​@@Benjy86 They're not microscopic but they are small and very thin. They plunp up after sucking blood (cause like leaches they are vampire bugs).

@casedistorted

7 ай бұрын

@@leebarbs7176Jesus h Christ. That’s why I could never live in LA with some of the apartments and cockroach infestations I’ve seen there. I come from Wisconsin where there’s barely any bugs in the house due to the cold (even in summer it’s pretty tame most places), so going out to a place like LA where you turn on a light at night in the living room and the floor literally moves. It’s spine chilling to say the least

@ww6609

5 ай бұрын

Hope you're doing well, Adam. Welding may be a great opportunity for you :) worth a thought

My father was sentenced to three consecutive fifteen year to life sentences in state prison when he was barely an adult according to state law. He was always a very finicky eater. He claimed the food was so bad that he would have died of starvation if another convict had not shown him how to make a grilled cheese sandwich in his cell. He was mistakenly diagnosed with tuberculosis while in prison and was transferred to a tubercular ward in a federal prison that was shared between the state and federal governments. He claimed that the food there was dramatically better. He would have chosen to spend the remainder of his sentence there just because of the food. Unfortunately for him, a prison doctor figured out he had pneumonia rather than tuberculosis and he was transferred back to state custody. This was way back in the early 1950s. I have no idea if he was exaggerating things or by how much.

@gfersurvived6622

Жыл бұрын

Federal prisons are known for having a better quality of life.

@chonchjohnch

Жыл бұрын

That reminds me of Phil Leotardo from the Sopranos, on the radiator right?

@themysterycook7320

Жыл бұрын

did he put his p..is in it like Phil Leotardo alla the Sopranos show as a compromise for not being able to s...ew a woman?

@opaljk4835

Жыл бұрын

@@chonchjohnch he talks about the grilled cheese and the tissues for jerking off in..but do you remember how long he was in prison for? I feel like he never really mentioned it on the show

@deanworsley5208

Жыл бұрын

Thanks again Larry. I was one of those guys who used to feel, well screw you, you commit a crime you deserve what you get right? No, not that simple when dealing with human beings. Facilities around the world are filled with good people who made bad choices for whatever reason, they're still people and if you stop treating them like a human then they're gonna behave like animals. It's really short-sighted of correctional institutions to not at least give prisoners basic human dignity, most convicts are going to have to rejoin society and I'd rather have to share my world with people that haven't been dehumanised 🙏

Another excellent, compelling video from Larry Lawton. I have yet to see a bad video by this likable, intelligent man. Thanks!

@alexhoffman7460

Жыл бұрын

Hello, I can really use some help, $allyboy23 homeless in Chicago an it’s flood warning if anyone can help it would mean a lot 🙏🏻 I do work a job just broke till payday.God bless!

@ChristiaanHartNibbrig

Жыл бұрын

@@BizznessBox Yeah, I missed that one. I root for Larry Lawton. He seems like a genuine guy.

@crazyhiphopp

Жыл бұрын

@@BizznessBox Jesus Christ this app couldn’t be more left at this point I actually hope most liberal scums that ruined this app burn in hell 😂

@dizcret

Жыл бұрын

Ya..but He needs to get off the sauce.

A while ago I was working as a dishwasher in a restaurant, and I was working with this dude who had recently been paroled. I asked him how the food was in prison and he pointed at the crud in our dish sink and said "I would rather eat that."

@kieronparr3403

Жыл бұрын

Why do you have crud in your dish sink. Do you not rinse dishes. That's disgusting

@crazyhiphopp

Жыл бұрын

Nice story

@CurlyFromTheSwirly

7 ай бұрын

​@@kieronparr3403 I assume they do rinse the dishes but into the sink. 😂

@davidsavage5630

3 ай бұрын

He's not really exaggerating..

Great channel man - I have had the honour to have employed some ex cons in my time & they have always had interesting stories to tell; they have served their time & deserve to be given the same chance as anyone else...often, however, they worked harder and longer to "prove" themselves. There is a UK business called Timpsons that recruits from prisons (ironically, a locksmith business) and the service you get from those guys is unreal. Sending you all the best from beautiful rural Portugal.

@LarryLawtonJewelThief

Жыл бұрын

Love it. Proud of you all

@adotintheshark4848

Жыл бұрын

I agree with you, except murderers (those who pre-planned their crime) and people who mess with kids don't deserve a second chance.

@chicanica64

7 ай бұрын

That’s because they appreciate the chance. Convicts are not bad people. May have been young and made bad choices or we, in our society, don’t give them the respect of acknowledging they did their time. Not many will hire them so, they turn to crime. Had a buddy who tried. But he didn’t even qualify for help to go back to school! 😡 So, to crime they turn frustrated. I’m not making excuses for them IS their reality. 😢

thanks so much for the content my dad is been in jail, prison, halfway houses all my childhood (hes a drug addict) its just so cool to see someone shed light on everything that happens your awesome larru thanks for making my days 😊

@anthonyfoutch3152

Жыл бұрын

Just remember your dad is a sick man.

You should pitch the idea of a Food Network show called "Prison Mess Rescue" where they send an undercover food critic to sample the food at a prison and then instruct the kitchen how to make it more palatable.

@QuantumRift

Жыл бұрын

NOBODY cares about making it more palatable. Really. Well, nobody that's buying it and preparing it.

@dahat1992

Жыл бұрын

Bro, what prison do you think will allow an entire crew to come in, tell everyone how much the prison sucks, then get a list of things to do that will increase their expenses with literally no benefit to them? That's a terrible idea.

@justinwhywereyouborn

Жыл бұрын

@@dahat1992 u just explained a show on Netflix called 60 days in…

@kevinmach730

Жыл бұрын

Actually, I think you''re on to something, but more than rescue the prison, teach people how prisoners prepared / reheated food in their cells.

@keith2o9

Жыл бұрын

Gordon Ramsay has a show where he would go into prisons and teach inmates how to cook.

Larry Lawton: “Breakfast… I did it all the time.” Lar, you are the best.

I was jail adminstrator in the winkler county jail in texas sometime ago. The food for the inmates was excellent. The food was made from scratch and the cooks were. Exceptional. Everyone including staff ate the food and most gained weight. I also worked in a for profit jail. The "cooks " were private hires. The food was inedible . Words cannot describe how bad it was. Undercooked,overcooked,spoiled,, just indescribablly foul. Prior to this i was a uniformed police officer. Periodically we would be assigned to the jail. The cooks were City employees and they were very good . The food was well made and was quite good. No one had any complaints. So ypu can see the food largely depends on staff. This not to say that the ingredients are the best. They are not. Some staff cares and some does not and i think thats the. bottom line.

I had a room mate that spent two years in prison, he said they fed him "sloppy joe mix made 7 ways". Basically they'd take sloppy joe mix and pour it on top of the same thing everyday for a week. So on Mondays it would be sloppy joe mix on top of vegetables, then Tuesday sloppy joe mix on bread, etc. You got the same thing for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. He was kind of a fat dude going in but when he came out he was fit and stayed out of trouble to this day (almost 20 years later). He used to joke the food and sex was so bad it convinced him to clean up his act.

@Wetknees

Жыл бұрын

Damn, sloppy Joe day was my favorite day. Made my farts toxic, even to me. But damned if it wasn’t something to look foreward to.

@flipnshifty

Жыл бұрын

Food and sex?

@GhostOfSnuffles

Жыл бұрын

@@flipnshifty That was one of his jokes... atleast i hope it was a joke.

@kennethwyant9813

Жыл бұрын

It might not have been a joke. Female guards are regularly caught having sex with inmates.

@flipnshifty

Жыл бұрын

@@kennethwyant9813 keep dreaming

How bad is prison food? I once saw an inmate drop a veggie burger an the ground. A seagull walked over and looked at it - and walked away. Don’t even get me started on the “diet loaf.”

Best description came from my grandpa who did four stints. He said and I quote "It's dog shit that meets the minimum dietary nutritional legal standard required"

Hey Larry. I've been watching your vidoes for about 2 years now. I've unfortunately went to jail for 36 days for my first time and I understand now what you preach. I had to do 11 days in the hole for "quarantine" and the rest in population. I followed all of your rules and tips to do my best in jail. It was the most worst experience in my life honestly. I definently felt the sensory overload when I walked out of jail. I almost wanted to go back inside since my anxiety was bad being in there for that long. I can't imagine how you did your 10 years. I even had those times when I slept in my cell that when I was dreaming I felt like I wasn't there anymore. Once I woke up the overwhelming feeling came over me everytime and I was like "damn I'm in jail". It even mentally affects me now that I'm home. I still sometimes fall asleep and wake up thinking I'm in jail for that period and it's scary. The way incarceration affects you mentally is horrible. I don't ever want to go back

@monmixer

Жыл бұрын

Good, same here, I was locked up once for 2 months and that was enough for me. Stay the F out of trouble. I did a bit better than most. I do not know how but I got along with every one. I was in top physical condition. We had competitions for exercise and I won all of the time because I was in very good shape. I only got into one fight. They guy thought he was going to bully me. I didn't hurt him. I did show him not to F with me. He knew I had him. Normally I would have beat the crap out of him once I got him but I wanted out. I got 24 hrs in the hole for pinning him but likely would have gotten 30 days if I fkd him up. I controlled my emotions. I really wanted to knock this MF silly and he would have deserved it because he was trying to run the joint. I knocked him down quite a few pegs in front of every one in the rec room.

@Idevaughan530

7 ай бұрын

What did you all end up in prison for

@TLK22

6 ай бұрын

​@@Idevaughan530Jaywalking

When Grady Judd says he feeds the inmates for 33 cents a head , he means it ...

I love your videos and how open you are. I was up for 4 hours until 2:30am watching your videos. You are a very inspiring man and I really appreciate your stories and general advice.

I just ran across your channel yesterday and I'm learning a bunch. Keep up the good work,

Oz actually makes the prison food look better than what my high school cafeteria served lmao, I'm glad you're out here telling the truth

@alexhoffman7460

Жыл бұрын

Hello, I can really use some help, $allyboy23 homeless in Chicago an it’s flood warning if anyone can help it would mean a lot 🙏🏻 I do work a job just broke till payday.God bless!

I will say as a deputy at my small county jail, the food is generally not to die for but the spicy chicken patty days even have us asking the kitchen for some, especially so when it's a bit far from payday and don't want to pay for snacks from the deputy's canteen. That and not gonna lie some of the kitchen workers we've had could make some good stuff. If I hear "Hey CO you wanna try some?" and they're all eating the same thing I tend to trust it and I'm definitely getting myself a tray.

@Ken-fh4jc

8 ай бұрын

If you are decent and fair most of the guys will respect that. I was in county for a few months and actually saw a guard at Walmart a few months later we said hello asked each other how we were doing and moved on. You guys have hard jobs and I respect that.

Thank you for your vid’s, helped me get over drug abused an realize where I was heading, that I need to get out before I’m stuck in a bad place, keep up with your messages you give to people Larry you truly make a greater mark in this world than people I learn in school mid 2000s peace an love Larry

@doctorfeelgood2670

Жыл бұрын

Idk how his videos helped you drop your drug addiction, but alright man. I don't think they lock meth addicts away in the state penitentiary.

@Frank_inSA

Жыл бұрын

The crime is not the drug use itself. It's a crime to put people in cages because they use drugs, a crime against humanity

The bad food keep you from wanting to go back or to jail! It keeps me away! Lol 😂

Your vids are class! Would you be able to do one on adapting to life outside of prison? maybe some things you learned in prison that you still do, like habits

God bless you Larry for keeping you safe for all those years. What we see on tv and films is totally different from what you explained thanks for the insight.

I was a mechanic for Hickmans eggs in Buckeye Arizona which is one of the largest producers of eggs and fertilizer in the southwest. Aside from maintenance crew and office and truck drivers all the labor was prison labor.

Came across this video by chance. I worked as a civilian employee kitchen worker at Walpole Prison, Walpole,MA apx 48 years ago. As I recall , the cooks, guards , workers like myself and guests all ate the food. Don't remember it being horrible. Still laugh today about the work environment, but what the heck, I was a sixteen year old kid! It was nice to be able to go home at the end of the shift! - R.Ferencik

I recently watched a video that Jessica Kent did on prison food, and she said that the boxes of food they had in their kitchens were literally marked, "Not fit for human consumption." Plus, there were rats and stuff running around. Absolutely disgusting.

@caseysmith544

Жыл бұрын

Yes they did the same on MSNBC on Sunday with airing a year old A&E program most miss becuse the thing is on during the day.

@MegaHotSausage

Жыл бұрын

i work at a cheese factory the cheese we give to the prison is actual mush i cant imagen eating it...

@starjestis8293

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, Jessica was absolutely correct! my brother has worked in the kitchen both in jail and in prison and can attest to what she says; he calls the meat a mystery and has even seen scraps of paper in it.

@izzymarz6788

Жыл бұрын

"not for for human consumption" food is seen in county jail too. Green baloney anyone?

@youtubeuser2938

Жыл бұрын

You get what you deserve

I enjoyed seeing you on pka! I actually found them two years ago, they were recommended to me after I started watching your content

I had a coworker who took bags of ramen one day and put...I think chips in between them? Maybe something else. I was like... "What the hell are you eating?" He told me it was something he learned in jail lol.

I was in a Diversion center years ago and it was mostly for people coming out of prison and being slowly put back into the real world. I saw all kinds of characters come through those doors. I had a room with 5 other guys and I hit the jackpot, because our room was the ONLY room out of about 50 rooms that it's own bathroom and shower. Everyone else had to use a community shower just like in prison. I remember when I first got there they walked me to my room and I walked past that community shower and I was very worried that I would have to shower with everyone. As for the kitchen, we had one main Chef and the rest was inmates. We had the best food of any diversion center or prison. We had a walk in cupboard with giant cans of veggies and fruits and we had a meat freezer with frozen meats. We would have meatloaf dinners with mac n cheese, string beans and cornbread. Of all that good food the one meal that was notoriously bad was breakfast and if you worked they gave you a pack out lunch with green bologna and a couple apples. Those meals were absolutely inedible. So, i would go to work everyday at a tomato company and my mother would sneak and bring me hot wings and sub sandwiches. The fact that I kept putting on weight when the average person in this place LOST weight actually made them suspicious of me that I was receiving unauthorized food from the outside. Almost got me busted as one day one of the Sergeants came to my work and waited in a car to see if anyone was bringing me food. Luckily, on that very day my mother had an appointment and couldn't bring me anything. Also, I would pay this guy in my room 1 dollar a day to make my bed. These guards were very serious about the way you made your beds. It had to be so tight like the military. They wanted the fold 5 inches and so tight you can bounce a quarter of it. Well, I wasn't very good at this and nearly got wrote up for it (3 write ups you go to Jackson State Prison immediately). So, this old black guy that was in my room was a Navy veteran and he made my bed so perfect that I had no problem giving a dollar in quarters to have him do it.

@OTRTrader

11 ай бұрын

The part that troubles me the most here is that they would throw you back into prison over a lousy bed not being made the perfect way that a Sergeant wants it done. I'm not sure how a Judge could consciously sign off on something like that, but then not all Judges are conscious I suppose.

@ThirtyThree-sq2ie

10 ай бұрын

​@@OTRTraderTrue

Your videos are always the best Larry! Please keep up the great work brother.

Looking healthy Larry! Keep up the good work. Love watching your videos.

Thank you for sharing Larry. I enjoy your vids. I hope you stay on the outside and not have to go back to that way of life. Good for you for being you.

@crazyhiphopp

Жыл бұрын

Shhh 😉

I'm a engineer in the USN, was doing some work in the freezebox (giant room that is basically just a huge freezer) we have boxes of food in there that's literally labeled "for inmate and military personnel only "

@midnightlycanfox6280

Жыл бұрын

I'm assuming it's D-Grade meat, which isn't for human consumption.

@Admiral_Jezza

Жыл бұрын

Wait what? I thought in the Navy they get better food to keep up morale? Is that just a myth?

@brianhumphreys1660

Жыл бұрын

@@Admiral_Jezza that’s true for submarine crews

@bucknasty69

Жыл бұрын

I saw the same thing when I worked KP when I was in the Army.

@tomfuelery2905

Жыл бұрын

That's really hard to believe. I deliver to Norfolk every so often, and they will reject a load faster than any place I've ever been. They have a small kitchen in the receiving area where they actually cook samples from every load. They crack eggs and measure how high the yolks are. They fry them, boil them scramble them and generally cook them every way possible. They do this with everything. I had a load refused because the boxes did not have a strength certification stamped on them. Soooo I don't know how not fit for human food would ever be on your ship.

Thanks, Larry. Been going through a bit of a mental rut these days, but your videos help me escape it for a bit. 🙂 You stay safe, too.

@dqreps

Жыл бұрын

Same here brother. I have a jury trial this November 4th. All w can do is try and stay positive. What's going to happen is going to happen so there's no sense worrying about it. It is what it is. Good luck to you my man. God Speed.

@lobo53695

Жыл бұрын

@@dqreps thanks, man. Good luck with the jury trial too!

@XY-fx9yl

Жыл бұрын

Criminals deserve more. That's the problem with society. You fudged up deal with it. Sad America doesn't punish idiots further...you deserve it!

Thanks for explaining everything about prison very interesting stuff

I've worked with many people released from the prison system, including people close to me. Here in Victoria, Australia inmates reside in units. Where they get together (4 to 5 men) and choose the menu for the week. Food is delivered to your unit. Inmates cook their own meals, everyday food. Steak for dinner, cereal for breakfast, amazing Asian food cooked by Inmates from Asia, halal and kosher. No cafeteria style and no federal prisons here. Difference maybe because we have a much smaller prison population and less private prisons

Saw you on pka and damn was it one of the funniest and coherent episodes I've seen in a minute! I gotta tell ya you rained woody in like none other lol normally he'd be trying to shush his guests the whole time so he can talk 😂

Prison food is some of the worst food you can eat! When I was in Oregon State Penitentiary they loved to feed us these turkey burger/sausage patties for breakfast and the boxes they came in said on the box in bold print “NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION” I would refuse to eat them they were disgusting. OSP eventually ended up getting sued by inmates for feeding that stuff to us.

@jimmybooki4281

Жыл бұрын

Bruh I bet some lined up for 2nds.Some don't even touch the bread whilst others eat toast all day.Give us your bread & ill give ya a smack in the mouth.Goes something like that.Lads train & keep off the bread.Give it here lad.

@dspsblyuth

Жыл бұрын

If they weren’t sausage patties for humans who were they meant for?

@jayus2033

Жыл бұрын

But prisoners are not human they are dark entities that Satan spawned

@jayus2033

Жыл бұрын

@@dspsblyuth they are meant for dark entities that show as humans.

@johnsheetz6639

Жыл бұрын

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I would think for most of these convicts the prison grub is an upgrade. Great channel Larry👌

@michaelharrison3602

4 ай бұрын

Trust me it ain't 😂

Well, the system kind of works…. You have certainly deterred me through your videos from doing anything that would land me in prison!

@alltheworldsastage4785

Жыл бұрын

PTSD is a real thing, though.

@thehimself4056

Жыл бұрын

You don’t have to do anything to land in prison.

@wadewilson524

Жыл бұрын

@@thehimself4056 Perhaps, but there are LOTS of things you can do to increase your chances of landing in prison. Best to start there.

@thyeconomy

Жыл бұрын

Just be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

@MonsterPumpkin

9 ай бұрын

Yes but see what the system is supposed to do is to reform, not use the prisoners as an example as to what’ll happen to you and keep order via intimidation

This man redeemed himself to greatness

@donaldvonglitchenberger4108

Ай бұрын

greatness lol etf

I did a week in a municipal jail in Houston ($1,000 unpaid tickets i forgot about from my college years). I WILL NEVER FORGET the "lunch" we were served. It was a "fish loaf", with mangled pieces of fins, bone, and cartilage. Its color was beyond description...like a combination of grey and poop brown. It was dry, and tasted like stale tuna, consistency/ texture like eating newspaper. A ROCK hard hunk of "cornbread" , so hard, my teeth couldn't break through. The drink was similar to WARM, WATERED DOWN Sprite... it made me more sad than the surrounding environment

@escapetherace1943

Жыл бұрын

weak man, you dip the cornbread in water or whatever and just eat the paste fish meat and ask for seconds

@andrewordog4397

5 ай бұрын

​@@escapetherace1943👍suck it up or starve.

My favorite movie is Blood In, Blood Out... "Nothing but Texas barbecue".."sorry, no tortilla" lol

I like what you are doing teaching people on what it's like to be in prison so we can plan to obey the law

I cannot thank Larry Lawton enough for his videos, I work in a men's ministry for the homeless and I'm just about the only guy here that's never been locked up. these videos help me get a better understanding of where our clients have been, what they've been through, what they're coming from, or what they're dealing with, the trauma that they have to deal with, that helps me to be a better counselor and helps me relate to these guys on a much deeper level and I have Larry Lawton to thank for that. I can tell these guys all day about how I was a homeless drug addict my entire adult life all day long but I can't truly understand what they've dealt with as ex cons and these videos really help open my eyes about the reality of the fucked up system these guys have been ground through

@radioboyintj

Жыл бұрын

Funny how they got the Bible out of school but alot of men find God in prison. Makes me wonder if all that might have been avoided if we never removed religion from the schools in the first place

@kristiskinner8542

Жыл бұрын

@@radioboyintj no it wouldnt. Peoples faith shouldnt be pushed on everyone in public schools, thats their own personal/family beliefs no need for it to be in school. If you want your kids to have that in their lives take them to church, send them to a faith based school etc. Religion has 0 to do with morals- everything starts at home even if/when a lot of kids naturally rebel at some point in time (and a lot of the "god" men/women find in prison, they lose as soon as they are let outta the gates

@radioboyintj

Жыл бұрын

@@kristiskinner8542 You sound like a liberal and I can tell you outright that you are wrong. The desinigration of society can be proven to have begun when prayer was taken out of public school in 1960 due to the campaign of radical atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair. For 60 years DEMOCRATS Have advanced a social agenda To tear down the pillars of society That protected people and society from society's ills CHURCH FAMILY MARRIAGE AND MORALS ALL FOUR HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY TORN DOWN THANK YOU DEMOCRATS . .

@NoahSpurrier

Жыл бұрын

@@radioboyintj religion was never in public school at least in the last 100 years.

@dizcret

Жыл бұрын

..u should help him get off the sauce.

Was hoping Larry would tell the story about getting set up by his buddies to ask the Warden if they could get better food

@somerandomguywastaken

Жыл бұрын

"I'll never forget that, he said I'm going to the hole"

@SpiderCop

8 ай бұрын

What video does he tell that story in?

Hey Larry, hope you made it through Hurricane Ian okay being down there on Florida’s west coast. 🙏🙏👍. We hope to hear from you soon.

heard you on pka and it was great but never heard your chnl, algorithm is feeding it to me, i dig it, great work Larry.

I remember getting a new batch of burgers that were so bad you couldn't even give em away. Anybody who's been locked up knows what a big deal protein is so somebody turning down a free burger speaks volumes.

Detroit County jail food in the 90's was great. I mean fantastic. Kelloggs cereal with 2 hard boiled eggs and toast with real butter. Lunch and dinner were out of this world great. I had a job in the kitchen from 12-8pm , we had a gigantic salad cart with a spring lettuce mix with baby tomatoes, croutons, hard boiled eggs, imitation crabmeat, turkey, salami, ham, etc.. also ate of the same food line as the deputies. It was called the Dep line. Chicken wings with BBQ sauce and ranch dressing, rustic potatoes with fried onions and green peppers, it was unbelievably good food. I mean the food was better than you would eat on the street or at home, any day of the week. The food was so good that when I was released in 93' I was sitting at the corner bar less than half a mile from the country jail waiting on my brother to pick me up, just chilling out having a beer with a couple of older guys that were released from my pod the same day. Then all of a sudden heard a ruckus outside then a window pane from the the bar getting smashed, low and behold it was a vagrant that just got released within the hour , after doing 6 months. He was saying call the cops and take me back to jail, he stated that he never been so cleaned up and ate so good in his life and that he would live their full time if given the choice. Crazy

I lost it when you said there were ants in the cereal 🤣🤣. I'm glad you're not there anymore

Hello Larry, i enjoy your show and knowledge you give is priceless. My older brother was accused of rape by his long term girlfriend after a drunken fight(she was drunk). They arrested my brother and proceeded to not give him bail. He would go on to spend three years in detroit jails waiting for a trail as he refused to take the prosecuters deal. He recently has become very smart with the law and was able to get a judge to see how wrong it was to keep him locked up like that with no trail. He is out on tether now trying to survive. They will not allow him to work so i and family has been funding him. My brother was an electrical engineer pulling in 6 figures. He lost everything and now has a couch to sleep on at a friends house. He is still awaiting trail and its going on year 4. After seeing all this i personally believe our justice system is broken. If they can violate your rights like that when you are simply accused of something. And that’s the thing, my brother had not had sex with his gf in over two weeks as they were not getting along. No evidence of rape, only her word. No rape test was done.

Congratulations, you’ve earned your place among my “Hall of Personal/inspirational Heroes”. Love you Larry! Keep it up, never change!!

Alcatraz was the exception. It was known for its good food.

@alexhoffman7460

Жыл бұрын

Hello, I can really use some help, $allyboy23 homeless in Chicago an it’s flood warning if anyone can help it would mean a lot 🙏🏻 I do work a job just broke till payday.God bless!

@brohen

Жыл бұрын

One of the guys that ran the place thought most prison riots and issues were due to bad food, resulting in said exception. Always nice to see a person in power actually understand those under them to an extent

@mitchellvincent2274

Жыл бұрын

No it wasn’t.

Yes, it is true that inmates are feed food marked "not fit for human consumption" or below grade A. This is the cold reality.

Actually prison food wasn’t all that bad, now jail food was horrid.

FWIW The dates on military food are usually inspection dates, rather than expiration dates. It's usually good (not spoiled) for at least 10 years beyond the date on the box. You'll find a lot of surplus MREs on the market with inspection dates that are in the near future or even past, but they're still ok to eat. The freeze dried stuff (like bulk ground beef) will basically last forever as long as the can is intact. It's the same stuff they sell preppers with 25-30 year shelf life. Now whether it's appetizing or not...lol

@CurlyFromTheSwirly

7 ай бұрын

My brother was in the Marines. He had brought me some of the meals and drinks to try. They weren't all bad, mostly weird. Obviously like anything that's designed to keep long shelf life is going to have questionable ingredients. But there's a lot of junk in so much regular stuff today. It's just mainstream brands are working harder to disguise the flavor.

Thanks, Larry, for the interesting and informative video. Suppose there's a model prisoner who doesn't cause any problems and may even help out in teaching other prisoners a trade or is in the library as part of a literacy project. Would a prisoner like that, who stands out for his good behavior, ever get better food as a perk? And in general, is better food ever used as an incentive for better prisoner behavior? Is slightly better food made available for any holidays?

This subject brings so many memories for me, but from a different perspective than yours. For more than ten years, I volunteered in state prisons (before COVID and some personal health issues- hoping to go back when I'm better) I went into nine state prisons, including maximum security; I was clergy of record for over 400, and am still clergy for many who are out now. So I've witnessed personally, and heard from guys who no longer feared talking, and have stories I'd like to share with you.

@thomashninan6708

Жыл бұрын

Was it fond memories or terrible memories

@bierce716

Жыл бұрын

@@thomashninan6708 Let us say "enlightening" memories.

@Pedro-nt2ro

Жыл бұрын

@@bierce716 Just about food issues or every prison related topic?

@bierce716

Жыл бұрын

@@Pedro-nt2ro Every topic. So much needs to be said.

@thomashninan6708

Жыл бұрын

@@bierce716 ok, prison is not and never a pleasure place it's a punishment place PUNISMENT you hear me to those who do horrendous crimes like child molestation, murder in the first degree, torcher. Those Basterds should be punished so that there is justice and closure for the victims and families

This is a amazing reminder to be greatful that you can eat good food whenever you want

Kitchen is the best job in the army too. When i got to my dfac in Iraq, my kotr sergeant told me my job was to "stand there and if the sergeant major or the colonel walks in, hollar at ease!". That was it. After chow hours were done(after i saw my chain of command come in), go back to your CHU.

i was in a county jail(min security) for 90 days, and we had a chow hall(the normal jail downtown didn't)... the food wasn't bad, sometimes, under whelming, other times good... every tuseday for breakfast it was biscuits and gravy, Thursday it was scrabbled eggs and hashbrowns... lunch was a baloney sandwich and soup, most common dinner was chicken and mash potatoes or spaghetti in meat sauce and when i worked in the kitchen , after dinner every Friday the work release unit and the kitchen workers got ice cream...

Never thought I'd think an MRE was good, til I spent some time in county

@alexhoffman7460

Жыл бұрын

Hello, I can really use some help, $allyboy23 homeless in Chicago an it’s flood warning if anyone can help it would mean a lot 🙏🏻 I do work a job just broke till payday.God bless!

@heatonheaton8850

Жыл бұрын

lol

@jackdanson2

Жыл бұрын

I was never forced to live off MREs long term, but I've used them for 5-7 days on backpacking trips. I really didn't think they were bad at all. Actually really like the jalapeno cheese and crackers. Definitely seems better than prison food.

@Shabaka87

Жыл бұрын

Chili with beans and cornbread is good af. Melt some cheese on it

@valley_robot

Жыл бұрын

My brother was in the royal fusiliers in Northern Ireland, I went to his barracks when I was 11 , he to took me to the mess hall for something to eat , the food was amazing and the soldiers were so awesome , not as awesome as my big brother obviously, but they were very cool , one of the best days of my life

Great content, as always Larry. Always enjoy your presentations… t.

I worked at a Prison. It was a minimum security work camp and the officers at with the inmates if they could leave your post. It was hit or miss on being in date but never good quality! If you could imagine a salvage store that sold items that been rejected by other salvage stores, that was a step up in quality. Being a work camp (you had to be within 4 years of your release date and considered a trustee security level) you could work in the community. The inmates would build churches, volunteer fire stations, etc. The people of the community could take home cooked meals for the inmates and drop them off at lunchtime. Once an officer inspected the food and cleared it, the guys was so excited and appreciative! It’s an awesome program. These men built the Church I attend and did a fantastic job!

I was in an inpatient program where they served the shittiest food for all meals. Mostly tasteless gruel, shitty eggs, etc. Occasionally we'd get something decent, and you could make it edible with ketchup, salt, and pepper. I met a guy there who was in prison and he said the only thing worse than that is prison food. That just sent a shutter down my spine. I was in the inpatient program for about 30 days. I couldn't imagine eating something worse for over a decade.

@marcstevens8576

Жыл бұрын

Hoped you enjoyed eating Alpo. That's what I got stuck with in my stay in a Massachusetts jail for three months.

Love the videos Larry. Great content 👌

@alexhoffman7460

Жыл бұрын

Hello, I can really use some help, $allyboy23 homeless in Chicago an it’s flood warning if anyone can help it would mean a lot 🙏🏻 I do work a job just broke till payday.God bless!

Thanks. I was lucky I did my time at Minimum Security Eagle Creek in Oregon and Chow was the best meals I had in my life. Abundant and varied. I had to op-out of a third meal, otherwise I would have get out real fat. Great show, bro.

Respect brother wen u were in Atlanta I was 3 years old😁 thank u for sharing with us these stories n advice/tips but I'm happy that ur a changed man 🙏🏽I myself never been to prison n I don't ever intend to....have a blessed one mate

I worked for a company that made frozen food products and also made "prison chili"... you can imagine for yourself what went into that.

Don't get locked up if you want good food! That's the beauty of freedom!

@darnellwilcox4600

5 ай бұрын

What about the people that aren't locked up,and still can't get a decent meal.

Fantastic video! Thanks for posting. 👍

You seem to be a good guy. Sorry your Life Path went a different way. Glad to see you doing good stuff..for everybody. Best of luck.

My second time in jail i did 6 months in Philly jail waiting for transfer to NJ. Met a guy name Lue (still good friends) he taught me about eating in jail. He told me that by getting a job in the kitchen u get to eat prison food and C.O food.. C.O food was steaks, cheese steaks, fries, soda, like a regular restaurant man.. we didnt get that every day but ate good everyday!! We had a Chow Hall. Only catch was we had to wake up at 3am and work till 7pm.. BUT why stay all day in a dam cell all day when u can roam the jail freely?? Btw i was in wat was more like a dorm.. so man s.o to Lue for looking me out. Good man btw this was in 2018. Not long ago at all.

I used to work in a prison as a C.O. and we were able to eat the chow hall food for free. We never ate it. I did try it once while I was in training, and that was the first and last time I ever ate it.

This all sound very familiar to the UK system. But in the UK, a prisoner is limited to how much of thier own money they can spend on what we call canteen, you call commissary. Last time I was inside, we were allowed to spend the whole of our earnings from that previous weeks work around £9 plus £15 from our own private cash. If we hadnt spent up all of our limit the week before, we can spend the remaining the following week to a maximum value of around £50 on the canteen I think or upto £200 for outside purchases such as a pair a trainers/sneakers or a stereo but this is limited to twice a year usually depending on the prison you in.

I'm glad you made it out to tell folks what time it is. You make a person NOT WANT TO DO DUMB SHIT.

When I was in county jail I lost 12 pounds in 10 days. The food was so bad all you could hear on hotdog days was half of the inmates throwing them up. Probably had 400 calories a day. When I got out I ate till I was sick for almost a week. I physically couldn't stop eating. Imagine the united states correctional facilities not being a human rights violation

I was in a hospital for 21 days that had the most horrible food I've ever encountered. I told the nurses that people in prison would say "this sucks." I couldn't eat it. I lost a lot of weight.

@CurlyFromTheSwirly

7 ай бұрын

My mom was sick recently, and said the hospital had awful food.

@taze317

7 ай бұрын

@@CurlyFromTheSwirly Cost cutting = horrible food. Mom was right. I hope she's feeling better.

@FallicIdol

Ай бұрын

I just got out of the hospital. The food wasn’t bad then. Not great but i had no issues eating

@taze317

Ай бұрын

@@FallicIdol I hope you're doing well.

You made the best food (pasta aglio e olio) and shared as well! Tons of hugs big guy!

My late nephew got out of jail once and gringed when I offered him a bologna sandwich. Said that's all he ate in the clink.

I spent 16 hours inside a small town jail once and they fed us out of small brown paper bags. I was sure to leave that shit in my cell as soon as my bond went through.

@gbone1812

Жыл бұрын

U should’ve tried it. Letting that food waste😂

@CriticalCentrist

Жыл бұрын

@@gbone1812 Calling anything served to you while incarcerated "food" is an insult to actual cuisine.

@gbone1812

Жыл бұрын

@@CriticalCentrist I feel ya.

At the risk of being whacked, I used to work for a company that sold food to prisons and you surely ate some of ours we did a lot of business with Feds.

I did some time in Alabama. The food was not horrible, but not good either. The meat was really bad though, and I never ate it. Corn dog day was the best. I rarely went to breakfast, because it was called at 4:30 in the morning, but I kid you not, the pancakes was great. They had a syrup mixed with peanut butter that was really good. I only did 8 months, but I lost 60 pounds, because I rarely got anything off store or commissary, and strictly ate what they offered.

I used to work at a facility called Abraxas. When I started we had a cook that shopped and cooked all the meals and food was great. Then Cornell corrections bought them and brought in outside food service and the food was garbage.

Jail I worked in the officer's tray was same as inmates tray. Calculated at $3.38 per meal same price as a single meal at Wendy's including tax. Working third shift it was: 6 oz of chicory coffee plus two boiled eggs and half pint of milk or oatmeal and milk. sometimes they'd add a piece of fruit or a school type fruit punch. Food cost was about 40¢. I was amazed that there were fights over that food. More amazed we could only get as many food trays as on our floor count. A fight over a tray would cost roughly the amount of 70 days (210 meals) worth of food. In the old days food and cigarettes were the two means to control people. Maslow tier to keep people on lowest tier to let them know who they were dependent on.

They used to give prisoners lobster cause it was so common and considered a junk food

I had always sworn that the worst food was hospital food! "Is that leg of lamb or leg of patient?" And then Fate intervied and then really the worst food anywhere and i found myself spending the next 11 1/2 years stuck with that. Unfortunately i can't make myself eat anything that is ugly and/or smells bad, etc. I gave or traded a lot of prison food, sometimes making it's kinda nice for me. I also lost over 100 pounds. Some of that fish they had at dinner smelled like something infected. So yeah, you hospital food handelers take heart and note that you're position in the food handling business! You've come a long way up!😊

When I was in Marine Corps recruit training the food was awesome!! We just had to eat in 2 minutes 😂 never been to prison but I’m sure it’s scary close!! 😂 love the videos bro!!!

I had those trays of food when I was in jail, but it was so unremarkable and also a long time ago, I couldn't tell you what was on those trays! Also, how does food in a state prison compare with food in a federal one?

A family member served a couple of years in prison. When he got out he would not eat anything with raisins or chocolate chips in it . He said he had to eat rice or oatmeal that had dead roaches or bugs in it or go hungry . I didn’t know this and made a big kettle of rice pudding with raisins and when he looked in the kettle he about throwed up !

I went to to military school for 4 years and when I was out of there for summer break I’d go off to a military camp for the summer. I ate a lot of Dfac and chow hall food. Some good some bad. They always prepared the next meal while they served the one you were currently eating. I remember coming into the chow hall before chow sometimes to see pitchers of juice and water set out hours before chow and some of them would have a little German roach in them. You’d just fish it out and keep on trucking. My favorite meal would have to be the hot wings though. Pretty sure they just boiled them and soaked them in Texas Pete. If you missed chow you got what was called a bagged nasty. It was a dry sandwich and an apple or something.

Where I live about 15 years ago, the county jail gave you a bologna sandwich for lunch and a TV dinner for dinner 6 days a week. On Sunday the sheriff's wife would cook a huge dinner for everyone. Last I heard was after he retired, you get bologna sandwiches for lunch and dinner 7 days a week.

Hey Larry, Clark County in Ohio just sent my Dad to 6 months in Prison as a part of this new "Shock Treatment". He was free when he was sentenced and was sent to CRC(Correctional Reception Center) within a week. He spent 3 months in there before being shipped out to Griff before being released to a halfway house at some point. This was for Two F5's and an F3, all non-violent although he has had an F3 Domestic Violence(3rd Domestic in Ohio is instantly a Felony) in the past.. CRC is usually horrible but they now are allowing Methadone in Ohio CRC if you were on Methadone treatment BEFORE being sent there. They hopefully have changed it to where any addict can get it but I have not heard anything. Just something interesting! Awesome vid and you have a dedicated viewer right here!

I have a brother in Prison he hasn't had to do labor yet beings he has been a mentor he regrets everything sad they really don't reform anyone just pure punishment 24/7 keeping people depressed makes things worse they have nothing to live for the system needs to change.

My brother was in the Army in the early 60s. He told me the food was horrible! I joined the Air Force in 1973 anyway. The food was INCREDIBLE! I weighed a whopping 120 lbs when I went to basic training in San Antonio. Six weeks later I was 144 hard pounds!! I loved the food!!

Hi Larry! I’m new to the channel and your videos are very educational and entertaining. I especially enjoy your movie reviews. It was be cool to hear your thoughts on the UK movie “Starred Up.” It’s a great watch, I think you’d enjoy it. Plus it’s interesting to see the differences in international prisons vs American Ones. Keep up the good fight for prison reform ✊🏽