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- čas přidán 19. 01. 2022
- Ex Jewel Thief, Mob Earner, Criminal and Prisoner Larry Lawton describes how you sleep in prison and jails.
Ex Jewel Thief Larry Lawton spent 11 years in prison and now helps people make better decisions and fights for prison reform.
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I do not condone any of the negative behavior described. I have learned from the mistakes I have made and do not wish for anyone to recreate or attempt any of the events described.
Starting a week in review news show. Starting tomorrow. My view on the weeks' news events. I hope you join me.
Hey Larry what's your upload schedule? I forgot what days to expect new videos. Thank you!
Ok
@@Antastic1 We upload three days a week and I am adding the news show. Usually Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday and now adding Friday.
You could narrate grass growing and I'd tune in 🤣 can't wait to read gangster redemption. Thanks for all your hard work producing content!
it would be interesting to see you take a look at "the escapeists 2" its a prison game where you have to escape from different prisons.
I’m 6 foot 7 and I spent a week in jail and those beds are only 6 foot. That made me realize I never want to be in prison.
Yep, I feel ya
Damn I feel your pain. I had a celly who was 6'6" and he was up top too...he was always dangling off the sides or curled up like a potato chip.
That struggle is real.
Behave-> Problem solved
@@HeroInTheSun what about miscarrag of justice that person would of behaved so next time think for trying to be a smart cookie...
Im 5'8 in a good day im good to go son
Thanks for all your support. Don't forget my podcast, 'The Real Deal w/Larry Lawton" which airs every Monday and Friday on all major platforms.
Can I also make a request? Can you tell me how you would design a prison? Like if you were in charge of building one. Maybe take a pencil and some graph paper
1st!!!!!!!! Lesss getttiiiittttt earliey gaing!!!!! 😃😃😃😃😎😎😎😎
Larry i am 41st letting you know this.
I'll nevah forget, Larr!
Larry u are a legend 😎😎
Thank you Larry. When life gets hard, there is nothing like some prison stories to make one grateful again.
Amen!
Coast to Coast and Art Bell. I worked midnight shifts for 7 years. We listened to him all night
I miss Art Bell at night
@@kevinhullinger8743 You can find a few channels on CZcams that have some of the old Art Bell shows. Even if I've heard them before, sometimes I need to hear it again. 👍
@@denyscpoynerGeorge noory now hosts c2cam ..kinda boring haven't listened in months
I had the best Sunday night routine starting with The Drudge Report Radio Show that led right into Art Bell. Miss those Sunday nights
Remember that night when the guy called, all terrified, saying they were coming for him because of some secret and the satellite got knocked out during the call? That shit tripped us out.
For some reason, I find it difficult to believe that Larry was a troublesome inmate. But that just goes to show you how much you can elevate yourself.
You do what you have to do. Survival is amazing
@miguel sanchez what
@miguel sanchez
What the hell are you talking about.
Think your on the wrong section.
@@phatmat2326 think he’s been listening to Coast to Coast.
@miguel sanchez do tell more....
Something we teach in the army; sleep is just as important a weapon as your rifle.
Barely got any sleep in the Army. Fire Guard duty.
Only after tons of veterans complained about it from the middle east.
Only people from prison or the military will get this
I did 24 and change in prison in Texas and got out in 2004. I was on Eastham Unit which was a maximum security "farm" unit. The doors stayed closed and locked all the time. Breakfast was between 3:30 and 4:30 with first work turnout at 5 a.m. They were opened then closed for meals, work, showers, and in the afternoon after supper for some dayroom, the doors were still closed while you were in the dayroom. The front of the cells were open bars, not solid. The bunks were within 3 or 4 inches of the bars, so everyone slept with their feet toward the bars. Almost all of us were light sleepers and if someone was asleep you had better have a good reason to wake them up. You had to have respect for your celly. If he was asleep, you kept the noise down, radio down or off, and not yell down the run. Loud radios at night were hated. If someone asked you to turn it down and you didn't then you would come back from chow, from work, or from showers and find your radio smashed, or someone would talk with an inmate maintenance man, and he would go into the pipe chase and disconnect your antenna. If you used a mechanical alarm clock and didn't quickly turn it off, someone would turn it off for you by smashing it on the floor or against the wall. For years after I got out, I would wake at 3 or 4 and not be able to go back to sleep. I still have trouble staying asleep for a whole night.
24 years in Prison?
holy cow how are you even able to live
@@conandoyle1740 I have an I.Q around 145. I learned to type in high school and spent most of my time working as a "clerk" in three different departments. My last 6 or 7 years I was the head "clerk" in the recreation department and more or less ran it, doing all our quarterly reports and our budget and capital expenditure requests at the end of the year. I at least skimmed 4 newspapers every day, including the NY Times and the Wall Street Journal, and read countless books and magazines. I have a skill trade, I can weld just about any type of metal. I had a job within 2 days of getting out and was the night shift supervisor within 6 months. Had I applied myself, I would have gone to college, become an engineer and never gone to prison. Sometimes all it takes is one bad decision and you are fucked for life.
@@roguemerlin1969 got you boss.
I suggest you take your ass into MIT and study engineering. It's never too late.
@@roguemerlin1969 also what did you do to get 24 years ? I sense the original term was longer and you were released earlier ?
@@conandoyle1740 I'm 70 and my health is bad. Cognition and memory decline as we age, so most important discoveries usually occur at a relatively young age. Einstein proposed the unified theory of relativity and then spent most of his life trying to fix it because he thought the part concerning gravity was wrong. I took and passed Mensa tests in my mid 30's, but I just wouldn't be able to hang with the youngsters at MIT today. I would have loved to have gone there and gotten a dual degree in chemical/nuclear engineering. I had some ideas that could only have been tested using the super collider in Switzerland.
I really enjoy your videos. You've answered a lot of my questions.
I'm not going to prison or anything I just like this type stuff and appreciate it
Mr. Hobo Shorstring I think the train stuff rolls on down the line of life itself as is. The Prison vids are informing. =Larry Lawton!
I am glad I can help
Me too. 😂. I watch videos like that everyday. A&E, Larry,
Hello
Merry Christmas Mark !!
Open dorms were tough for me. I liked closed tiers better! That locked door hits different lol
Lmao I knew this one dude in the dorm that I stg slept for the whole 6 months I was there.
He didn't shower either
Hope you're staying blessed Jessica
Screw that!! I hated being locked down. I really dig the open door thing because I was fearless. Plus it's fun to hangout and party in other people's rooms.
@@flightofthebumblebee9529 yeah I think I tried to fight everyone in the open door I didn't give a fuck back then
Usually if I got locked up I'd be so pissed off I wanted to fight
Larry I don’t think you will ever know how wonderfully you help people . You are not just teaching you’re enlightening, and helping perfect strangers get through the day-- thank you so much!
It's crazy how they expect anyone to go into this horrible environment and come out the same, never mind rehabilitated. I can't imagine having to listen to all these negative sounds at night like crying and screaming and being forced into cramped quarters with some stranger, and this is only the night time stuff. The rest of your videos are very eye opening as well. For such an advanced country it's insane that we still treat human beings like this, no matter what they've done.
Those places created mentally ill people and exacerbates the already mentally ill
Jail isn’t for rehabilitation. It’s to lock away dangerous people. Sure people make mistakes, but do you actually think criminal minds give a flying fuck about rehabilitation?
@@davidcardinal3654 The people that can't be rehabilitated get life sentences. Everyone else WILL be getting out and returning to society, and they should be preparing them for that so they don't end up doing the exact same shit again. And if that doesn't convince you, I would like to point out that they are called "correctional facilities".
@@xemnas1997 they are grown. They can open up a book and figure it out for themselves. Criminals get off easy nowadays so don’t give me that crap about life sentences. I know someone who got murdered from a stab wound in the head because the worthless criminal wanted beer. Busted into his home for no reason other than that. He got 2 years. So get the hell outta here. Worthless criminals deserve to be locked up forever for as long as they are deemed a danger.
@@davidcardinal3654 2 years isn't a fitting sentence even if he didn't mean to kill anyone (manslaughter). There had to have been more evidence or details that you aren't aware of for a judge to make that call. Either way, I'm sorry about your friend, and as much as you'll hate to hear it I feel sorry for the guy who killed him. People make mistakes, especially when dealing with addictions (such as to alcohol), and things can spiral out of control. Should the killer (not murder if it wasn't intentional) pay with his own life for a mistake? It won't bring the victim back. It won't stop other people from doing stupid shit to fulfill their addictions. All it would do is cause more pain. Clearly the judge thinks there's hope for that man, and so all we can do it hope that he learns from his time in prison how to be a better person because otherwise it's back to robbing houses for beer money once he gets out assuming he's not already out.
New subscriber here. I appreciate your channel. I definitely understand how important sleep is. I was crippled by a drunk driver 3 years ago. I've gone from one of the most active and productive people you would ever meet, to what I've become now which is just doubled over in pain all the time and half the person i used to be. Living a life in constant debilitating pain is a prison all in itself. Im a prisoner in my own body. Sleeping, to me, is a release to freedom. I have my mobility and I'm never hurting in my dreams. We've lived vastly different lives, but i really can relate to alot of what you talk about. Thank you for what you do. 👊
Sorry man. That just sucks. God bless you.
Im so sorry for your constant pain, l hope you find relief from that someday. It’s terrifying to think how easily that can happen to any one of us.
In the same boat brother.
"I got a good video for you today"
Honestly, I don't think there's such a thing as a bad Larry video. Love your content, man.
How's your tan? Crispy enough from the gamma rays? XDDD I'm joking of course; it would take a very high flux of gamma rays to burn skin...and because they're not as ionising as other forms of radiation, I don't know if you would be dead before you burned or not. Thankyou! Now I have something to think about. TTFN + C U l8r, having a spot of "sunbathing" on the surface of Europa, where you won't die quite as quickly as you would on Io! Groovy!
@@acerbicatheist2893 no
@@edwardjacobus6986 such a cursed comment, i see why people say some guys just dont need the internet 😂
Mortadello videos are always the best.
Me 2
When I was in jail for about 2.5 weeks, I slept 6 total hours even though I had my own cell. The place is loud, the guards are assholes always shining lights in the cell to see if you are up, missing or dead. The guards "rocked the doors" at least 3 times from 10PM until 5AM. Rocking the doors for those reading this that don't know what that is, the guards would open the doors to the cells slightly and quickly slam them shut several times in a row. And as Larry said, the snorers are terrible and there is no way to get rid of the noise. Or you have someone who is freaking out because they are upset about something and would scream all night and the guards would let them until the guards got annoyed by it and then the guards in riot gear would come in to make the person stop. Don't go to jail people if you like to sleep. You won't get any.
Lol
AHle
*Ear Plugs Brother!*
2.5 weeks? Lmfao
I would've asked the guards to quiet down. Sometimes you have to assert yourself. They probably had no idea they were being so loud.
A lot of the prison sleep stories you told do remind me at my time in the Navy: the snorking, the toilet roll as pillow, the funny noised, the early wake up, the strange transfers and so on. The only that we did not have, had been to body searched and to be handcuffed. Even getting killed by the fellow in the next bed? It happened to some. Different sleeping routines? Being alert even in sleep? Bad food? Nasty people commanding you around? Getting not enough sleep? I do remember all of that very clearly from the Navy and my wild shot is that evetyone who served time in any military department does remember that.
All the vets I talk to, their experience sounds similar to prison in some ways for sure from my incarceration experience at least
Yeah, a lot of it sounds smacks of the regimented life. @@jjcoola998
Larry, thanks for the inside stuff and stories of your life…it really does put life into perspective, thanks brother.
Keep being good influence and a role model for us brother.
Hey Larry, it would be cool if you did a video on what it’s like being sick/ill in prison and also inmate remedies to help make being sick/ill in prison easier. Thanks for another great video! P.S I commented this on your last video and it was the most liked comment with almost 600 likes but you never saw it, hopefully you see this one! :)
The second request so I am doing that one soon.
@@LarryLawtonJewelThief what a king👑👑
@@radonsider9692 Thank you
@@LarryLawtonJewelThief love from the uk man, keep up the hard work
Great idea brother
I don't know how he does it..... but I never get bored listening to this guy lol. Great story teller
How is that funny , did you really lol or just say you lol ?
The Thorazine shuffle lol!
If there was a Larry Lawton GPS voice, even the most mundane road trip would feel like a real adventure 😂
10/10 would approve and endorse.
"i'll never forget it..."
@@babakazi808 lmao
Yea, I could get behind that! Let's do it!
No it wouldn’t
Came across your channel a week or so ago. You’re such a great story teller Larry. Love seeing you trying to make all these changes for the better. Much love
Thank you
Lol Larry did like 3 weeks in county for child support. That is IT.
@@flightofthebumblebee9529 you sure about that? Lol
@@flightofthebumblebee9529 < Third grade education.
Easy as pie to comment stories.
@@opieutt9038 They get better bro. The next video is on passing gas in prison. Do you let out a silent but deadly one and blame it on the herb you do you cut one outright in the face of a mob boss. Bernie Madoff wasn't a threat so you can them on him without mercy or fear of retribution.
If I had to hear two dudes banging as I am falling asleep I’m turning against the wall and passing away lol
I just discovered this channel about 2 months ago and I'm glad I did. Your stories are not only heart wrenching, entertaining, but also quite educational. I'm glad you're exposing and brining to light the corruption of the system. I'm sorry to hear what's happened to you and many others, but its made you the man you are. As a truck driver I put on your videos while I drive and love to just listen. Thanks for doing what you do. Stay string and if you're ever in Wyoming, I'd love to say hey.
In case you didn't know, if you were in a wreck and they reviewed your phone, they can see what apps are being used keystrokes etc. If they saw you had a youtube video playing irregardless of if you were just listening they could use that against you. Best to just stick with audio only based apps.
Really makes you appreciate what we have, thanks for the uploads!
It sure does. Thank you
I was admitted to a mental hospital in 2016 and stayed for a year and I still have dreams where I'm there and they won't let me out. The subconscious is strong.
You are still there you never left you are in a psychosis and all the time you think you have been home is false.
@@Thedrunkenswede1337 How long have we been on this rock?
@@edgarsmith2478 somewhere around 2000 00 years why do you ask.
Love your videos Larry. So informative, unbiased, and honest. Keep it up. It’s hard to tell how many people you have helped over the years. You’re truly an inspiration. I’ve never been to jail or prison and don’t ever plan to, but your videos are immersive, realistic, and straight up. I’ve learned a lot from your videos and just want to say thank you.
I don't think very many plan to lol.
I love how you start off on a topic, go off on a completely different topic, and then bring it back eventually.
It's strange but what you said about "missing out" is exactly how I've always felt about sleep. I always push it later and later and at times have ended up with some really stupid sleep patterns of going to bed at 7am and waking up at 3pm...
While I don't go to those extremes these days, I still tend to be awake until about 3am, sometimes later. I think I'm just kind of a night owl by nature, and given the choice just generally prefer to be awake through the night rather than during the day.
Me at night job agrees
MOFO - Fear of missing out
@@abbymansen6761 you mean FOMO? 😂
I was the same way for most of my life. I only recently started sleeping somewhat normally, and the only way I was able to do it was by getting a 9-5 job. Now I _have_ to sleep earlier or I'll be a zombie at work. And I'm a programmer so I have to be able to think clearly and focus.
Sucks getting up early but it beats going to bed while the sun's rising and waking up when it's almost ready to set.
During the summer months especially (Not to mention this big heatwave recently in the UK) I would always sleep through the really hot afternoons, and prefer being awake in the cooler nights
I love your Videos! I’m a former Correctional Officer. I learn a lot from each video. Your right, everything is about respect between inmates and guards. I used to work in Transport. Keep up the great work. I would love to sit down with you someday and have a chat. That’s on my bucket list. Im also from NY
Glad you are out and safe. I have friends who were guards and actually guarded me. You can see those videos in my playlist. Gary Massey. We just spoke today. Good man.
@@LarryLawtonJewelThiefAlot of this is truly depressing to watch and listen to. 😣💔...I dunno if you have already or not, if not, it'd be great if you made some videos on that, how to befriend guards, how to get them on your side, to guard you like that.
Also on how to know if you can fully trust a guard and they won't backstab you.
I've listened to Coast to Coast for over ten years. I love George Noorey. Art was great too..
Woah Larry, I just stumbled across your channel yesterday and love these kinds of videos. I heard you say something that I haven't heard anyone else describe, that I experience as well. I don't want to miss out on things either and that deters me from sleeping. It's nice to see there are other people that experience this.
Larry, thank you for explaining your experiences during the time you had. My fiance doesn't explain much sometimes, I know thats partly for my benefit. Sleep has been a ongoing issue over the years. Hes been in the SHU for 3 years and the volume levels are crazy. Thanks again for all you share.
Wish him well and patience.
I suffer from insomnia and have since I was very young. It took me years to figure out what causes it for me. I was molested every night and morning by my Dad. I wished I could have slept through it yet I couldn't and I still suffer from insomnia. It's terrible. I also suffer from PTD. Meditating helps some what. I refuse to take medication. Thank you for all your videos. I watch many of them because of my insomnia because I enjoy learning and you always teach me new things every video I watch. I never knew how prison is and I feel badly how terrible it is. It really stinks how prisons don't choose to help people become better so people can have the healthy tools they need when they are released. I don't know if you have made videos on how to better yourself while in prison yet I would think that would be a great video. I currently have a childhood friend who has spent most of his life in jail or prison and he is struggling a great deal. I suggested that he take courses and any classes that are available to help him through out life when he is released. He has 1 year and 8 months until he is released. He still seems to have the criminal mind set and I often wonder if he we ever be able to separate his past and when released stay away and out of trouble. I truly hope and want the best for him as well as people in general.
American prisons are pathetic Finland prisons have open prisons you can actually step outside and do stuff
@@perry6712shut up already
When I was in Afghanistan 08-09, later in the deployment I would have the most vivid of dreams about being at home. Then you wake up, and it takes several minutes to realize it was a dream, now, even 15 years later, I have the most vivid of dreams that I'm in Afghanistan, then you wake up and it takes several minutes to realize it was a dream and your safe at home, not even in the military anymore.
Dreams can be crazy. I've been told that it's your brain's way of processing things you are worried or stressed about.
I love how detailed and in depth he goes into for all his topics, and how he shares actual facts he research and sharing personal experiences. Im set if i get locked up lmao
Always excited to see one of your videos pop up Larry! Hands down this is my favorite channel.
Crazy to think about trying to sleep in such a vulnerable position. Wouldn’t want to look away much less close my eyes.
Thanks, I appreciate that. I think you guys are the best also. I love my fololowers. The best and most loyal.
@@LarryLawtonJewelThief you just keep it real! Authenticity + personality. You’ve got us hooked lol
@miguel sanchez
Stop posting hate speech and being a troll to Larry's account.
Please take that some where else. And stop posting.
Hi Larry, can you do a video on what your first day out of prison was like? Would love to hear from your point of view what it was like getting out finally after all those years.
Being a chronic insomniac, I used to LOVE listening to “Coast to Coast”!! 😳📻👍
I subbed to your channel when i was facing time, Somewhat different here in Ireland but a lot of similarities.
My advise for anyone going in would be keep your head down and stay away from drugs. go to the gym and get a job, From my experience the loudmouth prisoners get jumped eventually, The old saying goes the nail that sticks out gets the hammer
You’re my favorite CZcamsr Larry! Keep up the good work👍
Thansk Mason, I appreciate that
Larry really inspires me to do so much good every day, I really think they should make a movie of Lawtons life because he is a sensation truly. I have a lot of respect for you Larry .
Thanks, I really appreciate that
@miguel sanchez stop the conspiracy theories without a single piece of evidence...
@miguel sanchez im Norwegian man, fuck america but dont believe everything u read ..
@miguel sanchez you are a deluded troll
When I a was kid In Juvie . I had a dream my mom yelled at me to come down stirs for donuts. I got up walked to the door to open it. Open my eyes and I'm standing in my cell. Crazy dream never forget it
I've never been to prison but I've been incarcerated in county not knowing for how long. Possible attempted murder charge I didn't know.. that's one of the worst ways to do time.
Not knowing when you're getting out
Your book came in the mail today! I’m very happy
You will like it. I signed a bunch. I hope it is signed. Stay Strong! Always the best, that is what I sign usually
Wait, you have a book? How do I find out more??
Nothing like a good Larry Lawton video to start the day
Nice. I am starting a Friday news video. The week in review,.
Look man, I just started watching your videos and I have to say they are addicting. I am also from New York so maybe it's kind of like, "That's my guy" mentality but I can tell by the way you speak, your mannerisms and body language that you are a wealth of information on both sides of the jail cell so to speak. What I mean is, you made a mistake, you did your time, you don't make excuses and you are trying to educate people. Dude, you seem like a stand up guy and I am glad your life is where it is now. I would love to grab a couple of slices and beers with ya! Subscribed!
Sounds like you astral projected Larry. Awesome stuff. It's also possible to have that experience without drugs. There are a lot of tutorials out there on how to do it. Whether your consciousness is actually leaving your body or if it's some weird virtual reality hallucination inside your brain, it's really cool either way.
Your videos are keeping me sane during this week! I’m trying to get out of an abusive relationship after an apartment fire (unrelated) and I look forward to these. I think I was SA as a child and will NOT sleep with my back to the door and am an extremely light sleeper now. I wish I had someone like you!!
One day at a time
I love that you're always very honest and open with us. I'm sad that you were treated unfairly in prison but at the same time, I'm happy that you've overcome your past and are using your platform to educate the public as well as save lives; there's plenty of youngsters on this platform (myself included) who learn a lot from your videos. Every day, you inspire lots of people to make better decisions and to stay OUT of prison which is admirable. Much respect man!
My cellmate was snoring so bad I had to switch rooms, I took my mattress to the next room asked if I could sleep there.
Next day I moved to a new room, I said if I don't get a new room they might as well send me to a new prison because I refuse to work.
I was in L.A county for 1 year and people use to tell me that prison was way better then! LA COUNTY is a freaking nightmare! I had never been in jail before, I was being set up by the DA , and it duckedq, I had 2 black gang members who were watching out for me because they could see I was getting the crap kicked out of me ,I did a lot of things wrong so they were going to help me. I was 57 when I went in ,and disabled, but I had to fight or die. The Mexican gangs were kinda messed up and there were not many whites ,or woods, high I refused to be called . Anyway, I was in a 10 man medical dorm. I got so sick I lost 75 lbs and wound up in a wheelchair, but when my brothers both left ,one for prison, the other for the whole day,I bad to fight 5 people and that was it, I got a single man cel I stayed in for the last ten months! That was the only time I could sleep or crap ! Well,i’enjoyed your video !
is it just me or when larry uploads he makes our days better love the content bro
Thanks, I appreciate that.
Interesting video Larry. I've never really thought much about this much. I'd lose my shit, I'm a lite sleeper so having a cellmate that snores would drive me insane.
You're right, getting adequate sleep is essential. With my lifestyle its damn near impossible for me to get the rest I need. It catches up with you for sure.
Keep putting out these awesome videos dude. Take care 👊
*Ear Plugs, Brother.*
That's the part that would drive me INSANE ! In the Army ,that was the only thing that was maddening NOISE !! Have a blessed day !! 👍
Been watching you for a while now. I'm sure I've seen this video, but I just noticed what you said about sleep. The fact that you don't want to miss out. I've never heard anyone say that other than myself. I typically operate on 4 or 5 hours of sleep a night. I feel like we already sleep our lives away so I tend to actually avoid sleeping more times than not. I just had to point out that I relate and haven't met many others that feel the same. Love the videos, man.
Man Larry, completely off topic, but I got an MRI today and I thought of you. You mentioned a couple of times how bad your claustrophobia became because of prison.
OMG, I can't even get in an open MRI machine. It is nuts
You ever have a lucid dream Larry? Although many of us can control various elements of a dream like that, all that a lucid dream is defined as is "being aware that you're dreaming."
I had my first one the night of a small acid dose back when I was 15, and I've uncontrollably been having thousands of them over the last 25 years. It's an amazing place to explore.
People: "How do you sleep in prison?"
Larry: With dudes obviously
One eye open and everything else closed
Hey great video series. I have a question that popped up watching this one. I have sleep apnea, I use a CPAP machine to sleep. Without it I snore very loud, I stop breathing in the night, whole nine yards. My question deals with medical devices. In the short term I would survive without my machine, long term it puts strain on my heart, but it's not like an insulin pump that if insulin isn't administered one goes into shock and coma . What are prison policies on medical devices and their use?
I did a lot of time in prison in Texas and got out in 2004. If you had asked about something like that back then, they would have laughed at you. Since the Feds are more involved in state prisons due to lawsuits, it might have changed. There were a couple "medical units" where extremely sick inmates were sent. {stage 4 cancer, old age senility, and of course, the criminally insane}. Medical care in Texas sucked.
"I don't believe in bad people,i believe in bad choices" - in all honesty before i started watching your content i admit i was one of those "well they did something bad to go to prison,who gives a fuck" people but now after I can't remember how long of being a subscriber i am honestly ashamed of having that kind of a mentality and I'm truly grateful to you for changing my views on the matter and it is with this changed (and for the better) world view i hope to raise my daughter and my soon to be born son (in late June but still....soon)
Holy shit! Acid in prison?! Now that a story we NEED to hear. I remember watching a documentary about Nicholas Sand, one of the most prolific chemists that produced LSD, and how he would have psychedelic ceremonies in prison after they finally got him - he said he saved a few prisoners lives with psychedelics. Would love to hear more about people seeking enlightenment/positive consciousness growth, with or without using psychedelics as a tool in the joint
Look, man, acid isnt some enlightement pill. Although most of us know at least that one guy who wont stfu about acid,shrooms or dmt and how they killed they ego with them.
@@alluuskomaton8333 definitely not. But they can be a tool to help people make drastic changes in their life; a catalyst of you will.
No way in hell I’d ever be dropping in a joint like prison wayyyy too many variables
@@itsofficialb yeah, its fascinating to me - check these quotes from Nick Sand (one of the most well respected LSD chemists ever known) 'quite possibly the funniest and yet most endearing aspect of the shameless proselytizing nature of Nick Sand: He found a way to smuggle in and dose many prisoners at McNeil Island Penitentiary with psychedelics during his stay there. “We got the whole prison stoned, this is what freedom is really about. It’s not about not being in chains, it’s about not having your mind enslaved,” Nick declared.'
As stupid as this might sound, the best nights sleep I have EVER had in my life was when I got covid and they threw me in a single cell in the quarantine wing. NOBODY wanted to come anywhere near me. I got to shower every morning on my own. I never wanted to leave that cell. It really was a 10 day vacation.
Great vid Larry, I love the content about prison info and stories. Is there also any gaming videos coming this year larry ? I think it would be a great idea.
I am going to be reviewing the new GTA game soon. We are getting the good footage now
Great video, Larry! Very educational video with a lot of interesting information. Keep up the good work.
"When I did Acid" 😂😂😂 god that would be a hell of trip
I've been a Coast to Coast fan since Art Bell was doing it. I was a musician and coming home after a gig was Coast time. Never hit me a lot of guys locked up were doing the same thing.
You such a genuine dude and I love seeing people who have done fucked up things be good people at the end of the day u prove alot of people wrong about "people can't change"
Would you like to have lunch?
Thanks for always being so informative and interesting in these videos Larry!
Thank you, that is my goal
@@LarryLawtonJewelThief keep up the great work! We need you running these prisons.
hearing about your journey and everything you went through is inspirational and your helping people make better decisions, thanks for all the videos
Hey Larry, do the guards use sleep deprivation as a form of prisoner control?
Im a vet and I understand what the lack of sleep can do to people. Ive went days without sleep before and I see how that could be used to simply mess with people.
Did you ever get "sleep management?" Jump tall buildings for 3-4 days and crash
I really enjoyed this one, Larry! I'm a lucid dreamer, but I can only do it about 3 times a week or I get exhausted. I can't imagine being able to do that in prison.
Hey Larry I probably wouldn’t be able to survive prison but if I ever had to go in there I would probably be a real loner. The question I had was if you where able to do such a thing where you don’t have any friends (nor enemies) and how the others inmates would react to such behaviour. Like would they mess with you just because they knew they would get away with it or would they leave you mostly to yourself?
I would like a video on that too
Me too. :) But I think, it's kinda equal like in the free world in times of war or when a natural katastroph is happening or something like that. Then you just can't be a loner, you have to have other people to survive and so on.
I have heard lots of ex-cons say the best thing you can do is to keep your head low and keep to yourself. This makes me think being a loner wouldn’t be too much harm to yourself
@@NotGoodAtFantssy I would not say, that keeping to yourself is the same as having no allies. And for having allies you have to be at least useful and to be that, you have to communicate with people. So I think, you can be a loner, but you shouldn't lack social skills and useful skills overall. (...but I also could be totally wrong with this thoughts.^^)
Really entertaining video Larry hope y’all have a good day… wish me luck on finals this week!!
You'll do fine. don't sweat it. If you are a follower you are smart. LOL Seriously, you will be fine. Looking back, you will realize these were the best times of your life. Good luck.
@@LarryLawtonJewelThief thanks big man
@@TH-do7kd Pass my channel around and then you'll have cool stories for your college classmates.
Just came across your channel. Respect for getting out and making a positive contribution to the world. I can relate to sleep troubles, as when we were deployed to Iraq, sleep was difficult in the field.
Larry looking at videos at 4am like: "just videos, ya know, videos, this, that...just videos"🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂 lol us too Larry!! 🤣🤣
It's really interesting hearing your story's Larry. Takes me back to my time in Monmouth County back in 06'. Luckily I managed to get into the medical wing when I said I felt suicidal (even though I didn't) , and I was blessed with actually finding my good buddy already in there for holding up a Quickchek. Certainly made the time pass nicely 👍
A relative who works in a prison collected his children earlier, I think I’ll watch Larry later! Popped into my head 😂😀 glad I did
In the hospital in my uk town the visitors are sent home at 8, then the staff start doing medication rounds, begin putting people to bed and by half 8 the lights are turned down. Then most people are asleep by 9-9.30. Except when I was on a ward with 5 elderly ladies, 4 had Alzheimers. So I’d read to them a bit, then the night nurse would come in. Then they realised I’d sort them from my bed they took her away because they didn’t need her in there. In a couple of days I’d gone from teaching and entertaining children to adult 😀 it was fun
Glad you are watching now
@@LarryLawtonJewelThief yes I was 😀 Then I got into a loop of prison type videos, until I decided it was way past sleep time. Like you I’m not good at going to sleep
When I did hard time ( 40hrs for D.U.I. ) they would play cards nonstop all night and you could not sleep. I went in thinking I would get killed. I left thinking I was the one fixing to do the killing.
Larry !! You are one hell of a good man. We all make mistakes, but we learn from them, hopefully! I've learned so much from your vids. You don't act like a know it all. Just a great job of passing information around. THANX !
Dude is fucking awesome. If u reading this Larry, thanks dude. So cool u share these stories so we all learn the "easy" way! U can see how genuine u are. Legit dude!
Great video Larry!
Thanks Mitch, I appreciate that
I'm preppin up for my first major heist so I'm doing some legwork and ensuring I got all my bases covered.
Next item of business, jailhouse cooking.
I imagine it is similar to how a soldier figures out how to sleep. I am a soldier, or I was 20 years ago I can sleep anywhere, even under bombardment Ear plugs were a godsend when having to live nut to butt with 100 other dudes in a tent, but most of the time you were just so damn tired you started dreaming before you closed your eyes, and 10 minutes of sleep felt like hours due to the massive dream assault.
Hey man, interesting topic about the dreams. Controlling your dreams is called lucid dreaming. I can do this, though it’s not because I tried to. I used to have horrible nightmares as a child, so bad that I could barely sleep for weeks. I think as a defense mechanism, my brain trained itself to control dreams so I could get out of nightmares and stay asleep. Works to this day. I’m actually surprised with all you went through, assuming you must have nightmares as well, that it hasn’t kicked in for you. Stay safe, man.
with one eye open
Always
And your arse to the wall
Just not the brown eye😂
I used to listen to coast to coast back in the day!! I’d put it on coming back from work. Id be coming back home around 3 in the morning- and I’d throw coast to coast on during the commute home.
If I were ever to meet you,Mr Lawton, we would talk about food, the weather, no polotics, maybe a sprinkle of religion, art, music. Blessings unto thee.
To this day I still listen to art Bell shows to go to sleep to!
I had to laugh about the snorers. My husband’s college roommate, Clarence, lord, you could hear him through three closed doors. My son and husband are big snorer’s, I sleep with ear plugs. I am guilty of the Ambien shuffle for 15 years.
Good informative video. My cousin is doing life in Arkansas in Ad-Seg. Can’t imagine the stuff he goes through, I know he has spent time in the hole.
I would have them tested for sleep apnea.
Larry I am addicted to your stories an essentially you’re life! The system hates you not just because you fought them but because you went in with a loose screw an you replaced it with better and tighten it! I am free an sometimes feel hopeless but you give me hope and if I ever had a chance to meet you that’s all I would say thank you for giving me hope!
15:12 I'm a dreamer too. I don't control my dreams. And my dreams are almost always good, no nightmares. But in my dreams everything is so real, I'm living a whole different life. If I wake to piss I can return to the same dream. Sometimes I don't wanna wake up.
Really love your content man. I'm not from the US, and even though I had some issues with the law in my country of origin I never faced prison time. Anyway I'm fascinated to learn about prison life and really enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work!
Hey Larry, would you be able to react to "Worlds Toughest Prison Mountjoy Ireland Documentary Episode 1", I think it would be cool if you could compare prisons in America to Ireland or other European countries. Hope you are doing well
I will look into it. I know the host of that show. Good dude
Thanks dude, love the vids
Funny you say toilet paper makes a good pillow in prison. I never been locked up, but as a former Active-Duty Marine, Cow Poop makes a great pillow in the field!
What a character! Larry Lawton you made my day! My grandma told me that when you need some sleep, just close your eyes and count sheep. Man this was so frustrating. I would reach 1,000 sheep and be so wide-awake, restless and anxious that I had to get up and pace the floors and get involved with all kinds of mindless tasks. It would be four in the morning when I would obliviously fall asleep at the kitchen table. If you want to sleep, don't count sheep. It creates great anxiety.
Hi Larry, thanks for the great videos! I have a question about the snoring. I used to snore really loud and it turned out it was because I had sleep apnea. I have a small machine that connects to a face mask that really helps. Did you ever see any inmates be able to get those, even if they supplied their own? Thanks!
Love the videos larry keep up the great work
Thank you, I like doing them
homie how tf you did acid in prison would be such a horrible trip there