Joe one HUGE habit, or actually isn't a habit but a necessity is .. Being absolutely distrustful of EVERYONE, and then there is the whole habit of being emotionless...
I couldn't sleep when I got home after doing 8 years. Felt like I was wasting time and didn't want to miss anything. I'd maybe go to sleep at 3am and ne up by 6am. Shits crazy how time fucks with you without you realizing it.
I think the voice change is probably a subconscious way of trying to make the other person comfortable. I come from the ghetto and when I go home, I talk that way again because when people don’t, they are accused of changing or showing off or trying to be uppity or whatever. I imagine prison voice is similar.. like a way of saying “it’s the same old me that you remember”
That would be a good video. Just things the CO's would overlook whether it's rules or actually letting someone do something they're not supposed to, finding contraband and allowing a prisoner to keep it if that ever happened. Anything like that. Would be sweet. Hashtag afterprisonshow. Hashtag thiswouldbeanawesomevideoandyoushoulddoit lol
When I came home last year.... even though I had support from my mom and was able to move in with her... it was lonely. For the first 3 or 4 days, I wanted to go back to jail in a way. I had a routine and a support system from all my boys on the block. We ate together, joked around, worked together, exercised etc..., I found myself driving around for hours in a depression. All this and I had a home, money and kids to come home too. I couldn't imagine being released with absolutely nothing awaiting. I do feel empathy for the guys who did their time and aren't getting the resources to succeed. About a week into me being out, I remember telling a family member about how lost I was. He looked at me and said "don't give me that shit, that's just life, suck it up and deal with it". That pulled me out of my own head and been happy ever since.
It's crazy that people still think prison does anything other than traumatize people who are, for the most part, already traumatized going in. It's 2021, we are still letting people sexually assaulted and stabbed in cage over drugs. And then even more idiotic, are surprised when they come out and want drugs even more.
My great uncle who was a POW during WW2 in Asia, would always keep a arm round the top of his plate when he ate. To the day he died in the 90's he did this.
@@mattdavid9038 One thing I sm grestful of from my mums family was they always told me the truth about WW2. My grandmother was in the WAAF as part of a team that did the blimp balloons. One day a German bomber got downed and they were trying to get the crew out of the wreckage and they pulled on a German airman's body and his arms came off.
My grandpa almost got drafted in WW2. He served in the Army but did the minimum. He talked about those times more than anything, when he did talk. Either that or guns & hunting.
I remember when you just came home and things were so different for you. I'm sincerely happy to see how far you've come. I've been locked up 4 times. Been clean and together for 9 years now...own my home...married to someone in law enforcement ( haha go fucking figure) and when shit gets rough i think about sitting in that cell , waking up every morning...laying there for atleast 2 hours daydreaming about how different I'm gonna make my life. Thanks for showing your support and stay up bro. Xo
I watch your videos in part because my nephew is in prison, and will be for 5 years (went in this past summer). Trying to be supportive and knowledgeable.
If you like frequent stories check me out, I do 2 a day and did 5 years in federal prison. I started 7 weeks ago and am almost up to 700 subscribers, so I’m working on it! I do my best to get videos by 9am and 6pm but ALWAYS do two videos a day and answer every comment.
My husband had a hard time breaking that one too. That and he couldn't sleep in a quiet dark room. He would have to go sleep on the couch with the tv on and the volume high.
@@lela2216 About a year and a half. He kinda had to Wean himself off having the tv loud at night. Then all of a sudden one night he just came in and started sleeping with me. And the first week of having him back in bed was hard. For the both of us. For me having someone else in my bed for him having someone else in bed. If I moved at all he would wake up if I made any sound he would wake up. Then finally I was like hey I need to pee and roll over and do whatever. And we have kids. So you either stop getting mad at me for waking you or go back to the couch. Still to this day all these years later. He is still a really light sleeper. And he just started sleeping on his belly a couple years ago.
I remember going out side for the first time in 2-1/2 yrs on the road crew to work and just the wind blowing the smell of fresh cut grass and the birds chirping!! I had a panic attack! It was like a over load of emotion.
I can vouch for my mom on the anxiety. She was sentenced 30, served 15. Got out in 08 and to this day still has panic attacks in public groups of people even in places as small as a high traffic gas station.
Joe! I had an idea for a movie about a guy who is stuck in solitary confinement for a day or two without hearing from anyone. He manages to break out because he was lucky enough to be put into the one with the faulty door. But when gets out of it, he finds that he's in a completely empty prison. No prisoners, no guards, nothing. He finds a TV and see's no broadcasts on except for one channel that's looping an emergency message telling everyone to evacuate large populated areas or to lock their doors and stuff. He later finds out that he's in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. And now he's gotta use all his prison survival skills to survive in this world. My question for you, Joe, is what kind of prison based skills have you learned that would help you during an end of the world scenario? You'd have to consider things like food, shelter, engineering yourself some tools and making use of various supplies, dealing with other survivors who may not like the fact that you were in prison etc. I think it'd be an interesting discussion. I'm especially interested in the skillsets that some prisoners develop when it comes to repurposing electronics or taking them apart to craft something new. Things that people who have never been locked up wouldn't know how to do.
For me personally I get irrationally angry whenever someone slams a door. Hearing doors popped and slammed by guards all loud as hell when I was dreaming about home, shaking me out of my sleep for no reason left me with a hatred for it.
Getting out was like x-mas morning wen ur a kid x100..time flew by for the first 6months..one of the biggest things i didnt expect was i didnt have anything to talk about but being locked up..
We had a family friend who was a sailor in the British Merchant Marine from the 1920’s up until WW 2. There was always a grimy/worn spot on the bathroom wall above the toilets in his house. This was from years of steadying himself in the ships heads, he would place a hand on the wall as if the ship was rolling. The poor guy also developed a life long stammer & stutter after the trauma of being torpedoed by a U-Boat in the North Atlantic.
One of the things I've formed after coming home, is ptsd and anxiety/paranoia. Hearing car doors outside, I have to look outside. Hoping it's not a cop. Feels like people stare at me. Watching me. Like I'm in a trap. The aggression is real too. Everytime someone disrespects me, I feel like snapping. Whether it's verbally or physically. Shit sucks man.
I taught my kids how to make breaks, I fucked up! I come home from work and they're smashing up soups while we got a fridge and deep freezer full of good stuff, embarrassing 😂
The talking like a prisoner is a real thing. any situation you get into in life. jail, prison, military, moving to a different part of the country. The way we talk adapts to fit in to your surroundings.
Me and my friend were lazered and it kicked it when we were checking out! We just laughed like hyenas for 3 mins until our stomached hurt and finally figured out to pay. Not gonna say who drove home but that shit was crazy my other friend didn’t tell me that these things were super Duper Duper LSD-based pills that’s what happens when you eat four of them... I should’ve known when I threw back for he panicked and left immediately! He was a good friend he could’ve at least shopped with us he was so scared as soon as he saw he he left never will forget his face talk about it all the time well not so much anymore good old days....
@@Smokeyxz 🤣🤣🤣🤣..had d same with some devils lettuce waay back..I SWORE someone leashed a MONKEY to a dumpster...my homie was DYIN' laughing telling me it's a dog...yo...when I got up to it and saw it was a DOG, we could NOT stop laughing🤣🤣
Theres a psychological phenomenon called spontaneous recovery where an individual will spontaneously snap back into a certain way that they had been trained to learn
I did 24 yrs. in the CDC. I came home in 2015 with a lot of "prison habits". In June will be 6 yrs that I've been home and I've gotten rid of them all except one...I still eat fast. It took me 5 yrs to break my shower shoes habit 😂
That was probably the best video you’ve done for a long time (and they been real good recently)! Especially the part at the end. Know your worth, and don’t be sold cheap. But at the same time, know that you gotta work hard to increase your worth, shit ain’t gonna come run up on y’all & throw $$ in your pocket you haven’t earned!
When I came home from prison the 1st time and the second time. Count time It took my awhile not to wake up And stand up for count. Watching your back everywhere. So much more
Hey Boss, I'm from Colombia south America, I did 5 years in a federal prison and there' s something that I never change and it's to keep my room clean as a MF. also watching my back when I'm out in the streets like when you out in the yard, LOL
Your first bit about talking a certain way, I knew a certain CO who would start talking that way naturally around inmates and developed good rapport with inmates, he was a chill CO and things ran pretty smoothly.
JOE YOU LISTENED TO US YOUR FANS 2 MONTHS AGO YOU HAD BEEN STUCK AT 1.37 MILLIOON FOR A LONG TIME NOW THAT YOUR PERSONALITY IS BACK AND THE STORIES ARE FUNNY YOUR NOW AT 1.39 MILLION 2 MONTHS LATER WOW GOOD STUFF JOE KEEP IT UP
The habit I still have not broken is from when I first got locked up I was a juvenile they gave us a little tiny towels and we would try to get all the water off before using a towel after getting out of the shower I still do that to this day almost 20 years later. 😂
Your not the only one. I still do that too. I also still eat fast. Don't know how things were for you but at the marine military academy I had to eat quick or I wouldn't get to finish.
Jay Williams was talking about APS and you and I wanted to share this with both you: Glad you finally recognized Joe and APS! Your topics, not all, have been done before by Joe. I like both your styles and you both tell stories in ways where they will turn the TV OFF, just to listen to you talk. It is a lost art and reminds me of listening to my grandfather! Joe has a huge heart and I think you are starting to put down your guard a little and try to really care about other people!
I've never heard it mentioned anywhere but in Louisiana its common to drop a duce with only one leg in your pants. The reasoning on it is so you can still stand up and move to fight if you have to defend yourself. Still a thing i find myself doing this at the house.
I've got a old head who will come into my work nd help us occasionally and watching your videos about prison has allowed me to sort of connect with him although I've never been but the knowledge you've given me throughout the years I'm able to connect with him he's very institutionalized don't like people being behind him or walking by without saying excuse me etc always correcting those who don't give him the respect he needs
I cannot believe you did not cover the toilet situation as far as flushing goes and showering with shower shoes I still have a friend who to this day still uses damn shower shoes and it’s his shower no one else uses it!!! Crazy.
I myself randomly slipped out the tub a few years back and almost broke my ribs..shower mats collect bacteria, so the shower shoes help with traction when the floor gets slippery from soap...sometimes that happens and ppl break their necks..it's real.
I’ve never been to prison but I have agoraphobia pretty badly even before the pandemic. I kind of feel like prison could probably create agoraphobics especially if someone’s been locked up for a long time. Like it’s more than simple anxiety after you’ve been physically trapped for so long the outside would of course be overwhelming.
I was in county. Cold seasons sucked. Walls cold. Some jails dont sell you any clothes so all you have is the jump juit they give you and underwear. No socks . They close the outsidecourt yard when its too cold . When its hot . It gets hot snd ac doesnt work well. Inmates stink. Not everyone has commisary and can buy deodorant
@@CWBTelly omg, fucking sucked. it was frezing during the summer, and freezing in the winter. the only relief we got would be going outside when it's 100 degrees. i would go squat down on the wall and sit there for an hour. on top of wearing a long sleeve thermal. that was prison
They had me in a facility 6 hours from home in the Catskill mountains in NY. Winter was the fuckin worst with the light ass clothing, the wind would cut right through you and you had to walk outside to get everywhere on wide open paths. Then in the summer it would get so hot with 60 dudes in one big room with no ac, couldn't open windows and one big fan that just circulated the stank
My uncle (RIP Uncle Doug) spent a lot of his life in prison going to ,getting out and going back several times. Everytime he’d get released he talk that way for a while. Him being from Alabama and growing up in the country he still would lose his country accent and develop a more “hood” type accent. He was in Holman Prison when it was the deadliest in the country. My friend from high school is serving a life sentence for murder there now.
Hey Joe, love the content! Can you make a comparison about the best and worst times in prison versus out of prison. How does prison change the way you take in information and proccess emotions.
When I got out of prison it took me a long time to train my brain to allow myself to leave the house like a free person comes and goes i stayed in the house like i was still locked up unless i had to go see my PO or buy food ...it just didnt click I could come and go freely so I made myself go for a walk after dinner everynight trying to retrain my brain
After the first 10 seconds of this video, I feel like prison and the army must be very similar. I could never express it so succinctly. thank you Joe. Youre a poet. Like Hemmingway, very terse and cogent. Bordering on Laconic!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Regarding talking like the person you’re talking to, I do it all the time. I’ve even repeated a vocal tick on accident. Humans are the ultimate adapters
I got an idea based on being stuck in the hospital for several days now (thank you for your videos- they've helped pass the time and make things feel a bit more normal). The worst (possibly best too) things about medical care in prison.
I had a real problem with my attitude with the concept of authority. My P.O. and my mom had authority, but If the person at the bank or doctor says "I'm going to have you..." I'd stop and tell them to rephrase that because they had no authority to tell me what to do. Also: people saying "bitches" loosely, like it was a joke, not understanding how triggering it is and when you'd flip, hearing, "you're not in prison anymore" Fuck that. People don't say that about any other situation that gives someone PTSD. Love the show. Long, long time subscriber. We got out about the same time. You've come far my friend.
Question: Are the other inmates really as untrustworthy as tv makes them out to be? Did you have a hard time learning to trust people again when you made it back to the outside? Not saying we all angels on the outside lol
@Bret V it's all according, honestly. you have the people you deal with, and the ones you don't even speak to. although, doing business in prison, you can do with just about anyone, because you can't do bad business. if you do bad business, well, you're fucked. someone is going to get you. you can't hide. principle in prison is everything. if i tell you, "Hey, Bret: I'm going to give you a bag of chips" - now, that bag of chips is only 24 cent, but....if I don't give you that bag: then, it's a problem. keep your face as best as you can. again: it's all according. you just have to know how to read people/talk too. LISTEN more than you speak. (don't even forget that).
Stories. How about nightmares. Especially my last 10. Once they took tobacco out in 2011 things got way worse. Then the biggest epidemic Ive ever witnessed. Called K2.
I did right at a year for dabbling in my narcotics bag at work. I’m a paramedic, and by the grace of god I recently celebrated my 3rd year in recovery and have been released from my narcotics restriction. Anyway, besides the 4 weeks in admissions, I had the same bunky my entire stay. She is a lifer, and is coming up on her 22nd year this time around. She was given 15 to life when she was 17 for manslaughter. The board granted her parole, and 2 years later she was convicted of first degree murder and has been down since 1999. She is your typical lifer, but like 10 times worse. We seemed to get along just fine, I respected her, and to be honest she scared the shit out of me. We still JPay almost every day, and I send her boxes. She is one of my biggest supporters, and even though our paths crossed the way they did, i wouldn’t change anything if I was given the chance to. Anyway, long story short, I found out the hard way that she absolutely hates the sound of someone cutting their fingernails. If someone, even from a few bunks down, cut their fingernails and she could hear it, your ass better run! I’ve been out for a few years, but I still have ptsd every time I see nail clippers.
This would be a interesting topic since everyone is different. A cousin did time & I honestly forgot his answer. But he's 100% a different & better person than before he got locked up. He was selling & doing drugs in his high school days & carried over beyond those days. He's been locked up more than once, it wasn't until he met a woman that he finally changed his life around. They got married, had 2 kids & I'm baffled that they divorced. We're not close but I do know she was his everything & when he has his 1st son you could tell he was happy.
Can you make a video about prison meals that you still crave after prison? Or maybe a lot of people? Foods that were sometimes so good that they took the recipes home 😂
I find myself craving the boiled egg, jelly, bread, and potatoes tray. Ive been home a while now. I still make boiled egg and jelly sandwiches to this day.
@Mac Mike Its alright mate no worries, i didnt know there are foods that some people might enjoy, thats the reason i commented that, so i can have some opinions on that topic
Have you done a video on top goals and objectives to help keep people from going back to prison along with some common resources people coming put may use to help them?
Great video,Joe. Yeah, my son still pops off at the mouth when he gets angry. I keep telling him I'm not your cellie so stop talking to me like that. He also has a shorter fuse due to PTSD & conditioning. The good news is he got a cool job at an indoor water resort, bought a new Lincoln, got engaged, & moved into his very 1st apartment all within like 3 weeks. He's got a project car he's working on at home, too. But, yeah, if you pay attention, you'll see the prison come out for sure. Love ya, mean it.
Hey Joe Warrior can you please tell us how do you prepare your videos? Where you inspired by some comedian or comedy movies? Or inspiration and ideas come in random moments in the day? I think one of the many reasons people liked you in prison was because of your way of expressing yourself and im sure inmates laughed their butts off like we do... Thanks for the content and greetings from Cali Colombia!!!
Sometimes I know I can snap and break almost half of everybody in the rooms neck when they try and belittle you. Not knowing you've been holding in a rage counting white squares in a cell for years, sharpening your anger.
I Know what that feels like when people try and sometimes do belittle us. Just continue to do Good and succeed. Let them see you do well. Turn your pain into power. Power to do good going forward.
Your damn right about reacting to people disrespecting you Joe..next to that though the biggest thing I have struggled with since I got out is setting routine. You set yourself a routine when your inside to help make time pass quicker and set a normality to your situation. Out on the streets though even, I find myself everyday HAVING to do things in certain order or things just feel off
My dad would only sleep a couple hours at a time and get up walk the house He was drafted during Vietnam So not personal experience from the same point of view as you but I understand the staying awake thing
I'm a Navy vet...I call a hallway as a p-way or passage way. I catch myself turning sideways against the bulkhead (wall) to let others pass. Yes, sir/ma'am I still tie my shoes right over left
reminds me of a video I saw, a guy came at another one who was on his front porch and there was clearly some kind of argument and the guy on the porch laid the other guy out, the funny part was he shouted at him "get the eff out of my... ... my area, MFer!" It was so clear the guy was about to say "get the eff out my cell!" but he realized he wasn't locked up anymore.
4:31 Chamillionaire is a multi millionaire. He retired from rapping, and invested his money into different things. I know he was an early investor in lyft. Now he has real estate, and loads of money from investing. He's doing great.
It took my Husband a year of being out to be able to sleep in normal conditions. He still doesn't sleep sound. He wakes up if a leaf blows past the window. He got out the last time in 2000.
@@maryallison0509 I'm the same way, been home since 2019 this last and FINAL time and still wake up when my girl rolls over or my son walks in the room. Also still can't sit with my back to a door or crowd of people
@@GroundScore710 Congratulations!!! It is hard not to fall back into bad behavior . So keep it up and good job. My husband REFUSES to sit with his back to the door. I’ve only seen him sit with his back to the door if there was a mirror he could see the door with, or in our house. And that only started 6 years ago. He served 10 months, then 18 months then did 8 months on a parole violation and his final bid was for 5 years. And he did the whole 5 just to avoid having parole.
Hey Joe The hardest thing I had to overcome was the fear of people. I didn't want to go back because someone said the wrong thing. As you said it is difficult to let someone by with what would have caused a fight inside. Then I was uncomfortable going anywhere that was new to me. I was in a car with my brother and he took a street that led out of town. I was ready to jump out if he did leave town. That would be a violation and get me another year. In the feds a serious violation will get you a year or eighteen months. A guy in the next cell did 12 months on his first time and the 12 and 18 months on violations. When I met him he was doing another 18 months. He would be doing a total of 5 years on a 12 month sentence.
I done a year & a half in juvee from 16 to almost 18 years old. Just turned 30 about 2 weeks ago & I still find myself putting my hands behind my back in certain situations. Crazy
That just part of growing up ol joe looking at the first videos of after prison show that the ol joe that I knew before you did your time but at the end of the days it's maturity at the end of the day you have grown up and became successful man
@@skylerjackson146 Some crazy rules. Not being able to wear a Beenie is pretty rediculas 🤣 I'd understand the fireworks rule if the crime had been firearms, terrorism or similar but telling ya kids we can't buy any fireworks for 5 years because I refused to buy a TV license 🤔🤣
Been home since '09 and it took me YEARS to get over the habit of eating fast, since they used to rush us so much in the chow hall. And sometimes it still kinda feels weird to use a real knife. I've caught myself getting ready to prep some food with a bent can top.
Ain’t no one gonna mention edp445 in the background bout to catch some rec...
I can’t even see that well
Loool 😂😂
That intro🤣🤣
Joe one HUGE habit, or actually isn't a habit but a necessity is .. Being absolutely distrustful of EVERYONE, and then there is the whole habit of being emotionless...
every once in a while you need a homey to have your back ;-) we understand
I couldn't sleep when I got home after doing 8 years. Felt like I was wasting time and didn't want to miss anything. I'd maybe go to sleep at 3am and ne up by 6am. Shits crazy how time fucks with you without you realizing it.
I think the voice change is probably a subconscious way of trying to make the other person comfortable. I come from the ghetto and when I go home, I talk that way again because when people don’t, they are accused of changing or showing off or trying to be uppity or whatever. I imagine prison voice is similar.. like a way of saying “it’s the same old me that you remember”
Another good video would be Prison Rules That Are Overlooked or Ignored By The C/Os
That would be a good video. Just things the CO's would overlook whether it's rules or actually letting someone do something they're not supposed to, finding contraband and allowing a prisoner to keep it if that ever happened. Anything like that. Would be sweet. Hashtag afterprisonshow. Hashtag thiswouldbeanawesomevideoandyoushoulddoit lol
He's talked about the co"s that acted like a gang member,gettin tattoos n choppin it up with the fellas
"I damn near sgit in myself"
Agreed!
When I came home last year.... even though I had support from my mom and was able to move in with her... it was lonely. For the first 3 or 4 days, I wanted to go back to jail in a way. I had a routine and a support system from all my boys on the block. We ate together, joked around, worked together, exercised etc..., I found myself driving around for hours in a depression. All this and I had a home, money and kids to come home too. I couldn't imagine being released with absolutely nothing awaiting. I do feel empathy for the guys who did their time and aren't getting the resources to succeed. About a week into me being out, I remember telling a family member about how lost I was. He looked at me and said "don't give me that shit, that's just life, suck it up and deal with it". That pulled me out of my own head and been happy ever since.
It’s crazy how years can really change a person mentally permanently
For sure! I've been home for almost 2 years, and I still catch myself doing some things I did in the joint 😅
It's crazy that people still think prison does anything other than traumatize people who are, for the most part, already traumatized going in. It's 2021, we are still letting people sexually assaulted and stabbed in cage over drugs. And then even more idiotic, are surprised when they come out and want drugs even more.
A few minutes of a single day can permanently change any animal
Not really it only takes 16 times to make a habit or routine, all those days stacked one can see how patterns can quickly be formed and hard to drop.
@@dishonoredundead don’t go then? 😂
My great uncle who was a POW during WW2 in Asia, would always keep a arm round the top of his plate when he ate. To the day he died in the 90's he did this.
Wow...the trauma..the starvation...May he Sleep in Peace...
@@Vik_Demue Yeah, he was in Burma (he was part of the British army that ended up in the Japanese POW camps).
@@FelixIsMyName fuck me yo that's intense
@@mattdavid9038 One thing I sm grestful of from my mums family was they always told me the truth about WW2.
My grandmother was in the WAAF as part of a team that did the blimp balloons. One day a German bomber got downed and they were trying to get the crew out of the wreckage and they pulled on a German airman's body and his arms came off.
My grandpa almost got drafted in WW2. He served in the Army but did the minimum. He talked about those times more than anything, when he did talk. Either that or guns & hunting.
I remember when you just came home and things were so different for you. I'm sincerely happy to see how far you've come. I've been locked up 4 times. Been clean and together for 9 years now...own my home...married to someone in law enforcement ( haha go fucking figure) and when shit gets rough i think about sitting in that cell , waking up every morning...laying there for atleast 2 hours daydreaming about how different I'm gonna make my life. Thanks for showing your support and stay up bro. Xo
I watch your videos in part because my nephew is in prison, and will be for 5 years (went in this past summer). Trying to be supportive and knowledgeable.
We need another 20 day prison marathon of prison stories!
i was just about to say it
I would pay for this no joke
YES!
If you like frequent stories check me out, I do 2 a day and did 5 years in federal prison. I started 7 weeks ago and am almost up to 700 subscribers, so I’m working on it! I do my best to get videos by 9am and 6pm but ALWAYS do two videos a day and answer every comment.
Jay Williams mentioned u in a video today talking about cherry lol his interpretation was exactly yours lol
Anyone got the link to joe original video of cherry
@@Joshua110591 you can probably search his playlist
Yeah jay it was
That piss Tattoo story was nasty.
Jay Williams also did a video about the transitioning guy with boobs that would be the reason Dave had his nickname "gay dave" that was a good story .
I thought people were exaggerating about the voice change; Joe then promptly turned into “Pookie from 4th and Crenshaw”. 😂😂😂
You also went through a phase of yelling instead of talking, lol.
Yo I remember that 🤣🤣
My husband had a hard time breaking that one too. That and he couldn't sleep in a quiet dark room. He would have to go sleep on the couch with the tv on and the volume high.
@@maryallison0509 How long did it take him to break that habit?
@@lela2216
About a year and a half. He kinda had to Wean himself off having the tv loud at night. Then all of a sudden one night he just came in and started sleeping with me. And the first week of having him back in bed was hard. For the both of us. For me having someone else in my bed for him having someone else in bed. If I moved at all he would wake up if I made any sound he would wake up. Then finally I was like hey I need to pee and roll over and do whatever. And we have kids. So you either stop getting mad at me for waking you or go back to the couch. Still to this day all these years later. He is still a really light sleeper. And he just started sleeping on his belly a couple years ago.
I remember going out side for the first time in 2-1/2 yrs on the road crew to work and just the wind blowing the smell of fresh cut grass and the birds chirping!! I had a panic attack! It was like a over load of emotion.
I can vouch for my mom on the anxiety. She was sentenced 30, served 15.
Got out in 08 and to this day still has panic attacks in public groups of people even in places as small as a high traffic gas station.
@Lonnie stfu
Man that mushroom statement hit home REAL hard lmaoooo
Joe! I had an idea for a movie about a guy who is stuck in solitary confinement for a day or two without hearing from anyone. He manages to break out because he was lucky enough to be put into the one with the faulty door. But when gets out of it, he finds that he's in a completely empty prison. No prisoners, no guards, nothing. He finds a TV and see's no broadcasts on except for one channel that's looping an emergency message telling everyone to evacuate large populated areas or to lock their doors and stuff.
He later finds out that he's in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. And now he's gotta use all his prison survival skills to survive in this world.
My question for you, Joe, is what kind of prison based skills have you learned that would help you during an end of the world scenario? You'd have to consider things like food, shelter, engineering yourself some tools and making use of various supplies, dealing with other survivors who may not like the fact that you were in prison etc. I think it'd be an interesting discussion. I'm especially interested in the skillsets that some prisoners develop when it comes to repurposing electronics or taking them apart to craft something new. Things that people who have never been locked up wouldn't know how to do.
Man every time I come to the vid and see the 1.3 mil subscribers, it really makes me happy for ya man. Take care
Knocking on the table when you about to get up and leave
Holy shit.... I forgot all about this until just now and I did it for a while after coming home 😂
Hi Joe. Loving both channels. I was missing the vlogs. Thanks for great content 👍aps for life.
Glad to hear your enjoying the videos. Filmed this between a kitchen install today. Lol
Joe you might want to put your second channel in the channels section on your page👍
For me personally I get irrationally angry whenever someone slams a door. Hearing doors popped and slammed by guards all loud as hell when I was dreaming about home, shaking me out of my sleep for no reason left me with a hatred for it.
Getting out was like x-mas morning wen ur a kid x100..time flew by for the first 6months..one of the biggest things i didnt expect was i didnt have anything to talk about but being locked up..
We had a family friend who was a sailor in the British Merchant Marine from the 1920’s up until WW 2. There was always a grimy/worn spot on the bathroom wall above the toilets in his house. This was from years of steadying himself in the ships heads, he would place a hand on the wall as if the ship was rolling. The poor guy also developed a life long stammer & stutter after the trauma of being torpedoed by a U-Boat in the North Atlantic.
One of the things I've formed after coming home, is ptsd and anxiety/paranoia. Hearing car doors outside, I have to look outside. Hoping it's not a cop. Feels like people stare at me. Watching me. Like I'm in a trap. The aggression is real too. Everytime someone disrespects me, I feel like snapping. Whether it's verbally or physically. Shit sucks man.
I taught my kids how to make breaks, I fucked up! I come home from work and they're smashing up soups while we got a fridge and deep freezer full of good stuff, embarrassing 😂
The talking like a prisoner is a real thing.
any situation you get into in life. jail, prison, military, moving to a different part of the country. The way we talk adapts to fit in to your surroundings.
Eat a 'shroom and walk into WALMART" 🤣🤣
@Bro Scientist my version was lsd and 711 not my favorite tbh
Me and my friend were lazered and it kicked it when we were checking out! We just laughed like hyenas for 3 mins until our stomached hurt and finally figured out to pay. Not gonna say who drove home but that shit was crazy my other friend didn’t tell me that these things were super Duper Duper LSD-based pills that’s what happens when you eat four of them... I should’ve known when I threw back for he panicked and left immediately! He was a good friend he could’ve at least shopped with us he was so scared as soon as he saw he he left never will forget his face talk about it all the time well not so much anymore good old days....
@@Smokeyxz 🤣🤣🤣🤣..had d same with some devils lettuce waay back..I SWORE someone leashed a MONKEY to a dumpster...my homie was DYIN' laughing telling me it's a dog...yo...when I got up to it and saw it was a DOG, we could NOT stop laughing🤣🤣
Theres a psychological phenomenon called spontaneous recovery where an individual will spontaneously snap back into a certain way that they had been trained to learn
I did 24 yrs. in the CDC. I came home in 2015 with a lot of "prison habits". In June will be 6 yrs that I've been home and I've gotten rid of them all except one...I still eat fast. It took me 5 yrs to break my shower shoes habit 😂
What were you in for?
@@MeneTekelUpharsin unfortunately, gang related murder.
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Joe's bad prison habit: terrible freestyling on any situation
i agree with ya joe. being on shrooms or LSD while trippin and being inside a walmart is no fun... lmao
That was probably the best video you’ve done for a long time (and they been real good recently)! Especially the part at the end. Know your worth, and don’t be sold cheap. But at the same time, know that you gotta work hard to increase your worth, shit ain’t gonna come run up on y’all & throw $$ in your pocket you haven’t earned!
It's called code switching. You talk different around different people.
Last time i watched your videos was 3 years ago, good to know that you're still doing well.
When I came home from prison the 1st time and the second time. Count time It took my awhile not to wake up And stand up for count. Watching your back everywhere. So much more
Hey Boss, I'm from Colombia south America, I did 5 years in a federal prison and there' s something that I never change and it's to keep my room clean as a MF. also watching my back when I'm out in the streets like when you out in the yard, LOL
What were you in for?
@@MeneTekelUpharsin bank fraud !! we got $150.000 out of a federal back in Georgia plus other many all over the states !!
Your first bit about talking a certain way, I knew a certain CO who would start talking that way naturally around inmates and developed good rapport with inmates, he was a chill CO and things ran pretty smoothly.
JOE YOU LISTENED TO US YOUR FANS 2 MONTHS AGO YOU HAD BEEN STUCK AT 1.37 MILLIOON FOR A LONG TIME NOW THAT YOUR PERSONALITY IS BACK AND THE STORIES ARE FUNNY YOUR NOW AT 1.39 MILLION 2 MONTHS LATER WOW GOOD STUFF JOE KEEP IT UP
@born2xlr8 yep 😂
The habit I still have not broken is from when I first got locked up I was a juvenile they gave us a little tiny towels and we would try to get all the water off before using a towel after getting out of the shower I still do that to this day almost 20 years later. 😂
Efficiency 🤔 lol
Your not the only one. I still do that too. I also still eat fast. Don't know how things were for you but at the marine military academy I had to eat quick or I wouldn't get to finish.
Jay Williams was talking about APS and you and I wanted to share this with both you: Glad you finally recognized Joe and APS! Your topics, not all, have been done before by Joe. I like both your styles and you both tell stories in ways where they will turn the TV OFF, just to listen to you talk. It is a lost art and reminds me of listening to my grandfather! Joe has a huge heart and I think you are starting to put down your guard a little and try to really care about other people!
I've never heard it mentioned anywhere but in Louisiana its common to drop a duce with only one leg in your pants. The reasoning on it is so you can still stand up and move to fight if you have to defend yourself. Still a thing i find myself doing this at the house.
I've got a old head who will come into my work nd help us occasionally and watching your videos about prison has allowed me to sort of connect with him although I've never been but the knowledge you've given me throughout the years I'm able to connect with him he's very institutionalized don't like people being behind him or walking by without saying excuse me etc always correcting those who don't give him the respect he needs
Man it’s crazy I really grew up with this show
I cannot believe you did not cover the toilet situation as far as flushing goes and showering with shower shoes I still have a friend who to this day still uses damn shower shoes and it’s his shower no one else uses it!!! Crazy.
Slippage...ud be surprised how many ppl die in the bathroom...
I'm surprised too, those two were the first things I thought of. 16 years after my man's bid and he still courtesy flushes.
I myself randomly slipped out the tub a few years back and almost broke my ribs..shower mats collect bacteria, so the shower shoes help with traction when the floor gets slippery from soap...sometimes that happens and ppl break their necks..it's real.
Would love it if joe added his bloopers after the credits like a marvel movie 😂
Damn that's BRILLIANT. I would love to see it.
That first line about Walmart and shrooms is SPOT ON
I’ve never been to prison but I have agoraphobia pretty badly even before the pandemic. I kind of feel like prison could probably create agoraphobics especially if someone’s been locked up for a long time. Like it’s more than simple anxiety after you’ve been physically trapped for so long the outside would of course be overwhelming.
How was dealing with the seasons during prison (example: winter when it's snowing/ raining/ cold/ overly hot days)
I was in county. Cold seasons sucked. Walls cold. Some jails dont sell you any clothes so all you have is the jump juit they give you and underwear. No socks . They close the outsidecourt yard when its too cold . When its hot . It gets hot snd ac doesnt work well. Inmates stink. Not everyone has commisary and can buy deodorant
@@CWBTelly facts 💯
@@CWBTelly omg, fucking sucked. it was frezing during the summer, and freezing in the winter. the only relief we got would be going outside when it's 100 degrees. i would go squat down on the wall and sit there for an hour. on top of wearing a long sleeve thermal. that was prison
We never get snow here we have a couple of months of warm winters and very long hot tropical summers
They had me in a facility 6 hours from home in the Catskill mountains in NY. Winter was the fuckin worst with the light ass clothing, the wind would cut right through you and you had to walk outside to get everywhere on wide open paths. Then in the summer it would get so hot with 60 dudes in one big room with no ac, couldn't open windows and one big fan that just circulated the stank
My uncle (RIP Uncle Doug) spent a lot of his life in prison going to ,getting out and going back several times. Everytime he’d get released he talk that way for a while. Him being from Alabama and growing up in the country he still would lose his country accent and develop a more “hood” type accent. He was in Holman Prison when it was the deadliest in the country. My friend from high school is serving a life sentence for murder there now.
Hey Joe, love the content! Can you make a comparison about the best and worst times in prison versus out of prison. How does prison change the way you take in information and proccess emotions.
“I don’t know what all this hand motion about!?” 💀
Keep doing the GOOD WORK!! Very good advice you're passing on to the ones who need to hear it most.
Hahahaha man Joe is amazingly funny thanks for sharing your art with the world!!!
Great advice! It's always easier to spot pitfalls when someone who's been there points them out.
I'm really enjoying the videos coming from the suggestions of the viewers. Good idea, and I'm glad Joe has taken them and ran with it.
I never been to prison but i swing into that talk around certain people too
Thanks for taking requests Joe!
When I got out of prison it took me a long time to train my brain to allow myself to leave the house like a free person comes and goes i stayed in the house like i was still locked up unless i had to go see my PO or buy food ...it just didnt click I could come and go freely so I made myself go for a walk after dinner everynight trying to retrain my brain
After the first 10 seconds of this video, I feel like prison and the army must be very similar. I could never express it so succinctly. thank you Joe. Youre a poet. Like Hemmingway, very terse and cogent. Bordering on Laconic!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lines, I still have issues with people cutting in line... Shit sets me off...
@TiddyBlaster in prison people die over lines...
Bro. I felt this bruh. I’ve been out for 20 years and if I get around a bunch of ex cons it’s on mayne.💯
Regarding talking like the person you’re talking to, I do it all the time. I’ve even repeated a vocal tick on accident. Humans are the ultimate adapters
I got an idea based on being stuck in the hospital for several days now (thank you for your videos- they've helped pass the time and make things feel a bit more normal). The worst (possibly best too) things about medical care in prison.
I had a real problem with my attitude with the concept of authority. My P.O. and my mom had authority, but If the person at the bank or doctor says "I'm going to have you..." I'd stop and tell them to rephrase that because they had no authority to tell me what to do.
Also: people saying "bitches" loosely, like it was a joke, not understanding how triggering it is and when you'd flip, hearing, "you're not in prison anymore"
Fuck that. People don't say that about any other situation that gives someone PTSD.
Love the show. Long, long time subscriber. We got out about the same time. You've come far my friend.
Question: Are the other inmates really as untrustworthy as tv makes them out to be? Did you have a hard time learning to trust people again when you made it back to the outside? Not saying we all angels on the outside lol
@Bret V it's all according, honestly. you have the people you deal with, and the ones you don't even speak to. although, doing business in prison, you can do with just about anyone, because you can't do bad business. if you do bad business, well, you're fucked. someone is going to get you. you can't hide. principle in prison is everything. if i tell you, "Hey, Bret: I'm going to give you a bag of chips" - now, that bag of chips is only 24 cent, but....if I don't give you that bag: then, it's a problem. keep your face as best as you can.
again: it's all according. you just have to know how to read people/talk too. LISTEN more than you speak. (don't even forget that).
Joe I've been hanging since my release last year after doing a 21 year bid here in FLDOC. Not nice. Love the channel.
Tell us some stories pls
Doug get with jake or josh and give us an interview. 21 years, I know you got some tales.
Stories. How about nightmares. Especially my last 10. Once they took tobacco out in 2011 things got way worse. Then the biggest epidemic Ive ever witnessed. Called K2.
Great content as always joe I always look forward to videos you post keep up the great work
I did right at a year for dabbling in my narcotics bag at work. I’m a paramedic, and by the grace of god I recently celebrated my 3rd year in recovery and have been released from my narcotics restriction. Anyway, besides the 4 weeks in admissions, I had the same bunky my entire stay. She is a lifer, and is coming up on her 22nd year this time around. She was given 15 to life when she was 17 for manslaughter. The board granted her parole, and 2 years later she was convicted of first degree murder and has been down since 1999. She is your typical lifer, but like 10 times worse. We seemed to get along just fine, I respected her, and to be honest she scared the shit out of me. We still JPay almost every day, and I send her boxes. She is one of my biggest supporters, and even though our paths crossed the way they did, i wouldn’t change anything if I was given the chance to. Anyway, long story short, I found out the hard way that she absolutely hates the sound of someone cutting their fingernails. If someone, even from a few bunks down, cut their fingernails and she could hear it, your ass better run! I’ve been out for a few years, but I still have ptsd every time I see nail clippers.
How about a top 10 on the foods you craved and wanted right after you got home
Erry thing
Worst would be coming out of prison and your previous favorite restaurant is out of business
This would be a interesting topic since everyone is different. A cousin did time & I honestly forgot his answer. But he's 100% a different & better person than before he got locked up. He was selling & doing drugs in his high school days & carried over beyond those days. He's been locked up more than once, it wasn't until he met a woman that he finally changed his life around. They got married, had 2 kids & I'm baffled that they divorced. We're not close but I do know she was his everything & when he has his 1st son you could tell he was happy.
@@AfterPrisonShow Joe stop doing black voice...
Slushy 😂
Jay williams mentioned you and cherry. Share more grimy people stories
Saw that earlier too :)
Me too
Youre the best Joe! Gracias desde Colombia!!
bruhh i forgot about this guy, good to still have him here tho
Can you make a video about prison meals that you still crave after prison? Or maybe a lot of people? Foods that were sometimes so good that they took the recipes home 😂
I find myself craving the boiled egg, jelly, bread, and potatoes tray. Ive been home a while now. I still make boiled egg and jelly sandwiches to this day.
The breakfast grits, and sausage trays were good in the county I was at. That's the one jail food I miss.
@Mac Mike see mate people replied, there are some
@Mac Mike Its alright mate no worries, i didnt know there are foods that some people might enjoy, thats the reason i commented that, so i can have some opinions on that topic
Have you done a video on top goals and objectives to help keep people from going back to prison along with some common resources people coming put may use to help them?
Great video,Joe. Yeah, my son still pops off at the mouth when he gets angry. I keep telling him I'm not your cellie so stop talking to me like that. He also has a shorter fuse due to PTSD & conditioning. The good news is he got a cool job at an indoor water resort, bought a new Lincoln, got engaged, & moved into his very 1st apartment all within like 3 weeks. He's got a project car he's working on at home, too. But, yeah, if you pay attention, you'll see the prison come out for sure. Love ya, mean it.
I found things like door handles and metal cutlery strange and I couldn’t settle at home unless all my doors was closed..
Hey Joe Warrior can you please tell us how do you prepare your videos? Where you inspired by some comedian or comedy movies? Or inspiration and ideas come in random moments in the day? I think one of the many reasons people liked you in prison was because of your way of expressing yourself and im sure inmates laughed their butts off like we do... Thanks for the content and greetings from Cali Colombia!!!
Another great video thank you for that one :) 6 years after being released in still suffering anxiety attacks it's mad
I had a hard time feeling like I should be ready at count time. And bad habit of carrying toiletries out with me.
I can revert to talking like a sailor in a second around sailors.
"Damon I'm a boy. You are not in prison anymore."
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New video idea: Best things you can learn (positive) in prison
Sometimes I know I can snap and break almost half of everybody in the rooms neck when they try and belittle you. Not knowing you've been holding in a rage counting white squares in a cell for years, sharpening your anger.
I Know what that feels like when people try and sometimes do belittle us. Just continue to do Good and succeed. Let them see you do well. Turn your pain into power. Power to do good going forward.
Your damn right about reacting to people disrespecting you Joe..next to that though the biggest thing I have struggled with since I got out is setting routine. You set yourself a routine when your inside to help make time pass quicker and set a normality to your situation. Out on the streets though even, I find myself everyday HAVING to do things in certain order or things just feel off
Habits we have from the Army.. rolling your socks, sleeping with one eye open and being ready to kill everything you see..
My dad would only sleep a couple hours at a time and get up walk the house He was drafted during Vietnam So not personal experience from the same point of view as you but I understand the staying awake thing
I'm a Navy vet...I call a hallway as a p-way or passage way. I catch myself turning sideways against the bulkhead (wall) to let others pass.
Yes, sir/ma'am
I still tie my shoes right over left
reminds me of a video I saw, a guy came at another one who was on his front porch and there was clearly some kind of argument and the guy on the porch laid the other guy out, the funny part was he shouted at him "get the eff out of my... ... my area, MFer!" It was so clear the guy was about to say "get the eff out my cell!" but he realized he wasn't locked up anymore.
Can't believe ive been watching APS for almost two years now. Big ups Joe
When the missus is in another room of your house do you fight the urge to toss her a fishing line just to ask what’s on the menu for chow tonight?
Bahahahaha
4:31 Chamillionaire is a multi millionaire. He retired from rapping, and invested his money into different things. I know he was an early investor in lyft. Now he has real estate, and loads of money from investing. He's doing great.
First time I got out I didn't sleep at all that night. It felt weird as shit to be in a big bed in a dark room 🤣
It took my Husband a year of being out to be able to sleep in normal conditions. He still doesn't sleep sound. He wakes up if a leaf blows past the window. He got out the last time in 2000.
@@maryallison0509 I'm the same way, been home since 2019 this last and FINAL time and still wake up when my girl rolls over or my son walks in the room. Also still can't sit with my back to a door or crowd of people
@@GroundScore710
Congratulations!!! It is hard not to fall back into bad behavior . So keep it up and good job. My husband REFUSES to sit with his back to the door. I’ve only seen him sit with his back to the door if there was a mirror he could see the door with, or in our house. And that only started 6 years ago. He served 10 months, then 18 months then did 8 months on a parole violation and his final bid was for 5 years. And he did the whole 5 just to avoid having parole.
Bad habit I cant break (7 years since last incarcerated), getting into it with/fighting over slight disrespect
Loyal fan til the end man !!
Hey Joe
The hardest thing I had to overcome was the fear of people. I didn't want to go back because someone said the wrong thing. As you said it is difficult to let someone by with what would have caused a fight inside. Then I was uncomfortable going anywhere that was new to me. I was in a car with my brother and he took a street that led out of town. I was ready to jump out if he did leave town. That would be a violation and get me another year. In the feds a serious violation will get you a year or eighteen months. A guy in the next cell did 12 months on his first time and the 12 and 18 months on violations. When I met him he was doing another 18 months. He would be doing a total of 5 years on a 12 month sentence.
I done a year & a half in juvee from 16 to almost 18 years old. Just turned 30 about 2 weeks ago & I still find myself putting my hands behind my back in certain situations. Crazy
That just part of growing up ol joe looking at the first videos of after prison show that the ol joe that I knew before you did your time but at the end of the days it's maturity at the end of the day you have grown up and became successful man
Could you do a video about dumb/weird rules you have to follow when on parole? Or ways people easily violate parole?
In the UK once released, regardless of what your crime was n how long you were sentenced, you simply aren't allowed to buy fireworks for 5 years 🤔🤷♂️
@@BirthOfAnEmceeTV these things like kiiiinda make sense but should it really be a violation if you get caught up w some fireworks or a beanie lmao
@@skylerjackson146 Some crazy rules. Not being able to wear a Beenie is pretty rediculas 🤣
I'd understand the fireworks rule if the crime had been firearms, terrorism or similar but telling ya kids we can't buy any fireworks for 5 years because I refused to buy a TV license 🤔🤣
Been home since '09 and it took me YEARS to get over the habit of eating fast, since they used to rush us so much in the chow hall.
And sometimes it still kinda feels weird to use a real knife. I've caught myself getting ready to prep some food with a bent can top.
been here since a little over 500 subs, love to see u doing well Joe
Awesome content, Joe!