Min. Security vs Max. Security: Prisoners Compare Their Time
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- This video showcases a comparison between life in maximum and minimum security prisons as told by two prisoners. The firsthand accounts offer a unique insight into the contrasts and realities of life behind bars, and provide a thought-provoking look into the criminal justice system and its effects on those who are incarcerated. The video is a must-watch for anyone interested in understanding the complexities of the penal system and the experiences of those who live within its walls.
Ex Jewel Thief, Mob Earner, Criminal and Prisoner Larry Lawton
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.
Only two minutes in and I’ve learned that if you plan on robbing a McDonald’s, do it in Idaho to avoid committing a federal offense.
LOL True
Not if they get their straws from Florida. 😀
Living Art That's all bad XD It'd suck if they'd imported their potatoes from out of state and you eat a fry on your way out assuming it was plucked out of the ground from down the road LOL.
Lmaoo
@@LarryLawtonJewelThief 😊😊 n no
Man just started working on his hobbies, body and health in minimum security
Oh so true.
Hell yeah. I mean that would probably make me change, not for the better but it’ll change me😁
part of me is saying he had it too easy, another part is saying he's the one who got the rehab that all prisons should supply
@@paganathiest6349non violent criminals should not be with violent criminals,
Frank always looks like he is gonna make you an offer you can't refuse
Hey Larry can you talk about each of the gangs in prison some time? It'd be really interesting to see what each of them did to make money, what their cultures were like ... And such
I will do that.
@@LarryLawtonJewelThief 🫡
@@LarryLawtonJewelThief thank you Larry.
@@LarryLawtonJewelThiefyou still haven't done it Larry !!
Another great video Larry!! Appreciate the time and effort and you pit into this!! God bless and love from Chicago !
Thanks, I appreciate that
I was a CO in a maximum security state prison for 24 years.
I was in the inmate transfer team for several years until I made sergeant when I went to a medium security prison. On one of my first transfers was from a medium security prison ( not the same one ) to a minimum security prison. I was shocked when we went in. There was one fence with no razor wire on it. The recreation yard was open all day long. There was only about 10-12 staff in the entire place for about 300-400 inmates. This place didn’t resemble a prison at all. I wasn’t getting that ‘ who has the knife feeling ‘ at all. We found the inmate reception/ property room and the whole place was run by a inmate. We had to get a staff person’s signature on all the paperwork but inmates did everything else. I spent about 30 minutes in complete amazement at not being disrespected at every point or inmates fighting. This place was calm. I saw a comparison and the minimum was significantly better.
Years later, I actually had a supervisor try and order myself and my partner ( 2 male CO’s ) to transport a female inmate somewhere. There was no chance that was going to happen. The supervisor was threatening to put us on report ( snitching on yourself is probably not a good idea ). The supervisor threatened to keep us there until we agreed to it at which point I called our home base unit commander and explained the problem and he was not amused. We were leaving minutes later.
I thought that both of those stories would amuse you. Both are sort of interesting.
In my 16 months I started in what's called safekeeping in Central Prison Raleigh NC which was about 70/30 death row convicts to inmates that were sent to the hospital there from whatever county they were arrested who were released from the hospital to safekeeping. After going to court and then processing camp you get two choices of where you'd like to be sent and I chose the smallest minimum custody camp as far west as possible where I took part in the DART program, drugs alcohol something something. Long story short small camps are much more difficult to get away with anything like smoking or hitting chow twice. I ended up with four months adseg but after 30 days I had the choice of loosing a custody level and leaving on the next bus or finishing the adseg time and remaining in minimum custody. I chose medium custody and had so much more freedom in hustling tobacco which I brought in five days a week once on a job detail. Most important is now I have 14 years clean and I'm buying my first and last house with everything approved, offer accepted just waiting on closing. Wish I had gone to prison a decade earlier but hindsight is living in the past. Peace
At least you learned and congrats.
@@LarryLawtonJewelThief Yes and appreciate you.
Awesome video Larry, appreciate the empathy and humanity you promote!
Hey Larry. Probably won’t see this but I’ve been around your channel since 2020. Around that time, I’d watch you read out Gangsters Redemption on CZcams. Im so proud to see what you’ve done for the community. And American Prison System raising awareness for all the inmates who are being treated inhumanly, Im from Ireland so I’ve learned alot about the American laws and alot about how you even made food in prison ( I need more prison cooking PLEASE ) but thank you for uplifting and enlighting me with your story’s and sharing to us how it used to be! Much love from your neighbours across the sea
I believe it's called a dust-pan. Great video guys, love your vids Larry. Keep up the good work. Sometimes, I get mad at people and think about doing things to them. Then I think about your videos and tell myself it ain't worth it
i always hear you saying how there are some people you dealt with who you hope never get out, obviously i understood from your words but hearing the situation of this man is a cold blooded killer, that really puts into perspective what you were dealing with honestly. i've had plenty of situations where i was quite literally fighting for my life but there were never any cold blooded killers. chills me to my core that there are people like that. some might argue the mental health aspect but regardless of what you are going through mentally if you kill someone for something as mildly inconvenient as snoring too loud you are obviously not a person who should be let out into society.
Your studio is getting better and better! Good stuff L !
Thanks for noticing. I have a great team
Damn Larry you're looking great! Your hard work for your health is certainly paying off
Larry, the way you told the original story of you staring down the huge rat in the prison kitchen is the funniest thing I've heard on your channel... even though of course it is terrible to house people in conditions like this. Thanks for all you do to share your experience and advocate for improved conditions for those locked up.
When you said rat I instantly thought of a snitch and was like you got to be some snitch to get a nickname and not an assbeating lmfao. Love you Larry! 🤣🤣
Larry, your just a great man. I really adore you. Not for what you did, but for what you are now! RESPECT! 💪💪❤❤
How did I miss this video? The contrast is amazing. Hearing from one guy who went to the best type of prison you can go to when incarcerated in all the country, talking with a guy that went to the absolute worst.
The last statement from Frank came out of left field
LOL He is a funny dude
Hi Larry! What were some of the weirdest people you met in prison and did their character matched the crime they committed?
Oh there are so many people I could think of and maybe I should do a video on that.
@@LarryLawtonJewelThief yea you should that would be a straight banger
@@LarryLawtonJewelThief you definitely should I’d watch that man!
With everything Larry has been telling everyone.
WHO NEEDS THAT " SHOW " SCARED STRAIGHT....When listening to Larry should scare you straight...with nightmares 😱😱
Oh so true.
Yes anotha one
Philly native here. Scarfo is still a legend here.
Not watched yet but given a thumbs up already for the bad ass beard.
I love the beard, thanks.
Yay Larry! Love seeing a new video! I want to help inmates in some way. I'm an educator, so I think I will reach out and see how I could help.
i don't know if you will see this but i saw you on the heist show with pierce brosnan on history channel. great job! i love your commentary and insight into heists and prison and all that stuff
Ay been losing weight Larry? Looking good man.
Thanks, I appreciate that. I lost 55lbs and am down to 203.
When I first got to the county in broward there was 6 men in a 2 man cell
In Finland we haven't had two men cells since 1800's. Guys started to kill their cell mates too much, so the practice was abandoned.
Hi Larry you should review 'Escape from Pretoria' it's a great prison escape movie with Daniel Radcliffe, I think you could really relate to this movie, it only came out 2 years ago.
Larry, I respect your attitude that you came out with.
We’re gonna start calling you “Slim” Hahaha. Thanks again for another insightful and informative video. I hope everything is going well on your end. Much Respect from Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada)
The trash pickup thing. It's called a butler.
Hey Larry not sure if you’ll see this but, I recommend you make a video on the murder trial of the late rapper “XXXTENTACION” it seems like a very interesting topic to talk about and I feel it would fit your narrative
Larry I'd like to hear about your best experiences you can recall with guards/staff, what did they do that humanized you? Or are most guards defensive and don't try to get to know convicts on a level they can hold a conversation? If I was locked up I'd just try to get a taste of "outside" by chatting with guards about their day to day, I think.
Very interesting video Larry, keep them coming!
Larry u should play prison architect or watch someone play it video's are great by they way love the stories
I am a character in the game. Look me up. I rated those prisons and have been working with them for a while.
He does. He did some videos on it too.
I just imagine some rooms larry enters everyone cheers: Larry! Larry! Larry! 🥃
Great video Larry. It would be interesting to do this with a supermax comparison.
Hi Larry
The camp sounds better than my day to day life 😂😂
spent a week in jail for the first time, looking at 2 counts of 8-32 years. that 1 week was eye-opening. wish i had stayed straight. just got my degree a year ago. wanted to teach english in korea. i'll never get the opportunity to do either ever again. both my parents will die n i won't be there for it. all my homies are gonna get married n have kids, and i wont be there for it. i wont get married for the first time or have my first kid for who knows how long. i fucked everything up. dont fuck up. thank you for doing what you do. i know your videos have prevented and helped a lot of people, and though it may not seem like it, myself is included.
When is ur sentencing?
Interesting didn’t know this about American prison
There are so many stories about American prisons.
I seen you on the history channel! You made the big time lar!!
El Reno Oklahoma was the absolute worst place in the Federal system. Pig farms were everywhere & the smell of the pig pens were disgusting 🤮
🤞 I go to Enid
Hell yeah good show🤘🤘Should make more vids with similar content
Always great video Larry
There was a huge jewelry robbery in Ottawa Canada hope you'll make a video about it
Do a collab with afterprisonshow please
I was going to. BUt he didn't want to.
Larry and Big Herc would be a great collab. Both were in the feds. Both did robberies. Both did around the same stretch of time. But did their time in different regions. Different perspectives. I think those two would be a great collab.
Hey Larry! Have you ever encountered anyone convicted of Money Laundering? And if so, how were they like?
Man, that guy went to Club Fed for sure. Almost like a vacation
sheridan camp was shit compared to where he was. one tiny rec room and a track. run down, everything is broke. 12 years ago or so it opened to the RDAP drug rehab. went from 95% white collar to 95% drug dealers so naturally we couldn't have nice things anymore. During covid everything closed for 2 years. even the chow hall. we got old, cold food out of broken food warmers and ate on our bunks. The month i spent at the FCI kitchen wasnt any better making bag lunches for 1800 people for 18 hours a day was worse than the month in the SHU. I wont do that again... Im thankful for the support of family when i was released.
Glad you are out and I'm sure you can educate others.
There are 288 holes in the vent in each cell in the new dorms of Kirkland Correctional in Columbia SC. I was there from Nov 18 to Dec 18 2007. Kirkland is R & E. There is no heat in these dorms. AC ran year round. Winter was cold as hell. Steel bunk beds, one set to a cell. Plugging the holes with single sheets of TP almost got me three days isolation. Tried to say it was damage and contraband.... Lt made me clean them out. Put them back in that night. Thin ass white thread bare blanket, no pillow, thin jumpsuit, ragged coat. R & E was probably the worst part of my bid.
lookin good Larry
Could you do something like this with someone from another country? e.g British Max Security
More robbery fails plz vary entertaining❤😂😂
Hey Larry this is off topic but have you seen this Alex Murdaugh case out of South Carolina. I'm curious what you think
I will check the case out.
Every video you say is a great video.
You have yet to be wrong! Love the content.
Every since 9 eleven they want to eradicate evil -Evil cannot be eradicated , Redemption and Mercy has been abandoned
Going from a max to a medium is a total different vibe
you're really looking good Larry!
Digging the beard man it looks good on you
Great video.
Thanks, I appreciate that
hey larry. one of the first videos of yours that I watched was when you where talking about the day you got arrested and how that went and during the video i remember you mentioning that if you had been able to, at the time, you would have ran. I was wondering how you would have been able to, what your chances would have been in actually getting out of the country and what life might have been like for you on the run.
In Los Angeles County jail we had 4 people in a cell.
I can’t wait to get my hat:) Hi Larry 😊
Looking good my dude 🤙
Larry are you losing weight my guy? Looking good man!
How do you feel about offenders those who committed s** crimes who genuinely want to change? Can all prisoners regardless of their crimes get married?
Sex offenders are bad. I hope amd pray everyone can change. BUt sadly, the rate of success for a sex offender is very low.
Larry please don’t loose any mora weight…you are starting to look VERY thin .thinking of you from Australia.god bless you and yours.keep up with the great work you do on your channel ❤
I'm glad Larry is getting healthier, but his head looks seriously huge on a frame that isn't buff.
Wow that's a huge difference
What I learned was that if I am going to commit a crime, do a White collar crime for billions of dollars rather than robbing some French fries from McDonalds.
Hey Larry, Im not sure if youre familiar with the Michael Dean Shooting and Carmen Decruz Trial in Central Texas. Would love to hear your thoughts as to why/How Officer decruz was found Innocent
Hey Larry can you talk about people that were actually innocent. Doing hard time for something they genuinely didn't do
Wow that's really truly terrible and terrifying at the same time, that must have been very scary for you,
Criminal justice should focus on rehabilitation. Even maximum security prisons should have heating and air conditioning and a dynamic approach to security instead of a static approach.
I remember hearing a guy say that he actually committed some infraction with his prison friend to get sent to a higher security prison because the friend said that they where treated better in higher security. He said he regretted doing that, and that it was much worse. I forgot the guys name, but he was a CZcamsr making videos about prison. I'm pretty sure this video was like 6 or 8 years ago.
After prison show?
@@ryansauchuk7290 Yeah I think that's the one. Thanks I've thought about that channel a couple times but couldn't remember the name.
Make good choices!!!.
I have changed my mind. I like the beard better than the goatee.
Thanks
When is there a time that you don't have a great video for us
Hi Larry on playstation they just came out with prison simulator. Do you think on your channel you will do a video on it an see how it compares to real prison?
Larry would you ever do another maximum security we’re you rob that sigar shop would you ever do that again or something like that again it was so entertaining and interesting to see??
10:28 dang I thought you where talking about a person who was a “rat” I was very confused about the paws comment. But I still couldn’t figure out if it was a rodent or a person x )
Larry was in real life OZ
I was the OG
15 grand he owed and got sent to federal prison that's unheard of.. I owe about 30 grand and they aren't trying to put me in prison.. how the hell did he get sent to a federal prison for only owing that much?? They must have given him chance after chance to pay it because generally they don't just send you straight to prison for owing money.. it would sound like and it would seem like they would rather have you pay them then for them to pay you to be in prison
He probably did something very illegal.
@@shahab814 you mean added charge?
@@dask1516 I mean they couldn't get him for the bad things he did, so they got him for his taxes. He spends $ 1 million fighting a $30k tax fee, doesn't make sense.
@@shahab814 yes, def more to the story.. I believe he said 15000.. no way I never heard of a federal prison sentence for only owing that much hell I've never even heard of probation..
I'm listening with CZcams in the background and I must say your guest sounds like President Trump 😂
Damn, I’ve definitely felt like ‘killing’ somebody over very loud snoring before but I would never actually DO it. That’s crazy!
Man I used to watch every video but I stopped watching, BUT IM BACK😂
HI LARRY THOSE ARE CALLED A BROOM LOBBY & DUST PANS TC BRO
I knew that
Does anybody know why they didn’t just give Larry one, 12 year sentence? It seems pretty pointless to give him four consecutive sentences.
My guess is that it looks worse on a criminal record (as if 12 years doesn’t look bad enough).
so that if one of the charges was fought and got dropped, there'd still be 3 more 12 year sentences
Hey, Larry did any of the guards learn that you were in the Coast guard? If they did how did they react?
I wanna know the difference in the food
I think the trash pick up device your talking about is called a butler
Hey Larry I was wondering if you can talk about the case of Ronald L Sanford (Indiana state prison) and Richard DeLisi (Florida inmate who got 90 years for weed)
Damn Larry you’ve lost a lot of weight good job man
Think most of the guards deserve at least two years in the same prison for all stuff they just let happen
i hope i talk like Mr Leather jacket when im an old guy
I am 42, have a regular good beard not crazy but good, the only time in my entire life I used a razor was when I was in country for 6 months, and bracelet for 6 (bracelet was worse!). I was in a drug program, had to shave daily! and they were dicks! (clean 5 and half years now! Didn't need to spend ten years in fed max to not want my freedom taken away). Anyway still rock a full beard have since I was a teenager. I thought tours would be more grey mine is! It looks GREAT no bullshit. Don't listen to those haters that say you lost too much weight et cetera, you look great, and keep rocking the beard. You'd look good in a 6 months beard. Of you ever grew one, throw a pic up sometime. Keep it up bud.
Alright
Are people still incarcerated at USP Atlanta? I only live 30 mins from there so I'm curious.