PRISON: Dixon Correctional Institute in Louisiana PART TWO

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  • Dixon Correctional Institute is located approximately 30 miles north of Baton Rouge.

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  • @alexabbitt6135
    @alexabbitt6135 Před 2 lety +524

    I did three years at DCI. I went through the youthful offender program and graduated. I stayed focused in The Word and also worked out a lot on those very same workout benches. I had a 7 year sentence for first degree robbery. I got our May 19th 2013. I now have a beautiful wife and four boys. And also own my own business. I went back to DCI twice over the years to speak at various programs they have. It hasn’t been easy out here but I thank God for seeing me through. I was at DCI from 2009-2012.

    • @kewsiyehboah6058
      @kewsiyehboah6058 Před 2 lety +10

      In Swahili..
      Ubarikiwe..
      ( Bless You )..

    • @alexabbitt6135
      @alexabbitt6135 Před 2 lety +6

      Kewsi Yehboah Thank you. 🙏🏼

    • @clarencegreen113
      @clarencegreen113 Před 2 lety +8

      Louisiana is racist pit. That's 21st century slavery. There is no god.

    • @frankdeesageswamiofficialm6924
      @frankdeesageswamiofficialm6924 Před 2 lety +2

      @@clarencegreen113 lol you have no faith because they're racist?

    • @clarencegreen113
      @clarencegreen113 Před 2 lety +15

      @@frankdeesageswamiofficialm6924 I just find it odd that states with the most churches. Also have the highest prison populations and they are also death penalty states.

  • @samsalamander8147
    @samsalamander8147 Před 2 lety +126

    That guy who got 68 years for selling drugs should not be in prison. That’s is so crazy and stupid. Mandatory minimal sentences for drug charges should be abolished!

    • @esimpson31828
      @esimpson31828 Před 2 lety +19

      @@jefferyepstein9210 Everybody deserves a second chance and that time they gave him for that drug offense was absurd! And this is coming from a black man..

    • @ariessweety8883
      @ariessweety8883 Před 2 lety +9

      Right. Seems really harsh

    • @dondada1020
      @dondada1020 Před 2 lety +2

      They only going to do a third of that 68 years, as long as the charge isn’t violent , they will parole out in a third of that time

    • @donewiththis159
      @donewiththis159 Před 2 lety +6

      Yeah that's what I was thinking he must have had a truck load of shit

    • @oneworld9071
      @oneworld9071 Před 2 lety +4

      samantha I agree....... partly on the basis of something(s) I maybe shouldn't say here; I guess it's at the discretion of the channel host and other viewers.
      First, use of anything is a conscious decision.......except the opioid medicines, used legitimately as medicine, AND WITH full understanding of what the doctor means when he/she advises as to the addictive nature of a given deemed-addictive drug. Unfortunately, the stigma attached to opioid analgesics prevents informed and lucid discussion between patient and prescribing professional. There are very many people in long-term opioid-based pain management ensnared by a serious but underappreciated mess; beginning with opioid tolerance, over time the analgesic properties of the opioids seem to flip polarity, eventually generating the very pain they once managed so well. I'm unfortunately qualified in the issue; for 13 years my mantra was:
      "The worse the pain, the more I need
      the more I take, the worse the pain......"
      It's just electrochemical facts, not a morals issue. Unless and until people knock off the character attacks attached to addiction, we'll see ridiculous treatment of the entire issue of substance use.
      Consider long-term use of antacids and nasal sprays........ sudden cessation of use will result in a condition that can be remedied ONLY by restoring use of the subject substance.
      Now consider the opioid analgesics (legit medical use) AND heroin (street) use....... same EXACT outcome........use a prescribed industry-standard medicine for say 45 days and then stop use........ let us know how that goes as the nervous system goes literally into shock in the absence of the once-adequately-effective opioid and activity among the receptors. With the opioids' "beneficial" effects comes diminished activity or heightened activity of certain hormones such as norepinephrine, dopamine, etc.
      MANY MANY people among us were snagged in dental care, fractured bones, burns, surgeries, etc. upon first use. Others, curiously, get through the initial opioid medicine experience with no continued "interest".
      The one most common account I've heard from my brethren in recovery from substance addiction: the effect of their first-ever use was tantamount to discovering the secret key to control how they feel, on demand. Amazing how many forms that secret little key comes in....... liquid, powder, pill, and/or for smoking or chewing. That first beer is so often the one the recovering addict wishes they could have known where it'd lead........ how differently life woulda gone....... yet, WHO would decline euphoria of all things? It's not the substances that are illegal, but the enhanced sense of well-being they bring that the authorities are after. As Gomer Pyle, USMC would say, "fer shame, fer shame, fer SHAME!!!!!!" In the mindset of the enforcers, nobody has a right to control their sense of well-being........ cut off access to the means by which to achieve that effect, and pursue further shall the seeker.
      Those "mandatory minimal sentences" are certainly part of a system that's a conduit for untold and countless $$$$$, from bail bondsman to corporations running prisons, every piece and part of it all is driven not by human(e) justice but never-enough money.
      sorry for ramble!!! you started this :)

  • @CrustyUgg
    @CrustyUgg Před 2 lety +196

    I know people don’t often think so but jail did exactly what it was designed to do for me. Long story short, I was a heroin, fentanyl and crack addict and an escort for about 10 years. I got arrested for the last time on a warrant on April 26, 2019. When I got to intake that night, the nurse told me I was pregnant. I’ve been sober ever since and have a beautiful 2 year old son!
    Edit: thanks for the support and kind words. I'll have 4 years sober July 2023 and my son turned 3 in December 2022! Still going strong 💪🏻

    • @jimmydean5663
      @jimmydean5663 Před 2 lety +3

      @@bakenumber4 relax she's retired simp.

    • @jimbeaux89
      @jimbeaux89 Před 2 lety +5

      Spicy Chicken Sangwich so proud of you. I know that’s not an easy thing to shake. Keep up the good work

    • @yoshy6546
      @yoshy6546 Před 2 lety +3

      @@jimmydean5663 lmao

    • @arthurjoyner8396
      @arthurjoyner8396 Před 2 lety +2

      @@yoshy6546 good. Buy.

    • @tailorforeman7082
      @tailorforeman7082 Před 2 lety +1

      You got arrested on my 21st birthday!

  • @larrylogan9997
    @larrylogan9997 Před 2 lety +74

    The first inmate has 64 years for crack cocaine he is being railroaded he needs to be let free

  • @jeffemerson6122
    @jeffemerson6122 Před 2 lety +28

    I SERVED 4 YEARS IN MANSFIELD (OHIO) THE PRISON IN THE MOVIE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION N THAT PLACE CHANGED MY LIFE FOR THE BETTER.
    WAS RELEASED AUG 6 1986 N HAVEN'T BEEN BACK.

    • @ariessweety8883
      @ariessweety8883 Před 2 lety +3

      Good for you!🙏

    • @chitlynn5181
      @chitlynn5181 Před 2 lety +2

      congrats. but why are u yelling??

    • @chrisj197438
      @chrisj197438 Před 2 lety +3

      Went there on a tour a few years ago. I couldn’t imagine how bad it was to do time there!!!

    • @jeffemerson6122
      @jeffemerson6122 Před 2 lety +4

      IT WAS CRAZY.
      GOT THERE IN 82 N GOT OUT AUGUST OF 86.
      WAS BORN N RAISED IN CINCY.
      WAS ALSO A DUMB CONFUSED 18 YEAR OLD KID.
      SCARY FUCKING PLACE NO DOUBT.
      I WAS ON THE SOUTHSIDE.

    • @WayneLewis88
      @WayneLewis88 Před 2 lety +3

      @@jeffemerson6122 Does it look just like the movie?? I know sometimes they can change scenes and shit in the movies!!! Shawshank is one of my top 5 movies!!!

  • @friendsoftheamazonjungle
    @friendsoftheamazonjungle Před 2 lety +21

    Hope peace and harmony comes to these folks ❤️❤️❤️ greetings from the Northern Peruvian Amazon Jungle 🌴🌴🌴

  • @reynardjosephlemieuxjr9353

    My brother was in D.C.I. for almost 2 years I remember the first time going to visit him I nearly cried I couldn't stand to see him like that he left in 2005 went to see him in 2007 saw him again in summer 2008 when he got moved to Rayburn brought back so much memories I wish I could've been there when he graduated and got that diploma

  • @stephenpope578
    @stephenpope578 Před 2 lety +23

    The problem is that most Louisiana guards are barely literate themselves.

  • @matthewcole7612
    @matthewcole7612 Před 2 lety +59

    I made some horrible decisions in my youth that took me from a promising career in communication intelligence for the United States Army, to a 22 year sentence in the Tennessee prison system... There's no doubt I deserved to be there but I never hurt anyone or committed any violent offences or any kind of messed up charges.. so for my first offense ever I think 22 years was a little extreme.. but that's Tennessee for you. Lock em up and throw away the key! Anyhow, you're sent to prison AS your punishment.. not FOR your punishment. One of the prisons I spent the most time at (6½ years) was called Southeastern Tennessee State Regional Correctional Facility. Whew, ikr.. try putting that on every envelope you send out lol . But, I never really saw any kind of corrections.. what were they supposed to correct? Me? No, none of that.. they mostly just treat you like crap and make you feel less than human. Then if by the grace of God you actually make parole, you have to have a job and a place to live before you can be released. Good luck with that after spending over a decade in there and losing most of your family in the process.. it took me 3 times meeting the parole board until I was accepted for release. Most people in there aren't just animals or horrible people.. there are some really good people that just made a bad choice or two. Everyone needs help at some point in their life.. I wish I had the means to start some kind of after care for people being released. Something that could help with jobs or housing. I have so many ideas in my head it's crazy! It looks like it'll all have to stay in my head tho.. or maybe someone that does have the resources and that can talk to other people that can help, will read this and do something! Idk, but if that happens I'd sure like to know about it. Ok, sorry for rambling on, I'm sure most of you stopped reading this a couple paragraphs ago lol. Have a blessed day and I'll be praying for the ones still in there. 🙏🏼

    • @mikeypiros6647
      @mikeypiros6647 Před 2 lety +4

      Why so much time what's it that you were charged?

    • @markjones7011
      @markjones7011 Před 2 lety +4

      You wasn't rambling on.....Your story should be told

    • @Guiltless765
      @Guiltless765 Před rokem

      @@mikeypiros6647
      Conveniently left that out.

    • @ckbeep1313
      @ckbeep1313 Před rokem +1

      drug charges more than likley.

    • @cristinaherrera5321
      @cristinaherrera5321 Před rokem +2

      The entire Criminal Justice system is criminal. In fact, justice doesn't belong in the title, just plain Criminal System.
      I've worked with enough defense attorneys whom have all said, "It's a racket and you're just a number with dollar signs attached".
      Murderers, rapists and pedophiles receive less time, only to get out and continue their life of crime, some of them leading to murder in order to not get "caught" again.
      I personally feel that drug offenders, particularly first time offenders, do not belong in jail or prison whatsoever. Jail nor prison rehabilitates. They simply make better criminals while further damaging an individual in all facets of life.

  • @biancasommers189
    @biancasommers189 Před rokem +8

    Their prison sentence alone is their punishment. If these men are not being properly compensated for their work… this is nothing but modern day slavery… period

    • @rventra85
      @rventra85 Před 9 měsíci

      Nope

    • @polpotpie715
      @polpotpie715 Před 9 měsíci

      They dont even get backrubs or milkshakes

    • @MamaofaWrestler
      @MamaofaWrestler Před 7 měsíci

      My son is at Avoyelles Prison, in min security, he is expected to have a job, he mows designated areas of the property and landscapes. He works for pennies, but he doesn't say it's slavery. He says inmates need to realize it's all about learning how prison life is, and that you chose to break the law. If you want the luxury of working for the appropriate wage, then live your life right.

    • @MamaofaWrestler
      @MamaofaWrestler Před 7 měsíci

      Lived in Louisiana my whole life, close to New Orleans. These young guys don't want to be playing and slaying on the streets but the city treats them like they don't matter because of the color of their skin. It's shameful. It's racist, it's very sad. But honestly, how else are they going to get money to even eat, or help their Mama's and families with money? Our New Orleans youth is forced to choose that lifestyle and stay in it. We have an extremely high crime rate, I wonder why. Duh?😢

    • @renzopeterson153
      @renzopeterson153 Před 5 měsíci

      After three years in DCI ( 2004-2007) they gave me $12 and a bus ticket back to New Orleans

  • @pontificaterebal677
    @pontificaterebal677 Před 2 lety +28

    See slavery is alive and well. A shame. If ever released might be a good time to, like, move out of state?

    • @wadesimonton4663
      @wadesimonton4663 Před rokem

      Slavery fucking degenerate scumbags, you dumb fuck!!!!!

    • @matthewcullen1298
      @matthewcullen1298 Před 24 dny

      Yes it seems that way . 64 years for drug dealing. It's just corporate slavery. Dirt cheap labour. Typically American.

  • @christopherstmarin
    @christopherstmarin Před rokem +4

    Those two dudes cleaning the highway are frigging blessed. Beats marinating in a cell 23 a day. Eating lunch out in the world. Man their lucky

  • @renzopeterson153
    @renzopeterson153 Před 5 měsíci +3

    The majority of my three years in DCI was spent in the Cell blocks and Work Cell Blocks. The deputy's made it their mission to make my life a living hell for even the most minor infractions. It got to the point where I would drop my tool and say "sarge, call the truck because I'm not gon make it." Looking back on it though, DCI helped make a man out of me when I had no sense of direction. Even though it was only three years, it felt more like five in those cell blocks.

  • @annamarielewis7078
    @annamarielewis7078 Před 9 měsíci +2

    The Afro-centric art and the portraitures are magnificent. Such an exquisite talent. I hope the artist is successful. 💝👍💖

  • @danjones3402
    @danjones3402 Před 2 lety +5

    64 years for selling cocaine? Crazy

  • @johnwilliams7931
    @johnwilliams7931 Před rokem +3

    When I was a kid I was in The Louisiana training institute ..LTI Bridge City ..Where I really learned how to fight..A training camp for Angola...

  • @CJ-eh3ng
    @CJ-eh3ng Před 2 lety +6

    Robert is fortunate to have a wife standing with him over so many years.

  • @quewillbtrukn3952
    @quewillbtrukn3952 Před 2 lety +69

    I’ve been looking for this documentary for quite some time over the years. I was there when the camera crew was going around filming the different units on the compound. I worked the Capital building as trustee when this was being filmed. 2001 I remember because the whole 9/11 happened during that time. Good depiction even though they edited out a lot I witnessed them film.

  • @pimpgreen8989
    @pimpgreen8989 Před 2 lety +19

    64 years for drug distribution, he must have been Pablo Escobar's right hand man.

    • @bourbonbrains8351
      @bourbonbrains8351 Před 2 lety

      Nah, that is just LA's arcaic sentences for drugs. Couple pot plants carries the same time as distribution of heroin. The statute is written as manufacture, distribution, and or cultivation of a schedule 1 cds. Distribution of cocaine gets less time because it falls under schedule 2. Its wild, the laws there need to be revamped for real. People loosing decades for bs, do less time on a body in alot of cases.

    • @kenallen9082
      @kenallen9082 Před 2 lety +1

      Yes if this guy has received a paralegal license, he should be released.

    • @michaelguillory5003
      @michaelguillory5003 Před 2 lety +2

      Lots of innocent folks in Louisiana jails just because of plea bargains and not knowing your legal rights. Take these hoes to trial if you innocent and do not get state appointed Lawyers cause you going to prison. It's possible the prosecutors and the point appointed rep. is family laughing at the case they won.

    • @pimpgreen8989
      @pimpgreen8989 Před 2 lety

      @@michaelguillory5003 Paid lawyers aren't exactly cheap

    • @Ludeboi420
      @Ludeboi420 Před 2 lety

      Basically life sentence it must have been hundreds of pounds lol crazy lot of time for a non-violent offense

  • @bayoustormryder3823
    @bayoustormryder3823 Před 2 lety +37

    Amazing documentary. The prisoners tell you what they go through on daily basis. Let ppls know prison is not a place you want to be. Plus they took responsibility why they are there and not blaming someone else.

    • @sirvilhelmofyonderland
      @sirvilhelmofyonderland Před 11 měsíci +2

      I WANT free housing, bed , pillow, blankets, free heating and air conditioning. I want 3 free meals a day, I want free medical care and free medications. I want free books, television, . I WANT free education. I WANT free dental and vision care. I want a free gym membership and access to machines, I’m busting my ass for these things, so are you. Prison is a vacation.

    • @annamarielewis7078
      @annamarielewis7078 Před 9 měsíci

      @@sirvilhelmofyonderlandOh, you are so very wrong. You pay to live in a nice, heated and cooled place, and medical care when you need it, and dental care that is not only pulling out teeth, and as for the food❓You pay for decent food that isn’t baloney six days a week. It is worth every hour of slogging not to have to eat that food❗️That alone would keep me out of prison. I have NO sympathy for criminals. I think Angola is the ideal prison. A vacation? Uh, uh. Horrifying. I do think Louisiana youth do deserve a break. The economy there is awful. Corruption. Historic inbred corruption.

    • @sirvilhelmofyonderland
      @sirvilhelmofyonderland Před 9 měsíci

      @@annamarielewis7078 my retirement plan is prison. When I get too old to work I’m going to start robbing banks, eventually I’ll get caught and sent to the ease and comfort of prison, nothing to do but eat, sleep, read, watch tv and relax. I’m looking forward to it.

  • @ulyssesflaggiii2121
    @ulyssesflaggiii2121 Před 2 lety +12

    Please keep uploading. Love the content

  • @rottweilerfun9520
    @rottweilerfun9520 Před 2 lety +61

    This prison seems a lot more humane than a lot of other ones. The warden appears to be an intelligent man who wants to help people.

    • @alexcorrea4828
      @alexcorrea4828 Před 2 lety +2

      It's a minimum security prison. But they fail to mention this in the first one and second one here

    • @jamfamily4287
      @jamfamily4287 Před 2 lety +10

      @@alexcorrea4828 they said it was a medium

    • @retrospecative2454
      @retrospecative2454 Před 2 lety +5

      Did he say 64 years or 6to4. If 64years is nuts. When pedophiles get less time

    • @kacyapplegate4109
      @kacyapplegate4109 Před 2 lety +3

      It's not, I worked there to many years

    • @alexabbitt6135
      @alexabbitt6135 Před 2 lety +9

      You hit the nail on the head bro! I know him personally and he actually cares. He is now the Secretary of Corrections of Louisiana and has helped facilitate new laws that have released thousands of people for being unjustly sentenced. Seek Truth!

  • @shepshape2585
    @shepshape2585 Před 8 měsíci +5

    I'm often amazed at the talent some of these inmates have. Most often it's artistic talent, but sometimes it's vocals or instrumental or something else. This guy has amazing artistic talent. To think of the money he could make drawing/painting instead of committing crimes. He just needs guidance and opportunity. This is an old video, so hopefully he got some of both and is living a successful life out of prison.

  • @joannbowden6220
    @joannbowden6220 Před 2 lety +8

    Shee-it! After watching this I wouldn't drop a dirty Kleenex on the sidewalk in Louisiana!
    Might be a 7 yr lockup like everything else!

  • @DavidMccallister65
    @DavidMccallister65 Před 2 lety +2

    "You got shrimp gumbo, shrimp kabobs, shrimp scampi, shrimp jambalaya, shrimp creole..."

  • @shepshape2585
    @shepshape2585 Před 8 měsíci +4

    The guy who got the 64 year sentence, Clifton Thomassie III, must have gotten out early because I found some arrest reports for him in LA. In 2019 he was arrested on 3 counts of contempt of court, and in 2021 he was arrested for driving on a suspended license. He has a Facebook page, but there are only posts up until 2013, so he must have given up on that. His dad died in 2011, probably not too long after this video was made.

  • @T61APL89
    @T61APL89 Před 2 lety +2

    wow this is a great doc, thanks for uploading

  • @cynthiadavid5282
    @cynthiadavid5282 Před 2 lety +13

    Keep the videos updated love watching them

    • @ChristopherSaindon
      @ChristopherSaindon  Před 2 lety +3

      Thank you so much ma'am. I will do my very best to upload new videos as soon as possible. I had no idea the videos would get even 1000 views and a few dozen "likes." It makes me so happy that so many people would enjoy them!

  • @adamlime5850
    @adamlime5850 Před 2 lety +3

    The inmates and this documentary who wanted to change be in the light. God bless them.

  • @delvingoddard2359
    @delvingoddard2359 Před 2 lety +9

    Great videos hope to see more of these.

    • @ChristopherSaindon
      @ChristopherSaindon  Před 2 lety +4

      Yes Sir, I will do my best. I am going through all my DVD/VHS and recovering everything I can/ Thank you for watching my friend!

  • @jasonlee2782
    @jasonlee2782 Před 2 lety +5

    My dad was here now he is a pipe line welder

  • @jimtempleton7418
    @jimtempleton7418 Před 2 lety +6

    Great video love guy helps fellow prisoners 🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @vladimator1842
    @vladimator1842 Před 2 lety +36

    What i got from all of this, is that not all inmates that are in prison, belong in prison!! You'll get to meet some of the real-est people in there, who just happened to screw up at some point in their lives and got into whatever it was that they were doing, got caught, and now they must either: a) answer Uncle Sam, or b) reap what they have sowed back when!! Although, there are some who actually truly deserve to be in there, and never released into society due to their charges and the severity of it. I think that "Sex Offenders of all types and degree, especially "child molesters" and/or rapists of any other kind, shouldn't be released back into Society!! When it comes to these sorts of criminals, they are among the most hated and despised, even by other inmates...to the point of willing to harm one or some of them whenever the opportunity presents itself!!

    • @kewsiyehboah6058
      @kewsiyehboah6058 Před 2 lety +2

      More Dangerous Folk's in the ' Free World ' than in Prison..
      Estimated 10 - 15 %..
      Folk's inside are Innocent..

    • @oneworld9071
      @oneworld9071 Před 2 lety +3

      Vlad, (and sorry for the long-winded response) a cherished friend in high school---phenomenally talented guitarist---saw a guy walking down the street with a rifle in this Baltimore suburb....... simply asked him what kind of rifle it was. The answer was a few rounds that killed my friend in less than 5 minutes. He'd been playing his guitar on the second floor of his brother's single-family home. A couple of those rounds had gone through part of the window sill before spinning from abdominal entry to exiting his upper back....... it was described as "carnage".
      The murderer received a citation for reckless use of a firearm. Period. The police were quoted in the news article, describing the perp's van as "an arsenal", replete with ammo and weapon racks. And all he got was a ticket that was tantamount to being sent to his room for a timeout.
      Interestingly, and certainly in the same year as the murder, I had an encounter with a cop from the very district where the murder took place. With about 20" long hair, buckskin coat, ripped jeans, and bare feet, in line at a pizza joint, I asked the cop in line what make and model his sidearm was. He took it from holster, handing it to me to check out.
      Always seems to be some insanity attached to weapons. I'm beginning to think that the nearly 100% efficiency of guns is the actual point of violent response to any threat to gun laws in America. Don't dare mess with those near-perfect appliances of persuasion.
      About molesters and abusers and the apparent leniency in the penal system......... what's been missing is CHARACTER ASSESSMENT. A perpetrator may win leniency by accounts of an abused childhood. What the judges and juries need to be asking is "really? So you decided to share your misfortune with another." Yep, it was so bad ya just had to share. We're not paying much attention to the fact that CHARACTER is behind every bit of it. Want to make a career in a federal, state, county, city, military, or community law enforcement agency? Pass the character assessment.
      In the lengthy and thorough testing that led to my nearly mandated application for disability (SSDI), I learned that a significant portion of it determines the truthfulness of the applicant. The tests are designed to reveal inconsistencies, which are of course indicators of opportunism. When the report was written I was required to visit a psychiatrist who'd coordinate and certify the application prior to actual determination by Social Security. The FIRST thing he said to me: "I have never seen such consistency and honesty". I do take some pride in that, if nothing else.
      The point is that character assessment is a real thing, but underappreciated in terms of judgment of the accused. What might it reveal about so many molesters and abusers who've won leniency by their accounts of hideous childhood making them incapable of understanding the consequences to others.......???? This applies to those repeat offenders that shouldn't have been released....... it is a fact that there are horrifically wrong charges inflicted on plenty enough people accused by some disgruntled fabricator.......
      on a Monday morning a woman I'd known since high school described her weekend liaison with her estranged husband....... how great it was, sex without strings attached........ on Wednesday morning: "Remember what I told you the other day about me and my ex? Well, it wasn't consensual........ it was rape. I just got back from the hospital; they've got evidence now.......".
      My hair shot straight up in terror........ she was the disgruntled fabricator unhappy with the final divorce terms of months prior, and now I've been fed "knowledge"........ and oh no, my DNA is certainly strewn about her kitchen and living room. I'd re-tiled her bathroom about a week prior, sat on her couch, etc. This is where character assessment needs to be implemented........ SO MANY people who wouldn't and couldn't commit alleged crimes, and are equally incapable of lying and are therefore completely truthful about their innocence, yet have been killed in prison when marked as CHOMO, etc.

    • @jordanlong836
      @jordanlong836 Před 2 lety +3

      Your awesome haha. i totally agree with the child molesters or rapers they never deserve to be released from prison. and baby killers deserve death.

    • @goochmcduck4285
      @goochmcduck4285 Před 2 lety

      Idgaf if you do 20 years in prison that’s not going to cure you. That’s a sickness that can never get better. I don’t believe Pedophiles need to be in prison for life , I believe they need to be killed on the spot. It’s not
      Redeemable. It’s worse then murder to me almost. You take someone whole life from them , but leave them alive to live with it and replay the horrific things that have been done to them . When you prey On innocence you are the most disgusting sick fuck on this planet. I definitely don’t want my hard earned tax money going to house these sick fucks for life. They fact you can go to jail for life or weed, but walk free if you sexually abuse a child just shows you how fucked up Humanity and society is. It’s boarder line saying it’s bad but we accept it. It’s Sickening

    • @julie.1081
      @julie.1081 Před rokem

      @@oneworld9071 A cop who didn't know you unholstered & handed you his weapon? A loaded weapon? What planet was this on?

  • @blackmale78
    @blackmale78 Před 2 lety +5

    I would keep watching this to see Cat and Terry.

  • @blakkmigo9913
    @blakkmigo9913 Před 2 lety +9

    It’s a dirty game, but we still in it. Some real spill right there 💯

  • @catman8670
    @catman8670 Před 2 lety +8

    Take a look at individuals, some are salvageable and many are not. Spend time and resources on people interested in changing

  • @scotmac5143
    @scotmac5143 Před 2 lety +5

    That guy who's brother will be leaving in roughly 6mnths will be very bitter sweet. He's happy for his brother getting out, but sad for him knowing that he's prob got to do another 20yrs. 😨😰

  • @keelsmac01
    @keelsmac01 Před 2 lety +6

    10yrs for a 4th DUI? A friend of mine was killed by a dude, he was drunk, it was his 4th and he got 19mos. This was in the 70s.

  • @scottcherrysr2368
    @scottcherrysr2368 Před 2 lety +8

    Angola prison in Louisiana is no joke

  • @andrewupton6167
    @andrewupton6167 Před 2 lety +18

    More prison documentarys please

  • @MamaofaWrestler
    @MamaofaWrestler Před 7 měsíci

    When I found out my son had been transferred from jail to prison I literally broke down. Then the Deputy told me it was just due to a shortage of beds in the jail, and the specific prison was a very well run prison that worked on the principles of respect, and would only accept model prisoners! As a bonus, he'd be able to take extra good time classes and he'll get released earlier than expected!That's my son! When your son is a heroin addict but never gives the other inmates or C.O.'s trouble, as his mother, yes, I'm proud of him because that's a step in the right
    direction. The first thing he told me was that if the inmate shows respect, they are treated with respect. "It's not hard to do, and the C.O.'s and teachers are easy to communicate with. They encourage us." He's at
    Avoyelles Prison, and I thank God for that. ❤

  • @beeintelligent3259
    @beeintelligent3259 Před rokem +5

    Sometimes you’re the windshield.
    Sometimes you’re the bug on the windshield.
    But I gotta say my truth! Some of these drug dealers have gotten RIDICULOUS amounts of time!
    Hell, even murderers get less time!
    I know what some are gonna say, “Them selling drugs killed like mass murderers!”
    Really? I’m a addict clean 26 years! And my choice to use WAS MY CHOICE TO USE!
    Best they think about that really hard! We are just humans! Everyone deserves redemption! ❤❤❤

  • @01MIDWAY
    @01MIDWAY Před rokem +4

    10 years for a DUI.... outrageous

    • @user-co8hc6qv7b
      @user-co8hc6qv7b Před 8 měsíci

      Oh so the 1st 2nd and 3rd weren’t good enough? So a 4th should be let off with what probation to commit another one lol. You are either a 10 year old kid or a dumbass adult. Grow up be an adult

    • @user-co8hc6qv7b
      @user-co8hc6qv7b Před 8 měsíci

      Oh so the 1st 2nd and 3rd weren’t good enough? So a 4th should be let off with what probation to commit another one lol. You are either a 10 year old kid or a dumbass adult. Grow up be an adult

  • @darkknight1340
    @darkknight1340 Před 2 lety +7

    64 years for possession with intent to supply cracked cocaine?,That's the definition of excessive,was he caught with multiple kilos of the stuff ?,Here in Scotland someone convicted of a similar offence as a dealer caught with street level quantities of crack would be sentenced to a maximum of 6 years,getting out after serving 3,but more likely getting a 3 year sentence being released after serving 18 months.

  • @Proudathiest1
    @Proudathiest1 Před 2 lety +2

    64 years for drugs is ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. It’s not murder Jesus Christ

    • @kevmoful
      @kevmoful Před rokem

      I agree . But if you don’t do drugs you don’t have to worry about it

  • @michaelakiyama2891
    @michaelakiyama2891 Před 2 lety +29

    Everyone of them inmates at ( DCI ) Dixon Correctional Institution is and Should be very Thankful that they are Not doing their Time at Angola State Penitentiary .

    • @concernedemployee6679
      @concernedemployee6679 Před 2 lety +1

      Straight up

    • @bodyloverz30
      @bodyloverz30 Před 2 lety +2

      @@concernedemployee6679 Burl Cain changed the prison, though most are lifers.

    • @kacyapplegate4109
      @kacyapplegate4109 Před 2 lety +1

      But u gotta also think they will shuffle them from Angola Hunts DCI etc.

    • @michaelakiyama2891
      @michaelakiyama2891 Před 2 lety

      @Real Deal Spill 🎶 it's quite apparent that you want and need to see and read the obvious realitys that i did not comment about , IF YOU , Ever did Time for your Crimes and was dammed to server it out at Angola State Penitentiary , you and your grapes 🍇 would know the difference between what is called purgatory ( D C I ) and what is HELL !

  • @geraldhumphriessr6785
    @geraldhumphriessr6785 Před 9 měsíci +2

    I've heard stories of people getting less time for shooting someone 65 years for selling crack smh

  • @adrianrosenlund-hudson8789

    Compulsive viewing. Deeply interesting, and I hope the lads who expressed a desire to go straight managed it

  • @esimpson31828
    @esimpson31828 Před 2 lety +9

    THATS A DAMN GOOD FATHER!!!

  • @Le42975
    @Le42975 Před rokem +3

    64years for some crack is insane. In my country he would have get a few years depending how much it's like 6months a kilo. People bringing in tons per container get 6 to 12years max!! ....And people don't get extra time for an escape if they do it smart,... kidnapping and hurting people, that's something else and you will definitely get some extra time wich is fair.

  • @WayneLewis88
    @WayneLewis88 Před 2 lety +15

    It’s amazing to me as we set here watching this Documentary, there was not a single fight!!! Pffffft, yeah right. That shit happens every day in the pen, no matter where or what pen you’re in!!!

    • @renzopeterson153
      @renzopeterson153 Před 5 měsíci

      It's plenty of fights there, we just kept it quiet and in the cut, I notice they didn't spend much time in the worst part which is unit one dorm G and H aka the project's.

  • @fireboy5043
    @fireboy5043 Před rokem

    Love all the Docs Been dwn tht road Never goin Back Enjoying the Free World

  • @r.j.wheels6755
    @r.j.wheels6755 Před rokem +1

    Nice documentary. Interesting to see how the mentality has changed from then to now. Quite different. Really enjoyed this.

    • @datrealboy95
      @datrealboy95 Před 8 měsíci +1

      It’s very different now from inmates and guards

  • @Boobees69
    @Boobees69 Před 2 lety +1

    What year was this? I see my homie lighting up inside the pod.

  • @scaredy-cat
    @scaredy-cat Před rokem +2

    To work with animals on the farm would make doing time bearable

  • @kewsiyehboah6058
    @kewsiyehboah6058 Před rokem +3

    Man I Spent 3 Nights Locked Up in UK Jail and it felt like A Month..
    Jeeeez - Louise..
    Praying For the Innocent..
    Those With Sentences Way to ' Heavy ' For Crime - Committed..
    Also Folks whose Addiction led them down A ' Unlit ' Path..
    People Whose Start in Life Gave them A ' Unfair ' Start..
    All da Best Folks..

    • @kellyhill5589
      @kellyhill5589 Před rokem +1

      I spent a year in Birmingham prison, felt like ten years

  • @jordanlong836
    @jordanlong836 Před 2 lety +4

    that old dude...come on. no one in power has recognized or cared to recognize that this man was totally railroaded and should be set free now? i swear. i hate our government sometimes from the lowest branch to the highest branch.

  • @Certified_gainster
    @Certified_gainster Před rokem +2

    64 years for a drug charge that’s a life sentence call it what it is ….

  • @jeffreyjablowicz1200
    @jeffreyjablowicz1200 Před 2 lety +5

    America, land of the Free.

  • @guywilliams6569
    @guywilliams6569 Před 2 lety +8

    5 years for some WEED?!?!?

    • @thesegoldennuts429
      @thesegoldennuts429 Před 2 lety +2

      Yes welcome to Louisiana

    • @chitlynn5181
      @chitlynn5181 Před 2 lety +1

      it was for distribution, not personal use. distribution always carries a heavier sentence.

  • @kenallen9082
    @kenallen9082 Před 2 lety +26

    It's nice to see that these prison officials. Are really focused on helping these men.

    • @dondada1020
      @dondada1020 Před 2 lety +5

      It’s just for the cameras , if u haven’t been there u wouldn’t understand , they ain’t nowhere near trying to help not one of these people , they just doing they job

    • @bodyloverz30
      @bodyloverz30 Před 2 lety +2

      Burl Cain's influence.

    • @unccmellie1071
      @unccmellie1071 Před 2 lety +1

      That was in 2003 it ant the same trust me

    • @somethingaboutbeaute
      @somethingaboutbeaute Před 2 lety

      @@dondada1020 let me guess….you a pessimist!?!! 😂😑🤣

    • @michaelpeters404
      @michaelpeters404 Před rokem +2

      All for the cameras. The COs deserve to be behind bars just as much as the inmates in some cases.

  • @lookwithin-god3syou580
    @lookwithin-god3syou580 Před 2 lety +2

    Words of wisdom, " I AM MY BROTHERS KEEPER ".

  • @teen5089
    @teen5089 Před rokem +2

    Wow I’d say a lot a Drug charges! Yet a pedo or child sexual abuse get nothing! crazy!!!

  • @ckbeep1313
    @ckbeep1313 Před rokem +2

    yah I'm sure letting them work at the capitol is all about giving them exposure. Louisiana be milking that free hard labor.

  • @ChristopherSaindon
    @ChristopherSaindon  Před 2 lety +17

    Part 2 of 2 friends. Enjoy!

  • @BENZYuno
    @BENZYuno Před 9 měsíci +1

    I hope all these dudes got out and found peace in life.

  • @TheSpeedula
    @TheSpeedula Před 2 lety +13

    Robert seems like a solid guy. Wonder what he's up to these days.

  • @fire-4-effect
    @fire-4-effect Před rokem +3

    Louisiana needs prison reform!

  • @RhinestoneEyes-
    @RhinestoneEyes- Před 3 měsíci +2

    These punishments compared the the UK are insane ...we are soft as shit over here. A man local to me, his house was raided, 3000 images of children found on his pc ...he got a fine and community service !!!!

  • @adamberndt4190
    @adamberndt4190 Před rokem +1

    Every single jail or prison documentary has two thing, inmates and a random black guy who'll see the camera and start singing or rapping!

  • @lubys2010
    @lubys2010 Před 2 lety +1

    What year was this filmed the mid 90s?

  • @Allworldsk1
    @Allworldsk1 Před rokem +1

    You see the users VS the ones that are providing. 👌🏻 The game is cold

  • @Peggsworth
    @Peggsworth Před 2 lety +5

    keep em coming

  • @leecampbell2477
    @leecampbell2477 Před 5 měsíci

    This free state labor is why Louisiana Governor doesn’t want to release non violent offenders.

  • @gregoryarmstrong4200
    @gregoryarmstrong4200 Před 2 lety +4

    More prison documentary or true crime like drug dealer or gang type suff but these old school prison docs are great 👍

  • @nulyescott8088
    @nulyescott8088 Před 2 lety +7

    Warden is all full of lies

    • @pennysadler294
      @pennysadler294 Před 2 lety +1

      The warden's in TDCJ in Texas are full of it nothing but lies.The hold system.

    • @acemechanical275
      @acemechanical275 Před 2 lety

      So you must have a few examples then?

    • @renzopeterson153
      @renzopeterson153 Před 5 měsíci

      Yep, and his deputies are his henchmen.

  • @nativestorm17
    @nativestorm17 Před 9 měsíci

    Kevin is doing my dream Job and I'm not an inmate, I loved working on a farm 20 years back I miss it.

  • @LetzTalkBoutIt504
    @LetzTalkBoutIt504 Před rokem +2

    Did the last 5 years of my 7 year sentence at DCI. Came home in April of 2020

    • @LetzTalkBoutIt504
      @LetzTalkBoutIt504 Před rokem

      @@dnice3473 Nah,believe it or not... They took it homie. They toon it cuz they said in the future a dude on CZcams named DNice34 was gonna come along and wanna give me his! Ain't that something?!? And here we are! Come on man... You don't think you a lil too old to sit online and troll homeboy? Then, you mf'ers don't even be knowing who y'all trolling. I don't want no problems my brother. Go play wit Nehemiah and let's all be safe. Go play wit the ducks, catch some red fish, bump ya screw, and try new hats on wit em and leave me alone please homie. Again, I don't want no problems.

    • @LetzTalkBoutIt504
      @LetzTalkBoutIt504 Před rokem

      @@dnice3473 Idc what you are tbh bruh. You come under my comment tryna slick be funny playing wit me. Idk you, idc to know you, I don't fuk wit nobody bad, and I don't play them lil fuk @$$ games homie. Be cool. We ain't gonna do all the back and forth. Be safe homie

    • @LetzTalkBoutIt504
      @LetzTalkBoutIt504 Před rokem

      @@dnice3473 Lmao you lame as a mf'er bro.

    • @LetzTalkBoutIt504
      @LetzTalkBoutIt504 Před rokem

      @@dnice3473 aight gangsta. You win. Tfoh dude. You a real 🤡 bro

    • @LetzTalkBoutIt504
      @LetzTalkBoutIt504 Před rokem

      @@dnice3473 I wish YOU woulda been in there. I promise I woulda slid one of my young boys a piece of one of my packs to terrorize you and check you out the dorm and off the unit homie. You woulda NEVER lived round me and my people bro. You an internet tough guy. You the same mf'er that woulda been extra humble around us

  • @scaredy-cat
    @scaredy-cat Před 8 měsíci +1

    Long sentences for nonviolent people is absolutely ridiculous

  • @DeezNuts-ek7rr
    @DeezNuts-ek7rr Před 2 lety +2

    Mad love to all the men and woman out there that beet there environment ,the muck and mire!Furnace of affliction!! Then you Jesus!!

  • @richevans609
    @richevans609 Před 4 měsíci

    Keep your heads up and always remember...When you leave they will keep your Cot nice and warm for ya! 😂

  • @cynthiadavid5282
    @cynthiadavid5282 Před 2 lety +6

    Other prisons should watch this video and adopt a program like this to have the prisoners that are on good behavior and stay put of trouble should be able to work in the grounds of the prison the capital or highway work they need to work out outside to get back into the work place after they serve the time they need to be supervised but they need to be trusted

    • @michaelguillory5003
      @michaelguillory5003 Před 2 lety +3

      It sound good to you but better never go to jail in Louisiana you turn into a real live slave outside that prison. Prison in Louisiana is pressure and Pease don't find yourself in Angola.

    • @melindaadams28
      @melindaadams28 Před 2 lety

      And they should be able to live in their own dorm

  • @CJ-eh3ng
    @CJ-eh3ng Před 2 lety +2

    The brothers love their father..good family

  • @kassandradiaz6304
    @kassandradiaz6304 Před 2 lety +1

    Warden looks like something out of a movie

  • @joedobb626
    @joedobb626 Před rokem

    Joey did time at DCI from 1995 till 2004 I had good job and had a good time for what it was met good people and the guards respect me and I respect them so we had no problems

  • @londonjohnson5280
    @londonjohnson5280 Před 2 lety +1

    The realest thing they said the struggle ain’t in the inside it’s the outside that’s why so many of us keep goin back

    • @londonjohnson5280
      @londonjohnson5280 Před 2 lety

      It’s deeper than that but that’s you opinion you know people only see what the media puts out you don’t know a persons mind frame or what a persons been through or goin through everybody has broken law some just haven’t been caught so I wouldn’t just judge people I dont

    • @NeverKnow225
      @NeverKnow225 Před 2 lety

      @wendy simmons you’re a privileged troglodyte

  • @gangoffour6690
    @gangoffour6690 Před 2 lety +17

    Shout out from this old guy way up north in New Hampshire. Thanks for more great content man. ✌. Imagine those locked up that have nobody on the outside. Also those on the outside that feel obligated to visit and support $ an inmate. Tough on both sides.

  • @badservice6852
    @badservice6852 Před rokem +1

    64 years for selling cocain you might as well gave em life , that’s VERYYY fucked up

  • @dicktation_4769
    @dicktation_4769 Před rokem

    My dude with the flag looks like he’s swatting bees

  • @jacobferdinand7040
    @jacobferdinand7040 Před 2 lety +1

    Anything over 2 years for drug charges is completely ridiculous and wrong.

  • @dontaviouschandler3961
    @dontaviouschandler3961 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Any updates on Robert (Bobby) Ellis since this video?

  • @josephcharlemagne3918
    @josephcharlemagne3918 Před 2 lety +1

    Amen Brothers

  • @scottmccook8484
    @scottmccook8484 Před 2 lety +3

    He's got a bulls eye around his brown eye !

  • @stacywilson1747
    @stacywilson1747 Před 2 lety +3

    I Was Surprise To See Robert Ellis My Cousin, I Watch These All The Time Never Saw Anybody I Know

  • @AB-lq1zd
    @AB-lq1zd Před 7 měsíci +1

    64 years for dealing crack is bonkers

  • @dereksmith3205
    @dereksmith3205 Před 2 lety +1

    Salute to YOU

  • @Juan4ever-o1n
    @Juan4ever-o1n Před 2 lety +3

    4:30 The respect, the love.

  • @teamlaststall4310
    @teamlaststall4310 Před 2 lety +1

    Wasn’t there a part 3?

  • @intothevoid5027
    @intothevoid5027 Před 2 lety +4

    they throw decades around like years in other states.

  • @DustinKeating-yk3vq
    @DustinKeating-yk3vq Před 4 měsíci +2

    I did 5 years at DCU unit 1 dorm f