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Contains language which some viewers may find offensive. Louis Theroux gets inside a prison cell where he talks to one of the inmates about what goes on inside.
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*Girlfriend* : What's the code for your phone?
*Me* : The code is the code, I can't tell you the code, you gotta know the code..🤐🤐
😂😂😂
That part literally came on soon as I was reading the comment 🤣
That was funny
The code is like religion: doing things just because somebody told you to do. No questions.
Dope!
loved how he just looked right at him and said "what do you think?". you ice cold louis. ice cold
You might want to keep in the back of your mind, that they're probably not in there for doing anything nice on the outside.
@@frankpaya690 the hardest/toughest person isn't in prison. FYI.
Yeah when the cameras are rolling
Ice cold playa
Ice Cold Theroux and Theroux.
Louie slapped that dude off camera for looking him in the eyes.
☠️☠️☠️☠️🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lol at your profile picc !!!! WTF
Lol
No he didn’t.
Best episode of Scared Straight ever. Ain't no way them dudes wanna go back there, sharing a cell with Louis .
Louis Theroux has a talent in responding to situations that is both respectful and undermining.
But it comes from genuine curiosity. You can't be mad at that. Plus the cameras give them that extra security haha
Its cos he's generally interested and doesn't judge
His questions is to make them think, and get to the center of why they think a certain way
I love how he’s able to ask a genuine question that kind of forces them to answer such a simple question in a way that makes them feel a bit stupid.
He's English 🤣 that's what we do
Guy on top bunk is just like PLEASE stop asking me question 😥🤕
“I choose to be on the top bunk” 🤥🤥🤕🤕
@divaquana bs Louis is one of the best interviewers out there
No i dont think so you can see a bottom bunk open. So idk, i only know Michigan not Florida.
Know what would be top tv.. Bring in 6 white dudes at once that was good In Brazilian jiu jitsu.. hidden cameras up.. and see what the code really is
@@Denver10215 The fact that they would have to be white guys says a lot about you 😂😂. Done a few county bids none of that martial arts shit holds weight inside dudes got shit for guys like that lol the opportunist is more dangerous than any skilled fighter, especially in them cells
@@Denver10215 your a idiot while your on the floor trying to put on a armbar your gonna get kicked in the face till ur unconscious and wake up stabbed Lol.
Louis' answer 'what do you think?' in that situation was pure genius
Yup. Either yes or no can be interpreted really poorly.
@Prick, Scumbag College honestly I wonder how much politics and fighting this documentary stirred up. seems dangerous and not for louis but these guys have so many chances to slip up. I'd stay the fuck quiet.
@@thompsonmatthew he says yes they probably try and test him right then and there, if he says no then they kick him the f out of the cell for being a pussi, man Louis is quick thinker in there, Hot Rod was pressing him hard
Real recognize real. What do you think. Louis is gangster not even joking
@@gang6009 elon didnt even inhale
"What do you think?" Lol. Damn, Louis ready to throw them hands.
He actually doesn't know the answer lol
I just pictured Louis fighting one of these guys in the cell and holding his own, and I died laughing
@@Thrashman-ye4cf lol
I don't think Jazz hands are part of the code.
@@talldufus5174 lmao
I just realized this guy gets through these interviews by acting like he was born yesterday. I guess that is to come off non threatening.
I've seen him do a few documentaries. He always does that. It's his strategy. It gets people to relax and lower their guard
Very clever
That's Louis Theroux. A legend.
It also gets them to think through and say what they really mean
its because he shows real intrest in them. at least thats the attitude. i try to understand you
Louis would be sleeping on the floor.
Set Phasers To Stun 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💀💀💀💀💀💀
is better to sleep on floor then up bed
Set Phasers To Stun 🤣🤣
Hell naw
😂😂😂They would be clapping his cheeks every night.
When he said "What do you think?" the dude unconsciously backd up like Woah! we got a live one here lol
They don't want none of Louis, man. He's the hardest one in there.
Omg i thinked about that to it was so quick .he just playin his role to survive he know he doesnt have to play a role for louis
@Janet Rodriguez No doubt . . . they would rip the lining out of his ass on day one!!!
@Janet Rodriguez you aren't very observant.
@@xavierradcliff9111 you keep saying that on several comments. Is it something you want done to you?
"WHAT DO YOU THINK?"
*Still DRE starts playing in the background*
Hahahah best one yet
It's crazy how many guards and bars they have to have just to keep these men safe from louis
One of Louis' best IMO.
His reaction when matey asks if he's real
Aye he kept it 100 !
That dudes reaction said it all haha
dam his face wen that dude asked him if he was real
Yeah he a real nigga, his face reaction though. He went from a Harvard student, to a "real nigga" 1.34seconds 😂😂😂😂😂
hiephoi058 haha
He was actually shaken when he asked if Louis was real probably expecting an answer like "well i'm not sure based on the rules", but he said what he said, and that makes him real because he's honest. Also he kinda tested the inmate who clearly has done time and could snap or do some crazy shit.... respect to ya Louis
Who else wants to see Louis throw down with one of them. Haha maybe the smallest one
Huh? What i wouldnt say shaken, more less surprised by the random burst of confidence. I would 100% disagree that louis tested the inmate in any way. The only testing I saw was when louis interviewed the top bunk mane basically asking him if he was soft kuz he on top bunk😂
You could make the mistake of thinking it's pretty easy to do something like this. It is not. Louis is gutsy.
🤨
hes on the outside looking in, the C.O's are right there.
This doco was actually the one that struck him the hardest in his 20-odd yr career. He was so shocked at how inmates are essentially allowed to beat each other up still and there is not intervention to prevention it
I dated a bimbo from Nashville. She was lazy and completely uninterested in prisoner safety. One little 21 year old girl with 35 male prisoners in a pod. What kind of intervention would you expect?
@@RevealedFilms you left some important information out of your story. Why was she there?
@@RevealedFilms The hell are you talking about
You don't establish that the "bimbo from Nashville" was a corrections officer etc@@elijahthesage8510 That's what they're talking about
@boboloko it sounds like she was the only guard there for some reason I guess? I dunno what this guy's been smoking man.
The coldness when Louis told dude “what do you think”.. Louis has balls
When you really think about it, it's a genius answer to that question. Any other answer would probably not initiate as positive of a reaction.
But he also has armed guards protecting him behand camera so not as tough as If he was an inmate saying it.
Inmate: "That's the code."
Louis: "Why do you have to follow the code?"
Inmate: "Because that's the code."
Louis: "I see."
you should have gotten your copy of the code book with your clothes, after they strip-searched you, and butt searched you, and made you take a shower.
@@frankpaya690 . . . and picked up the soap!!!
Normal people have the same thing but its called the law
lmao
What a life. They don't know why they do what they do. They just do it.
It's funny as hell that when you're a kid, everyone fights for the top bunk 😂😂😂
That's a different code
Bottom bunk
3:03 the most unintentionally hilarious moment ever recorded on film.
If they ever make a film based on Louis Theroux's life they should call it "Louis Theroux: The Real N*****"
jimi barker nah this can’t run
This comment should be famous
Funniest comment ever
You might be ah real nigga too right?😂You ah real nigga?💀😂😂😂😂😂
someone tried
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'YOU A REAL NICCA'? what do u think? LMAAOOOO!!!
LOL
😂😂😂😂
@Tyler Durden average keyboard warrior who cant spell😂
lmfaooooooooooo i thought was the only one that found this funny!
and it was that moment i thought that he might be
He is the most honest and straight to the point interviewer I've ever seen ...love this dude
How to pacify hardened cons doing life in the state pen: schoolboy curiosity.
This was just a county jail, not a State Prison.
If he ever ended up in there, Louis would sleep standing
lol. Um seriously he really would. He wouldnt last 3 actual days in there
@Bob Marleys Final Dreadlock I wouldn't. I'd survive the pit
@Bob Marleys Final Dreadlock who's michelle
@Bob Marleys Final Dreadlock what's inside
And he would never take a shit, or a shower
3:06 that save tho xD
Imagine if he was like "hell yeah"
Pinda' didn’t flinch
“What do you think”
Louis done been a G from day
Haha I was like errhh when I first watched it
I'd have been like "well, I guess that depends on how you would define that, I'm not sure I could really say", they'd all be laughing....
I was expecting Louis to turn round and say "yeah man init, man from London g"
It is sad that people waste their lives trying to prove to, "the streets," how tough they are...when they are really all weak and broken inside.
Wellthat'sthe code, the code know what I'm saying. Makes no damned sense!
@Bles They're not physically weak but, they're mentally weak
@@YellowPaint100 What doesn't make sense? It's a culture that's emerged from poverty, hardship, brutality, and imprisonment. It gets stronger every time someone follows it and no-one can avoid it unless they want to be destroyed.
@@LukasOfTheLight ok well, we disagree! You look at it your way & I'll look at it my way.
@@YellowPaint100 I'll allow that.
I feel like a lot of people commenting don't get how brilliant Louis' "what do you think?" was. He wasn't directly challenging them (although they took it as such) he was just earnestly and literally asking them as a journalist what they thought without giving a yes or no.
exactly
Yep because Louis knows it's not about him. A yes or no answer would the focus on him, and we don't want to see that. We wanna know the other guy thinks.
this
“Although they took it as such” bro listen to yourself, we only even got a reaction from one individual and you’re making it out as if the whole cell felt violated by his response😂
@@kaptain_torrent_literally, all these guys in the comments think he playing some chess match, the nigga is safe
Louis’ Troll Game is out of this world.
I know this isn't really important, but it would actually be "Louis's" because you only omit the last S if the first S was for a plural. IE: if there's multiple Joes it would be Joes', but if theres just one Lewis it would be Lewis's.
Just an interesting point my old English teacher who was a Latin professor used to tell us
Joe JJJ ahhh, noted. Seems your English teacher was better than mine.
@@joejjj4378 Actually, both are accepted as correct now. It depends on the teacher or the professor as well, as mine would use Louis's and he'd prefer if everyone used it but he won't be deducting marks for it and won't mark it as mistake if we use ' only. I prefer using only the 'after s and would let my students know that but it's their choice and I can't correct them or mark it as wrong if they use what they prefer.
@@joejjj4378 OP is correct, the S is omitted if the name ends in an s.
Louis is a proper noun, not a common noun.
This guy is a great journalist , the footage and questions are raw and straight to the point.
RZA77 yeah he really an he did not show a once of fear even they prisoner was like U might be real nigga to
This is better than 99% of TV.
Louis reppin the Home Counties 🤣😂🤣
Lol "That's the code" "Why?" "Man, I don't know"
Lmfao
It's just the code
Lol wats the code ?? I don't know....but it is the code.....
lol
@@prohen3049 well , it's all "code" now, isn't it?
“Is anyone in here on a top bunk?”
Lmao!
I love Louis Theroux!
Homie : Naw ma main man, right there, he, d, he, he, he, he, right there tha ma main man, ma main man, ma main man wu like, give ma main man a bottom, so when i came in, he put me right here, you know thats how it gows.
Main Man : **laughs and runs off**
lmao was that guy pretending to stutter as a joke like he didn't have a problem speaking after that lol he funny tho
You gotta love the honesty of these dudes.
“You gonna have to get one or two rounds in” ha ha ha ha!! Classic!
Looks him in the eyes and say: What do you think??!!! Say no more, Legend
I dont mind the fighting but there should be some weight ranks.
This is prison
Sosa gambino yeh but i dont understand where the hardman attitude comes from if you weigh 10x more than someone
You're talking about inputting order in a chaotic environment? This is why they are in prison. This is why it IS prison. They are violent animals in there....
Jesus....if you had another brain it would be lonely.
Manny Ribera GABOS
D D Actually it is Jail, which means they havent been convicted and are awaiting trial. They cant afford bail.
The prison is holding the floor and getting the laughs at Louis’s expense… Louis looks him dead in the eye, ‘what do you think.’., The prisoner’s whole demeanour changes, and the cell goes silent. Louis would gets his pick of the bottom bunks 😆
He looked straight into his eyes “what do you think?” Never seen Louis that cold before
3:02 most gangster moment in history
THUG LIFE
He ain't scared. That white boy did good
@@teehaze934 he's too ignorant and naive to be scared
@@teehaze934 ain't non to be scared about. Just a bunch of criminals
What do you think
0:15 "ma main man right there, he he right there my main main, ma main man, the main man were like give the main man the bottom" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH
It piss baby!
Pissening!
Willi
There’s always that one guy who has a great sense of humour 🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂
Siknin pissnin.
The glances the cameraman (or woman 🙄) catches from the other cell mates really makes this. Genius!
I love the standoff when Louie says what do you think the guy gets all flustered LOL it's so funny
this interview is hilarious especially when Lewis says so I won't have to fight the other inmates says oh you going to fight
It reminds me of a 70s episode of The Bob newhart show, where he's working with a group of convicts .
@@frankpaya690 All episodes of The Bob Newhart show were in the 70s.
Dude on top bunk use to have that bottom bunk lmao😅😅😅😅😅😅
TA OBM X LGANG that’s some funny shit
😂😂 sad so he a weak ninja?
Dont know why bro got on camera
You play to much 😂😂
😭😭🤣🤣🤣
"Just leave it at that" -
a concept unknown to Louis Theroux
Louis's bumbling, geeky approach, helps put people off guard, & open up.
3:06 They ask him that question Just imagine if Louis replied channeling what he learnt from Weird Weekends "I'm riding in my fiat you really have to see it, Six foot four in a compact, no slack, but luckily the seats go back"
spider5600 6 feet 2*. Sorry I had to
James Allen killllllkkka
dope
spider5600 you got too much time on your hands my guy
"I'm feelin' fine, drinkin' that" *whole cell joins in* "Red, red wi-i-i-ine!
I love watching Louis interacting with prisoners
I swear he just walks into a cell antagonises the strongest preys on the weakest and then leaves them too deal with the fall out.
And brags at cocktail parties about this interview, because he feels now he's got his street "credentials".
this kid and so mny like him, just misguided, its tragic. For me not having a present father I went to jail and fell into all that but by the Grace of God he pulled me out. We need fathers
This whole exchange is fun until Louis asks him how old he is ( I cant remember exactly ) and hes mid 20s, looking at life inside, not so fun after that.
What do you think? Cuts away and white dude shanks the prisoner
LOOOOOOL
LMFAOOO
Dude, will take that shank from em and slap the shit outta him...
I have no idea what shank means but that was funny as hell !
Shank is a knife or knifing someone
Dude at 3:12 probably the actual baddest dude in that cell. Look how calm and relaxed he is. Big dude. Bald head, tats. He probably wins if that whole cell starts fighting
Plot twist Louis got locked up and ran his cell
The irony of Louis effortlessley intimidating a room of hardened criminals 🤣
When were they intimidated? Boy pleaseee 🤦🏽♂️
@@rebellion7463 0:00 - 3:29
@@Sam-yr8ls You were probably bullied by 'hardened criminals' seen as though you are lying about them being scared, or you have no awareness skills whatsoever.
LOL. Sure. If you say so.
He was scared to death - if thats intimidating then yeah
Very good interview. Louis is Savage for asking the questions he asked. They was sizing him.
His reaction when Louis asked why he didn't want the top bunk lolz.....
"I aint going on no top bunk"
What's the problem with having the top bunk?
😂😂
LedleyTheKingYe what's wrong with it ?
Ok, thanks. I'm from England so didn't know what the reason was for not wanting the top bunk.
The dad from thats so raven at the end
Our Louis can fight. Don’t be fooled by the calm exterior, Louis is a tough cookie. You all better watch out for our Louis xx
When he asked him if he was a real? The look and answer on his face kinda said it all..hes a beast!
He could have told him no, he was just
fucking kidding
Tbh this makes a much better show than something like beyond scared straight, because this seems to actually show how it really is. Not saying all the bad shit they say in beyond scared straight isn't true, but they don't tell you about any unspoken rules or anything like that, they just try to intimidate.
This show seems more informational.
That's why in most prisons the soap is liquid soap, in dispensers, instead of bar soap. Plus liquid soap, makes good "lube".
The way his main man runs off giggling like a little girl when they put the camera on him... 😂
will jacyna - who, his m-m-m ma main man?
It's fascinating what he said about being beaten until something breaks in the person and they either accept their place and become a bitch or fight back and maybe get killed or maybe get a little respect. Having to have that front up constantly must be exhausting.
.....best interviewer in the world.....shit is amazing how people open up to him
Most People in prison are "wrongly" convicted anyway, just ask any one of them.
I feel this underscores something I think humans have known for a long time.
Unless the prison makes an effort towards rehabilitation, it will teach criminals how to be criminals... not how to be members of society.
And by 'a long time', I mean at least since the penning of Les Miserables.
I referred to the novel. Although it feels weird calling it a novel.
fleeb 💯 correct
That’s what prison does not rehab
They've tried to rehab prisoners. It's a joke it don't work. Best rehab is time and lots of it. Men tend to grow out of their violent ways as they get older testerone levels go down etc. Not many 50 year old gang bangers out there.
Prisons know that already, they want to keep their customers coming back
As somebody who has just served 4 years in a British prison, I can say that our prisons are very different. Don’t get me wrong, these issues are still present but the officers are much more involved and stop a lot of this sort of self-policing.
It's not that the officers are more involved. It's that the ratio of inmate to CO is absolutely insane. You'll get years for small drug violations here. They need to keep people in prison to get that sweet sweet money. All it comes down to is prison population.
@@davedanger4414it’s nothing to do with UK prisons are strict or they need to keep people in prison to make money etc they’d give people longer sentences if that was the case. in the US most these guys are doing life without the possibility of parole. In the UK even murderers could be out in 20 years with good behaviour so it’s a completely different dynamic when in the US most these guys have nothing to lose and that drives them to behave completely different. In the UK you could murder a child and still be out in 20-30 years in the US they’ll give you 300 years for drug offences, non lethal violence, robberies..
@@karlali7155 He is specifically talking about why US prisons let the inmates sort of "police" themselves. And why the officers aren't more involved. In federal prison, the inmates outnumber them 10 to 1. That's the main issue. If it was 2 to 1 or something, then a lot of the violence would be curbed. Simple as that.
The no expression seriousness behind the “what do u think?” Answered dudes question he just didn’t wanna say it 😂
the last bit had me dying 😄😄😄
Louis would become the Kingpin in that prison LMAO
To be honest he genuinely looks like a nice guy
When he starting stuttering I laugh hard just like that other prisoner 🤣
Felon - "You a real ni**a?"
Reporter nerd - *cold face* "what do you think?"
Felon- "hah shiiiit i dunno dats why im axxin you"
*I dont know shiiiit I just met you*
I ain't going on no top bunk 😂🤣🤣🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Butt I'm a top, not a bottom.
2:36 "I don't know! You gonna have to figure out why." 😂
Louie has a set of balls on him in every single interview 😂🤣🤣
damn he keeps it 100 with him
Yeah man init 100 miles an hour
Bruh the end got me dying fr🤣🤣🤣🤣👊🏾
Louis gained some respect with that stone cold “what do you think”. I think if he actually ended up there, the inmates would end up loving him.
Ive been in that jail many many times here in miami. They would definetly end up loving him. Hed connect with one bad motherfucker there and hed get respect nobody would have a reason to mess with him. Thats usually how it is
yeah man love
They'd torture him lol
They would certainly MAKE HIM LOVE THEIR DING DONGS
I think you’re right, I think he’d be good in the jail but there would be an element of respect that he wouldn’t receive for not being from the streets, just cos that’s how it is. It would probably be compensated for by the respect he would gain for his inteligence
Bravery and heart.
That's really what a lot of people are not understanding in the comments. Ironically, fighting back with heart, especially if you lack actual skills and experience, is the best way to avoid being in future fights/beaten.
3:05 - 3:09 LOL!
I wish after being asked that he said: "Hell yes I am" lol
If he was to say that i think it would be the funniest thing i've heard
yo you a real nigga?
The Code...There is but only one code, which dominates the streets, the prison , the society and even the nature.The Strong control the weak, they profit over them, they blackmail and hurt them and eventually kill them, either for selfish reasons, for survival or even for fun! Between these guys, respect is equal to the amount of fear/strength that you can generate, the more intimadating you are the better life and so called respect you will have. Make no mistake, there is no "real" respect even among the top guys, only fear makes them co-exist. They talk about loyalty to your race, honour, no snitching but they are almost always ready to rat for an opportunity and to do business with other gangs. Money has no race even if they're whole body is full of rasist tattoos. There is a ierharchy among demons, where the stronger demon tries to make the weaker demon's life as worse as he can, without any drop of mercy. This philosophy aplies to any gang or even corporation, where the weak has to do a hard job and gets paid with pretty much nothing , and the strong get to command and reiceive everything. And people say the Devil does not exist...
He has to be one of the best journalists to live. Thank you, Louis Theroux 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Fighting for which bunk bed you get. Ah childhood memories ☺️
Your brother never buggered you after winning though.
@@dd.4910 is that what happened to you? How awful.
Bro 3:04 was like a movie moment or something. You can tell dude would probably make a decent actor just being himself
The dude on the top bunk definitely gets jailed on aaaallll day..
Turned out
'What do you think?' 😆
That guy had to fight on the spot or roll up after that comeback jeez
OMGOSH 😂🤣 that "top bunk" word exchange at 0:40 to 0:48 has me CRINNEEEE 🤣🤣
I have so many questions about "The Code"...LOL!
you'd Better go read that "code'
they would have louis theroux doing laundry and wearing high heels within an hour
ha!
😂😂😂😂🙌🏽
That's how they did you?
what scares the hell out of him is he is probably thinking.......this is a big country.....how many of these type guys are NOT locked up?
A lot of ppl don't know this but Louis is a 5th Dan, he retired years back
I clicked because I saw "prison" and BBC together. I've never been so disappointed
Louis' talent in doing these documentaries with folks who are from a completely different universe than his existence is both commanding some respect and likability for it.
"You gon' have to get one or two rounds in.." haha
That was a pretty gangster ass answer from Louis at the end haha.
Not ganster! Booboo hittin on some head last month gettin a small stash of paper. I seen it! I flipped the phone and videoed the whole gobble!!
@@thealibi1826 What?
The look of the other inmates was like he’s on his own I’m just doing my time
"If I was sent to this cell, you would know I was not cut out to fight?"
"IOUNNO THEY MIGHT JUST SLAP HDYAVFORTSGDIFJFHEHD YOU FELL ME IM JUST GIVING IT TO YOU RAW"
Ivy never really been able to fight too good, can't we just be friends?
@Derreck Jones ewww
Frank Paya exactly
"What do you think?"...
*He asked, with his heart full of balls and manhood* 🤣
Lol bro he mustered every bit of the code on thay
Dude goofy as hell 😂😅😂😂man dey dey got me tweaking 🏃I'm gone.....
Hahahha the ending had me in tears 😂
When He Ask Was He Was Go Be Helpin He Said Nah Mad Fast😂😂😂