An inmate on death row is asking for the firing squad instead of lethal injection. But why would he ask for that? Is it a strange request that buys time while the lawyers duke it out, or does he have legitconcerns about the 'cruelty' of the needle? Maybe his victims should weigh in. A emergency room doctor who had once been shot was one strange case of testimony in favor of the gun. But what is the best way to die? Jon and Jake talk it out before each of them goes through with their preferred method. Make the most out of your drive-home or terlet squat with this fun uplifting episode.

Also another confusing chapter about whether or not inmates should be allowed to have technology (they shouldn't).

Jake Joke: A. Not A Plus.

In this thrilling previously subscriber only episode, Jon and Jake discuss times they have gotten in trouble for making stupid mistakes, or being blames for the mistakes of their subordinates. But them's the breaks, that's what happenes when you have the awesome limitless power and authority of middle-management (sergeant), you have to take all the responsibility commensurate with that power (all of it).

Jon also tells the story of a correctional officer too real to be discounted and yet too buffoonish to be believed, in the first of many installments of stories about "Officer K", a slobbish oaf who is the sole reason correctional officers are seen unfortunately as something less than professional.

Finally the case at last is the story of the confusing excape from custody of Sean Christopher Williams, who started out in a van in Kentucky and by the time the van got to the courthouse in Tennessee he was no longer inside of it. That had to be a hell of a thing to report and investigate. Guessing that officer needs Indeed.

Jake comes through with a classic dad-styled zinger. B+

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘶𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 Reference (it's in there somewhere around an hour, this has been edited down from the paid version, which is why you should pay for your versions.)

Jon called it last year: more and more riots to come. and politicians and the public look the other way, criminals and judges are still doing their parts to fill up jails. The buildings are crumbling and command staff undermines the man walking a beat on the block. This makes one of the world's hardest jobs harder still, why their ranks are thinner than ever.

Friday was so political. Jon and Jake kick back and relax this Monday morning and just shoot the shit about the aryan brotherhood (no I will not capitalize the name of a gang) up to their old shenanigans again. But have they pulled a fast one on the criminal justice system to sneak out of a death sentence? Only prison's least diverse gang knows for sure.

Jake Joke: Really more of a mispronunciation?

References: Det. Odafin Tutuola. Be ready for it.

**accidentally uploaded the file from last week. Been Fixed.

Inmate Christian Walker died with contusions and in a pool of his own blood. His mama said they state killed him and covered it up. But what is really being covered up? Jon and Jake reveal the real tragedy the news can't even uncover.

In Clallam Bay, corrections professionals go to extraordinary lengths to save an inmate's life. In house advanced procedures and helicopter flights. If you had a heart attack, would you be so lucky as this offender? Would you survive being free?

Rikers Island has come to the end of themselves-- can they forestall a federal takeover? Does the admin there deserve to keep their jobs? Is a federal takeover a foreboding look at the future?

Jake Joke: Rare AA

Inmate Christian Walker died with contusions and in a pool of his own blood. His mama said they state killed him and covered it up. But what is really being covered up? Jon and Jake reveal the real tragedy the news can't even uncover.

In Clallam Bay, corrections professionals go to extraordinary lengths to save an inmate's life. In house advanced procedures and helicopter flights. If you had a heart attack, would you be so lucky as this offender? Would you survive being free?

Rikers Island has come to the end of themselves-- can they forestall a federal takeover? Does the admin there deserve to keep their jobs? Is a federal takeover a foreboding look at the future?

Jake Joke: Rare AA

Correctional Officer Robert McFarland and Nurse Lorena Schulte were murdered in the line of duty during a failed escape attempt from Anarmosa Prison March 23, 2021. Now that the cases are adjudicated-- did we get justice? It's a case that hits close to home for Jon, having gone through something similar years ago.

The inmates seemed to have been very little troubled by their murders-- Iowa has no death penalty. Now they've been shipped off to other states to threaten new and different COs. And what about the third inmate-- the one who tried to stop the attack on the staff?

Jake Joke: Oddly personal this time

Japan has a unique culture. Have you seen their gameshows? They can take something as fun as an obstacle course and make into a humiliating and dehumanizing ordeal that would make Friedrich Nietzsche blush. Imagine then how they handle capital punishment. Jake breaks down how Japan's most dangerous criminals meet their maker-- quickly and without much notice. Is their way better for their society? Does it place a greater emotional toll on Japanese correctional officers?

Mecklenburg Correctional Center was a maximum security prison operated by the Virginia DOC-- in 1984, six murderers broke out of the block in cool Ocean's Eleven fashion and The Fugitive: End Game scenario took place all without Tommy Lee Jones. Hear how prisons evolved since then to the supermax Red Onion and to today's softer model and decide for yourself-- are you safer now than you were 25 years ago?

Corrections news regarding recent hurricanes, a rant from Jon and a CO pursues a contraband laden van through the mean NYC streets.