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.

Jake does a solo live for subscribers. He shares a few updates and news stories from corrections as well as taking questions from listeners. In case you missed it live on Instagram and YouTube.

Brian Dorsey was put to death. Dorsey did unspeakable crimes. Unlike from the officers who loved him so well, we will speak about those crimes. We will talk about those he victimized. And then we will criticize the officers and senior staff who were charmed into thinking he was a wonderful man-- those he duped into speaking on his behalf. The officers who forgot the family members he put into their graves.

Jon loses his shit.

Up north another riot gets called a "disturbance," when admin takes their toys away. In Hawaii, an inmate held on a felony gathered up all his gumption and decided to hop a fence with razor wire because more than anything else he wanted to live his life as a free man. Things were going well until a bus arrived to change his plans. Now a lawsuit is probably coming surprise surprise. In Washington State you have more options than ever: Combos, Funyuns, Narcan, Diet Narcan. Washington says the opioid blocker though flood our children's streets-- have they taken their eyes off the prize?

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Shawshank Reference: 14:38

Fugitive Reference 21:04

Jake Joke: Tried To Avoid It

Idaho Department of Corrections went into damage control mode after a maximum security inmate set up his own escape from a hospital transport, which left several COs injured by gunfire from both outside accomplices and Boise Police. What went right, what went wrong, and how this rampage got put to bed.

Spin. It's what creates lift in a rotor wing engine and allows a drone to fly. It's also what the administration of a prison puts on a story in order to make it seem like one of their prisons blowing up was not only safe, but their own idea. Sounds like it happened in Georgia, but no-- this is Ecuador bullshit. Down in the city of Cyndaquil, drones-- formerly the peaceful transport mode of choice for drugs and guns to merely be delivered into a prison-- are now being used to carry explosive devices designed to help evil Ecuadorans from the mob to the vice president bust out. But what really happened? Was it safely detonated or was shit fucked up?

Jake Joke: The most C one ever

The Union and State legislators are calling on Massachusetts DOC to start taking action about a new synthetic cannabinoid that is being smuggled into prisons-- and putting officers in the hospital. DOC's response is "well we all have these challenges"-- how much longer can they ignore the problem? Why does it take a major incident-- an officer's death for anyone to care? Policy makers and power brokers are stalling to retirement or transfer, punting the problem to the next administration, as usual.

Jake Joke: Just straight confusing