Prison Counts

In this episode of Prison Counts we talk to Ryan's father Bill who fought for his son's  innocence and became more lawyer than most lawyers. Go behind the scenes of Bill's ten year fight to make the justice system do the right thing and hear what he really went through. 

In this installment of Prison Counts we discuss life after prison while under probation or parole with Ziljada. She worked for years as a PO,( parole officer),  helping ex-felons acclimate to life while experiencing some bizarre circumstances. While Dave is no stranger to probation and parole, this was very enlightening to Ryan and anyone who's curious about life after incarceration. One things for sure, it ain't easy. 

This episode has it all. What going to prison is like as a young person who's never had a run in with the law, disproportionate sentencing, unnecessary violence, education, the fight for freedom, and the search for a respectable job after all that. Our guest, my good friend Patrick Flaherty, a recently freed man after 20+ years in prison joins us to discuss all this and more!

In this weeks unique episode, Dave and Ryan take you inside a maximum security prison where much work is being done to right the many wrongs that led people to prison. No easy task as you will hear given the harsh reality of life in state prison. But our guest this week was determined to do good with his life and the time he spent locked away. This is a story we love to hear on Prison Counts!

In this weeks unique and perfectly articulated episode, Samantha Lander takes us behind the scenes of both the L.A. county jail as well as inside the federal penitentiary for women. Which was worse? The truth may surprise you!

This episode takes back to the harsh reality of life in prison. Our guest today was forced to figure out how to survive life in the hole (a.ka. prison within prison). No small feat for anyone, let alone a teenager. Join as as we take you inside what it's really like to endure this torturous existence year after year, and how the human mind adapts to life in a a cold cinderblock box. 

In this episode we talk to a seasoned investigator about what it's like behind the scenes of an investigation. Not often do the previously investigated get to speak to the one doing the investigations. This episode tears through that wall! Our guest Jim drops some serious knowledge, laughs, and insights that you can't help but enjoy listening to.

This episode is intense! Our guest today went to prison in his teens and the things he witnessed will forever be ingrained in his memory. Be aware, what you hear may live on in your memory as well. 

Welcome to Prison Counts! This episode is a quick introduction to your hosts Ryan Ferguson and David Dowling. Both having spent time in prison, (one innocent, the other guilty), they became friends while in a maximum security prison and this is their podcast to expose what it's really like to be arrested, tried, convicted, and ultimately sent to prison in America.