Ain’t no one gonna mention edp445 in the background bout to catch some rec...

I couldn't sleep when I got home after doing 8 years. Felt like I was wasting time and didn't want to miss anything. I'd maybe go to sleep at 3am and ne up by 6am. Shits crazy how time fucks with you without you realizing it.

It’s crazy how years can really change a person mentally permanently

Another good video would be Prison Rules That Are Overlooked or Ignored By The C/Os

I think the voice change is probably a subconscious way of trying to make the other person comfortable. I come from the ghetto and when I go home, I talk that way again because when people don’t, they are accused of changing or showing off or trying to be uppity or whatever. I imagine prison voice is similar.. like a way of saying “it’s the same old me that you remember”

We need another 20 day prison marathon of prison stories!

When I came home last year.... even though I had support from my mom and was able to move in with her... it was lonely. For the first 3 or 4 days, I wanted to go back to jail in a way. I had a routine and a support system from all my boys on the block. We ate together, joked around, worked together, exercised etc..., I found myself driving around for hours in a depression. All this and I had a home, money and kids to come home too. I couldn't imagine being released with absolutely nothing awaiting. I do feel empathy for the guys who did their time and aren't getting the resources to succeed. About a week into me being out, I remember telling a family member about how lost I was. He looked at me and said "don't give me that shit, that's just life, suck it up and deal with it". That pulled me out of my own head and been happy ever since.

My great uncle who was a POW during WW2 in Asia, would always keep a arm round the top of his plate when he ate. To the day he died in the 90's he did this.

You also went through a phase of yelling instead of talking, lol.

I remember when you just came home and things were so different for you. I'm sincerely happy to see how far you've come. I've been locked up 4 times. Been clean and together for 9 years now...own my home...married to someone in law enforcement ( haha go fucking figure) and when shit gets rough i think about sitting in that cell , waking up every morning...laying there for atleast 2 hours daydreaming about how different I'm gonna make my life. Thanks for showing your support and stay up bro. Xo

Jay Williams mentioned u in a video today talking about cherry lol his interpretation was exactly yours lol

Knocking on the table when you about to get up and leave

I watch your videos in part because my nephew is in prison, and will be for 5 years (went in this past summer). Trying to be supportive and knowledgeable.

Man that mushroom statement hit home REAL hard lmaoooo

I thought people were exaggerating about the voice change; Joe then promptly turned into “Pookie from 4th and Crenshaw”. 😂😂😂

I remember going out side for the first time in 2-1/2 yrs on the road crew to work and just the wind blowing the smell of fresh cut grass and the birds chirping!! I had a panic attack! It was like a over load of emotion.

For me personally I get irrationally angry whenever someone slams a door. Hearing doors popped and slammed by guards all loud as hell when I was dreaming about home, shaking me out of my sleep for no reason left me with a hatred for it.

I can vouch for my mom on the anxiety. She was sentenced 30, served 15. Got out in 08 and to this day still has panic attacks in public groups of people even in places as small as a high traffic gas station.

Joe's bad prison habit: terrible freestyling on any situation

Man every time I come to the vid and see the 1.3 mil subscribers, it really makes me happy for ya man. Take care

The talking like a prisoner is a real thing. any situation you get into in life. jail, prison, military, moving to a different part of the country. The way we talk adapts to fit in to your surroundings.

Getting out was like x-mas morning wen ur a kid x100..time flew by for the first 6months..one of the biggest things i didnt expect was i didnt have anything to talk about but being locked up..

Joe you might want to put your second channel in the channels section on your page👍

Theres a psychological phenomenon called spontaneous recovery where an individual will spontaneously snap back into a certain way that they had been trained to learn

We had a family friend who was a sailor in the British Merchant Marine from the 1920’s up until WW 2. There was always a grimy/worn spot on the bathroom wall above the toilets in his house. This was from years of steadying himself in the ships heads, he would place a hand on the wall as if the ship was rolling. The poor guy also developed a life long stammer & stutter after the trauma of being torpedoed by a U-Boat in the North Atlantic.

I taught my kids how to make breaks, I fucked up! I come home from work and they're smashing up soups while we got a fridge and deep freezer full of good stuff, embarrassing 😂

One of the things I've formed after coming home, is ptsd and anxiety/paranoia. Hearing car doors outside, I have to look outside. Hoping it's not a cop. Feels like people stare at me. Watching me. Like I'm in a trap. The aggression is real too. Everytime someone disrespects me, I feel like snapping. Whether it's verbally or physically. Shit sucks man.

Hi Joe. Loving both channels. I was missing the vlogs. Thanks for great content 👍aps for life.

Joe! I had an idea for a movie about a guy who is stuck in solitary confinement for a day or two without hearing from anyone. He manages to break out because he was lucky enough to be put into the one with the faulty door. But when gets out of it, he finds that he's in a completely empty prison. No prisoners, no guards, nothing. He finds a TV and see's no broadcasts on except for one channel that's looping an emergency message telling everyone to evacuate large populated areas or to lock their doors and stuff. He later finds out that he's in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. And now he's gotta use all his prison survival skills to survive in this world. My question for you, Joe, is what kind of prison based skills have you learned that would help you during an end of the world scenario? You'd have to consider things like food, shelter, engineering yourself some tools and making use of various supplies, dealing with other survivors who may not like the fact that you were in prison etc. I think it'd be an interesting discussion. I'm especially interested in the skillsets that some prisoners develop when it comes to repurposing electronics or taking them apart to craft something new. Things that people who have never been locked up wouldn't know how to do.

It's called code switching. You talk different around different people.

I never been to prison but i swing into that talk around certain people too

When I came home from prison the 1st time and the second time. Count time It took my awhile not to wake up And stand up for count. Watching your back everywhere. So much more

Man it’s crazy I really grew up with this show

Last time i watched your videos was 3 years ago, good to know that you're still doing well.

Eat a 'shroom and walk into WALMART" 🤣🤣

That first line about Walmart and shrooms is SPOT ON

Keep doing the GOOD WORK!! Very good advice you're passing on to the ones who need to hear it most.

Love this video Joe!

I've got a old head who will come into my work nd help us occasionally and watching your videos about prison has allowed me to sort of connect with him although I've never been but the knowledge you've given me throughout the years I'm able to connect with him he's very institutionalized don't like people being behind him or walking by without saying excuse me etc always correcting those who don't give him the respect he needs

Great content as always joe I always look forward to videos you post keep up the great work

Awesome content, Joe!

Your channel helps keep me grounded. Ty

“I don’t know what all this hand motion about!?” 💀

I really love your show Joe! Much love from Sweden!

Your first bit about talking a certain way, I knew a certain CO who would start talking that way naturally around inmates and developed good rapport with inmates, he was a chill CO and things ran pretty smoothly.

Youre the best Joe! Gracias desde Colombia!!

That was probably the best video you’ve done for a long time (and they been real good recently)! Especially the part at the end. Know your worth, and don’t be sold cheap. But at the same time, know that you gotta work hard to increase your worth, shit ain’t gonna come run up on y’all & throw $$ in your pocket you haven’t earned!

Great advice! It's always easier to spot pitfalls when someone who's been there points them out.

Hey Boss, I'm from Colombia south America, I did 5 years in a federal prison and there' s something that I never change and it's to keep my room clean as a MF. also watching my back when I'm out in the streets like when you out in the yard, LOL

Thanks for taking requests Joe!

Jay Williams was talking about APS and you and I wanted to share this with both you: Glad you finally recognized Joe and APS! Your topics, not all, have been done before by Joe. I like both your styles and you both tell stories in ways where they will turn the TV OFF, just to listen to you talk. It is a lost art and reminds me of listening to my grandfather! Joe has a huge heart and I think you are starting to put down your guard a little and try to really care about other people!

Love you!!

been here since a little over 500 subs, love to see u doing well Joe

Out of all the prison channels I watch, I always come back to yours in the end. Much love joe

The habit I still have not broken is from when I first got locked up I was a juvenile they gave us a little tiny towels and we would try to get all the water off before using a towel after getting out of the shower I still do that to this day almost 20 years later. 😂

Cool video. So honest and informative. Thanks!

Great video

I'm really enjoying the videos coming from the suggestions of the viewers. Good idea, and I'm glad Joe has taken them and ran with it.

Thanks JOE, PEACE!

I cannot believe you did not cover the toilet situation as far as flushing goes and showering with shower shoes I still have a friend who to this day still uses damn shower shoes and it’s his shower no one else uses it!!! Crazy.

"Damon I'm a boy. You are not in prison anymore."

I’ve never been to prison but I have agoraphobia pretty badly even before the pandemic. I kind of feel like prison could probably create agoraphobics especially if someone’s been locked up for a long time. Like it’s more than simple anxiety after you’ve been physically trapped for so long the outside would of course be overwhelming.

I loved the game show host delivery. Thanks for what you do!

After the first 10 seconds of this video, I feel like prison and the army must be very similar. I could never express it so succinctly. thank you Joe. Youre a poet. Like Hemmingway, very terse and cogent. Bordering on Laconic!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've never heard it mentioned anywhere but in Louisiana its common to drop a duce with only one leg in your pants. The reasoning on it is so you can still stand up and move to fight if you have to defend yourself. Still a thing i find myself doing this at the house.

JOE YOU LISTENED TO US YOUR FANS 2 MONTHS AGO YOU HAD BEEN STUCK AT 1.37 MILLIOON FOR A LONG TIME NOW THAT YOUR PERSONALITY IS BACK AND THE STORIES ARE FUNNY YOUR NOW AT 1.39 MILLION 2 MONTHS LATER WOW GOOD STUFF JOE KEEP IT UP

That just part of growing up ol joe looking at the first videos of after prison show that the ol joe that I knew before you did your time but at the end of the days it's maturity at the end of the day you have grown up and became successful man

Lines, I still have issues with people cutting in line... Shit sets me off...

This was a good one Joe.

I got an idea based on being stuck in the hospital for several days now (thank you for your videos- they've helped pass the time and make things feel a bit more normal). The worst (possibly best too) things about medical care in prison.

You are such a relatable person and I’ve never been to prison. I enjoy how you think and the way you approach things. The prison stuff is always interesting af too.

New video idea: Best things you can learn (positive) in prison

When I got out of prison it took me a long time to train my brain to allow myself to leave the house like a free person comes and goes i stayed in the house like i was still locked up unless i had to go see my PO or buy food ...it just didnt click I could come and go freely so I made myself go for a walk after dinner everynight trying to retrain my brain

“You nah what I’m sayin” is a phrase I’ve heard many use when getting out of jail/prison

On point

I can revert to talking like a sailor in a second around sailors.

My uncle (RIP Uncle Doug) spent a lot of his life in prison going to ,getting out and going back several times. Everytime he’d get released he talk that way for a while. Him being from Alabama and growing up in the country he still would lose his country accent and develop a more “hood” type accent. He was in Holman Prison when it was the deadliest in the country. My friend from high school is serving a life sentence for murder there now.

Great video! really did enjoy hearing about after prison habits and how hard it is to break them. I cant imagine how difficult it really is. What another world for sure it sounds like!

bruhh i forgot about this guy, good to still have him here tho

Can't believe ive been watching APS for almost two years now. Big ups Joe

Another great video thank you for that one :) 6 years after being released in still suffering anxiety attacks it's mad

I found things like door handles and metal cutlery strange and I couldn’t settle at home unless all my doors was closed..

Regarding talking like the person you’re talking to, I do it all the time. I’ve even repeated a vocal tick on accident. Humans are the ultimate adapters

I LOVE the return of the wonderful DIIIIIIIIIIIVVESSSSS. Thank you so much Joe xx

I miss this style of video. Loving this stuff man!

Your damn right about reacting to people disrespecting you Joe..next to that though the biggest thing I have struggled with since I got out is setting routine. You set yourself a routine when your inside to help make time pass quicker and set a normality to your situation. Out on the streets though even, I find myself everyday HAVING to do things in certain order or things just feel off

4:31 Chamillionaire is a multi millionaire. He retired from rapping, and invested his money into different things. I know he was an early investor in lyft. Now he has real estate, and loads of money from investing. He's doing great.

Would love it if joe added his bloopers after the credits like a marvel movie 😂

just came back after being un subbed for a while, honestly really happy to see the old style of videos has come back strong and dominant.

I had a hard time feeling like I should be ready at count time. And bad habit of carrying toiletries out with me.

Sometimes I know I can snap and break almost half of everybody in the rooms neck when they try and belittle you. Not knowing you've been holding in a rage counting white squares in a cell for years, sharpening your anger.

New APS video the day is saved hell yeah

Bad habit I cant break (7 years since last incarcerated), getting into it with/fighting over slight disrespect

How about a top 10 on the foods you craved and wanted right after you got home

Habits we have from the Army.. rolling your socks, sleeping with one eye open and being ready to kill everything you see..

More prison food videos! Love them

Very positive ending to the video Joe! Inspiring the one who need it!! APS for life

Hey Joe, love the content! Can you make a comparison about the best and worst times in prison versus out of prison. How does prison change the way you take in information and proccess emotions.

I did 24 yrs. in the CDC. I came home in 2015 with a lot of "prison habits". In June will be 6 yrs that I've been home and I've gotten rid of them all except one...I still eat fast. It took me 5 yrs to break my shower shoes habit 😂

I developed some food quirks while locked up. People were always trading off trays and reaching over everybody's shit and talking over it and I couldn't stand it. I came home 2 weeks before thanksgiving and when I had my first real thanksgiving dinner in 7 years I was still in prison mindset and a buddy of mine got a fork stuck in his hand for messing with my deviled egg. That was 17 years ago and I still get caught up in prison mentality especially with aggression and always watching what's going on around me waiting for shit to pop off