Min. Security vs Max. Security: Prisoners Compare Their Time

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This video showcases a comparison between life in maximum and minimum security prisons as told by two prisoners. The firsthand accounts offer a unique insight into the contrasts and realities of life behind bars, and provide a thought-provoking look into the criminal justice system and its effects on those who are incarcerated. The video is a must-watch for anyone interested in understanding the complexities of the penal system and the experiences of those who live within its walls.
Ex Jewel Thief, Mob Earner, Criminal and Prisoner Larry Lawton
Ex Jewel Thief Larry Lawton spent 11 years in prison and now helps people make better decisions and fights for prison reform.
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@buck_sweep Жыл бұрын

Only two minutes in and I’ve learned that if you plan on robbing a McDonald’s, do it in Idaho to avoid committing a federal offense.

@LarryLawtonJewelThief Жыл бұрын

LOL True

@livingart2576 Жыл бұрын

Not if they get their straws from Florida. 😀

@ftffighter Жыл бұрын

Living Art That's all bad XD It'd suck if they'd imported their potatoes from out of state and you eat a fry on your way out assuming it was plucked out of the ground from down the road LOL.

@ClutchEveryTime Жыл бұрын

Lmaoo

@SolidStacks Жыл бұрын

@@LarryLawtonJewelThief 😊😊 n no

@madvova118 Жыл бұрын

Man just started working on his hobbies, body and health in minimum security

@LarryLawtonJewelThief Жыл бұрын

Oh so true.

@nomorecomply4044 Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah. I mean that would probably make me change, not for the better but it’ll change me😁

@paganathiest6349 Жыл бұрын

part of me is saying he had it too easy, another part is saying he's the one who got the rehab that all prisons should supply

@josephforgione6207 Жыл бұрын

I remember being stationed at Nellis AFB, Nevada and they housed federal prisoners. They worked on the base doing details. They ate their meals at the base dining facility. We weren’t supposed to talk to any of those guys, but we did anyway. Most of the prisoners were there for like Wall Street crimes. They liked talking us and they were interested in our jobs at the base. They would ask us about our combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Good bunch of guys. Great video.

@ericpetersen8155 Жыл бұрын

I knew lots of people who did time at Nellis. Closed now. Was pretty soft time they all said. I’ve never been locked up myself

@ightholmes Жыл бұрын

The boomers were there right?

@twittertroll Жыл бұрын

Frank always looks like he is gonna make you an offer you can't refuse

@colinwu4910 Жыл бұрын

Hey Larry can you talk about each of the gangs in prison some time? It'd be really interesting to see what each of them did to make money, what their cultures were like ... And such

@LarryLawtonJewelThief Жыл бұрын

I will do that.

@colinwu4910 Жыл бұрын

@@LarryLawtonJewelThief 🫡

@johnhernandez1364 Жыл бұрын

@@LarryLawtonJewelThief thank you Larry.

@switch9915 2 ай бұрын

@@LarryLawtonJewelThiefyou still haven't done it Larry !!

@Chi_Till_I_Die773 Жыл бұрын

Another great video Larry!! Appreciate the time and effort and you pit into this!! God bless and love from Chicago !

@LarryLawtonJewelThief Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I appreciate that

@josephl-h6247 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video Larry, appreciate the empathy and humanity you promote!

@Meteoraq Жыл бұрын

Hey Larry. Probably won’t see this but I’ve been around your channel since 2020. Around that time, I’d watch you read out Gangsters Redemption on KZfaq. Im so proud to see what you’ve done for the community. And American Prison System raising awareness for all the inmates who are being treated inhumanly, Im from Ireland so I’ve learned alot about the American laws and alot about how you even made food in prison ( I need more prison cooking PLEASE ) but thank you for uplifting and enlighting me with your story’s and sharing to us how it used to be! Much love from your neighbours across the sea

@EddieEd148 Жыл бұрын

I believe it's called a dust-pan. Great video guys, love your vids Larry. Keep up the good work. Sometimes, I get mad at people and think about doing things to them. Then I think about your videos and tell myself it ain't worth it

@MyOwnGanja Жыл бұрын

Your studio is getting better and better! Good stuff L !

@LarryLawtonJewelThief Жыл бұрын

Thanks for noticing. I have a great team

@tihspidtherekciltilc5469 Жыл бұрын

In my 16 months I started in what's called safekeeping in Central Prison Raleigh NC which was about 70/30 death row convicts to inmates that were sent to the hospital there from whatever county they were arrested who were released from the hospital to safekeeping. After going to court and then processing camp you get two choices of where you'd like to be sent and I chose the smallest minimum custody camp as far west as possible where I took part in the DART program, drugs alcohol something something. Long story short small camps are much more difficult to get away with anything like smoking or hitting chow twice. I ended up with four months adseg but after 30 days I had the choice of loosing a custody level and leaving on the next bus or finishing the adseg time and remaining in minimum custody. I chose medium custody and had so much more freedom in hustling tobacco which I brought in five days a week once on a job detail. Most important is now I have 14 years clean and I'm buying my first and last house with everything approved, offer accepted just waiting on closing. Wish I had gone to prison a decade earlier but hindsight is living in the past. Peace

@LarryLawtonJewelThief Жыл бұрын

At least you learned and congrats.

@tihspidtherekciltilc5469 Жыл бұрын

@@LarryLawtonJewelThief Yes and appreciate you.

@shanewilliams8577 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting video Larry, keep them coming!

@normanbrown8772 5 ай бұрын

I was a CO in a maximum security state prison for 24 years. I was in the inmate transfer team for several years until I made sergeant when I went to a medium security prison. On one of my first transfers was from a medium security prison ( not the same one ) to a minimum security prison. I was shocked when we went in. There was one fence with no razor wire on it. The recreation yard was open all day long. There was only about 10-12 staff in the entire place for about 300-400 inmates. This place didn’t resemble a prison at all. I wasn’t getting that ‘ who has the knife feeling ‘ at all. We found the inmate reception/ property room and the whole place was run by a inmate. We had to get a staff person’s signature on all the paperwork but inmates did everything else. I spent about 30 minutes in complete amazement at not being disrespected at every point or inmates fighting. This place was calm. I saw a comparison and the minimum was significantly better. Years later, I actually had a supervisor try and order myself and my partner ( 2 male CO’s ) to transport a female inmate somewhere. There was no chance that was going to happen. The supervisor was threatening to put us on report ( snitching on yourself is probably not a good idea ). The supervisor threatened to keep us there until we agreed to it at which point I called our home base unit commander and explained the problem and he was not amused. We were leaving minutes later. I thought that both of those stories would amuse you. Both are sort of interesting.

@Mitzi104 Жыл бұрын

Yay Larry! Love seeing a new video! I want to help inmates in some way. I'm an educator, so I think I will reach out and see how I could help.

@stevenmorinello8522 Жыл бұрын

Always great video Larry

@johnprim 6 ай бұрын

Philly native here. Scarfo is still a legend here.

@spinlaunchglide Жыл бұрын

Larry, the way you told the original story of you staring down the huge rat in the prison kitchen is the funniest thing I've heard on your channel... even though of course it is terrible to house people in conditions like this. Thanks for all you do to share your experience and advocate for improved conditions for those locked up.

@bacardibum Жыл бұрын

i don't know if you will see this but i saw you on the heist show with pierce brosnan on history channel. great job! i love your commentary and insight into heists and prison and all that stuff

@MelkorTolkien Жыл бұрын

How did I miss this video? The contrast is amazing. Hearing from one guy who went to the best type of prison you can go to when incarcerated in all the country, talking with a guy that went to the absolute worst.

@paganathiest6349 Жыл бұрын

i always hear you saying how there are some people you dealt with who you hope never get out, obviously i understood from your words but hearing the situation of this man is a cold blooded killer, that really puts into perspective what you were dealing with honestly. i've had plenty of situations where i was quite literally fighting for my life but there were never any cold blooded killers. chills me to my core that there are people like that. some might argue the mental health aspect but regardless of what you are going through mentally if you kill someone for something as mildly inconvenient as snoring too loud you are obviously not a person who should be let out into society.

@yoshimitsu9923 Жыл бұрын

Larry, your just a great man. I really adore you. Not for what you did, but for what you are now! RESPECT! 💪💪❤❤

@BelowMinimums Жыл бұрын

Damn Larry you're looking great! Your hard work for your health is certainly paying off

@Michael16397 Жыл бұрын

Great video Larry. It would be interesting to do this with a supermax comparison.

@desert_dreamer11 Жыл бұрын

Hi Larry! What were some of the weirdest people you met in prison and did their character matched the crime they committed?

@LarryLawtonJewelThief Жыл бұрын

Oh there are so many people I could think of and maybe I should do a video on that.

@Taydutt13 Жыл бұрын

@@LarryLawtonJewelThief yea you should that would be a straight banger

@ClutchEveryTime Жыл бұрын

@@LarryLawtonJewelThief you definitely should I’d watch that man!

@raymichalowski3981 Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah good show🤘🤘Should make more vids with similar content

@jaysinyard4137 5 ай бұрын

Larry, I respect your attitude that you came out with.

@keithlaub7964 Жыл бұрын

I seen you on the history channel! You made the big time lar!!

@dsgdsg9764 Жыл бұрын

The last statement from Frank came out of left field

@LarryLawtonJewelThief Жыл бұрын

LOL He is a funny dude

@frenchabortion Жыл бұрын

We’re gonna start calling you “Slim” Hahaha. Thanks again for another insightful and informative video. I hope everything is going well on your end. Much Respect from Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada)

@12Midnighthours Жыл бұрын

With everything Larry has been telling everyone. WHO NEEDS THAT " SHOW " SCARED STRAIGHT....When listening to Larry should scare you straight...with nightmares 😱😱

@LarryLawtonJewelThief Жыл бұрын

Oh so true.

@shagbaker377 Жыл бұрын

Every video you say is a great video. You have yet to be wrong! Love the content.

@elevenbravo584 Жыл бұрын

Looking good my dude 🤙

@DARTZZZZZ Жыл бұрын

There was a huge jewelry robbery in Ottawa Canada hope you'll make a video about it

@americangamingkid2060 Жыл бұрын

Yes anotha one

@theworsttalkshowever6186 Жыл бұрын

When you said rat I instantly thought of a snitch and was like you got to be some snitch to get a nickname and not an assbeating lmfao. Love you Larry! 🤣🤣

@jaredp653 Жыл бұрын

Larry I'd like to hear about your best experiences you can recall with guards/staff, what did they do that humanized you? Or are most guards defensive and don't try to get to know convicts on a level they can hold a conversation? If I was locked up I'd just try to get a taste of "outside" by chatting with guards about their day to day, I think.

@NBA2050 Жыл бұрын

Great video.

@LarryLawtonJewelThief Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I appreciate that

@hennessy4314 Жыл бұрын

Hi Larry you should review 'Escape from Pretoria' it's a great prison escape movie with Daniel Radcliffe, I think you could really relate to this movie, it only came out 2 years ago.

@JR-gl1nx Жыл бұрын

Not watched yet but given a thumbs up already for the bad ass beard.

@LarryLawtonJewelThief Жыл бұрын

I love the beard, thanks.

@williamwuolo8926 Жыл бұрын

you're really looking good Larry!

@vmonroig21 Жыл бұрын

When I first got to the county in broward there was 6 men in a 2 man cell

@zodiac3981 Жыл бұрын

hey larry. one of the first videos of yours that I watched was when you where talking about the day you got arrested and how that went and during the video i remember you mentioning that if you had been able to, at the time, you would have ran. I was wondering how you would have been able to, what your chances would have been in actually getting out of the country and what life might have been like for you on the run.

@heyhocodyo1997 Жыл бұрын

Digging the beard man it looks good on you

@jbilotta Жыл бұрын

I can’t wait to get my hat:) Hi Larry 😊

@huntermitchell3027 Жыл бұрын

Hi Larry

@chair4964 Жыл бұрын

lookin good Larry

@Stonr21 Жыл бұрын

There are 288 holes in the vent in each cell in the new dorms of Kirkland Correctional in Columbia SC. I was there from Nov 18 to Dec 18 2007. Kirkland is R & E. There is no heat in these dorms. AC ran year round. Winter was cold as hell. Steel bunk beds, one set to a cell. Plugging the holes with single sheets of TP almost got me three days isolation. Tried to say it was damage and contraband.... Lt made me clean them out. Put them back in that night. Thin ass white thread bare blanket, no pillow, thin jumpsuit, ragged coat. R & E was probably the worst part of my bid.

@LiveAmplifiedshow Жыл бұрын

Hey Larry, Im not sure if youre familiar with the Michael Dean Shooting and Carmen Decruz Trial in Central Texas. Would love to hear your thoughts as to why/How Officer decruz was found Innocent

@HeilAmarth 7 ай бұрын

In Finland we haven't had two men cells since 1800's. Guys started to kill their cell mates too much, so the practice was abandoned.

@chrisconnolly9324 Жыл бұрын

The trash pickup thing. It's called a butler.

@paulmcanespie6462 Жыл бұрын

Interesting didn’t know this about American prison

@LarryLawtonJewelThief Жыл бұрын

There are so many stories about American prisons.

@Ammifyy Жыл бұрын

Hey Larry not sure if you’ll see this but, I recommend you make a video on the murder trial of the late rapper “XXXTENTACION” it seems like a very interesting topic to talk about and I feel it would fit your narrative

@walkerfields Жыл бұрын

More robbery fails plz vary entertaining❤😂😂

@ollikoskiniemi6221 Жыл бұрын

Ay been losing weight Larry? Looking good man.

@LarryLawtonJewelThief Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I appreciate that. I lost 55lbs and am down to 203.

@cristinaevans139 Жыл бұрын

Larry please don’t loose any mora weight…you are starting to look VERY thin .thinking of you from Australia.god bless you and yours.keep up with the great work you do on your channel ❤

@ronaldsmith1282 Жыл бұрын

El Reno Oklahoma was the absolute worst place in the Federal system. Pig farms were everywhere & the smell of the pig pens were disgusting 🤮

@Mills141 Жыл бұрын

🤞 I go to Enid

@shahab814 Жыл бұрын

In Los Angeles County jail we had 4 people in a cell.

@Travis-4U Жыл бұрын

LARRY BRANCH OUT PRISON STUFF IT ISNT GONNA LAST FOREVER. I'm telling you from a successful standpoint. Love you dude.

@MMMWMMMMMMWMMMMWMMMMWM Жыл бұрын

Hey Larry this is off topic but have you seen this Alex Murdaugh case out of South Carolina. I'm curious what you think

@LarryLawtonJewelThief Жыл бұрын

I will check the case out.

@jamiehoskins2000 Жыл бұрын

Hi Larry on playstation they just came out with prison simulator. Do you think on your channel you will do a video on it an see how it compares to real prison?

@timebandit1266 Жыл бұрын

I just imagine some rooms larry enters everyone cheers: Larry! Larry! Larry! 🥃

@babatunde3968 Жыл бұрын

The camp sounds better than my day to day life 😂😂

@Unonomouse Жыл бұрын

Could you do something like this with someone from another country? e.g British Max Security

@cartersmith6029 Жыл бұрын

Larry u should play prison architect or watch someone play it video's are great by they way love the stories

@LarryLawtonJewelThief Жыл бұрын

I am a character in the game. Look me up. I rated those prisons and have been working with them for a while.

@tigernotwoods914 Жыл бұрын

He does. He did some videos on it too.

@Anonymality Жыл бұрын

spent a week in jail for the first time, looking at 2 counts of 8-32 years. that 1 week was eye-opening. wish i had stayed straight. just got my degree a year ago. wanted to teach english in korea. i'll never get the opportunity to do either ever again. both my parents will die n i won't be there for it. all my homies are gonna get married n have kids, and i wont be there for it. i wont get married for the first time or have my first kid for who knows how long. i fucked everything up. dont fuck up. thank you for doing what you do. i know your videos have prevented and helped a lot of people, and though it may not seem like it, myself is included.

@rillo806 Жыл бұрын

When is ur sentencing?

@Zoroaster4 Жыл бұрын

I remember hearing a guy say that he actually committed some infraction with his prison friend to get sent to a higher security prison because the friend said that they where treated better in higher security. He said he regretted doing that, and that it was much worse. I forgot the guys name, but he was a KZfaqr making videos about prison. I'm pretty sure this video was like 6 or 8 years ago.

@ryansauchuk7290 Жыл бұрын

After prison show?

@Zoroaster4 Жыл бұрын

@@ryansauchuk7290 Yeah I think that's the one. Thanks I've thought about that channel a couple times but couldn't remember the name.

@walkerfields Жыл бұрын

Larry would you ever do another maximum security we’re you rob that sigar shop would you ever do that again or something like that again it was so entertaining and interesting to see??

@InfinityMax365 Жыл бұрын

10:28 dang I thought you where talking about a person who was a “rat” I was very confused about the paws comment. But I still couldn’t figure out if it was a rodent or a person x )

@sarahpirkle9476 Жыл бұрын

Wow that's really truly terrible and terrifying at the same time, that must have been very scary for you,

@wiltstumblen45 Жыл бұрын

Hey Larry I was wondering if you can talk about the case of Ronald L Sanford (Indiana state prison) and Richard DeLisi (Florida inmate who got 90 years for weed)

@jonboatmorava9115 Жыл бұрын

Wow that's a huge difference

@islandimus3370 Жыл бұрын

I'm glad Larry is getting healthier, but his head looks seriously huge on a frame that isn't buff.

@allenhargis4317 Жыл бұрын

sheridan camp was shit compared to where he was. one tiny rec room and a track. run down, everything is broke. 12 years ago or so it opened to the RDAP drug rehab. went from 95% white collar to 95% drug dealers so naturally we couldn't have nice things anymore. During covid everything closed for 2 years. even the chow hall. we got old, cold food out of broken food warmers and ate on our bunks. The month i spent at the FCI kitchen wasnt any better making bag lunches for 1800 people for 18 hours a day was worse than the month in the SHU. I wont do that again... Im thankful for the support of family when i was released.

@LarryLawtonJewelThief Жыл бұрын

Glad you are out and I'm sure you can educate others.

@davidperry4013 3 ай бұрын

Criminal justice should focus on rehabilitation. Even maximum security prisons should have heating and air conditioning and a dynamic approach to security instead of a static approach.

@garyhen2028 Жыл бұрын

I like this

@Trainy2 Жыл бұрын

Man, that guy went to Club Fed for sure. Almost like a vacation

@doggopower6326 Жыл бұрын

Hey, Larry did any of the guards learn that you were in the Coast guard? If they did how did they react?

@thurstonhowelllll948 Жыл бұрын

Every since 9 eleven they want to eradicate evil -Evil cannot be eradicated , Redemption and Mercy has been abandoned

@jamesmccullers9916 5 ай бұрын

Going from a max to a medium is a total different vibe

@staradder218 Жыл бұрын

Hey Larry! Have you ever encountered anyone convicted of Money Laundering? And if so, how were they like?

@junk8554 Жыл бұрын

When is there a time that you don't have a great video for us

@katiescorner5879 Жыл бұрын

Are people still incarcerated at USP Atlanta? I only live 30 mins from there so I'm curious.

@justanotherdumbrepublican9625 Жыл бұрын

Larry are you losing weight my guy? Looking good man!

@artisanco Жыл бұрын

Make good choices!!!.

@Kugelblitz000 Жыл бұрын

Do a collab with afterprisonshow please

@LarryLawtonJewelThief Жыл бұрын

I was going to. BUt he didn't want to.

@tigernotwoods914 Жыл бұрын

Larry and Big Herc would be a great collab. Both were in the feds. Both did robberies. Both did around the same stretch of time. But did their time in different regions. Different perspectives. I think those two would be a great collab.

@danielhooper27 Жыл бұрын

Hey Larry can you talk about people that were actually innocent. Doing hard time for something they genuinely didn't do

@sirius_5825 Жыл бұрын

Damn Larry you’ve lost a lot of weight good job man

@desert_dreamer11 Жыл бұрын

How do you feel about offenders those who committed s** crimes who genuinely want to change? Can all prisoners regardless of their crimes get married?

@LarryLawtonJewelThief Жыл бұрын

Sex offenders are bad. I hope amd pray everyone can change. BUt sadly, the rate of success for a sex offender is very low.

@Daniel-wr7yh Жыл бұрын

Hey Lar, been watching for a long time. You doing alright? Seemed to be slurring your words a bit and spacing out on this one.

@RocknRollAddicts Жыл бұрын

Damn, I’ve definitely felt like ‘killing’ somebody over very loud snoring before but I would never actually DO it. That’s crazy!

@chrisconnolly9324 Жыл бұрын

I am 42, have a regular good beard not crazy but good, the only time in my entire life I used a razor was when I was in country for 6 months, and bracelet for 6 (bracelet was worse!). I was in a drug program, had to shave daily! and they were dicks! (clean 5 and half years now! Didn't need to spend ten years in fed max to not want my freedom taken away). Anyway still rock a full beard have since I was a teenager. I thought tours would be more grey mine is! It looks GREAT no bullshit. Don't listen to those haters that say you lost too much weight et cetera, you look great, and keep rocking the beard. You'd look good in a 6 months beard. Of you ever grew one, throw a pic up sometime. Keep it up bud.

@m16ty 8 ай бұрын

Minimum security, other that being away from you friends and family, seems like fun. Both perspectives seem like way too far both ways. Some of the stuff Larry went though shouldn't have happened, but I think we can all agree that minimum security should be a little harder time. I know a guy that did 5 years federal for taxes in minimum security, I know he had it pretty easy.

@seanqualey2417 Жыл бұрын

HI LARRY THOSE ARE CALLED A BROOM LOBBY & DUST PANS TC BRO

@LarryLawtonJewelThief Жыл бұрын

I knew that

@stevenmoozakis2246 Жыл бұрын

Alright

@mattyp3154 Жыл бұрын

I think the trash pick up device your talking about is called a butler

@nehemiahmarcus308 Жыл бұрын

What I learned was that if I am going to commit a crime, do a White collar crime for billions of dollars rather than robbing some French fries from McDonalds.

@DylanPorto45 Жыл бұрын

i hope i talk like Mr Leather jacket when im an old guy

@nicholasclark4079 Жыл бұрын

I have changed my mind. I like the beard better than the goatee.

@LarryLawtonJewelThief Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@dask1516 Жыл бұрын

15 grand he owed and got sent to federal prison that's unheard of.. I owe about 30 grand and they aren't trying to put me in prison.. how the hell did he get sent to a federal prison for only owing that much?? They must have given him chance after chance to pay it because generally they don't just send you straight to prison for owing money.. it would sound like and it would seem like they would rather have you pay them then for them to pay you to be in prison

@shahab814 Жыл бұрын

He probably did something very illegal.

@dask1516 Жыл бұрын

@@shahab814 you mean added charge?

@shahab814 Жыл бұрын

@@dask1516 I mean they couldn't get him for the bad things he did, so they got him for his taxes. He spends $ 1 million fighting a $30k tax fee, doesn't make sense.

@dask1516 Жыл бұрын

@@shahab814 yes, def more to the story.. I believe he said 15000.. no way I never heard of a federal prison sentence for only owing that much hell I've never even heard of probation..