Prison Guard's Survival Guide: Tips And Secrets For Surviving Life Behind Bars

Prison Guard's Survival Guide: Tips And Secrets For Surviving Life Behind Bars | Michael Smith

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Former Correctional Officer and Cop Michael Smith dives into the raw realities of prison life, from earning respect to navigating confrontations, surviving on D Block, and even finding unexpected opportunities amidst adversity. Hear firsthand accounts of tension, encounters, and the complexities of acceptance in prison culture, all while exploring themes of injustice within the criminal justice system. These compelling stories offer profound lessons and insights into the human spirit within unescapable prisons.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:06:23 - Gaining Respect
00:13:09 - Surviving on D Block
00:19:32 - Cheech and Chong's Gummies
00:25:33 - Survival
00:32:12 - Confrontation in the Yard
00:38:49 - The Encounter
00:45:34 - Tension Prison Sections
00:52:17 - Accepting Favors in Prison
01:05:30 - Unescapable Prisons
01:12:13 - From Resignation to Dream Job
01:31:11 - Injustice and the Criminal Justice System
01:38:01 - Prison Stories and Lessons

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@Masticator93 17 күн бұрын

This isn't just one of the best videos you've done, this is one of the best interviews I've seen, period. Super interesting perspective.

@ianbickCT 17 күн бұрын

Thank you so much

@FlyingEagle41 Ай бұрын

Great interview Ian. You don't see guards or cops like this guy anymore. Michael is a great guy.

@ianbickCT Ай бұрын

Thanks so much!!

@YouShallBeTrolled Ай бұрын

This guy is Over exaggerating, just a little bit.I worked in prisons in the 80s in Texas, the worst of the worst.It was nothing like how this guy is explaining it

@mattchristiansen2343 23 күн бұрын

🐀🐀🐀🐀

@augustwebb Ай бұрын

He was respected and respectful because he understood and lived by the convict code to be respected by convicts you basically have to become one mentally Which is profound

@marctodisco 14 күн бұрын

Truer words were never written. Well put.

@zevolfearizona2113 2 күн бұрын

Former c/o here. That's as precise and simple as I've ever heard.

@wilbertogil3257 26 күн бұрын

This dude is as real as it gets God bless his soul, 🙏

@slu4154 19 күн бұрын

Smitty is awesome, god bless Michael Smith!

@BoxerJoe1966 Ай бұрын

I actually work with Smitty at his “dream job”. He runs our boxing gym and is as real as it gets. Good dude, honest, humble, proud, and a funny MFer. But I wouldn’t want to fight him 😂. Great interview. See you tomorrow brother 😂.

@nicholaslandolina Ай бұрын

Yeah

@727SolutionsCoatings Ай бұрын

His was absolutely the best interview ever! Definitely need more OG prison guards like this Michael on!! Thanks for the awesome interview!

@Raguru28 Ай бұрын

Need a part 2 Ian, legit genuine dude, great interview

@npcforyou 20 күн бұрын

Excellent interview. Thanks to you and your guest.

@stalyjohn9347 Ай бұрын

Brilliant podcast This guy is a top man, Thank you That time flew by Bring him back Ian

@shortstack6579 26 күн бұрын

I watch all your videos and I am a huge fan. This was the best interview and most relatable to me. Keep up the good work.

@ianbickCT 26 күн бұрын

Thank you so so much!

@revolverdon Ай бұрын

I agree , as a former correction officer I too believe all police officers should have to spend a couple of years in corrections before policing. Gives a whole different prospective not to mention half or more would not make 1 month

@lunsy9420 Ай бұрын

The county I live in to get out on the road all cops have to spend a minimum of a year working at the jail.

@billyminarik2126 Ай бұрын

The future cops should do at least 2-3 years as a prison guard and to start your police career you should be put in the cities first than work to your retirement in a small town.

@Horsebandit571 Ай бұрын

@@lunsy9420that’s actually great. I’m a big advocate for that cause they hopefully won’t abuse their power as much.

@joshadams2792 Ай бұрын

You have to do 2 years as a co before you can become a sheriff here in our local county

@chadfree5577 Ай бұрын

@@lunsy9420 was it Alabama. They do the same

@dakf660 Ай бұрын

This is a great interview!!

@arthurjohnson9872 27 күн бұрын

Nice interview, keep them coming

@RidingwithDylan Ай бұрын

Really really good interview keep them coming! 💪🔥🔥

@ianbickCT Ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

@TeriyakiBoy Ай бұрын

Worked right across the street from CFCF for a couple years and catered to the LEO/MILITARY/first responders community around there and I used hear the craziest stories everyday

@NaJohnsonWPhilly Ай бұрын

The infamous Caran Fromhold Correctional Facility CFCF 😂 I can relate because I was there it’s nothing nice

@swallace330 Ай бұрын

The sponsor videos are so cringy it nearly ruins the content

@teno214 22 күн бұрын

Stop being a cry baby

@evanberrios9445 29 күн бұрын

This guy is great! Thanks Smitty

@darrendennis1055 Ай бұрын

Holmesburg,NE !!! Thanks for taking care of the streets and the Men the right way.

@Ksp0626 Ай бұрын

Thanks for your service

@buffalobybicycle716 28 күн бұрын

27 years as a NYS prison guard. Retired 10 years ago - this interview brought me back on the job. Funny how many prisons are almost exactly the same down to the block letters representing the worst blocks. I can relate to just about every story Michael told.

@jasonmacdonald27 Ай бұрын

GREAT INTERVIEW 💪🏼 🇺🇸

@dannymuffintop 2 күн бұрын

Man, Ian kept his mouth shut for this one. Well done man, good to hear a story uninterrupted.

@ianbickCT 2 күн бұрын

Hahaha thank you man

@Nick__1192 Ай бұрын

Best one yet

@jackdaniels4535 26 күн бұрын

Oh yeah we need a part 2

@annettejones7282 Ай бұрын

Great interview Ian ! Bring Schmidty back and IF you come to Philly make sure he chaperones you.

@w.m.t.4897 20 күн бұрын

Me and Burt Cooper were roommates in drug rehab back in the 90s called bowling green...

@hnmnjpa Ай бұрын

Graterford was no joke. Mad respect for this dude. Salute from the P 🫡💯

@ashleyiervasi2934 24 күн бұрын

This guy is AWESOME!! What a great guy!!

@Morgan423Z Ай бұрын

If anyone ever puts together "Locked In Bingo," I'm 99% certain that the free space in the center should be "Gladiator School." 😆

@Helping.Homless Ай бұрын

It wouldn't be a free space then lol

@pmiahky Ай бұрын

What a stand up guy. His stories sure sound like stuff from Oz. You must watch Ian! Ain’t an easy watch. Hardcore but excellent.

@donaldmay1931 Ай бұрын

Being a CO definitely humbles you 100% true statement.

@lunsy9420 Ай бұрын

I thought for a minute that was Domenick Lombardozzi.

@joegormley5847 Ай бұрын

Best episode yet.

@ianbickCT Ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@joegormley5847 Ай бұрын

🙌🏻🙌🏻

@dgilly8064 Ай бұрын

I'm with you on the flying my man. The only planes I've been on is when I was being transported by the feds. I even told them I wasn't gettin' on the plane(for a few mins). I asked for something to make me sleep and everything... I got on the plane(twice with them), but never will I willingly. I understand how you feel!!

@MichaelEdwardLee Ай бұрын

55:37 it comes from the old Coast guard Barracks in Cape May N.J.

@LL_SHAWN_P____ Ай бұрын

Yet Another 👍🏼👍🏼🔥💯

@louiselanthier5135 29 күн бұрын

M. Smith could watch the program "Mayday". I think the Tenerife accident (Pam Am/KML) story is really interesting.

@darrickbrown830 16 күн бұрын

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽! I Pa. Born and raised about an hour outside Philly. don’t fly either I flew to Memphis and my doctor prescribed me some zanex two on the flight down and two for the flight home! I can drive 14 16 hours but I won’t fly for 20 minutes

@toshaturk3551 21 күн бұрын

Great sit down northeast Philly boul told it like it was

@mattsweeny3957 Ай бұрын

I love your unique personality Ian and I love Smitty..wanna buy him a Case of Irish Whiskey

@HAHAZODIACK 18 күн бұрын

It’s very easy to gain your respect in any facility if you know what you’re doing you gotta know what you’re doing

@mattsweeny3957 Ай бұрын

You gotta be genuine but NOT a pushover

@kjnest Ай бұрын

In my opinion this guy has Caveman syndrome ! He said no child predator in his block? A true professional is there to do a job and should be mature enough to do his job with out his personal opinion effecting his job! And allowing inmates to fight is not a type of an officer I would want around!! Liability waiting to happen! Just for the new corrections officers out there trust me you can gain respect with out going into a cell and fighting!!

@Ironworks35 17 күн бұрын

This is the Philadelphia version of dropkick Murphy!

@davidbeaner4220 23 күн бұрын

This is the first heart felt guard interview. Big respect this man.

@annettejones7282 Ай бұрын

Ian you do NOT want to come to Philly 😂😂😂 Geesus ! Maybe visit Bucks County.

@moniqueweerts1401 13 күн бұрын

Part 2 and a book please….😉

@decepticonavidgamer882 Ай бұрын

This guy needs to write a book and audio read it could listen to this man until the cows came home

@Waando_ Ай бұрын

So this is who Jay Williams Lets Live Life be talking about

@nicholaslandolina Ай бұрын

Hes pretty solid

@SydneyGreenstreet1227 14 күн бұрын

Ian: “What’s a cell thief ?”🤔🤔

@mattsweeny3957 Ай бұрын

This boy is built like a Middle Linebacker..

@sushi6608 25 күн бұрын

Forgive this question if the answer should be obvious. Smitty said that someone had told him who had taken his cigarettes. Wasn’t that guy a snitch? Are there acceptable snitches or not, and how do you know the difference?

@danielmiles6858 Ай бұрын

I know a lot of people that have been in CFCF. They say it's one of tge most violent jail around

@dannymuffintop 2 күн бұрын

This dude is legit

@frankirfourfingers 19 күн бұрын

This guy seems genuine,but I can't help thinking back to that Sally Jessy show when everyone believed that Mafia cop scumbag lying his ass off and everyone thinking he was a hero... I hope I'm wrong because I do like this guy

@Comeonsteve 26 күн бұрын

see he got out his xs shirt for the interview

@southphillylilly Ай бұрын

2nd and Jackson here!!

@Johngabe100 19 күн бұрын

How about clean the prison up and the guards actually protect the weak. Half the corruption going on in prisons takes s place because the guards look the other way. If they can’t do their job for what ever reason, find another way to make a living. If it’s an animal house inside….. then it sounds like administrative and guard staff allowing this crap.

@davidtack7766 25 күн бұрын

CFCF D2-2. 2001 Place was serious.

@allergyahead8128 19 күн бұрын

Standup guy ! realises respect is a two way street.

@JimmyJohnson-uq6um 19 күн бұрын

I miss prison.

@alexbanker9355 19 күн бұрын

It's never too late to come back

@JimmyJohnson-uq6um 18 күн бұрын

@@alexbanker9355 just waiting for the right one, to make it all worth it. Good reason to treat people right and be a good person. Many are out here like me.

@JimmyJohnson-uq6um 18 күн бұрын

@@alexbanker9355 I will when I find a worth it.

@JimmyJohnson-uq6um 18 күн бұрын

@@alexbanker9355 Just looking for my huckleberry then Im goin in

@jeffinphx517 16 күн бұрын

😅You miss the 🍇 jelly.😅 🥗🥗🥗👅👅👅🍆🍆🍆🍑🍑🍑🦄🌈☄️

@Shaqad56 Ай бұрын

Excuse me fella you want to get to the interview……geesh 😮

@SDF1982 Ай бұрын

I was in 3 sci's in pa...also berks county jail..some stuff he says is half true....pa jail system isn't that bad compared to other states

@pavlestanimirovic Ай бұрын

Hey Bick get this guy Paul Montana on asap

@svrider2006s Ай бұрын

OG sounds like Vinny Paz

@JacolbyMorrison 19 күн бұрын

Facts

@diseasemccheese5162 12 күн бұрын

No chemistry at all lol😂

@DiegoRamos-sh4xp Ай бұрын

SMITTY is a great guy Great interview and I never want to meet a “booty bandit” 😳

@mrmoosecreature 8 күн бұрын

I bet this guy was a guard when Jay Williams was in

@questlove_satx 28 күн бұрын

okay we get it about the Cheech and Chong

@UNSIGNEDARTISTASSASSIN Ай бұрын

Get dat man some water 😭😭😭

@JamieFromLancs Ай бұрын

Back when proson was just like he described it. Now its full of rat inmates & pusay guards

@quasipseudo1 19 күн бұрын

800 pushups in 20 minutes? BS. I spent 9 years in Army combat arms, and there were a lot of PT studs…. back in the 90s, the max for pushups (to get 100 points) was 82 perfect pushups; i saw a person break the 85 pushups mark a few times. i never saw anyone ever break 100 . And we worked out 1 - 2 hours every day.

@SCH00NY125 Ай бұрын

Cfcf is a brutal place

@timothydurkan Ай бұрын

You know?.... right? x ♾️

@stenchtrench9554 28 күн бұрын

Real life Mike from Breaking Bad.

@ianbickCT 28 күн бұрын

You’re right!!

@lukefarrell3475 Ай бұрын

Smithy was a horse. Don't let him fool you.

@douglasrenteria3539 Ай бұрын

lol

@650AFTERHOURSOC Ай бұрын

This guy wouldn't be doing that in a California prison being locked up is very depressing in the last thing you want is a guard joking around with you.. yeah I'm out!

@ironadversity2500 5 күн бұрын

Ian, I did an interview with Matt Cox back in 2022, and have since stated my own podcast. I work in Law Enforcement and would love to collaborate with you if that interests you. Please let me know if you see this.

@Fireprisonstories Ай бұрын

How do you find the people you interviewed? I am the truth. 🔥 🔥 🔥

@kjnest Ай бұрын

Not that difficult these people are every day people nothing too interesting !

@allaboutyou81 Ай бұрын

A few things every prison is called Gladiator School and what do you think this guy went in every fight and beat the s*** out of every guy

@damianfreeney9710 Ай бұрын

💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽💯💯💯

@DavidMccallister65 20 күн бұрын

Do you really need him to explain what a "cell thief" is???

@AnoNymous-ek1wr 26 күн бұрын

Crazy how prisoners are programming in different states. I woukd have never guessed that booty bandits would even be able to be alive in Philly. I can only speak on Texas : In TDC any cat with a sex case on his jacket would be dealt with immediately by his own people. And trust that the guards would throw them to the wolves even before they hit the facility.

@craigfinno551 14 күн бұрын

Survive prison by not going to prison

@christiangjerpe2748 21 күн бұрын

800 push ups in 20 minutes?…

@kjnest Ай бұрын

Never ever give any type of power to inmates over other inmates!! You lose credibility!! And shows weakness! That tells other inmates you need help from inmates to do your job!!

@nikkirichards4952 Ай бұрын

👍

@mattsweeny3957 Ай бұрын

You were a Sqaured Away CO. You got that from your pops..

@Fireprisonstories Ай бұрын

THIS IS THE ONLY WAY I KNOW TO MAKE YOU SEE ME JUST KEEP POSTING COMMENTS. IT WILL BE A GREAT SHOW I PROMISE 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@Fireprisonstories Ай бұрын

ATLANTIC CITY NJ PRISON. I'VE BEEN TO FDC IN PHILLY TOO. PLEASE GET WITH ME

@74chuck Ай бұрын

Sous (sue) chef

@Artificial-Influencers Ай бұрын

You can be anyone you want to be on SM. One minute he is telling you nothing is for free, next he ask the shot caller to do him favors. I worked in prisons for 16 years the first day till the end I walked up to the shot caller and explained, I was now the Boss. That’s how I did it every place I went. Everyone has a story and tells it how they interpret it. Dumbest question I have heard this week….”have you thought about starting your own channel”. Should have asked the leprechaun where the gold is.