Ep 106: A Prison Guard Turned Comedian Tells Truth About Prison Life

APR 4, 202386 MIN
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Ep 106: A Prison Guard Turned Comedian Tells Truth About Prison Life

APR 4, 202386 MIN

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Josh Higuera was a corrections officer for 7 years &amp; stationed in gunatamo bay &amp; victorville. We talk about pranking prisoners, treat prisoners with respect, losing a parent, weird prison rules, gay comedians turning straight comedians gay, cooking in prison cells, becoming a comedian after working in prison, and more.<br /><br /><b>Time Stamps:</b><br />0:21 - Josh was stationed in Guantanamo Bay &amp; Victorville Federal Prison<br />1:29 - being a corrections officer (C.O.) puts you in a dark place<br />3:04 - prisoners don't act like what you see on TV<br />4:24 - some COs bullied prisoners<br />7:56 - blood doesn't squirt when you get stabbed<br />8:53 - A gang leader saved 30 COs lives<br />11:18 - an inmate got the literally teeth kicked out of his face<br />14:01 - easiest prison job<br />16:62- why you should treat prisoners with respect<br />19:08 - Josh loves his kid but used to hate kids<br />20:19 - Cuban prisons don't have medical resources for serious injuries<br />23:06 - Josh started standup comedy at the same time he was in the academy<br />25:11 - redefining success &amp; happiness &amp; losing a parent<br />27:43 - growing up with an abusive father<br />30:00 - why do Josh &amp; Mike do standup?<br />34:54 - protective measures against your body degrading<br />38:28 - Josh tries to guess what Asian Mike is &amp; Japanese is aggressive<br />39:24 - Arabic sounds aggressive<br />40:33 - favorite Korean foods<br />42:56 - Mike shot a short film with food poisoning &amp; sh*t himself<br />44:16 - balancing comedy &amp; being a single father<br />49:20- in prison child sex traffickers are accepted vs. child molestors<br />51:29 - Josh's first day as CO saw 2 buff convicts blowing each other<br />57:44 - do some prisoners turn gay or always were gay?<br />1:01:38 - some straight comedians are secretly gay or just desperate<br />1:06:13 - catching a prisoner with a knife in his butt<br />1:09:36 - pranking the prisoners<br />1:14:24 - allowing prisoners to cook in their cells<br />1:19:44 - catching an illegal gym in prison