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

  • Apr 4 2023
  • Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
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Ep 106: A Prison Guard Turned Comedian Tells Truth About Prison Life

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  • Josh Higuera was a corrections officer for 7 years & stationed in gunatamo bay & 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.

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