Sep 27, 2026 · 19 min · 10 segments
This episode explores the chaotic and emotional experience of inmates during transfers within the correctional system, focusing on the loss of personal property, the psychological impact of sudden…
Joel WilbornHost
But what these people were telling me that kind of prompted this podcast is there are things that are stolen by some of the other inmates.
One of the girls, she called me and said she lost a lot of stuff, and so I was able to help her get the property replaced.
They'll put in a kite or a complaint for lost property, and sometimes the people will follow through.
But one thing that really bothered me is a woman said she was quickly moved out of her cell.
And paperwork was left behind for her counseling session with a therapist or a psychologist.
So can you imagine going to see a psychiatrist, telling your deepest... darkest thoughts trying to get assistance and the therapist is trying to give you assistance as well gives you some notes and you keep this close to you because you don't want anybody to to read this but you're pulled out of your cell and lo and behold somebody's reading it to in the sitting in the day room with a large audience and i also had a gentleman who who was working on a legal matter to sue the Department of Corrections.
And so he was gathering his paperwork, going to the library, doing some research.
And when he was able to get to his property, a lot of his paperwork that he needed for his case was gone.
And that's something that everybody, you know, even if you're convicted guilty, felon you have a right to certain property and certain procedures and this was not followed so hopefully this will clear up some of the things that we we find don't make the news okay when people talk about incarceration they talk about the big things the sentencing the release the protest but the system doesn't break people in the big things it breaks them in the small ones the knock at the door the bang on the floor the silence that follows today i'm talking i'm taking you inside one of those small things the first 48 hours after a transfer or sanction it's a time of confusion fear and survival it's the moment when everything familiar disappears and you have to rebuild your world from scratch.
But what these people were telling me that kind of prompted this podcast is there are things that are stolen by some of the other inmates.
One of the girls, she called me and said she lost a lot of stuff, and so I was able to help her get the property replaced.
They'll put in a kite or a complaint for lost property, and sometimes the people will follow through.
But one thing that really bothered me is a woman said she was quickly moved out of her cell.
And paperwork was left behind for her counseling session with a therapist or a psychologist.
So can you imagine going to see a psychiatrist, telling your deepest... darkest thoughts trying to get assistance and the therapist is trying to give you assistance as well gives you some notes and you keep this close to you because you don't want anybody to to read this but you're pulled out of your cell and lo and behold somebody's reading it to in the sitting in the day room with a large audience and i also had a gentleman who who was working on a legal matter to sue the Department of Corrections.
And so he was gathering his paperwork, going to the library, doing some research.
And when he was able to get to his property, a lot of his paperwork that he needed for his case was gone.
And that's something that everybody, you know, even if you're convicted guilty, felon you have a right to certain property and certain procedures and this was not followed so hopefully this will clear up some of the things that we we find don't make the news okay when people talk about incarceration they talk about the big things the sentencing the release the protest but the system doesn't break people in the big things it breaks them in the small ones the knock at the door the bang on the floor the silence that follows today i'm talking i'm taking you inside one of those small things the first 48 hours after a transfer or sanction it's a time of confusion fear and survival it's the moment when everything familiar disappears and you have to rebuild your world from scratch.
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