How I Survived Utah’s Prison System | Dillan Judkins

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🗓️ 9 February 2026

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Dillan Judkins grew up in Utah after being put up for adoption at birth by his mother, who was struggling with addiction, and raised by a loving Mormon family — but rebellion, alcohol, and trouble started early. In this episode, Dillan shares how a sexual assault charge stemming from a one-night stand at a party when he was 18 changed his life forever, leading to months in county jail awaiting trial, a probation deal, repeated violations, and ultimately spending nearly 15 years inside the Utah prison system. He explains how he survived prison with a stigmatizing charge, his side of the story, the realities of navigating the system, and the long-term impact incarceration has had on his life, identity, and future. _____________________________________________ #UtahPrison #PrisonStories #TrueCrime #PrisonLife #HowISurvived #InmateStories #LockedIn #podcast _____________________________________________ Connect with Dillan Judkins: Facebook & Instagram: InkkEnvyy Tiktok: inkk.envy _____________________________________________ Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ _____________________________________________ Shop Locked In Merch: http://www.ianbick.com/shop _____________________________________________ Timestamps: 00:00 Arrested at Home: Waking Up to Police 00:34 Growing Up Adopted in Rural Utah 02:26 Finding My Biological Parents 03:34 Family Struggles & Feeling Like the Outsider 05:52 Rebellion, Church, and Early Violence 09:35 Losing Control 14:14 School Trouble & First Criminal Behavior 18:14 Dropping Out & Alternative School Life 21:12 The Night Everything Changed 29:14 Police Investigation & Interrogation 32:40 Charged With Serious Crimes & First Time in Jail 38:00 Jail Politics & Surviving Serious Charges 46:06 Trial Prep, Legal Mistakes & Taking a Plea Deal 52:35 Regret, Probation Violation & Sentenced to Prison 01:00:28 Living With a Life-Changing Sentence 01:06:07 County Jails, Prison Life & Treatment Programs 01:13:00 Inside the Sex Offender Program 01:24:09 Prison Reputation, Tattoos & Survival 01:32:00 Life After Prison: Stigma, Labels & Reality 01:40:13 Loss, Reflection & Lessons Learned Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Listen up.
0:01.0	Huh? That means you.
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0:21.5	Because at Paddy Power Games, we've got all sorts of games for all sorts of treacles. Eligibility rules in terms of conditions apply. Please gamble responsibly. 8 plus gamboloware.org. Wake up to my mom and two officers stand in my room. They're like, Judkins, just barely waking up. I'm like, yeah. And they're like, you need to stand up. You're under arrest.
0:38.3	I was like, for what?
0:39.3	My mom's like, whoa, whoa, whoa, you guys told me you were just coming in my house to talk to my son. Like, what do you mean he's under arrest? They're like, no, he's going to jail. She's like, for what am I going to jail for? I was like, what am I going to jail for?
0:49.7	And they're like, enforceable sodomy.
0:51.6	I didn't know what that meant.
0:52.8	And so they end up booking me into jail.
0:54.8	Now, in actual state prison, how do they treat you?
0:57.4	Imagine being 18. like enforceable sodomy. I didn't know what that meant. And so they end up booking me into jail.
0:55.0	Now, in actual state prison, how do they treat you? Imagine being 18 years old and realizing one
0:59.8	decision is going to follow you for the rest of your life. That's exactly what happened to my guest
1:04.8	today, who ended up spending nearly 15 years inside Utah prisons and is sharing what it's really
1:10.4	like surviving the system with a
1:12.2	charge that never goes away.
1:17.0	Where'd you grow up?
1:18.1	In Plain City, Utah, which is basically, it's in Ogden area, but it's on the west side.
1:26.9	So more out in like the rural, like, country, countryside.
1:31.3	But I was adopted, uh, like, at birth.
1:37.3	So, um, my birth mom, she was 14 and was an addict or whatever. And so my now parents, they went through
1:54.6	the like the LDS adoption agency and stuff and had it lined up with her. And then when she had me, my parents flew out
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