I Was a Prison Guard — Then I Got Sent To Prison | D'nita Hamilton

Locked In with Ian Bick

Ian Bick

Society & Culture

4.8 • 743 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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D'nita Hamilton was a correctional officer who unexpectedly finds herself on the other side of the bars. Discover how she navigated the challenges of prison life, the survival strategies she employed, and the lessons she learned along the way. This is a tale of resilience, adaptation, and the harsh realities of the criminal justice system. Don’t miss this eye-opening journey from authority to inmate and back again. Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ Connect with D'nita Hamilton: https://www.instagram.com/dnita_applebum/ https://linktr.ee/nitastrong Big thanks to FACTOR for sponsoring this episode: Head to FACTORMEALS.com/lockedin50 and use code lockedin50 to get 50% off your first box plus 20% off your next month while your subscription is active! Powered by: Just Media House : https://www.justmediahouse.com/ Creative direction, design, assets, support by FWRD: https://www.fwrd.co Buy Merch: https://lockedinbrand.com Use code lockedin at checkout to get 20% off your order Timestamps: 00:00:00 - IIntro 00:03:41 - From Sports to Corrections 00:07:16 - The Journey to Becoming a Corrections Officer 00:11:05 - From Independence to Incarceration 00:14:36 - Mistaken Charges and Legal Battle 00:18:22 - From Correctional Officer to Wheelchair Prisoner 00:22:23 - Factor Ad 00:26:01 - Rejecting Handicapped Inmates 00:29:30 - Prison Life and Strip Searches 00:32:52 - Handicap Accessibility in Prisons 00:36:08 - The Accident and its Aftermath 00:39:58 - The Importance of a Support System in Prison 00:43:37 - Spreading Positive Energy 00:46:52 - Reunion and Reflections on Prison Experience 00:50:23 - Overcoming the Hump 00:57:47 - Hope and Light at the End of the Tunnel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Do it for your wife, who told you to pick up bread, but instead you picked up Fred, your grandson, again.
0:07.3	And now your daughter is calling because he missed football.
0:10.5	That's the fourth time this month.
0:12.5	You can wave his future career goodbye.
0:14.9	If you don't do it for you, do it for your wife and little Freddy.
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0:30.1	One day, though, my bonky came to me and was like,
0:34.4	yo, you know, one of the guards, so I don't remember the name.
0:37.8	It was like, said you was a correction one of the guards, someone said, I don't remember the name. It's like,
0:54.9	said you was a correctional officer before. I'm like, who? They said the name. I really don't remember. And I'm like, I don't even know who this guard is. I'm like, she wasn't even in my class. I'm like, why was she in my head? I'm like, why would she do that? That's messy. so my so my so myy, like, yo, was you a correctional officer? I was like, what did I tell you? She, like, you said you work for the state and stuff and like you was a teacher. I was like, all right then. Like, I just kept it out, just tried to like, you know, breathe to it because it's like, you know, in prison, you can't really lied because they're going to you gotta kind of stand on your word type thing.
1:12.4	So I'm like, you know, I didn't technically lie.
1:15.6	I just didn't say that part of the, that part of the story.
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1:50.6	Danita, well, I pronounce that right?
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