Inside the Harsh Reality of Doing Time in Rhode Island’s Prison System | Jovante Palin

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🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Jovante Palin gives a firsthand account of serving time in Rhode Island’s prison system, the conditions inside, and how he adapted. #PrisonLife #RhodeIsland #TrueCrime #SurvivingPrison #JusticeSystem #CrimeAndConsequences #HardTime #exconvict Thank you to LUCY for sponsoring today’s episode: Let’s level up your nicotine routine with Lucy. Go to HTTP://LUCY.CO/IANBICK and use promo code (IANBICK) to get 20% off your first order. Lucy has a 30-day refund policy if you change your mind. Connect with Jovante Palin: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hopout_vont?igsh=YzdmN3g5aDlibW1j YouTube: https://youtube.com/@h.o.p_vont?si=6KN0bw4M6TRIC0H2 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1NhUDwN9Xv/?mibextid=LQQJ4d Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/hopout-vont/174142531 Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ Presented by Tyson 2.0 & Wooooo Energy: https://tyson20.com/ https://woooooenergy.com/ Buy Merch: https://convictclothing.net/collections/convict-clothing-x-ian-bick Timestamps: 00:00:00 Overcoming Legal Challenges on the Road 00:04:40 Growing Up with an Incarcerated Father 00:09:32 High-Speed Chase and Arrest Story 00:14:25 Overcoming Challenges in Education 00:19:21 Life in Juvenile Detention and Training School 00:24:09 A Life of Challenges and Choices 00:29:19 Arrest and Hotel Stay 00:34:06 Young Parenthood Reflection 00:39:00 Prison Conflict Over Milk 00:43:39 The Importance of Inmate Credentials 00:48:44 Life on the Streets and Consequences of Theft 00:53:54 Arrest and Jail Experience 01:00:00 Trying Suboxone and its Consequences 01:04:31 Struggles with Basic Needs in Jail 01:09:55 Life in Solitary Confinement 01:14:35 Completing Probation Successfully 01:19:31 Challenges of Starting Over with Family Responsibilities Powered by: Just Media House : https://www.justmediahouse.com/ Creative direction, design, assets, support by FWRD: https://www.fwrd.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:23.3	like you sign up for your one dollar a month trial at shopify dot com slash setup hop out von uh welcome to
0:32.1	locked in man thanks so much for coming all the way from rhode island you had a little bit of a legal
0:36.0	dilemma getting over here today.
0:39.1	Stady's always trying to pull someone over.
0:42.0	And you guys weren't speeding, right?
0:43.9	Nah, I wasn't speeding, nothing.
0:45.5	They just made up an excuse about something on my mirror and stuff like that.
0:50.2	But, you know, it's the face tats.
0:52.2	They always trying to pull me over for that.
0:55.8	Well, I mean, there was four of you guys deep in the car. Yeah, that too. Yeah, that could do it. With the face tag. I can definitely do it. It sucks. It happens, but at least you guys got here. No, of course. Hopefully it was a smooth ride over here. Yeah, two-hour drive, but it was worth it, you know.
0:52.4	Appreciate you for having me on here.
0:54.2	Yeah, plug in, like, but it was worth it, you know?
1:11.2	Appreciate you for having me on here.
1:13.0	Yeah, plug in, like, your music, what you got going on in your life.
1:16.5	And we'll have the links to it.
1:17.9	Yeah, of course, of course.
1:19.5	I've been, you know, I've been doing music since I was, like, say, like, 13.
1:25.1	But, like, I never took as serious until like at least 15 years old but I'd never like
1:34.2	drop music like that I never dropped no videos never dropped no I was just freestyling every single
1:39.5	day you know what I mean I was I was one of those kids that would be I'll go on with my boy for like a whole year. We would go on like roofs and stuff like that on top of the city. And we'll just start freestyling, freestyling. It was crazy. Like, so I told them I was like, yeah, I'm trying to take this serious one day. But I was just stuck up in the streets. like, you know what I mean? So, like, I never
2:02.1	really, like, got a cameraman in Rhode Island scene. It wasn't even like that then until, like,
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