New Folsom from On Our Watch

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4.8 • 11.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Two correctional officers pay a high price for exposing corruption and abuse by their fellow officers, in the most dangerous prison in California–New Folsom. This incredible episode is from On Our Watch, an investigative podcast series from our friends at KQED.

This story touches on intense topics including substance use, state violence, and self harm. Please take care while listening. If you need support, there are resources below.

On Our Watch is a story about broken promises and unwritten rules. It’s a story about who gets hurt when the system that promises to keep us safe is bent on protecting itself. Host Sukey Lewis and co-reporter Julie Small piece together an explosive narrative through interrogation tapes, 911 audio, prison phone calls, personal audio recordings, and hours of emotional interviews. It includes exclusive analysis of hundreds of previously secret documents—some only unsealed by lawsuits brought by KQED—and sheds light on misconduct and abuse within the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

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Season 15 - Episode 8

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0:00.0	Snap Studios.
0:08.0	A young correctional officer.
0:10.0	He said it was the most dangerous prison in California.
0:13.2	Forced to make a choice.
0:15.4	Fulfill his oath or back his fellow officers.
0:18.6	Recognize the badge of my office.
0:20.7	I'm Suki Lewis from KQED Podcasts comes on our watch season two new fulsome a story
0:28.2	about who gets hurt when the system that promises to keep us safe is bent on protecting itself.
0:34.8	Find it wherever you listen to podcasts.
0:37.8	Oh snapis. I am so excited. I'm holding lightning in a bottle right now because today we're
0:49.2	so proud to feature on our watch an explosive, gripping true life story, following the lives of two correctional
0:57.4	officers who pay a high price for exposing corruption and abuse from their fellow officers in California's most dangerous
1:05.4	prison, New Folsom.
1:08.0	This is just the first episode of the new season produced by our friends at K-QED and we can't wait for you to hear it.
1:17.6	This is a series investigating some of the difficult things that happened to the people
1:21.7	who live and work inside California's
1:23.9	prisons. So we wanted to give you a heads up that this episode touches on
1:28.4	intense topics including substance use, state violence, and self-harm.
1:33.6	If you need support, we've got links to resources in the episode description.
1:37.7	The story begins with a death that is intense and upsetting.
1:50.0	I park my car and I walk in the house and he's not on the couch. On October 21st, 2020, Mimi Rodriguez came home from having dinner with her friends and
1:57.2	called out to her husband, Valentino Rodriguez.
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