Ep 106: A Prison Guard Turned Comedian Tells Truth About Prison Life

Josh Higuera was a corrections officer for 7 years & stationed in gunatamo bay & victorville. We talk about pranking prisoners, treat prisoners with respect, losing a parent, weird prison rules, gay comedians turning straight comedians gay, cooking in prison cells, becoming a comedian after working in prison, and more.

Time Stamps:
0:21 - Josh was stationed in Guantanamo Bay & Victorville Federal Prison
1:29 - being a corrections officer (C.O.) puts you in a dark place
3:04 - prisoners don't act like what you see on TV
4:24 - some COs bullied prisoners
7:56 - blood doesn't squirt when you get stabbed
8:53 - A gang leader saved 30 COs lives
11:18 - an inmate got the literally teeth kicked out of his face
14:01 - easiest prison job
16:62- why you should treat prisoners with respect
19:08 - Josh loves his kid but used to hate kids
20:19 - Cuban prisons don't have medical resources for serious injuries
23:06 - Josh started standup comedy at the same time he was in the academy
25:11 - redefining success & happiness & losing a parent
27:43 - growing up with an abusive father
30:00 - why do Josh & Mike do standup?
34:54 - protective measures against your body degrading
38:28 - Josh tries to guess what Asian Mike is & Japanese is aggressive
39:24 - Arabic sounds aggressive
40:33 - favorite Korean foods
42:56 - Mike shot a short film with food poisoning & sh*t himself
44:16 - balancing comedy & being a single father
49:20- in prison child sex traffickers are accepted vs. child molestors
51:29 - Josh's first day as CO saw 2 buff convicts blowing each other
57:44 - do some prisoners turn gay or always were gay?
1:01:38 - some straight comedians are secretly gay or just desperate
1:06:13 - catching a prisoner with a knife in his butt
1:09:36 - pranking the prisoners
1:14:24 - allowing prisoners to cook in their cells
1:19:44 - catching an illegal gym in prison