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Send us Fan Mail We sit down with retired California CO Jimmy Johnston, who activated New Folsom, survived riots, mixed yards, and a preventable stabbing, and lays out how leadership, training, and ego shape what happens when the door pops. The talk blends history, fieldcraft, and blunt advice for young officers who want to endure and lead. • Sacramento upbringing and hard labor foundation • Hiring wave and activation of New Folsom in the 80s • Academy lessons on fair, firm, consistent enfor...

Send us Fan Mail Imagine swearing an oath to serve, only to discover that the rules you enforce don’t fully protect you. We sit down with attorney Mila Aretunian to unpack the hidden tradeoffs of a badge: administrative interviews where silence means termination, social media policies that muzzle speech, and a workplace culture that too often rewards popularity over process. Mila brings hard-earned clarity on the difference between “wrong” and “illegal,” why vicarious liability matters when l...

Send us Fan Mail We follow Ross from a Wisconsin childhood to street hustles, an Air Force enlistment, relapse, a near-fatal overdose, and a rebuild through surgeries and recovery. Raw details on brain chemistry, Narcan saves, shame, loyalty, and the daily work of staying clean anchor a hard-won hope. • early dealing for status and acceptance • cocaine use escalating into loss of control • benzos to blunt crashes and rewire the brain • enlistment, detox in basic, leadership...

Send us Fan Mail We trace Paul’s path from childhood violence and years in group homes to the moment fatherhood unlocked buried memories, and how that pain turned into a mission serving veterans, cops, and correctional officers. Practical tools, honest talk about meds, and a clear lane for confidential help shape a plan you can start today. • early trauma and group home life • violence as learned survival and its cost • discovering truth at sixteen and its fallout • shifting from suffering t...

Send us Fan Mail We trace a Sacramento kid’s path from petty theft to a 50-to-life sentence at fourteen, through High Desert’s politics and violence, to an education-driven transformation that ended in resentencing and freedom. The conversation pulls apart real rehabilitation, broken incentives, legal reforms, and how structure and accountability turn chaos into purpose. • early life in South Sacramento and missing father • escalation from shoplifting to burglaries and guns • arrest, interro...

Send us Fan Mail A former Valley gang member rebuilds his life, gets sober, and ends up fighting cartels in Zacatecas for $600 a month, only to discover that law, discipline, and compassion matter as much as courage. We trace the hard turns—attempted murder charges, county time, Russia, Mexico, beheadings, law school—and the steady lesson about accountability and humanity. • growing up around gangs in San Fernando Valley and early violence • attempted murder case, county year, GED, and sobri...

Send us Fan Mail Jimmy, a former inmate who spent 17 years in California prisons, shares his journey from troubled youth to prison survival and eventual transformation after release in 2017. • Deep family roots in Texas, including an uncle who died at the Alamo • Diagnosed with autism and ADHD at age 50, providing context to childhood behavioral issues • Connection to American History X film - was present during filming of scenes showing skinhead gatherings • Convicted of voluntary manslaugh...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when trauma meets institutions? Dr. Ashley, a forensic psychologist with a master's in forensic psychology and doctorate in clinical psychology, takes us on a profound journey through the psychological realities of prison life and trauma's lasting impact. The conversation begins with Ashley's unique path into psychology, sparked by a childhood fascination with criminal profiling and deepened through years working in state hospitals, forensic institutions, and me...