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Slave Labor
Joadanus Olivas
My name is Joadanus Olivas, I call this “Slave Labor.” So I’m recently placed in a prison job assignment. The assignment is an ADA wheelchair pusher. I assist the disabled prisoners here with various things,… Full Transcript
Equitable Justice: A Mental Health Disaster
Joadanus Olivas
My name is Joadanus Olivas. I call this “Inequitable Justice, Part One: Mental Health Disaster.” My theory is that criminal behavior should not result in punishment and be treated with confinement. I believe one way… Full Transcript
Prison As A Laboratory
Joadanus Olivas
I haven’t truly introduced myself since I’ve been on Prison Radio. Let me apologize for that. Hello, I’m Joadanus Jerome Olivas, a 30-year-old who’s on his 14th straight year of incarceration for several attempted murders,… Full Transcript
The Created Environment
Joadanus Olivas
It has been very chaotic on this prison yard lately. I feel like Richard Blatchford as I relay this story, my bulletproof vest on in the middle of Syria, bullets swirling all around as we… Full Transcript
How
Joadanus Olivas
Joadanus Olivas. I call this “How?” for Juneteenth. “I’m sorry master, sir, I be’s a good boy, I’s work hard on this plantation for you, boss.” I wonder if any of my ancestors sank to… Full Transcript
Poker Face
Joadanus Olivas
I call this “Poker Faces.” The exterior of my prison peers often contribute to their interior. This one fellow prisoner has devil horns tattooed on his head and “Do Not Resuscitate Me” on his chest,… Full Transcript
Excuse Me, I Just Ran Ten Laps
Joadanus Olivas
“Excuse me, I’ve just ran 10 laps.” For over a decade while incarcerated, exercising has been my thing. So where I’m at currently is on top of my cardio game. I ran ten laps today.… Full Transcript
The Philosopher’s Stone
Joadanus Olivas
I call this the Philosopher’s Stone. When you wake up in prison, you have to generate positivity. At the sunbreak of dawn, you have to be ahead of the day by already having a sensible… Full Transcript
Its All About Numbers
Joadanus Olivas
It’s all about numbers. 142,138. This is the number of individuals who are currently incarcerated and/or on parole, according to CDCR.org. Here in California, the website also propagates that 36,000 of those 142,138 are out… Full Transcript
Taxpayer 101
Joadanus Olivas
Taxpayers 101. Taxpayers: I’m worth about $1.5 million of your tax money. You pay for me to be here for 14 years thus far. Did you know your money that you pay the IRS is… Full Transcript
California Eugenics
Joadanus Olivas
California eugenics. Many of the prescribed drugs from behalf of the mental health delivery systems psychiatrists here in prison in California side effects are ones that target your reproductive system which vary from being sterile… Full Transcript
Prison: My University
Joadanus Olivas
“Prison: My University.” As an inner city youth, there was a higher chance of me entering prison than a university here in California. There are more prisons than universities in California, 34 prisons to be… Full Transcript
Prison Psychology Ponzi Scheme
Joadanus Olivas
“The Prison Psychology Ponzi Scheme” by Joadanus Olivas. A prison psychiatrist once asked me, “Do you think I believe all you inmates suffer mental health problems? He continues to state that he doesn’t believe 90%… Full Transcript
Your Tax Payer Dollar
Joadanus Olivas
“Your Taxpayer Dollars” by Joadanus Olivas. Your taxpayer dollars is the manifestation before my eyes: its the correctional officer’s tattoos that are fresh and still healing, Blue Lives Matter flag on his left forearm, the… Full Transcript
Administrative Segregation
Joadanus Olivas
“Administrative segregation.” I was recently placed in administrative segregation for 25 days based on another inmate’s claim of me victimizing him in a predatory manner. This information was confidentially disclosed on his behalf, supposedly I… Full Transcript
The Truth Kills
Joadanus Olivas
“The truth kills.” The truth kills: how ironic this kind of statement is for me. I filed a grievance that exposed officer corruption and was a witness for fellow prisoners, and then this all hurt… Full Transcript
Suicide Or Murder?
Joadanus Olivas
This is Joadanus Olivas, currently housed in New Folsom State Prison. The title is “Suicide or Murder?” The voices of older prisoners resonate in my brain. One in particular is the voice of Old G… Full Transcript
Solitary Confinement
Joadanus Olivas
“Solitary confinement.” I must admit during my 12 years of incarceration since the age of 16, I haven’t done much solitary confinement time in comparison to other fellow prisoners, so I didn’t rush into writing… Full Transcript
Still Hope
Joadanus Olivas
I call this “Still Hope.” The common thing in prison is that it’s 90% mental and 10% physical. I’ve heard this a myriad of times, especially during exercise routines. The majority of my time spent… Full Transcript
My name is Joadanus Olivas. I call this, “I’m Going to Break the Law.” Everyone is profiting from my incarceration except me. You see, taxpayers pay $100,000 a year at the minimum to house me… Full Transcript