Former Rikers Island Correctional Officer Shares Insights on Life Behind Bars

[@JeromeB8160]

I am an Ex-Convict & I just want to tell you how Grateful I am for everything you said in this interview. The horrors from the things I saw & experienced in prison have never left me & changed me forever. I've had a very hard time since I came home in my relationships with others & the aggression that stayed with me from being incarcerated. I been seeking help because I to started drinking just to deal with the nightmares & to just get some sleep. I still feel that fear of closing my eyes in prison to sleep & running through that checklist every night before I went to sleep of; Did I offend anyone today or make anyone feel disrespected who may slice or stab me in my sleep tonight. It truly is life altering & all of the changes you mentioned truly do need to be dealt with. I also agree with the Military sentence in the courts & I've always thought that was what our Justice system should do! So, THANK YOU BROTHER!

[@Rhatid-mon]

@@JeromeB8160 Are you being a good parolee, giving clean urine, not hanging out with convicted felons.

[@flower_bomb426]

I’m glad you are better brother I pray a clear heart n mind for you n safety .. j pray you never find yourself in any bad situation I pray for you my brother .. I was you at 16 in jail ❤

[@tommycat4930]

I worked 20 years as a Correction Officer on Rikers Island, retired for 15 years. When I started the job Administration expected you to write a scenario in your report. As for your mental health concerning the stress of the job, Administration would tell you, if you cant handle the job drop your tin in the bucket on the way out. I remember Seabrook as a union president, addressing staff at roll call. He stated, to make your tour go easy give the inmates what they are suppose to get. I wish I had the insight concerning my mental health, I would not have the regrets I carry from my personal life as a young man.

[@SkylerRay]

Amazing interview 😊

[@MannyVitale]

@@SkylerRay thank you my brother! Looking forward to you being on our show!!

[@MattCronin-yo6dr]

This is going to be a legendary podcast cant wait for more!!!!

[@SkylerRay]

My man! Heard so many great things about You

[@MannyVitale]

Thank you so much my brother and the best is yet to come!!!

[@MannyVitale]

@@MattCronin-yo6dr thank you for all of your support and hard work!! And there’s most definitely gonna be a lot more to come!!!

[@MannyVitale]

@@SkylerRaythank you and the same about you!

[@Square103]

Well said. Mr. Seabrook.

[@housept2]

Marvelous content. Amazing spirit from both of you guys. The dialogue was much appreciated and even more necessary

[@MannyVitale]

Thank you very much for your support

[@MrMuis06]

We need fundamental change in our jails and prisons. Warehousing people in cages without hope or a pathway to bettering themselves is wrong.

[@kevincurtis3587]

By listening to this man, I honestly respect him. Next thing is that, the way he spoke it tells me that he's a leader, a teacher, someone with a strong mental but definitely not a push over. That means if he's supposed to face the bull by the horn he will definitely do thar but before that, he rather to treat everyone as how they should be treated by law. I honestly respect this man.

[@cheesetoast8312]

That is interesting. I respect him too but for different reasons of which he has yet to earn the right for me to tell him. I do feel he should provide a direction before he begins his show so we know its not just some fool trying to be noticed. So far the feedback is just that. If he applies himself his personality can open doors for him but he has to organize these rants and place context on them to educate those who make view him as a grumpy old man who does not understand the 5150 show. Its a good persona but he falls short of keeping the attention he grabs.

[@StrapHG3196]

Good interview 💯👍🏼

[@cowboypete2313]

I knew many correction officers 👮 who worked in Rikers island and most of them had mental issues, they hid behind drinking and drugging Back in the 80’s after analyzing I turn that job down. Most officers I knew were fired or brought up on criminal charges. NYPD has no respect for other law enforcement agencies. I’ve been to one of there parties and was an embarrassment heavy drinking and drugging Officer’s act worst then inmate. I knew many members from riot squad who were fired for excessive force. Penal system is nothing but a plantation form of salvery . This is nation wide Corruption at best. Officers selling sex to inmates. What a disgrace. Can’t trust anyone in that job including officers.

[@MrMuis06]

@@cowboypete2313 I remember on the news a few years ago about a love triangle involving COs that turned violent with a car chase and gun play out in the streets of Bk

[@flower_bomb426]

This was a real good conversation the energy was amazing u gain a follower 463

[@MannyVitale]

Thank you very much for your comment and support

[@nikkeevsnicole3420]

I enjoyed this!!! Can’t wait to watch and listen to more 🙌🏿✨

[@MannyVitale]

Thank you so much for your support and we are just getting started! Keep Fighting The Good Fight!!!

[@City2x]

Great interview 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@MannyVitale]

Really appreciate it

[@The_Sasquatch_Slayer]

I seen you on TikTok now I’m here 🤙🏼

[@MannyVitale]

Definitely appreciate that and looking forward to seeing more of your posts and comments!

[@MyFightOurWarPodcast]

Appreciate the love, weekly episodes!

[@playipstreamsolutions5538]

I thought I knew what a burn was until I saw someone’s flesh dropping to the floor like melted plastic because he got showered with boiling baby oil…man it was crazy

[@TOMBSTONEWHISPERZ]

Great video!

[@MannyVitale]

Thank you 🙏

[@AcKnowledgeLowskii]

Wise man 💪🏾 took a lot from this interview

[@MannyVitale]

@@AcKnowledgeLowskii thank you,appreciate you!

[@StevenThomason-q2m]

The quote he said you didnt make me so you can't break me that part got me i love prime time

[@SkylerRay]

This is to awesome

[@MannyVitale]

We need to get you here to our studio in Connecticut to share your story, Thank you for your support my brother I love ya!!!!

[@CummingsHCS]

I felt this💪🏽

[@MannyVitale]

@@CummingsHCS definitely intense!

[@steveowatts]

I saw this on tik tok and had to see the whole video and you just got a new subscriber

[@MannyVitale]

@@steveowatts Thank you so much for your support! Really appreciate it and we have so much more to share!!

[@SkylerRay]

Powerful

[@MohammadAli-dz2em]

Subscribed from Glasgow, Scotland.

[@peterzillig1371]

Great content!

[@MannyVitale]

Thank you

[@jerrybaxter4045]

Maaan it's hard to stop drinking 😢😢 I've tried programs not even mandated I've prayed I've tried out patient programs and I'm drinking still as I type this is hard 😭😭

[@alwayspaidentertainment5220]

I pray you find peace bro 🙏🏾

[@thenotoriousvlog5986]

If you can’t level it out or have a limit you need discipline and probably the will power to stop. I drink but I know my limits. I smoke cigarettes cut down from a pack a day to about 7 a day. You can do it either know your limit or stop all in all. I pray for you brother you can do it

[@mikerusso4001]

Bro,,I couldn’t stop drinking either ,until my doctor told me you liver is enlarged and your liver enzymes are sky high I went home saw my 3 yo little baby girl smiling at me and I said to myself,,I want to see her grow up ,And if you don’t stop drinking that will never happen because I will die This past July made 36 yrs sober,I am a happy and Healthy man and I got to see my little girl grow up and have her own family

[@mikerusso4001]

⁠@@thenotoriousvlog5986 Some of us don’t have limits 1 is too many and a million is not enough

[@jerrybaxter4045]

@mikerusso4001 wow your blessed I need to get my liver and all checked I can't even stand up without being in pain today is day one again

[@SkylerRay]

❤❤❤

[@rexmoore1423]

Great stuff man

[@MannyVitale]

Thank you for your support!

[@ShawnPikins]

Felony employment barriers can fix that for the ones that want to change and can't seem to get a job ❤ if we petition for employees not to discriminate might change the crime rate 🤞 20:24

[@bigpesa6166]

YO...THIS GUYS ON POINT 👉💯👈

[@MannyVitale]

Sure is and thank you for your post!

[@bigpesa6166]

@MannyVitale No doubt...keep up the good work 👉💯👈

[@MannyVitale]

@ will do! The best is yet to come!! Thank you for your post!!

[@zoomanx9661]

I know about that drinking, been there 36 years. Two alcohol seizures back to back, Todd’s paralysis in both legs, and having to be resuscitated made me call it a day. When I traced the source of my drinking, and the traced the source of my depression, I realized it was all 🐂 💩.

[@greensworld8872]

Let’s come forward and hold him accountable for all the abuse

[@lindafields6218]

Mr. Norman! I love your statement your direction😂is your destination ❤

[@greensworld8872]

It should be a class action for all the abuse they have gotten away with

[@kandismith6121]

New sub here..... ❤❤❤❤

[@MyFightOurWarPodcast]

Thanks for subbing!

[@sylviarosario6503]

It would be a great idea to have a former inmate talk about their experience while incarcerated. It’s always good to hear both sides of a story.🫡

[@MyFightOurWarPodcast]

Always open to new guests, shoot an email over if you have someone in mind [e-mail]

[@SkylerRay]

🎉🎉🎉

[@SkylerRay]

Lets goo

[@SkylerRay]

Lets goooooo

[@Stephanie-z9v]

So proud to watch you in your journey manny!! ❤

[@MannyVitale]

Thank you Stephanie

[@Square103]

Norman. You're right. I was labeled as IG for doing my job

[@606pretty]

Norman I was so disappointed in you with that Shopping bag @ 60 K!!!!!🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦

[@TariqJackson-j9y]

This Man Norman Seabrook could sniff out a Razor when he was Security Captain at the Beacon (GRVC) on Rikers Island. He would size everyone up on line walking to chow. If he pulled you off the line you was busted.....

[@Rhatid-mon]

He was never a captain, just an officer.

[@robertrodriguez13851]

You are mistaking him with Capt Bailey.

[@TariqJackson-j9y]

@robertrodriguez13851 Nah Bailey was in HDM, Seabrook was in the Beacon with Capt Amin before he went full time Union

[@TariqJackson-j9y]

@@Rhatid-mon Well he had status in the Beacon no atgument here

[@tommycat4930]

@@TariqJackson-j9y Seabrook was an officer his whole career

[@Ricogrime]

I did time on rikers as a kid. Inmates couldn’t bully me but you know who they got when they couldn’t ? The officers. They not only instigate they were just as bad if not worse than the other inmates. I won’t even get started on the unfair prosecution of minors. Last but not least to put what yall were saying in a jist. What we don’t do as Americans is put the responsibility on the one with authority. It’s not on the citizen or inmate to carry themselves with respect, follow the law and be an example that’s on those in authority and they should be chastised harder than civilians when they don’t uphold this code. Unfortunately it’s the other way around in this country

[@Exquisite_The_P]

Y’all need to ask him about Z black or mother deer or preacher Heatley

[@champpit1]

😂 indeed!

[@supreemcourt9181]

All that stress just for $100k after 5 years

[@ussssaaabixchh]

It’s people who’s stressed making way less what point ya lazy behind tryna make

[@supreemcourt9181]

@@ussssaaabixchh im actually doin good for myself

[@greensworld8872]

He lead officers and on his own violated many people that came through rikers

[@allaboutyou81]

Im subscriber 33

[@MannyVitale]

Definitely appreciate your support

[@8990sPISTONS]

All I get from this guy is that if he was born in the 1800s, he would be "HOP-IN-BOP" (don't cross that gun line boy) 😮

[@cantstop-wontstop2138]

"Hoppin Bob"...and no, Hoppin Bob was a TRUSTEE, not a CO.

[@FleurRebelle]

@26:20 He SURE glossed over the crime he committed that landed him in prison… spun outta that like a preacher

[@MyimpressionL]

PUTTING UR LIFE ON THE LINE FOR A PAYCHECK SUCH AN IDIOT😮😮😮😮

[@kevinsnowden4672]

Is this to clean up all the sins of the past? BC I’m from the Bx and I’ve seen many dirty police officers.

[@KirsySlane]

Maria Rosa's Family

[@greensworld8872]

From 16 year olds and up

[@greensworld8872]

Everyone that coward violated come forth here Now isthe time

[@xxxpensive1415]

Does Diddy know about this?

[@DJYC21215]

Former correctional officer here: I'd have arrested that girl. 16 isn't a "Kid", she was fully conscious of the consequences of her actions. I knew not to do drugs at 16. As did all my friends. They at least were smart about not getting caught with it. When you let people break the law with no consequences, especially when they are old enough to know better, you openly encourage certain classes of people to believe they are above the law. What's next? Letting 15 year olds be above the law? Then 14? Then 13? Then 12? Do we let 11 year olds get away with mder? When is the line drawn? Also, they arrested that girl. This NY Co is lying to give the illusion he's different than the other COs.

[@FleurRebelle]

May no one ever grant your child grace for making a poor decision after being manipulated

[@DJYC21215]

@FleurRebelle Manipulation? This wasn't the first criminal she went for, and it won't be the last. 20 years from now don't be surprised if all her kids are fathered by criminals.

[@SkylerRay]

Lets goooooo