Rikers Island Exposed: Prison Guard Reveals How Inmates Are Treated | Marlon Fernandez

Marlon Fernandez shares his experience of becoming a correctional officer on Rikers Island and reveals how the inmates are actually treated.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Orientation at the Academy and Corrections
00:04:28 - Growing up and career aspirations
00:09:08 - The Struggle to Make a Living
00:13:42 - Living Conditions in the Prison System
00:18:02 - Pursue What You Love
00:22:13 - Overcoming Obstacles and Pursuing Goals
00:26:19 - The Gray Area of Criminal Justice
00:30:34 - Challenges Working with Others
00:34:47 - Challenges of being a correctional officer
00:38:59 - Living conditions and hygiene in prison
00:43:12 - Corruption and mistreatment in Riker's Island
00:47:24 - Harsh Treatment of Inmates
00:51:36 - Leaving the Job in Frustration
00:56:01 - Rikers Island's Future
01:00:06 - The Importance of Going Through Stages in the Acting Industry
01:04:02 - Acting Tips and Self-Tape Challenges

[@VictoriaZegri]

I love that he found his purpose instead of becoming a corrupt officer, or not caring about inmates. Good human, like we need in our world!

[@texascrimestories]

Every single co that does inter iews all claim to he that kind of co. When in reality 99 percent of them were scum

[@jackieharris5987]

This is a good brother, he has a good heart ❤️ He is definitely keeping it real & fair 💯 I agree with his C.O skills & parenting skills. Yes, everyone deserves a second chance. G❤️D B🙏

[@erictbe4079]

I like the way this guy tells his story! Seems 100% genuine, great episode

[@yi588]

I was a NYC CO for 4.5yrs As long as you give respect most inmates will return respect They're there to fight their case and move on Some inmates are pieces of shit and deserve no remorse or empathy

[@jennifersanchez1680]

At 52 I became a NYC Correction Officer. I left due to the housing area conditions working a double I. The sweltering heat. You run out of food and water and you are praying someone comes to relieve you! It’s not worth it. I’m a tough cookie but it’s blood money.

[@jennifersanchez1680]

I resigned twice 😂

[@ilikeRUNE]

Ur a female

[@BeyondFacts25]

i worked at 95.. worst well paying job ever

[@banksee2013]

Try bringing on a inmate and a CO on the show from rikers

[@melindaadams28]

Ebron and Fruitquan and Black aka Peter pan

[@dajamonet]

🤞🏽✨ HYPE FOR THIS. You don’t disappoint

[@ianbickCT]

💪🙏

[@canadianty420]

Haven’t missed a podcast they keep getting better

[@ianbickCT]

Thank you!!!! Much love

[@extendedplay8830]

Marlon seems like a really well balanced guy , Mad Respect From Chicago!!

[@user-jx2se6hp5b]

Keep up the good work every episode is straight 🔥🔥

[@ianbickCT]

Thanks so much!!

[@robm3016]

I did two years 8 months in China as a white man from Nee Hampshire!!! I am banned from China for life and I’d never wanna go back anyway. I’ve never been to prison anywhere else and surprisingly enough my record is clean, I am a state employee with a pretty great job.

[@TeagueVivolo]

You should be a guest on his show! 😊

[@loudnoidz223]

I want to hear your story! I second this!

[@mistablm]

Ok what do you want a fortune cookie? 🥠

[@shandaprice3969]

Keep these videos coming we need to hear all of this

[@debbiedequillettes6984]

Hi !!! I could almost be your gramma !!! I love your story and what you do now. Keep it up. You do a great job. You were born for this. Deb

[@1019buster]

I am a new sub, glad I found your channel.Excellent interview!

[@Sunshinespeck]

Ian, you’ve got talent for journalism! Good job! 👍🏻 new subscriber here.

[@Static_Mossberg]

Bro... Your channel is informative it's DANGEROUS 😅😅😅😅😅

[@NostalgiaVibes420]

Marlon seems very down-to-earth. He has a passion for helping others! We need more righteous men like him in this world.❤️ Great interview!

[@BeyondFacts25]

i worked as a co for 2 years on rikers.. i would love to tell my story

[@danielclay906]

Ian u never fail me bro yr show keeps me entertained while working... good shit yo

[@sheldonlaney11]

This exactly when I watch him or smoking weed

[@ianbickCT]

Appreciate you bro

[@Chazer45]

What do y’all do for a job where you can watch this while you work? Just envious.

[@michaelwblade]

Love your style of interviewing keep growing you’re going to get that 1 million before you know it, brother❤

[@ianbickCT]

Thank you brother

[@x.s.bleeding7780]

Loved this guys positive energy. Great guest choice 👌 👍 👏

[@katbax55]

I'm a John Jay Alumni too - Congrats to you. I remember ur episode on East NY w/Jimmy Smitts😮 Keep Going‼️

[@baronabrothers7739]

He looks like the type that would get mad when they would call him “ rookie” 😂. Definitely a door holder

[@Chazer45]

Seemed pretty respectful to me. Don’t agree.

[@secretaryofstate1]

how you figure that ?

[@Evolving62]

Those who know know 😂

[@mistablm]

If he’s a door holder then I’m a booty bandit 😮😈

[@jay_ay_why]

The John Jay College to Ian Back show pipeline is STRONG lol.

[@TheVonnieVonVonShow]

Very insightful

[@sammynatal6471]

Whatever job or career you choose, make sure you read the contract. Because that’s how they play most people.

[@AshBear2008]

Ian, I LOVEEEEEE your channel!!!!!! side note: thanks so much for the time stamps.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Jayone00]

I was in that building he worked in. I was in the maximum security unit. I believe it was the second floor. It was a crazy experience.

[@Chazer45]

In what ways? Specifically?

[@mistablm]

@@Chazer45in cheek bussin ways

[@creativetalentproductions]

❤🎉❤He 200% correct! Life knocks you down but you gotta keep moving. No free lunch in this world. I need an agent too. I knew i saw you on TV 🎉🎉

[@KareemDaKing]

There are absolutely free lunches out here. I lot of people are eating very good. Throwing food away while others slave for scraps.

[@AyoItsMike]

🔥

[@JAMES79HOWLETT]

You a good man, Marlon. Dominicans stand up🇩🇴

[@7uplife67]

Good guy great vid

[@rensii6305]

That’s my boy Fernandez. My mutual partner. Cool humble dude. It’s true what he’s saying.

[@user-su4pl1dk1r]

So the question when you asked the gentlemen about the conditions of Rikers Island. What you have to put into play is that every jail runs totally different. Facilities are structured different what he seen in NIC you’re probably not going to see in another facility. Every facility layout is totally different. For an example the facility I work at the majority of the housing areas or dorms. In the dorm the capacity can run up to 60 individuals in that dorm. It’s up to the inmates who would assigned the job of running sanitation running the feeding cleaning, so yes, some people jump on Interviews and try to downplay the facilities, but the reality of it is, it’s not the officers that’s making these facilities look like this. it’s the individuals and custody that’s doing it the ones who starting fires the ones who are basically overdosing on drugs and potentially harming themselves, and some expire due to that. So everyone is all in favor of closing down Rikers island, which, in the reality of it all closing the island is not going to change what goes on in a facility. People in custody are still going to do drugs harm themselves and or others. So when you open the borough facilities, my question is what are you going to say when things that happening in Rikers Island are happening in the borough? Close the jails? And a Big shout out to Leroy Ebron. That’s the CO I push myself to be

[@lucifersstepkid1143]

My dads a correctional officer, he hates it when people call him a prison guard

[@user-xo8wm4ii8g]

That's what he is though correct? 🤔

[@donsolo4845]

@@user-xo8wm4ii8gI guess it’s the equivalent of calling a custodian a janitor 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@isidrosalas5088]

He's a prison guard

[@king.g.7184]

Does babysitter of criminal adults sound better😂

[@greaterthansolomon-vv4ho]

some don’t like being called a officer. we just there to get a mustang and a white girlfriend

[@BigMoney23223]

They purposely call breaks early, they know most of the potential guards don’t know what they signed up for. So they call early breaks to weed out the weak from wasting their time.

[@khall187]

This guy starts the conversation with a "you reap what you sow in life" (which I very much agree with) and proceeds to spend the rest of the pod talking about inmates not getting what they're "entitled" to. I'm sorry but these hardened criminals probably ruined many people's lives, I'm not caring about all the stuff they're "entitled" to after murdering somebody. Go be a counselor, would suit you better.

[@TeagueVivolo]

Idiot. You didn't listen to a word he said.

[@Evolving62]

He’s not built for Rikers Island 😂 it’s best he resigned bc he probably won’t only get someone hurt, suspended or demoted . Job not for all !!!

[@ricardoperez1601]

He worked at nic that shit is a vacation compared to amkc aka 95 and grvc aka the beacon

[@Jrod4121]

I never seeing him at NIC?

[@williamcherubin2219]

I got a degree in criminal justice I work with kids my self now I’m a trucker I love my job I’m in peace

[@greatestvideos3496]

How much is ur cdl training cost u

[@Roc_Sinatra]

This is definitely Steven Dominguez half brother or something my goodness

[@drivera531]

I was a co over 20 year and now I’m retired it’s not a easy job hector Fernandez I go back in the 90 just imagine I’m glad I’m out of there

[@hoodfellah]

Bro said some shit in this interview. A lot of inspirational shit.

[@williamcherubin2219]

That’s true

[@iriswood3744]

You got to be a certain type of personality in order to work in D.O.C if you are the type of person that turns the Other Cheek i believe that everybody is a very nice person...That job isnt for you

[@jullz1000]

100%

[@snitchnine911]

FREE JUSTO BENJI MY BOY LOCKED UP IN THE ISLAND NOW. MISS YOU CUZZY. HEART TO HEART SOUL TO SOUL CUZZY.STAY WOKE CUZZO AND NEVER EVER LOSE YOUR MENTAL.

[@axeldejesus4555]

True but you don’t no peoples situations certain people don’t really have a choice or don’t have the proper understanding or guidance trust I’ve been their done that thank god I’ve turned my life around god bless 🙏🙏

[@HellonRIKERSISLAND]

He really not lying tho u don’t see them people & they do wat they want facts wat he saying plus more been going on way before that when I was there 06 threw 08

[@kiannachantel6669]

Being in more COs!

[@user-in8mw9xi6p]

Getting stuck,10 minutes from getting off,mind you ,you only brung food for lunch😤

[@Evolving62]

Claims the services were not provided but HE failed to provide the services by not contacting his area supervisor and inquiring about the denial of service!

[@PowPhi]

@15:30 it’s called seniority

[@OKLAHOMIESKY]

I could tell his story without any of the history he says he has.. he's not detailed at all compared to your other interviews. idk maybe it's just me

[@Kyle.Jason1]

He was only there a year there’s officers 15 yrs they change this guy only a year ain’t shit

[@dashonlive6623]

At the same time that’s like telling someone whose never been to prison or jail and end up in that situation “that year ain’t shit” 😭🤣 shit one semester in college feels like you was there for awhile living on campus

[@SEVEN-sg5rb]

@@dashonlive6623bruh fr being at a psyche ward, rehab, or mental health facility for 72 hrs feels like eternity.

[@Chazer45]

I’m interested in hearing it. A year is plenty of time to grasp the reality of a situation.

[@user-xo8wm4ii8g]

Huh???

[@hoodfellah]

He was smart for leaving, who tf wanna work in that environment with a bunch of hyenas, the inmates and the officers are the same, only difference the officers get to go home for a few hrs. I don’t blame em

[@Evolving62]

Lol, the job is not for everyone ppl act like they beast until it’s time to go into BEAST MODE 😂😂😂

[@Thesmithfamily2023]

I left the same way.

[@user-in8mw9xi6p]

The pay 💰 is definitely,the difference 💯,and the environment & conditions & individuals we work for,is not a security guard!

[@HellonRIKERSISLAND]

Yooo he not lying they get stuck for 3 to 4 days straight

[@jerrythomas4457]

Ian is in love with

[@awakenotwoke1973]

I don't know what he's say'n, you know what I'm say'n?

[@SammyHeaven-yo8lx]

My uncle Calvin x went to prison and it saved his life

[@KareemDaKing]

23:56 Disabilities both mental and physical are ignored in a American society. It's not always an excuse some people have issues where they just can't do something or need help to do something, this is highlighted with both the youngest and oldest of a society. Without proper community and or family support most individuals will struggle and or fail at some point. One can do it alone for only so long. So if you feel disabled you can try and work hard but also realize you can't do it all alone. Have faith and patience. Pray and believe.

[@markcafebrown2883]

Get Locked in to LockedIn

[@jerrythomas4457]

That’s precious sweetheart

[@sammynatal6471]

He was there long enough. It doesn’t take ten years to see what’s happening.

[@ms.crespob1960]

Queens represent!

[@chrisventura1881]

Marlon a decent name lol.✌🏼 Jr. And Sr are if you got the same middle name right.

[@ItsNishaLaurenWest]

A lot of ppl are young who work there cause they convinced ur going to make a lot of money soon as u start and I don’t think rikers gonna shut down either, everyday it’s another crime and they say anything to shut the media up

[@ricardoperez1601]

Yes prison guard is offensive to a correction officer

[@greaterthansolomon-vv4ho]

nope only whites like being called officers.

[@kennyr1968]

I don’t understand why this guy was interviewed. Most of your interviews are really interesting, but this guy just didn’t like working overtime.

[@seanjohn9656]

GARY HEYWARD NEEDS AN INTERVIEW.

[@TennesseeZee]

One year? You can really tell he didn’t have much to tell or say. It was more like a job interview.

[@greaterthansolomon-vv4ho]

most don’t last 4 months. i’m only here for a mustang and a white girl.

[@user-pn2sl1xe2x]

Is jail there's no royalty treatment do the time you did the crime

[@mexguevara5164]

Great interview, but this wasnt really about rikers island.

[@zairebailey9593]

High-school Diploma no criminal record

[@soundviewsolutions3648]

I was an inmate at Rikers for 1 year. Worked with guards heating up the food and distributing it to inmates at intake. So many crazy stories 😓🫢

[@Kyle.Jason1]

Now he helps ppl live off the government

[@MarkSinishtaj]

They lived off the government when he was working the jail also. Not much of a difference for him

[@mikegreen5502]

Dude must of atarted his career at 18 or 19 dude looks young

[@bluesky6985]

We need prison industrial complex reform

[@Chazer45]

Absolutely and without a doubt.

[@joshnewman6667]

When i was a inmate at rikers island, i fed the guards hot dogs boiled in water

[@greaterthansolomon-vv4ho]

when i was a guard i brought fast food to work and had fornication with 5 female guards deep and raw

[@clarencebradley27]

HE'S DEFINITELY NOT A PRISON GUARD , HE'S A C.O. GET IT RIGHT 👍

[@texascrimestories]

Distric attorneys are lawyers dude

[@Alleykatsks]

Yea I think he meant just doing his own thing instead of working for someone else. Idk but ur right.

[@justice77justice]

He meant he wants to defend not be a prosecutor

[@texascrimestories]

@@justice77justice most defense attorneys worth a dam. We're usually da at somepoiny

[@Chazer45]

He meant he didn’t want to be the person putting working class people in jail for petty drug crimes. DA’s are primarily concerned about metrics.

[@pickleforknwiggles634]

OMG 😂 "attorney" - "lawyer" ...you shouldn't have to explain this. Dummies on here. District*

[@Optim40]

Come on bro why you sitting like that ? The host looks like he wants to snuggle in a blanket with a teddy bear.

[@canamrockinryder8337]

This cat knows what he's saying, knowm sayin? He finna keep it real dawg, knowm sayin?? Knowm sayin??

[@Don-Cheech538]

Tell the truth you couldn't handle the annex

[@yonathansanchez3079]

Get Charleston white up there

[@bklyngirl47]

It’s called a suicide blanket

[@layceelove8390]

I gotta story for u if u wanna hear here

[@totalnv16]

Dominican best food? Lmfaooooo

[@tier1solutions28]

Bring back chain gangs. 14 hr work days.

[@Raiyven79]

100%

[@tier1solutions28]

@Raiyven79 I don't believe in caging grown men during the day. If they are that dangerous they need their own cell with no contact with others. I have to work to eat / live and so should they. We have buildings that need to be rebuilt....

[@Raiyven79]

@@tier1solutions28 agree

[@Chazer45]

You realize that a lot of people are in jail for things you’ve almost surely done as well- they just got caught.

[@tier1solutions28]

@@Chazer45 I mean for violent crimes and trafficking type offenses

[@user-ht6bp5im1z]

I can RELATE to Marlan, I too was a CO. I caught sooo much shot from other COs because I WOULDN'T GO ALONG W THEIR BULLYING OF THE INMATES. I too just like Marlan said Ill treat the inmates how I feel like it. They shot all over them, I was more respected by the Inmates than any other CO. COs wanted to fight me, not 1 on 1.but 2 , or 3 against me at same time. Eventually. I ACCEPTED. Im not a BadAss BUT I held my own.

[@bennyblancofromdabronx4996]

Cause you was soft, how many UOF did you have?

[@joseplaza9442]

You know what I am saying 300 times

[@awakenotwoke1973]

What are you say'n?

[@Raiyven79]

You know

[@MichaelEdwardLee]

8:49 penal Seminary Rectory Not random sounding Rhetorical

[@user-in8mw9xi6p]

They use milk cartons,to throw bodily fluids

[@Evolving62]

What kind of Officer never witnessed shit shows 😂😂😂😂 😂😂😂LOL

[@timothydurkan]

Twenty eight minutes in.... no points gotten to. Yeet!

[@Chazer45]

Disagree, there’s a lot of value here. Focus on the “keep moving, no excuses” part especially.

[@elijahgadson264]

By far rikers got to be the worst jail to ever go to

[@Kyle.Jason1]

Bro thinks jail is supposed to be a play ground happy place he said it holds the worse of the worse

[@Chazer45]

He never said anything close to that.

[@cleangreenelectronicrecycl4739]

He Said 'Exactly' -- 291 Times

[@Raiyven79]

Wow you counted? 😂

[@Chazer45]

It’s super cool that you’re here making fun of someone but you’ve contributed absolutely nothing of entertainment for anyone to enjoy. Everyone really respects a dude like that in life.

[@user-wy5yu2sc4p]

Seniority my boy lol

[@lavy9815]

Improve this , Improve that. Where the fuck does he think the money is going to come from??

[@Evolving62]

lol , 1 toothbrush 🪥 any Officer knows about toothbrushes