Category: Static News
At crossroads to redemption | Eugene Howard | Hard Time S3
Eugene Howard is a newcomer to Earl “Kareem” Smith’s group in Hard Times. When he entered the prison system, Eugene Howard joined a gang. Now…
Daily threat of violence | Randy Cochran| Hard Time S3
“Randy “”Rock”” Cochran from Hard Time works in the kitchen, and he is always respectful to the authorities. Randy “”Rock”” Cochran knows that life in…
The price of leadership behind bars | Earl Smith | Hard Time S3
Earl Smith (“Kareem”) is convicted of murder and must serve life in prison. He robbed a restaurant when he was 22 and killed someone working…
Payday | Anjail Muhammad | Hard Time S3
In our documentation series Hard Time, Anjail Muhammad is sentenced for murder with life without parole. In prison, Anjail Muhammad still is rather provocative. She…
Life as a prison player | Julie Murphy | Hard Time S3
It is Julie Murphy’s third stay in prison, and she knows how things go. In Hard Times, Julie is a well-known inmate, which is not…
Regretting decisions | Amy Price | Hard Time S3
Amy Price was a straight-A student from a loving home, but she ended up in Hard Times. In Hard Times, Amy started doing party drugs….
A special place in the hierachy| Rose Richardson| Hard Time S3
She has a job in prison, she is a maintanance worker. Rose Richardson is in lockdown because of talking back to her work supervisor in…
A problematic inmate | Kimberly Taylor | Hard Time S3
Kimberly Taylor is not the easiest inmate from Hard Times. She has trouble with other women in jail, thats why she was in Lockdown for…
Prison celebrity | Brandi Cook | Hard Time S3
She walks like one, talks like one, treats you like one. Overall Brandi Cook from Hard Time describes herself as a gentleman. Brandi Cook alias…
Taking a different path | J.B. Davis | Hard Time S3
J.B. Davis’s lifestory presented in Hard Time, is shaped by a troubled youth. In Hard Time, he explains that he had a lot of anger…
Conform or consequences | Hassan Hawkins | Hard Time S3
The new prison inmate in Hard Time, Hassan Hawkins, tries to adapt to his new life behind bars. Unwilling to follow the rules of another…
The Prison Code | Antonio German| Hard Time S3
Antonio German is not the easiest prisoner in our series Hard Time. In Hard Time he is one of the instigators of an uprise of…
(No) Rules| Chaz White | Hard Time S2
Money and muscle form the power in prison. If you don’t have either, you have to get inventive. New young Hard Times inmate Chaz White…
Family Trees | Dorie Terrell | Hard Time S2
Hard Time shows that managing female offenders is one of the toughest jobs in corrections. At the Ohio Reformatory for Women the system is tested…
Old vs. New Generation | Oran Brumley | Hard Time S2
Over half of his life in prison – this is the story of 60-year-old inmate Oran Brumley who has seen the prison system change serving…
Take what you need | Juice Reynolds | Hard Time S2
Hard Times living behind bars, especially with no access to money from relatives or better-paying prison jobs. Some inmates choose the illegal way of building…
Legal vs. Illegal Work | Ronald A. Dudas | Hard Time S2
Not all prisoners rely on a reputation of violence and spreading fear in order to get through Hard Times behind bars. Inmate Ronald A. Dudas…
Back in Prison | Rodney Ruggles | Hard Time S2
This is the return of Rodney Ruggles aka. Rebel in Hard Time. As a short timer he regularly serves shorter sentences in prison and therefore…
Going Home| David Mahoney| Hard Times S2
Life in prison is tough, but it seems even harder to get used to life back on the streets after doing time for over 20…
Lesson learned | Marquis Hayes| Hard Times S2
First and hopefully last time in prison for 18 year old new arrival Marquis Hayes in Hard Times. The orientation process is tedious and he…
