Do Your Own Time
A Podcast about going to prison in Canada. This is a first hand account. This is me telling my story of incarceration. From arrest to parole. Good, bad, and ugly. Find us on Instagram and TikTok @doyourowntimepodcast and on X @DYOT podcast Email me doyourowntimepodcast@gmail.com Contact Jonathan Malcolm on X @oxah1
Episodes
Set Your Compass
Every day we navigate the prison grounds and system. There is so much to cover, and this episode starts to chip away at that mountain. From the layout of the prison to going before the parole board, let's start to peel the layers. Parole Br…
Welcome to the Machine
From intake to a new range. Things are different in minimum. The air, the tone, the pace, it’s all very different from medium. I’ll be around these men for some time. It’s time to get settled in and think big picture, it’s time to play the …
A New World
Transferring out of JAU brought me to a new world. A different set up with a different pace, Joyceville minimum institution. This is where I would serve the majority of my sentence. It was a significant adjustment but one for the better. St…
Leaving J.A.U.
Assessment is a temporary location that can have a long lasting or permanent impact on your time in prison as well as after. It can be a minefield to walk through. Getting out of Joyceville is inevitable, but not all ways out are ideal. Thi…
The Days They Aren't A Changin'
Every day in prison is the same because you really have no idea what to expect, you have no idea what’s in store from one moment to the next. Staff, food, cells, range, yard, inmates. Some are a constant, some are in constant flux. My day t…
Friends and Associates
Prisons contain all types of people. Deciding who to associate yourself with and who to avoid can make all the difference in the trajectory of your sentence. Inmates notice who you spend time with and guards know who you spend time with. Th…
Yard Up!
Yard time is used by most and for many different reasons. This time is used to exercise, others used it to meet up with people they know from another range. Some used it to cross the line. Whether it’s walking the track, going to church, or…
Range Life
Congradulations, you're in prison...now what? We’re not simply locked up 24 hours a day. Some may think that’s all we deserve but that’s just not how it is. So much goes on in prison. Even the smallest incident or interaction can easily and…
To Each Cell A Man
Canadian prison is a world unto itself. I made some bad and stupid choices so my life took me there and this episode will walk you into what it’s like to enter that prison world for the very first time. A federal prison sentences often star…
Destination Joyceville
A lot goes into a moving day, relocating from one place to another. Especially when that move is from a jail cell to a prison cell. After some time in provincial it’s now time to transfer to a federal prison. And yes, jail and prison are ve…
Sentencing
From being on bail to going to jail. This episode explores the weeks, days, hours and minutes leading up to and being sentenced and taken to a jail. This is a very candid view into my personal life during this time. My sentence length is ha…
A Guilty Man
Bail granted, surety decided, now what? What can I do? Where can I go? Who will still be around? Life changed hard for me during this time. I am grateful to have been granted bail no matter the major life adjustment. Days are long yet time …
Inmate Property
Most people know the things you can’t have in prison, but what exactly are you allowed to have? What do the institutions provide, what can you bring of your own, and how do you get it? This episode explores the personal property that federa…
72 Hours In
Sitting in a cell, waiting for the day I will go before a judge to know whether or not I will be granted bail. Life has taken a turn and now my lawyer and the crown lawyer will do what they need to do. I will explore what it’s like to spend…
A Knock At The Door
This is just the beginning. This is the day my life changes, for the worse? For the better? Yes. Let's start the journey from handcuffs to a prison cell. A lot goes on between those two events.  Find us on Instagram and TikTok @doyourownti…
Trailer
A podcast about what it’s like to go to prison in Canada. This is my own first-hand account. This is me, telling my story of incarceration. I’ll guide you through getting arrested, going to court, going to prison, living out a significant a…