# Episode 243: Cruel & Unusual

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Podcast: [Twisted Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/twisted-podcast-655782)
Published: 2025-12-14T17:14:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 2216

## Resource

Former inmate Paul Smith talks about what it is like to be thrust into federal prison in America. How the environment can turn seemingly normal, average men into savages who act and treat others in an inhuman manner.

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