Prison Counts
Prison Counts is a true crime podcast created, co-hosted, and produced by exoneree Ryan Ferguson who spent 10 years in maximum security prison for a crime he did not commit. Along with co-host David Dowling, their goal is not only to entertain with stories of what it's truly like to live life in prison but to give a voice to the voiceless while also shedding a light on how our criminal justice system actually operates. No where else can you find interviews from prisoners, investigators, wardens, lawyers, and cops all in one place. Welcome to your all access behind the scenes of criminal justice in America like you've never seen before!
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 43 minutes
- Episodes
- 19
- Years Active
- 2022
Season 1: Amazing Race Champion and Former Prosecutor.. Brooke Camhi!
This incredible episode of Prison Counts Podcast is a twofer! We get to speak to Amazing Race champion and former prosecutor Brook Camhi about what it's like to win the amazing race and more importan…
Season 1: Russ Faria of the Famous Pam Hupp Case!
This episode is bonkers! We have Russ Faria fresh off a brand new Dateline episode and a NBC mini-series about the case he was wrongfully convicted of. Check out his book Bone Deep, the mini-series "…
Season 1: Important Senate Bill & A Bill Ferguson Project
In this insightful and episode of Prison Counts Podcast we discuss Senate bill 1201, (call a Missouri State Senator to support), which would grant innocent people a fair chance to appeal their convic…
Season 1: Mail Call Pt.2 - Answering More Listener Questions!
This weeks episode follows up on the fun we had last week of answering listener questions about ourselves and prison. Thanks again to everyone for the great questions. We know we didn't get to them a…
Season 1: Mail Call! We Answer Your Questions About Prison! Part 1 of 2
In todays episode, Ryan and Dave answer any and all questions about prison pertaining to the first 15 episodes of Prison Counts Podcast! A big thanks to all of our listeners an all of the amazing res…
Season 1: Going Back Into Prison Part 3 of 3 - Talking to the Warden
Today we do the undoable, we talk to a warden!
Season 1: Going Back Into Prison Part 2 of 3 - Lively Discussion on Different Housing Units!
In this awesome episode within a mini-series, we discuss different places to live within prison. Interestingly enough, Ryan learns about living structures that didn't exist in the prison he was in an…
Season 1: Going Back Into Prison Part 1 of 3 - Talking to Inmates
This is the first of an amazing three part series where Dave goes back into a prison in Moberly Missouri where he spent 8 years of his life to catch up with fellow inmates and to explore what the pro…
Season 1: From Serving Time to Hiring Ex-Felons
Our guest today has a great story! After finding himself at a crossroads between the criminal life or one of hard work and helping others, he chose right. Years after spending over a year in prison, …
Season 1: Prison vs. County Jail... A typical day in inside with hosts Dave and Ryan
In this unique episode, Ryan and Dave answer listener questions about what a typical day in prison is like. From the crazy to the mundane, the hosts of Prison Counts Podcast riff on some of their own…
Season 1: The Bill Ferguson
In this episode of Prison Counts we talk to Ryan's father Bill who fought for his son's innocence and became more lawyer than most lawyers. Go behind the scenes of Bill's ten year fight to make the …
Season 1: What happens when they let you out?
In this installment of Prison Counts we discuss life after prison while under probation or parole with Ziljada. She worked for years as a PO,( parole officer), helping ex-felons acclimate to life wh…
Season 1: Tough Intro to Prison Life, Disproportionate Sentencing, Finding Employment After Incarceration
This episode has it all. What going to prison is like as a young person who's never had a run in with the law, disproportionate sentencing, unnecessary violence, education, the fight for freedom, and…
Season 1: Small Guy, Big Prison
In this weeks unique episode, Dave and Ryan take you inside a maximum security prison where much work is being done to right the many wrongs that led people to prison. No easy task as you will hear g…
Season 1: Real Life "Orange is the New Black"
In this weeks unique and perfectly articulated episode, Samantha Lander takes us behind the scenes of both the L.A. county jail as well as inside the federal penitentiary for women. Which was worse? …
Season 1: Christmas in Solitary
This episode takes back to the harsh reality of life in prison. Our guest today was forced to figure out how to survive life in the hole (a.ka. prison within prison). No small feat for anyone, let al…
Season 1: Investigators Insights
In this episode we talk to a seasoned investigator about what it's like behind the scenes of an investigation. Not often do the previously investigated get to speak to the one doing the investigation…
Season 1: Scars From Life Behind Bars
This episode is intense! Our guest today went to prison in his teens and the things he witnessed will forever be ingrained in his memory. Be aware, what you hear may live on in your memory as well.
Season 1: Introducing Hosts Ryan Ferguson & David Dowling!
Welcome to Prison Counts! This episode is a quick introduction to your hosts Ryan Ferguson and David Dowling. Both having spent time in prison, (one innocent, the other guilty), they became friends w…