The execution of Christa Pike failed—and now everyone is fighting over what it means. An all-female Tennessee execution team couldn’t carry out Pike’s death sentence, handing death-penalty opponents a powerful new argument and raising serious questions about the DOC’s preparation and all-female competence.

But amid the outrage, one name is being lost: Colleen Slemmer, brutally murdered by Pike in 1995. Her family waited more than 30 years for justice—and now they’re waiting again. Or, are they glad the woman who killed Colleen has suffered rather than quietly slipped away?

Was the execution team set up to fail? What does this mean for women in corrections? And what happens next?

This sounds like something out of an action movie. South Korean “super criminal” Park Wang-yeol allegedly planned an extraordinary prison escape: use a massive drone to lift him over the walls and carry him to freedom.

The plot involved outside accomplices, testing, careful preparation—and a flying machine powerful enough to carry a grown man. But could it actually have worked?

We break down Park Wang-yeol’s drone prison escape plan, how authorities uncovered it, and one of the most audacious alleged jailbreak schemes imaginable.

Starting today there's a new episode of COMM CENTER TRUE CRIME-- on The Comm Center With Drew Breasy. It's more of the COMM CENTER you love: 911 calls, compelling stories and Jon's takes. Starting June 1 it's subscriber only content, so check it out while you can.

In this true crime episode, Jon—a former corrections officer—dives into the horrifying case of Josef Fritzl, the Austrian monster who imprisoned his own daughter for 24 years beneath his family home. Joined by a special guest who jokes she’s lived her whole life like a prisoner—and who happens to be a direct descendant of a criminal—they unpack captivity, control, and why history keeps producing people who think “secret basement prison” is a lifestyle choice.

A Virginia correctional officer saw it coming — threats, warnings, even a weapon with his name on it. He went to work anyway. Months later, he was dead.

Now his widow is asking the questions the Department of Corrections won’t answer — and exposing what officers already know: the danger isn’t hypothetical, it’s daily.

In this episode, we break down the killing of Officer Jeremy Hall, the ignored warnings, and the silence that followed. Because when an officer dies, administrators hold a press conference, issue a statement, and move on — while the same policies stay in place.

Understaffed. Underpaid. Outnumbered.

Officers are told to keep quiet, keep working, and keep risking their lives — because speaking up means retaliation, unemployment, and becoming the next problem the system needs to manage.

The inmates aren’t the only ones trapped inside the prison system.

In this episode of Hard Time, Jon is joined by Allie Siebert from Allie in the Archives to examine 19th-century crime and punishment through her tour of Jackson State Prison.

Michigan rejected the death penalty, but prison life was still defined by overcrowding, forced labor, corruption, and failed reform. Drawing on archival research and firsthand experience, this episode explores how early justice ideals often collapsed in practice—and how those failures continue to influence modern incarceration.

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Subhuman David Alan Funston a convicted serial child kidnapper and molester was eligible for parole under California's new Elderly Parole Program.

Jake breaks down the heinous crimes, how the fuck this happened, and what the current result is. It doesn't end up as bad as you'd think, but unfortunately, he's still walking around.

Oh and there are some Jake Jokes. I need a few drinks after this one. As a warning I get a little heated. Enjoy!

JON RETURNS to talk about the death of Robert Brooks-- it sparked widespread outrage when the story first broke — headlines, social media fury, and demands for accountability. But when the sentencing of the prison guards responsible finally arrived, it barely registered. In this episode, we examine how the Brooks case became a flash-in-the-pan moment of public attention, and what the muted response to these sentences says about how little most people think about what happens inside prisons once the cameras move on.

While lives have been permanently altered — Brooks’ family, the convicted guards, and the correctional system itself — the broader public has already shifted its focus to the next controversy. We break down the sentencing, the legal outcomes, and why accountability behind prison walls rarely sustains public interest. This episode challenges the idea that outrage equals engagement, and explores how incarceration exists largely outside public concern until a shocking death forces it briefly into view.

A hard look at justice, punishment, and how quickly society moves on when suffering happens out of sight.