Wed, 25 Mar 2026 02:09:36 -0400 https://prisoncountspodcast.buzzsprout.com en-us © 2026 Prison Counts yes ff232a78-56bd-57d8-9327-6140cbb80002 Ryan Ferguson & Dave Dowling episodic true Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Interview, indie, independent, true story, stories, hardship, criminal justice Ryan Ferguson & Dave Dowling https://storage.buzzsprout.com/5dambn1i353d1e99cbatz226d7pe?.jpg 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 importantly, she takes us behind the scenes of what it's like to be a prosecutor in America. Boy have I got some questions! 

]]> 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 importantly, she takes us behind the scenes of what it's like to be a prosecutor in America. Boy have I got some questions! 

]]> Ryan Ferguson & Dave Dowling Buzzsprout-10849611 Fri, 24 Jun 2022 13:00:00 -0400 3282 1 19 full false 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 "The Thing About Pam", and the most recent Dateline episode "The Real Thing About Pam". Can't wait to hear your thoughts about this one!

]]> 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 "The Thing About Pam", and the most recent Dateline episode "The Real Thing About Pam". Can't wait to hear your thoughts about this one!

]]> Ryan Ferguson & Dave Dowling Buzzsprout-10579521 Sun, 08 May 2022 11:00:00 -0400 2429 1 18 full false 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 convictions. Very important! We also have Bill Ferguson back on to discuss a video and petition he's releasing to the public which will expose more in the Heitholt case and hopefully get the Columbia Police Department to to do the one thing any rookie investigator would have done, yet twenty years later they still have not, and that's investigate the last person to see the victim alive. Do you think Michael Boyd committed this crime? If so call the Columbia Police department and demand them to do their jobs! 

]]> 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 convictions. Very important! We also have Bill Ferguson back on to discuss a video and petition he's releasing to the public which will expose more in the Heitholt case and hopefully get the Columbia Police Department to to do the one thing any rookie investigator would have done, yet twenty years later they still have not, and that's investigate the last person to see the victim alive. Do you think Michael Boyd committed this crime? If so call the Columbia Police department and demand them to do their jobs! 

]]> Ryan Ferguson & Dave Dowling Buzzsprout-10453001 Sun, 17 Apr 2022 11:00:00 -0400 2108 1 17 full false 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 all but will answer more in upcoming episodes. 

]]> 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 all but will answer more in upcoming episodes. 

]]> Ryan Ferguson & Dave Dowling Buzzsprout-10410436 Sun, 10 Apr 2022 08:00:00 -0400 2620 1 16 full true 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 responses. So many in fact that we couldn't answer everything in one episode! Join us agin in the following weeks as we wrap up answering all of these great inquiries!

]]> 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 responses. So many in fact that we couldn't answer everything in one episode! Join us agin in the following weeks as we wrap up answering all of these great inquiries!

]]> Ryan Ferguson & Dave Dowling Buzzsprout-10368900 Sun, 03 Apr 2022 11:00:00 -0400 2774 1 15 full false Season 1: Going Back Into Prison Part 3 of 3 - Talking to the Warden Today we do the undoable, we talk to a warden! 

]]> Today we do the undoable, we talk to a warden! 

]]> Ryan Ferguson & Dave Dowling Buzzsprout-10325748 Sun, 27 Mar 2022 12:00:00 -0400 2733 1 14 full false 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 and Dave discusses the trials and tribulations involved with helping create those safe structures as an inmate. Doing the right thing is not always the safe thing in prison. This is a fun one!

]]> 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 and Dave discusses the trials and tribulations involved with helping create those safe structures as an inmate. Doing the right thing is not always the safe thing in prison. This is a fun one!

]]> Ryan Ferguson & Dave Dowling Buzzsprout-10281099 Sun, 20 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0400 3079 1 13 full true 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 progressive leadership there is doing to give inmates opportunities to grow and succeed. This is what prison counts is all about! We fully support what they're doing there and are happy to bring these discussions to the public sphere. Positive change can happen if we support it and nurture it. The proof is in the pudding... and the next three episodes! 

]]> 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 progressive leadership there is doing to give inmates opportunities to grow and succeed. This is what prison counts is all about! We fully support what they're doing there and are happy to bring these discussions to the public sphere. Positive change can happen if we support it and nurture it. The proof is in the pudding... and the next three episodes! 

]]> Ryan Ferguson & Dave Dowling Buzzsprout-10240541 Sun, 13 Mar 2022 12:00:00 -0400 2725 1 12 full false 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, Steve came out of that situation ready to build a business while also not forgetting about those who have made a wrong choice or two in life. Hiring an ex-convict is a rather large debate in todays society. Hear first hand what it's like to employ the "unemployable". 

]]> 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, Steve came out of that situation ready to build a business while also not forgetting about those who have made a wrong choice or two in life. Hiring an ex-convict is a rather large debate in todays society. Hear first hand what it's like to employ the "unemployable". 

]]> Ryan Ferguson & Dave Dowling Buzzsprout-10151417 Sun, 27 Feb 2022 12:00:00 -0500 2266 1 11 full false 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 crazy experiences while living in this bizarre world. 

]]> 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 crazy experiences while living in this bizarre world. 

]]> Ryan Ferguson & Dave Dowling Buzzsprout-10108717 Sun, 20 Feb 2022 10:00:00 -0500 2721 1 10 full false 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 justice system do the right thing and hear what he really went through. 

]]> 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 justice system do the right thing and hear what he really went through. 

]]> Ryan Ferguson & Dave Dowling Buzzsprout-10062791 Sun, 13 Feb 2022 02:00:00 -0500 3155 1 9 full false 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 while experiencing some bizarre circumstances. While Dave is no stranger to probation and parole, this was very enlightening to Ryan and anyone who's curious about life after incarceration. One things for sure, it ain't easy. 

]]> 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 while experiencing some bizarre circumstances. While Dave is no stranger to probation and parole, this was very enlightening to Ryan and anyone who's curious about life after incarceration. One things for sure, it ain't easy. 

]]> Ryan Ferguson & Dave Dowling Buzzsprout-10021029 Sun, 06 Feb 2022 12:00:00 -0500 3310 1 8 full false 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 the search for a respectable job after all that. Our guest, my good friend Patrick Flaherty, a recently freed man after 20+ years in prison joins us to discuss all this and more!

]]> 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 the search for a respectable job after all that. Our guest, my good friend Patrick Flaherty, a recently freed man after 20+ years in prison joins us to discuss all this and more!

]]> Ryan Ferguson & Dave Dowling Buzzsprout-9977975 Sun, 30 Jan 2022 11:00:00 -0500 2272 1 7 full false 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 given the harsh reality of life in state prison. But our guest this week was determined to do good with his life and the time he spent locked away. This is a story we love to hear on Prison Counts!

]]> 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 given the harsh reality of life in state prison. But our guest this week was determined to do good with his life and the time he spent locked away. This is a story we love to hear on Prison Counts!

]]> Ryan Ferguson & Dave Dowling Buzzsprout-9935897 Sun, 23 Jan 2022 12:00:00 -0500 2786 1 6 full true 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? The truth may surprise you!

]]> 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? The truth may surprise you!

]]> Ryan Ferguson & Dave Dowling Buzzsprout-9892585 Sat, 15 Jan 2022 20:00:00 -0500 3175 1 5 full true 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 alone a teenager. Join as as we take you inside what it's really like to endure this torturous existence year after year, and how the human mind adapts to life in a a cold cinderblock box. 

]]> 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 alone a teenager. Join as as we take you inside what it's really like to endure this torturous existence year after year, and how the human mind adapts to life in a a cold cinderblock box. 

]]> Ryan Ferguson & Dave Dowling Buzzsprout-9852130 Sun, 09 Jan 2022 12:00:00 -0500 2389 1 4 full true 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 investigations. This episode tears through that wall! Our guest Jim drops some serious knowledge, laughs, and insights that you can't help but enjoy listening to.

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]]> 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 investigations. This episode tears through that wall! Our guest Jim drops some serious knowledge, laughs, and insights that you can't help but enjoy listening to.

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]]> Ryan Buzzsprout-9816358 Sat, 01 Jan 2022 19:00:00 -0500 2089 1 3 full true 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. 

]]> 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. 

]]> Ryan Buzzsprout-9816276 Sat, 01 Jan 2022 18:00:00 -0500 2959 1 2 full true 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 while in a maximum security prison and this is their podcast to expose what it's really like to be arrested, tried, convicted, and ultimately sent to prison in America. 

]]> 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 while in a maximum security prison and this is their podcast to expose what it's really like to be arrested, tried, convicted, and ultimately sent to prison in America. 

]]> Ryan Buzzsprout-9816221 Sat, 01 Jan 2022 18:00:00 -0500 1244 1 1 full true