I Survived 50 Hours In A Maximum Security Prison
The video is a first‑person vlog in which Antonio Moniz and a group of friends voluntarily spend 50 consecutive hours inside a staged maximum‑security prison. The participants—Nolan, Noah, Jimmy, Weddle, Zelis, Darian, Chris, and others—agree to be treated exactly like real inmates: they sleep on uncomfortable bunks, eat bland prison meals, perform chores such as mopping, endure roll‑calls, showers without hot water, and undergo cell checks for contraband. Throughout the challenge they experience typical prison routines (rec time, kitchen duty, solitary confinement, visitation, lawyer visit) and engage in improvised games (chess, poker, basketball, arm‑wrestling) that lead to minor conflicts and a mock riot. The narrative intersperses humor, banter, and occasional frustration, highlighting the mental strain of boredom, lack of privacy, and constant supervision. Near the end, a lawyer visits one participant, an escape attempt is staged, and the group finally exits after the 50‑hour timer expires. The tone remains informal and entertaining, with frequent jokes and self‑aware commentary that the experience is not truly representative of real incarceration, ending with a disclaimer urging viewers not to emulate the stunt.
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This is a real prison and me and the boys are gonna try to survive the next 50 hours locked up here. Get in here, chads against the wall. There against the wall. I'm just gonna do what he says. I am officially locked in prison with Nolan. How's it going? Not good. Basically, me, Nolan, and all my other friends agreed to spend 50 hours in prison. How's it going, boys? I feel right at home. Just so we're clear, we are going to be treated exactly like inmates, okay? We're going to be eating real prison food, we're gonna have to mop and clean the prison, and all around subject it to the mental warfare that is being a prisoner. I hope you guys are ready. First thoughts on my brand new bed? It's very uncomfortable. These sheets oddly feel like— hey, get your foot off my bed! Ah, 49 hours and 55 minutes to go and I'm already sick of him. What? I would like to discuss the toilets. What are your thoughts on them? I'm not gonna lie, mine has like a yellow tint to it. That's what I was about to ask. Now that we've established the toilets are disgusting, let's all taste test the fountain. Oh, there was something in it. Look at all that stuff. I'm, I'm just not gonna drink water. I'll just die. Last name, inmate? Weddle. Uh, Doyon? What kind of last name is that? I'm French-Canadian, all right? My last name? Yes. Imagine Dragons. I'm gonna back up. Imagine dragging these nuts on your face. I'll be back for you guys. Hey, it's him. I'm not doing it. I'm not scared. Come get us. Get him too. Lights out. Do we have to get in our bunk? Lights out. Get in your bunk. About to spend the night in prison. It feels like I took a blanket and just laid it in the middle of the road. This is gonna suck. It's currently 3 AM. 3:00 AM, and in prison, the guards do roll call in the middle of the night to make sure no prisoners escaped. Roll call! State your name. Noah. State your name. Jimmy. Nolan. Ow. Did you just hit your head? Have a good night, ladies. I'll see you guys in the morning. Wake up, ladies. 5 minutes. Get out of bed, dressed, ready to go. I slept like a baby if the baby got hit by a truck in the middle of the night. These things are constricting. Over here, face the wall. I feel like I actually I did something illegal now. Oh, this is hard. Okay. Oh, is this the kitchen? What's that? Food. Okay. This is my first prison meal. Not bad. I'd give the meal a 4 out of 10. Raise your hand if you're glad you're at least not in your cell. He's a psychopath. Yeah, I couldn't sleep last night and this wasn't worth waking up for. And we're back to the cells. That was a journey. Shower time! Woo! Woo! Why does he have latex gloves on? For the cavity search. Never taken a prison shower before? Towel, underwear, shirt, and soap. You have 10 minutes. Oh. So they're letting us take showers now, but there's no hot water. That really seems like torture to me. Brush teeth. What kind of sorry excuse— We've had too many stabbings with toothbrushes. Stabbings? What kind of prison is this? How am I supposed to brush my teeth? I'm going to get a cavity. Inmate coming out of shower. Inmate out of shower. It's on your finger. This is a toothbrush. Look at this thing. Oh, really? What is this? Oh, I dropped the soap. That wasn't on purpose. Hey, fellow inmates, we have officially survived 10 hours in prison. Yeah! Yeah! Woo! We were all just taking naps and relaxing peacefully in our cells. And then this happened. Rec time. Come on up. Get up. Make your way, gang. Looks like it's time for rec. All right, let's see what we're dealing with here. A crappy chessboard. We've got a nice TV, and we have a beautiful library here. Does everyone here know how to play poker? Yeah. Yes. You guys want to wager something on a game? I have nothing. I have no money. While we were having fun playing cards, the other inmates got jealous. And tried to start a riot. Hey, it feels like y'all been in there forever. I swear, Chris, it's like— Yeah, let's go. It's already been an hour. There's no way it hasn't been an hour. Hey, we're just having fun. Let us out! Hey! Thank God! It's been like 12 hours and they're already this upset. Hey, we got a little bit of a plumbing issue over here. Darren, what did you do? You made us do it, man. Tiso, tiso. They're not letting us out. They're showing favoritism over here. You were next. Yeah, I got tired of waiting, man. These guys tried to literally flood the prison. And then get mad when they get cuffed. This prison sucks. I think you should put them in solitary. Jimmy! I want this floor to be eaten off by the time it comes. You can't even mop because you're in shackles. That looks horrible. Good behavior leads to good rec time. Bad behavior leads to this. I woke up for rec and nobody's in here. You know, everybody got in trouble. So I guess I'm just going to look at pictures in books. Nolan and I woke up to learn that we're on kitchen duty, which means we had to make food for everybody. Here we go. Oh, we get cosmic ramen. Yo, I love prison. Is that the cellmates? Jimmy, you cooked? Yeah, it's pretty good. We have tons of beans. Everyone here is getting lots of beans. Wait, how many beans are you putting on? Darian was hungry. All right, let's get moving. I asked for no mayo. We sat down to eat our very bland prison meal. And at this point, we were so bored that we started gambling our brownies. I already got 9 pairs. Who's winning this? I got 7, 8, 9. Oh, give me a 10 and I got a straight. Oh! So this is my brownie. This is rigged. I just won so many brownies. Inmates, line up. Inmates, line up. Go hit the wall. Face the wall. We're getting cuffed up again? I assume that's normal every time we leave. All right, we're doing cell checks. What does the cell check mean? We are searching your bunks to find any contraband. So anything we find will be a write-up and possibly solitary depending on what it is. We've only been here for 20 hours. What's the worst they could possibly have in their cells? What is that? No, he's got a knife. It was only for protection. I think you should search his butt. No, not my butt. He's going to solitaire. Take me back. Let me go outside. Since you guys were so well behaved, you get to go outside. Now we get some time outside in the courtyard. There's an outdoor basketball court, but it's raining. Lovely. All right, who wants to play basketball? Guards against inmates? 3 on 3. What we got? Oh, let's go. Okay. Let's just say the guards were talking a little smack while we were playing some basketball. Turns out they were better than we Not. Woo! Looks like we got to head back to our cells. I love how our stuff is still at the front of the cells from the search. Our mattresses! What? I mean, is it necessary to leave the mattress flipped on its side? I feel like the objective of prison is to make you feel like an animal. Since Nolan's in solitary confinement, I can steal his pillow. I get 2 pillows. You hear that? It's silence. It's so nice having Nolan gone. Ah! I take it back. Meanwhile, Weddle and Zelis were on cooking duty when they heard this. Ah! Oh, is that Nolan? Hey, Nolan, how's it going, man? Open this door! It was time for our next meal, and I guess the guards are feeling generous because they let Nolan out of solitary to come eat with us. Bun me up. Yes, sir. All right. You've been bun me up. I'm so excited. We're hungry. Scoop faster. We've been through a lot in prison, wouldn't you guys say? Some more than most. Yeah. Surprisingly, I saw one of their phone screens and noticed we're not even 24 hours in. Bro, are you serious? It felt like 4 days. I swear. It really does. So wait, why are you guys arm wrestling? We're in prison. This is what prisoners do. 3, 2, go! It's so fast. Let's do Noah versus Weddle and Nolan. And Nolan, let's go. Let's go! Whichever side wins, I'll give them $5,000. Oh, good. $5,000 on the line. 3, 2— Oh, God. Oh, God. 1, go! It's so fast! Hey, do you want to do double or nothing against the big guy? Sure. Oh! Oh, go get him. Go get him. He looks bigger than I remember. 3, 2, 1, go! Oh! Yeah, nice! I'll pay you when I get out of jail. Back to your cells. Wake up, it's yard time. Everybody line up outside your cell. Every time I finally fall asleep, I get woken up. I'm so sick of this place. We were so bored out of our mind. And even though this is just a tiny cube of grass outside, it was a massive blessing. That's a goal. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. That's a goal. That's a goal. Header. Oh. Whoa. Oh, and that's the game. For a second out there, I forgot I was a prisoner. The outside courtyard with the grass feels very liberating. It's my turn to shower and I'm free. Oh my gosh, I feel so much better now. I'm literally about to cry. Here's the problem, in prison they strip everything away from you. So even something as simple as hot water for a few minutes literally changes the course of your whole day. Gentlemen, we have less than 10 hours left in this dome. Yeah! In prison, the only way you can see your family or friends is through visitation. Mom? Dad? Nolan, Nolan, what have you done? We raised you better than this. I don't need to follow no rules. I'm in prison. I run this place. You will behave the rest of the time that you're in here. Listen, I might escape. No. Time's up. Let's go. Hey, hey. Chris has a visitor. Come on, come on, come on. Just hurry up, hurry up, hurry up, hurry up. I want to see him. Look, there's Daddy. Hey, little man. Look, there's Daddy. Aw, I wish I could hold you, buddy. Hey, visitation's over. No, but I just got to see my son. He's so cute, look at him. Time to go. While everyone else was having loved ones visit them in prison, I paid a lawyer to come visit me and told him nothing about why. How's it going? Good, Jimmy, what's going on? Well, I just wanted to make sure that they knew I did nothing wrong. Okay, but why would they put you in prison though? I'm here for a video. I'm spending 50 hours in prison. You can spend 50 hours in prison, but I'm here to help you get out. Well, I don't want to get out. Okay, not sure I understand. Am I still getting paid for this? Of course. Okay, cool. Have a good day. Don't worry, boys, I talked to a lawyer. Things make much more sense now. He wants to be in there, but I'm an attorney trying to get him out. It doesn't make any sense. I'm so tired. I can't stand this place anymore. I might try to escape. I'm gonna be honest, guys, this prison food gets bland really fast. I'm only in here for 2 days and I couldn't imagine living years in prison. Gentlemen, do you know what's in front of you? Wiener. No. Your last meal in prison. Round of applause. Also, prison might come across a lot more fun in this video than it actually is. Let me assure you, it's not fun. We're just idiots that can make anything look fun. Don't go to jail. Last meal was good, but I'm not going to miss this place. I'm getting out of here. On the ground! On the ground! On the ground! On the ground! On the ground! On the ground! You can't catch me! Esmod's back! There's the exit! No, it's locked! It's locked! I swear to God! Hey! On the ground! Hold on! Hold on! Hey, Pineapple! I'm glad you found me. I was actually lost. I got lost from the group. Nolan booked it. There's like 3 hours left. What's going on? Let's calm down, boys. Pineapple, that's my safe word. Pineapple! Ah, that's tight! That's real tight! Well, go into your cells. I'm going to help you out. Wait, oh boy, this is hard. Oh, that hurt. Hey, let's talk about this. Come on, no! At least, come on, take the handcuffs off at least. Like, if he ran away yesterday, it makes sense, but we have like 3 hours left. What's the point? Probably the weirdest thing I've ever done. Nolan, you caused me to have to do this. It's the home stretch, 1 hour and I'm out of here. Inmate! Yeah, we officially have less than 30 minutes remaining. Our friend Nolan is still in solitary confinement. Let's salute him. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. It's officially been 50 hours. Hey! Woo! Freedom! Freedom! Freedom! Hello? Hello?
