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Maximum Security PRISON Sentence For Stealing Weapons From A Marine | DJ Pannell Aug 20, 2023

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Drug use and violence landed this Danbury native to maximum security prison. At just 16 years old, DJ Pannell robbed a U.S. Marine with a group of friends, stealing a machine gun and other weaponry. This was a major step in what would be years in the prison system, serving time at maximum and minimum security prisons.

After leaving prison, DJ Pannell got clean, started a family, and built a successful life for himself and his family.

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00:00 Intro

02:22 Childhood

06:26 Drug Usage and Acting out

14:14 Start of Crime

18:30 Robbing a Marine leads to arrest (reel)

26:15 Sentenced

38:48 Prison Experiences

51:26 Worse thing witnessed

1:00:14 Prison Hustle, CO Smuggled in contraband

1:05:27 Released to a Halfway house

1:09:48 Continued Problems with Authority

1:12:30 Dad's passing led to getting sobriety and Changing his life

1:19:02 Message

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PRISON Inmate Disowned By Family | Joshua Pritchett Aug 17, 2023

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Josh Pritchett spent his adolescent years fighting for a sense of belonging — and catching criminal charges along the way. After multiple stints in prison, Josh has a chance encounter that changes his outlook on life. He left prison for the last time and applied to UVA, pursuing a finance degree. While there, Josh took advantage of a program that sent him back to prison — but this time as a volunteer, not an inmate.

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00:00 Intro

03:47 Childhood

13:08 Fighting

15:30 Lack of Proper Parenting

18:14 Fighting Escalates

21:50First Arrest at 14 Years Old

26:26 Moved to Germany

28:08 Sent to live with Birth Father and Crime escalates

32:20 Drug Usage and Selling

36:24 Drug Court

41:14 Sentenced to Prison

51:47 Prison Rules

54:46 Prison Experience

1:11:22 Life After Prison and Working in Finance

1:20:16 Relationship with parents

1:21:17 Recruiter for Second Chance Employers

1:24:30 Message to Younger Self

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Detoxing During Prison Sentence and Halfway House Struggles with Ian Bick | John Vibbert Aug 13, 2023

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Imagine giving your best friend the fentanyl that kills him.

John Vibbert doesn't have to imagine it. A single father with a lifetime of addiction and petty crime, John plead guilty to one count of distribution of heroin and fentanyl after he was charged in connection with the death of his best friend.

For one year and one day, John did his time at Danbury Connecticut Correctional Facility before heading to a notorious halfway house, where he met podcast host Ian Bick.

After coming back to society, John works every day to be a strong role model for his daughter.

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00:00 Intro/Factor AD

02:17 Childhood

08:30 Partying

11:35 College

13:42 Start of Drug Abuse

19:44 Addiction leads him to being Arrested in North Carolina

21:28 Detoxing

23:17 Seven months in North Carolina State Prison

25:10 Moved to New York

27:30 Drug Usage Restarts

30:40 Friend overdosed and sent to prison

38:04 Factor

44:38 Prosecution

46:13 Relapsed before prison

48:35 Withdrawlthing in Prison

52:40 Life in Prison

1:04:45 Halfway House with Ian

1:14:23 Life Now as a Single father

1:19:04 Message

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Former INMATE Reveals How He Made $80,000 in PRISON | Bill Feezzyy Aug 10, 2023

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At age 19, Bill Feezzyy was sentenced to nine years in prison. His early life was marred by robbery, gun violence, and criminal activity. The son of a single mother with seven children, Bill spent his childhood moving back and forth between Detroit and Georgia, continually escalating his criminal career from a young age.

Unlike most, Bill was able to use his time behind bars to truly change himself from the so-called "Craigslist Bandit" to the reform advocate he is today. Bill uses his story to provide support to those at the mercy of the criminal justice system through his YouTube channel and book "I Did It So You Don't Have To."

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00:00- Intro

01:59 Bill Feezy

03:52 Childhood

07:58 Start of Crime

12:33 Craigslist Bandit

14:34 Arrested at Dairy Queen

23:19 Prison Experience

26:55 Prison Hustle

30:30 Mindset in Prison

39:40 Message

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Surviving PRISON GLADIATOR SCHOOL | Damien Trites Aug 06, 2023

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After his parents decide to move Damien away from the violence in Springfield, Massachusetts to Long Island, Damien begins to hang around the wrong crowd. It doesn't take long for a couple assault charges to pile up, leading Damien to spend time in one of New York's worst juvenile detention facilities. In this episode we dive into getting bullied as a child, surviving a prison known as gladiator school, the struggles associated with addiction and turning negative energy into a MMA career.

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00:00 Intro

01:26 Childhood

07:33 Leaving Springfield

10:05 Start of Problems in Long Island

18:11 What Leads to Juvenile Detention

26:55 What could have helped

27:50 Life after Juvie

32:10 Moving Back To Springfield Massachusetts

37:25 Drug usage

39:40 Time for a change

41:53 Fighting Professionally

46:40 Chasing Hollywood

47:47 Being a Positive Role Model to His Son

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Mortgage FRAUD Leads To FBI Raid In The Shower & FEDERAL PRISON | Jacqueline Polverari Aug 03, 2023

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Jacqueline Polverari was the last person you would ever expect to go to prison. Raised by a good family in Connecticut, Jacuqeline started her own business and family, becoming very active in her community. After the 2008 mortgage crash, Jacqueline makes a series of choices that lead to her arrest and imprisonment in the Danbury, CT women's federal prison camp. In this episode we dive into the collateral damage that comes from going through the criminal justice system, spending time in prison with Teresa Giudice, and post incarceration struggles.

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00:00 Intro

01:29 Upbringing

11:42 First Marriage and Divorce

19:46 Title searching and started own business

25:40 Second Marriage

26:56 Mortgage Fraud

33:18 Partner Arrested and Snitched

36:54 Raided by the FBI (36:58)

44:00 Admission to fraud and working against Wells Fargo

47:35 "Snitching" on Wells Fargo

49:45 Reaction from the community

54:18 Sentenced

56:30 Prison prep

59:00 Self Surrendering Intake

1:05:55 Experiences in Prison

1:08:16 Teresa Giudice

1:09:33 First Reality check in prison

1:11:53 Prison Rules

1:13:48 Halfway House

1:19:41 Hardest Integration back home

1:27:30 $1.8 Million in Restitution

1:39:09 Message

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I Was A Cop - Then I Had To Survive Prison | Jeff Asher Jul 30, 2023

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Jeff Asher served in the United States Marines before becoming a Police Officer in his hometown of Springfield, Massachusetts. After nearly 16 years on the force and a series of reprimands regarding violent incidents with civilians, Jeff is sentenced to prison. In this episode we learn about Jeff's upbringing, serving during Desert Storm, life as a police officer and how a cop is treated inside prison.

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00:00 Intro/Factor

01:53 Childhood/Upbringing

06:48 Joining the Marines

10:12 Desert Storm

16:32 Ever seek help for PTSD?

17:56 Joining the Police

21:21 Police training

23:14 Veterans joining the force

25:02 Day One as a cop

28:43 Violence towards cops and relationships built with each other

34:22 Corrupt Partner

42:14 Factor AD

44:13 First Incident and Suspension

53:09 Returning to Work

57:05 Second Incident and Suspension

1:02:11 Third Incident that leads to arrest

1:08:09 Arrested

1:13:10 What was it like being a defendant?

1:20:13 Cop in Jail

1:27:17 Had to Fight in Prison

1:28:32 Treatment in prison

1:33:52 Life after prison

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Joining a PRISON GANG & Getting Teeth Knocked Out By a C.O | NS Brooklyn Jul 27, 2023

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Raised in Brooklyn by his father and step mom, Stan is charged with his first crime at 11 years old. Not too long after, Stan starts skipping school, leading him on a path to even more trouble. In this episode we follow Stan's story of constant prison visits, spending months at a time in solitary and his time as a prison gang member. Connect with NS Brooklyn: http://linktr.ee/nsbrooklyntv 00:00 Intro 01:15 Childhood 03:40 Fraud at 11 years old 05:10 Relationship with his parents 08:22 Juvenile Detention 11:45 Committing Robberies 14:05 Rikers and sentencing 16:57 Running while on probation, arrested again 21:40 Solitary Confinement 24;44 Robbing Drug Dealers leads him back to prison 31:30 Joins a Prison Gang 38:00 Smuggling in contraband 40:00 Teeth Knocked out by CO's 45:22 Gang revisited 46:35 Life after Prison

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KINGPIN Reveals His Multi-Million Dollar Crime Ring & Surviving PRISON | Devin Reilly Jul 23, 2023

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Coming from a good family, Devin Reilly is a natural born entrepreneur. Before heading off to college, Devin is introduced to the world of drugs and gambling, leading him to build a successful business off of illegal activities. As time goes on, Devin's operation expands, resulting in the creation of a multi-million dollar crime ring. After years of staying under the radar, Devin is eventually investigated by multiple state and federal law enforcement agencies, resulting in a lengthy prison sentence.

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00:00 Intro

02:39 Childhood

08:17 The Start of it all

14:06 Started a casino at college

18:55 Bookie and gambling

29:30 Fatherhood

34:10 Drug operations

41:17 Laundering Money

46:00 Loyal mothers

47:38 Close run ins with the cops

50:14 Chased by the cops/Start of investigation

1:04:10 Arrested and Charges

1:11:40 Released on bail and arrested again (twice)

1:24:00 Sentencing

1:27:20 Diesel Therapy

1:31:00 Navigating Prison

1:40:00 Moved to Northern State Prison

1:43:55 Most Violent thing he saw

1:45:51 Smuggling into prison to get a phone

1:49:10 Halfway house

1:55:40 Life after prison

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CONVICTED of Attempted Murder & Sent to RIKERS ISLAND at 16 yrs old | Melvin Acevedo Jul 20, 2023

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Raised in the Bronx by his mother after his father is sentenced to prison, teenage Melvin starts down a path of crime. It doesn't take long for Melvin to get in over his head and find himself facing second degree attempted m*rder charges. Sentenced to spend jail time at the infamous Rikers Island, we learn how Melvin navigated the system and what he had to do in order to survive. Connect with Melvin Acevedo: https://instagram.com/alphamel174?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== https://www.tiktok.com/@alphamel174?_t=8e2sedQAtzP&_r=1 Listen to Alpha Mel's latest song "Lottery" on all platforns 00:00 Intro 01:06 Growing up in The Bronx 09:00 Arrested in 10th grade 20:18 Gangs of New York 23:02 Arrested continued 26:48 Rikers Island 31:31 Sentencing 36:04 Prison Hustles 44:00 Prison Stories 48:47 Thoughts on life after prison 1:02:11 Message to be Positive

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