Real stories from the people everyone else judges first. Locked In with Ian Bick is a podcast hosted by Ian Bick, a former federal inmate turned podcaster. The show features raw conversations with former inmates, recovering addicts, bikers, law enforcement officers, attorneys, investigators, and people who have lived through crime, prison, addiction, trauma, and redemption. Each episode dives deep into real prison stories, life inside prison, the criminal justice system, street life, addiction recovery, mental health, and what it takes to rebuild after incarceration. Guests share what really happens behind bars, how people survive prison, and the difficult road to second chances after hitting rock bottom. If you’re interested in prison stories, criminal justice experiences, life after prison, and honest conversations with people who have lived through the darkest chapters of their lives, you’ll feel at home here.
591 episodes transcribedJosh Lawson was born a drug baby to an addicted mother and raised by his grandparents, but a troubled path led him into crime at a young age. In this...
Iain Bryson shares the heartbreaking true story of how his life was shattered when his three-year-old daughter was taken to Poland by her mother and n...
Juma Sampson grew up in the streets of Rochester and got pulled into the hustle at a young age, a path that eventually led to federal charges for drug...
Danny Herrera joins Locked In with Ian Bick to share his journey from being a teacher to becoming a police officer in Florida and the life-changing mo...
Daniel Banyai became one of the most controversial figures in Vermont after building a firearms training facility that quickly drew national attention...
Angela Stanton-King opens up about growing up in Atlanta, becoming a mother at a young age, and how the pressure to survive pushed her into hustling i...
Joby Weeks was once a major figure in the early days of Bitcoin, building a massive cryptocurrency business during the wild west of crypto. But after...
Damon West was a Division 1 college quarterback with a promising future ahead of him, but a growing meth addiction sent his life into a downward spira...
Taylor Prahach’s life was shaped by loss and resilience long before she ever put on a police uniform. After her mother passed away when she was just f...
John Moore grew up in Connecticut carrying the weight of childhood trauma that pushed him toward trouble at a young age. What started as a life of bad...
Rivkah Reyes became known for their role as Katie in the hit movie School of Rock, performing alongside Jack Black and becoming part of one of the mos...
Patrick Champion grew up in Florida in what most people would consider a good family, but as a teenager he began getting into trouble, running away fr...
Nicole Zagreda is in the trenches every single day as a criminal defense attorney in Yonkers, New York. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, sh...
Giancarlo Daniele was just an 18-year-old high school senior in Massachusetts when he created fake online profiles to hunt down and catfish alleged pr...
Brian Warth was caught in a bitter custody battle and traumatized by his brother's murder before the streets of California sucked him into a life of c...
Lou Charlestin grew up in the streets young and never really had a way out. In high school, he got charged with an armed robbery, was tried as an adul...
Ameer Williams greets you with a smile and a badge but behind that badge are 13 felonies and 4 years in prison. He went from hustling and selling drug...
James Famiano grew up with parents battling addiction and knew from a young age that he wanted to become a cop and escape the chaos he was born into....
Eric King was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after trying to firebomb a government building with Molotov cocktails, but the real story is wha...
Jason Abreu grew up in a good family, on track to become a lawyer, until the recession blew up his plans and pushed him into the New York City nightli...
