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I Went Into Prison at 23 — Then Spent 17 Years in North Carolina State Prison | Michael L. Burge
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Michael L. Burge grew up in North Carolina and Virginia, watched his parents split, was a good kid overall — skipped college, started working, got caught up with the wrong crowd, started robbing houses and businesses, and received a 17 year sentence in the North Carolina state prison system that took him in at 23 years old and handed him back to the world at 40.
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Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick:
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Timestamps:
00:00 Facing 40 Years
00:51 A Turbulent Childhood
02:55 The Custody Battle
05:08 Losing Contact with Mom
10:20 Moving to Charlottesville
14:14 Reuniting with Family
16:09 High School Years
21:56 Love and Switzerland
25:00 The Robberies Begin
31:20 The Arrest
36:42 The Robberies in Detail
41:04 The Cost of Crime
44:57 Family Reactions
47:20 Facing the Sentence
52:24 No Snitching
55:22 Thinking of Victims
56:54 First Day of Prison
01:01:00 Life in Max Security
01:03:45 The Weight of Time
01:08:06 Rock Bottom
01:10:32 A Life-Changing Book
01:12:24 Why Prison Changes People
01:15:50 The Bad Days
01:19:07 Hurricane Helene
01:25:54 Giving Back Inside
01:28:30 The Purpose of Programs
01:30:30 Watching Others Go Home
01:33:34 Fear of Reentry
01:37:37 The First Day Out
01:43:53 Hardest Adjustments
01:46:29 Dating After Prison
01:49:24 Making Amends
01:51:55 Facing Judgment
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