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I Was a College Student — Then I Got Sent To Rikers & New York Prison | Khallid Barber
Khallid Barber grew up in New York with a good family and a solid upbringing, went off to college, came home for break, got around the wrong crowd, a…
4 weeks ago
I Spent 29 Years as a New York Court Officer — This Is What The Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Was Like | Brian Burke
Brian Burke got into corrections in his early twenties, spent four years working inside the New York state prison system, and then spent twenty-nine …
4 weeks, 1 day ago
I Went Viral for My Prison Photos — Here's The Truth Behind Them | Sasha Sweets
Sasha Sweets grew up in California as a natural hustler — selling candy before moving to drugs, working at a strip club, and always chasing the finer…
4 weeks, 2 days ago
I Smuggled Hashish Internationally in the 70s & 80s — Here's How I Did It | Scott Gussin
Scott Gussin grew up in New York, lost his mother at seven years old in a moment that changed the direction of everything that followed, fell into se…
1 month ago
I'm Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff's Son — Here's What Growing Up With That Name Was Really Like | Supreme McGriff Jr.
Supreme McGriff Jr. grew up in Queens not fully understanding who his father was until the stories, the attention, and the weight of the name Kenneth…
1 month ago
I Was NYPD's Most Decorated Detective — This Is What Real Policing Looked Like in the 70s & 80s | Ralph Friedman
Ralph Friedman is the most decorated detective in NYPD history — with 2,000 on-duty arrests, 5,000 additional assists, and 219 awards — and in this e…
1 month ago
I Was a Surgical Nurse — Then Got 15 Years in Prison | Jenifer Lockwood
Jenifer Lockwood became a surgical nurse in Florida, grew up watching her mother struggle with addiction, developed her own health complications that…
1 month ago
I Gave Birth in Federal Prison — Here's What Nobody Tells You About That Experience | Tiffany Vulcain
Tiffany Vulcain grew up neglected by her parents, cycled through group homes and juvenile detention, spent her teenage years around gang life, and hi…
1 month ago
I've Been a 911 Operator for 10+ Years - Here's What They Don't Tell You About the Job | Chris Barret
Chris Barrett has spent ten years as a 911 dispatcher in New Jersey — answering the calls that come in at the worst moments of people's lives, decidi…
1 month, 1 week ago
I Was a D1 Basketball Player — Then Got 45 Years In Prison | Harold Doby III
Harold Doby III grew up in Georgia with a mother who worked as a correctional officer and a father who was secretly a drug dealer — and when his fath…
1 month, 1 week ago