That’s me if you do something wrong to me I’ll hold a grudge 30 years later unless that person works on changing . Another great one Ian , happy holidays
I was kicked out of high school sophomore year and sent to alternative school. Was a complete joke, basically just had to show up and you would graduate. Looking back... I think the school system used it as a way to keep "drop out" numbers lower by just passing kids through.
Yes, Macdougall Walker is the maximum security prison in Somers. Walker is the facility where they get your scores and history figured out. Macdougal is for bids.
I did 18 in Michigan for cocaine, another great show with a great guest. I agree, many prison guards are scum of the earth. A real smart kool dude. Michael really understands being very careful with ex cons working with young people. I agree 100%.
Hey IAN, I have good friend that is in prison currently here in Florida for the second time he does ink in prison for his side hustle he has a lot wild storys I know you would love to hear!!!!!! we are here out of Tampa FL he gets out in September 2025 he wants to get on your podcast we have been talking about you for few months now he loves your show!!! Lmk how he can get on your show!? We are out of Tampa Florida!!! Love your show keep up the awesome work!!!!
I'm connecting with like minded people that I can build businesses with. I'm a blue collar Tradesman and Inventor of the Zrunnerselfrescuesystem and owner of Joe's Const llc Bridgeport Connecticut.I'm from Bridgeport, Connecticut. I'm a carpenter and Roofer always looking for people to work with on their properties or businesses. Joe's Const LLC I'm the inventor of the zrunner mechanical friction device for height related scenarios. #Zrunnerselfrescuesystem #zrunner Still a "product of my environment." ... but I need to get in front of the right people. ✅️
Actually, it isn’t. But people often use that as a justification to not be better. Morality is objective because its central concept, value, is objective.
I can only imagine the powerful change that could occur if we all looked inward and took responsibility for things in our lives. Then we would be in a lot better place to inturn help others with a hand up not a hand out. Hopefully my thoughts come thru. Not my horrible grammar and spelling.
I'm from Rhode Island but I only had a 2-year bid but I ended up at the chase Center for a few months and I have to be honest it was 2017 and I found the food to be pretty good in the staff was real cool but I'm easy to get along with I didn't mind it there what year were you there?
N/A fatherhood program, GED program, domestic violence programs, sex offender programs, CDL program. One must want to take advantage and change from within themselves.
I agree with this guy at the end. All these programs available are good but its repetitive and they dont work for everyone. I think hes talking about prevention. People are losing their minds over drugs being decriminalized, even though its worked in other countries, only after a few years because they want to snap their fingers and think change happens over night. Nixon 54 years ago declared the war on drugs maybe it will take 54 years of prevention to fix it. The problem is big buisness doesn't profit off helping people. Regan right after him privitized health care in the 80's. How many Americans are dead or in debt because of that? Look at that CEO in New York the other day. America is a for profit country. Its the same as the privitization of jails and prisons. Its profitable for anyone to build a prison fill it with inmates and profit from taxpayers money. The federal government should handle that like most developed countries in the world. Its messed up. PREVENTION it will take time to fix the past mistakes.
Imagine how many other things he didn’t get caught for when he was 18 with no rizz. That why he resorted to combing the high schools. Keep your little cousins away from him Ian when you’re in a business meeting with that guy. He has a type
Will you apologize for questioning my honesty? The Westfield Heights housing project consists of Longvue Dr, Tobler Terrace, Boardman Terrace, Mitchell Ct, and Treat Rd. There’s also a smaller project on and behind Wolcott Hill Rd.
30 years ago?😂 so basically 30 years ago you couldn’t talk to girls your own age or older 😂 you had no Rizz no game . 30 years ago was like 1996 not 1940 or 1950. In 1996 a lot of cool stuff was going on. That’s probably why you went jail and you’re to ignorant to understand. Lucky you didn’t do that in California keep deleting my comments @ianbickCt
This guy isn't recovered from shit he's just recovering. Wish him well but he's got work to continue on himself Let it go my guy. Let it all go. Really seems like ur still fighting with shit throughout this interview. I hear resentment n anguish personally but I admit I can be wrong. No disrespect just what I felt
He loves to belittle the victim word however for someone who totes being so logical he deliberately fails to recognize the very real studies linking socioeconomics and crime as chief factors in criminality. In that regard, many people who commit crimes majority being non violent (+80% percent) are victims of failed socioeconomic policies Ex. War On Drugs, systemic racism, property tax school funding , afterschool program cuts, etc) Disregarding these studies as victim hood is disingenuous and illogical
If I could snap my fingers and end the war on drugs, I’d do it right now. Also, I wouldn’t ignore studies. I also wouldn’t mind stake correlation for causation. Nor would I ignore that the overwhelming amount of people who live here n such environments aren’t criminals.
You wanna see how wicked you really are? Read the Bible. That's how I found out. It was extremely pride crushing, but Jesus saved me... I'm pretty wicked hearted. Probably worse than this dude, but now I get to walk Holy, constantly walking in Spirit, instead of using my wicked heart. God gets all the glory.
This person is intelligent and articulate; however, anyone who does not believe in the Creator, needs to ask themselves, who controls their breath! Look around at nature! Man did not create the natural world! (And no, I'm not a religious fanatic.In fact, I embrace the spiritual and not religiosity) My question to the interviewee' is: Do you really believe that you survived your prison experience without a supernatural hand holding sway? While I don't trust ANYONE completely, I definitely cannot trust ANYONE who does not believe in the Creator, I'm jus' sayin'. I respect the fact that you admitted your monetary goal though, because so many, fluff over the fact that we all need money!
@michaelliebowitz7439 i feel that. I'm in conneticut and I spent 6 years in prison here in somers But was just pointing out that's not a good start, anything like that is not gunna ever end well for you.
@@michaelliebowitz7439 been all over but majority was somers. I liked it there better than anywhere else. I prefer the old school type place that is. I was in from 18 years old till I was 24 or 25. I'm 34 now turned my life around and stay out of trouble so I like hearing good stories from other people
he"s making excuses for not being able to talk to girls his own age! but think about his what else did he get away with and how many other girls (maybe younger) that didnt know any better. was the new boyfriend not 18 ? how old was the person that got hurt? and it wasnt 1940 ,1950. so basically thats were his anger came from and look at him he's not easy on the eyes.
@@teegugeeno0 I often heard this a lot in prison. Is this a praise of violent prisons on your part? Are you saying that you’d rather commit a crime in another state that has a more violent prison because that’s where the true acid test of character is?
@ no it’s not goofball. People don’t always using proper apostrophes on the internet. It’s not weird. Being 18 and dating a 15 year old on the other hand, now that’s weird.
You got 27 years for arranging a stabbing where nobody died? Sounds like some major cap. Pure bs. I’m from Hartford and I got friends who have done way worse things and got less time.
Iv done 5 year at the same prison i though his story was bs too but i looked him up, he went to trial & lost that's why they smoked him. If you lose trial in C.T unless your a chick there guna over sentence you, norm Patti's calls it the trial tax....
The same cell mate for 11 year in CT is amazing I've never seen anything like that.
Thanks for the discussion Ian.
Thank you!
He’s truly reformed , amazing story
Thank you.
Never would know, guy is extremely well spoken
Thank you
See the way he speaks is well thought out and intellectual. Very smart man
Love this guy, and Im a clinician in training! Salute how honest he is with himself!
Thank you.
@@michaelliebowitz7439 Yessir
Listened to Michael all the time on TIC while driving to work in the afternoon. Nice to finally put a face to the voice.
Such a profound interview.
Thanks for making it happen big bro
@ Thank you!!!
He spot on about inmates love playing the victim card. It's ridiculously
Absolutely
Amazing interview 🙏🏽🙏🏽
That’s me if you do something wrong to me I’ll hold a grudge 30 years later unless that person works on changing . Another great one Ian , happy holidays
Excellent guest
Definitely one of my favorites! He’s so reformed. So well spoken
Thank you
Great episode
I was kicked out of high school sophomore year and sent to alternative school. Was a complete joke, basically just had to show up and you would graduate. Looking back... I think the school system used it as a way to keep "drop out" numbers lower by just passing kids through.
Thanks for this! ❤🎉
Im from hartford I didn't kno u were from ct. Nice. Subscribed I support our ppl
i’m also from CT. had no idea til now he’s from CT. i’m from meriden. don’t bother coming here, we have nothing to offer anyone 😂
@ryan-el9er now now, u can say that about most of CT lol. I worked out of Meriden 10 years ago. Ya have Ted's steamed burgers. There's that lol
Luv ur show from Springfield Massachusetts
Much love!!
@@ianbickCTthanks bro
Ian, you’re the man!
Thank you so much!
I grew up around Wethersfield/ rocky hill /glastonbury area !!!
Hartford here!
Willimantic!!
Was it, by any chance the Somers prison? I know several retired COs from there.
I spent 3 1/2 years there.
Yes, Macdougall Walker is the maximum security prison in Somers. Walker is the facility where they get your scores and history figured out. Macdougal is for bids.
I really liked this one! He seems very intelligent however, I hate how he answered each of your questions with a question.
Right the half way house i went to in montana people were shooting up in the center the day I got there.
I did 18 in Michigan for cocaine, another great show with a great guest. I agree, many prison guards are scum of the earth. A real smart kool dude. Michael really understands being very careful with ex cons working with young people. I agree 100%.
Hey IAN, I have good friend that is in prison currently
here in Florida for the second time he does ink in prison for his side hustle he has a lot wild storys I know you would love to hear!!!!!!
we are here out of Tampa FL he gets out in September 2025 he wants to get on your podcast we have been talking about you for few months now he loves your show!!!
Lmk how he can get on your show!? We are out of Tampa Florida!!! Love your show keep up the awesome work!!!!
Thank you so so much! My email is ian@ianbick.com
I'm connecting with like minded people that I can build businesses with. I'm a blue collar Tradesman and Inventor of the Zrunnerselfrescuesystem and owner of Joe's Const llc Bridgeport Connecticut.I'm from Bridgeport, Connecticut.
I'm a carpenter and Roofer always looking for people to work with on their properties or businesses. Joe's Const LLC I'm the inventor of the zrunner mechanical friction device for height related scenarios. #Zrunnerselfrescuesystem #zrunner
Still a "product of my environment." ... but I need to get in front of the right people. ✅️
Always cracks me up when people want ro become a "good person "
That term is 100% subjective.
Actually, it isn’t. But people often use that as a justification to not be better. Morality is objective because its central concept, value, is objective.
@@clemhodgkinson9664 I wonder what you say to people when you think or feel that something offends you 🤔
It "cracks you up"? Then watch this interview again. You missed the point.
I can only imagine the powerful change that could occur if we all looked inward and took responsibility for things in our lives. Then we would be in a lot better place to inturn help others with a hand up not a hand out. Hopefully my thoughts come thru. Not my horrible grammar and spelling.
I understand
Dam i miss tuxedo junction!! Lets get valby back there for the xmas show!!
McDougal is a great prison for long terms.
Prison education is a privilege. Enjoy! Not many people help you find humility.
He's one of very few prison content creators that did alot of time in prison and isn't a Democrat or nonpartisan
Me or him?
@@ianbickCTian voted republican
Ian right wing
@@ChrisM-h5uare you thick?😂😊
@@crilf5830 yuge
Ian are you talking about the chase Center Halfway House in Waterbury Connecticut which housed federal and state inmates
Yup!
I'm from Rhode Island but I only had a 2-year bid but I ended up at the chase Center for a few months and I have to be honest it was 2017 and I found the food to be pretty good in the staff was real cool but I'm easy to get along with I didn't mind it there what year were you there?
I was at chase when dirty al was the cook. Hated his food@smitysmity4993
Thats a lot of time for a stabbing
I got stabbed in Brooklyn ny & the dude got probation. 100% truth
Change comes from within. There are plenty of programs within the CT DOC system to take advantage of.
Such as?
N/A
fatherhood program,
GED program, domestic violence programs,
sex offender programs,
CDL program. One must want to take advantage and change from within themselves.
he would give that guy in the Subway commercials back in the day a run for his money lol they would probably be good friends.
Great guest, interesting, eloquent, intelligent. Glad I found out about him
Thank you.
4:20 ish Dog bark 👀👀
You should interview someone who was framed for murder that’ll be an interesting story
They are probably still in prison …
I know someone and he's out of prison. He's still fighting to get his case overturned. @Ania-cd2sh
I agree with this guy at the end. All these programs available are good but its repetitive and they dont work for everyone. I think hes talking about prevention. People are losing their minds over drugs being decriminalized, even though its worked in other countries, only after a few years because they want to snap their fingers and think change happens over night. Nixon 54 years ago declared the war on drugs maybe it will take 54 years of prevention to fix it. The problem is big buisness doesn't profit off helping people. Regan right after him privitized health care in the 80's. How many Americans are dead or in debt because of that? Look at that CEO in New York the other day. America is a for profit country. Its the same as the privitization of jails and prisons. Its profitable for anyone to build a prison fill it with inmates and profit from taxpayers money. The federal government should handle that like most developed countries in the world. Its messed up. PREVENTION it will take time to fix the past mistakes.
Is there any way to reach out to him? Social media? I would love to talk with him. I’m in Mahopac, NY. Not far from you guys at all
Facebook or X
I swear prison book always have super long titles
Imagine how many other things he didn’t get caught for when he was 18 with no rizz. That why he resorted to combing the high schools. Keep your little cousins away from him Ian when you’re in a business meeting with that guy. He has a type
@ianbickCT
na jumpin on the ave is bad work
I dont believe in that environment crap. I know people who grew up the dream childhood and still became inmates
Absolutely!
Yes. Certainly true.
You don’t know what it was like for them unless you lived it. Sometimes those dream families hide the most sinister sh*t.
Wethersfield ain’t got no damn projects 🤦🏾♂️
Tobler Terrace, Longvue Dr, Boardman Terrace, Mitchell Ct, Treat Rd.
That's what I was thinkin but then again I've never been in Wethersfield. I'm mainly in NB and the hartbeat.
@ There are 0 projects there I been in Hartford for 42 years
I can’t post links here, but this is easily provable. If you want to talk, let me know.
Will you apologize for questioning my honesty? The Westfield Heights housing project consists of Longvue Dr, Tobler Terrace, Boardman Terrace, Mitchell Ct, and Treat Rd. There’s also a smaller project on and behind Wolcott Hill Rd.
203 in da house
Alternatively school ruined me stg it made me a bad bad kid.the teachers were great but ya
Yo
Ya gonna introduce this dude ian?wtf?
She was 15 ???????????
I was 18. It was 30 years ago. We’re good friends now. Should I be sentenced to death??????????
🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
Still don’t make it right that you were with a minors she’s an ignorant victim.
30 years ago?😂 so basically 30 years ago you couldn’t talk to girls your own age or older 😂 you had no Rizz no game . 30 years ago was like 1996 not 1940 or 1950. In 1996 a lot of cool stuff was going on. That’s probably why you went jail and you’re to ignorant to understand. Lucky you didn’t do that in California keep deleting my comments @ianbickCt
This guy isn't recovered from shit he's just recovering. Wish him well but he's got work to continue on himself
Let it go my guy. Let it all go. Really seems like ur still fighting with shit throughout this interview. I hear resentment n anguish personally but I admit I can be wrong. No disrespect just what I felt
Hey Ian..u think selling candy in grade school cause you to go to federal prison..Man your hung up on these looking back questions
You are just another idiot that cannot spell and use proper grammar!
It’s called a reflective question my friend
18 and 15 isn’t that illegal ?
He loves to belittle the victim word however for someone who totes being so logical he deliberately fails to recognize the very real studies linking socioeconomics and crime as chief factors in criminality. In that regard, many people who commit crimes majority being non violent (+80% percent) are victims of failed socioeconomic policies Ex. War On Drugs, systemic racism, property tax school funding , afterschool program cuts, etc)
Disregarding these studies as victim hood is disingenuous and illogical
If I could snap my fingers and end the war on drugs, I’d do it right now. Also, I wouldn’t ignore studies. I also wouldn’t mind stake correlation for causation. Nor would I ignore that the overwhelming amount of people who live here n such environments aren’t criminals.
You misunderstood. He doesn’t believe in victim mentality, not in being a victim.
You wanna see how wicked you really are? Read the Bible. That's how I found out. It was extremely pride crushing, but Jesus saved me... I'm pretty wicked hearted. Probably worse than this dude, but now I get to walk Holy, constantly walking in Spirit, instead of using my wicked heart. God gets all the glory.
This person is intelligent and articulate; however, anyone who does not believe in the Creator, needs to ask themselves, who controls their breath! Look around at nature! Man did not create the natural world! (And no, I'm not a religious fanatic.In fact, I embrace the spiritual and not religiosity) My question to the interviewee' is: Do you really believe that you survived your prison experience without a supernatural hand holding sway? While I don't trust ANYONE completely, I definitely cannot trust ANYONE who does not believe in the Creator, I'm jus' sayin'. I respect the fact that you admitted your monetary goal though, because so many, fluff over the fact that we all need money!
Sorry you need a higher power because you're weak within
@ChrisM-h5u Oh yeah, I acknowledge the ONE who keeps ME breathing!
@@chbaker3592 to each thier own
18 and dating a 15 year old. Your already in trouble
I was in trouble long before that!
@michaelliebowitz7439 i feel that. I'm in conneticut and I spent 6 years in prison here in somers But was just pointing out that's not a good start, anything like that is not gunna ever end well for you.
I spent my last 3 1/2 years in Somers.
@@michaelliebowitz7439 been all over but majority was somers. I liked it there better than anywhere else. I prefer the old school type place that is. I was in from 18 years old till I was 24 or 25. I'm 34 now turned my life around and stay out of trouble so I like hearing good stories from other people
he"s making excuses for not being able to talk to girls his own age! but think about his what else did he get away with and how many other girls (maybe younger) that didnt know any better. was the new boyfriend not 18 ? how old was the person that got hurt? and it wasnt 1940 ,1950. so basically thats were his anger came from and look at him he's not easy on the eyes.
LOL probably one of the easiest states in the country to do time…
Depends on where you are Connecticut has a lot of state prisons and county jails there's some bad rules they have compared to other places
@ Right. Pay a visit to Wende or Attica and tell me how rough Connecticut State Prisons are…
@@teegugeeno0Attica is in New York
@@lunsy9420both Wende and Attica are in NY
@@teegugeeno0 I often heard this a lot in prison. Is this a praise of violent prisons on your part? Are you saying that you’d rather commit a crime in another state that has a more violent prison because that’s where the true acid test of character is?
Ian is a nerd that frauded the got extorted an graped in prison
Dude still loss in his maid is till lose gay never get out ct
Victim mentality but he had all that he’ll from his friend that gave him money and his phone , computer
Is it wrong to accept help? Do you discount the value I bring to my friend?
Wtf is this bs????
KONNEKTIKUT
This guys weird lol
It’s weird to not use an apostrophe in what is supposed to be a contraction (guy’s).
@ no it’s not goofball. People don’t always using proper apostrophes on the internet. It’s not weird. Being 18 and dating a 15 year old on the other hand, now that’s weird.
You mean, people don’t always use. Not using.
I’m just messing with you dude. No worries
This guy really thinks he is smart.
Beats the alternative of really thinking I’m dumb, don’t you think🤣
@@michaelliebowitz7439 🤣🤣🤣
That's because he is.
Did he blow trial or did he take the first offer they gave him? Normally I see ppl get around 5 yrs for what he did.. sometimes alil more or less
My offer was 18 years with no guarantee it would run concurrently with the cases I had in two other jurisdictions.
You got 27 years for arranging a stabbing where nobody died? Sounds like some major cap. Pure bs. I’m from Hartford and I got friends who have done way worse things and got less time.
Yes.
Iv done 5 year at the same prison i though his story was bs too but i looked him up, he went to trial & lost that's why they smoked him. If you lose trial in C.T unless your a chick there guna over sentence you, norm Patti's calls it the trial tax....
They were going to smoke me anyway. They offered me 18 years with no guarantee it would run concurrently with my other cases.
@michaelliebowitz7439 thank you for responding, yeah I would have took it to trial too with that offer.
Plus, I was 21 and had only been in for six months. It seemed like a life sentence.
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