Have you ever been on the run? William Leahy has. After a night gone wrong, William tried to escape the consequences of his actions, but the law caught up with him. This misstep wasn’t an isolated incident — William had a rough childhood and joined a gang. Headed for prison, William took his gang affiliations with him, and it marked his experience while incarcerated. Listen in as William tells Ian about his journey on this episode of Locked In.

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00:00 Intro

00:53 Top 200 podcast

01:05 Be A guest on the show

02:25 Early Childhood

05:25 Blaming parents for foster care

07:30 Mom has kids beat him up

9:00 How he was as a child

11:50 Robbing people for food

13:30 Loving the ones that cause us pain

14:42 Using Substances

16:14 Graduating high school

17:25 What would have happened if he stayed in school

19:03 Why he was charged with murder

33:00 Why individuals join gangs

35:36 Trial or plea deal

37:24 Going to prison

38:33 Guards hurting inmates

41:52 Gang affiliated in prison

43:54 Why are inmates Against certain behaviors

45:49 Prison hustle

47:45 What the box is like

51:13 Getting home from prison and Turning it around

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