How did you end up spending 37 years in prison?

You and I got, I was going on like I lived inside like I was outside.

Because I knew that they weren't going to let me out,

because they would never give me no chances of help or anything.

I never really expected to live, to be honest, Dutch.

I'd never count myself out a long time.

First I got the six and then I got the eight, then I got the 13, then I got the eight. And I did every day out of all four them sentences.

Every single day.

Every day.

Welcome to the Eventful Lives podcast.

I'm your host Dodge and I'm the founder of Bournemouth Sevens, the world's largest

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On this podcast I speak to fascinating people who have all lived eventful lives.

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Yami B is the first guest in the history of this podcast to postpone a recording because he was

busy returning from the dead. But that sums up Yami's eventful life. He has a long history of trauma,

drug abuse, crime and violence, and as a prolific burglar, he spent 37 years of his life behind bars.

He made a name for himself in the system, becoming one of the most feared and respected inmates,

navigating decades of complicated prison politics and gang rivalries. He's now free from prison and drugs

and ready for the life on the straight and narrow.

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