Ex Con Reveals How He Built A Criminal Enterprise In Prison | Frank Rodriguez

Locked In with Ian Bick

Ian Bick

Society & Culture

4.9 • 606 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2023

⏱️ 90 minutes

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YouTuber Frank Rodriguez comes on the show to talk about overcoming addiction, surviving immigration jail as a teenager and building a criminal enterprise while he was in prison. Thank you so much to FACTOR for sponsoring this episode: Go to https://www.factor75.com/pages/podcast?c=LOCKEDIN50&mealsize=8-1&c_comms=PERCENT&utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=cpm&utm_campaign=podcast50off&utm_content=act_podcast_podcastads&vs_campaign_id=07a8da85-76a7-4540-8dc1-4e6861f6b4c8 and use code lockedin50 to get 50% off your first box. Follow Ian Bick on Instagram: @ian_bick & Snapchat: ianbick Connect with Frank Rodriguez: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/kingfrank_/ YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/@MORALSOVERMONEY1?si=Y768-0IEQeHmqF66 TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@kingfrank_5?_t=8h3KtA9FXGo&_r=1 Buy Merch: https://lockedinbrand.com Use code lockedin at checkout to get 20% off your order Connect with Ian Bick: https://www.ianbick.com Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Family Addiction and Childhood Struggles 00:02:58 - Growing up surrounded by crime and addiction 00:06:23 - Traumatic Experience and the Start of Drug Addiction 00:09:14 - Envying Normal Families 00:11:48 - Relationship with Father after Mother's Death 00:14:56 - Complicated Love for Abusive Parents 00:17:57 - Using Pain as Motivation 00:21:07 - Robbing the Burger King 00:24:15 - Reflections on the Robbery 00:27:08 - Holiday Meal Planning with Factor 00:29:56 - Going to Prison at 16 Years Old 00:32:57 - Prison Conditions and Juvenile Sentencing 00:35:38 - The Cuban Riots in the 1980s 00:38:33 - Segregation in County Jails 00:41:27 - Solitary Confinement and Prison Treatment 00:44:17 - A Confrontation in Prison 00:47:18 - The Reality of Prison Phone Calls 00:49:56 - From Addiction to Indictment 00:53:17 - The Effects of Painkillers on Emotion and Physical Pain 00:56:15 - Consequences of Addiction in the Family 00:59:20 - The Dangers of Stamping Bags 01:02:13 - Surviving in Prison with Money 01:04:59 - Making Money in Prison 01:07:52 - Transitioning from a Criminal Enterprise to a Career as a Barber 01:10:51 - Making Mistakes and Learning from Crisis 01:13:32 - From Illegal Activities to Entrepreneurship 01:16:28 - Working with Addicts and the Homeless in Kensington, Philadelphia 01:19:27 - Moving Forward and Future Goals 01:22:41 - Gratitude and Perspective 01:25:44 - Appreciating Relationships 01:28:28 - Connecting through Shared Experiences Produced by: https://www.instagram.com/shanedanahy https://www.shanedanahy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.8	And he was like, yo, I need to use the phone. And I didn't, you know, I didn't get off the phone.
0:34.7	And I had this, I had used the phone like five, six, seven calls in a row.
0:38.6	After I get off the phone, you know, the phone shut off like a half an hour before lockdown, he comes to me and tells me, next time I tell you to get off the phone, get off the phone. When he said that, I was like, you know, in my head, I was like, who are you talking to? He's a grown man, though. I went into my cell, closed the door, and started using the bathroom.
0:38.1	I just heard the door, and started using the
0:56.2	bathroom. I just heard the door creak open, and that was it. He came in, hit me in the head with a
1:02.0	with a plunger. A plunger? Yeah. The handle was, you know, like a wooden plunger. And then we
1:07.2	started fighting. What I, I was defending myself. That's when I realized that I was 15, I might have thought in my head that I was an adult.
1:15.6	And I had fights with grown men prior to this.
1:17.9	But it was different in the street.
1:19.7	On today's episode, we have Frank Rodriguez, a former addict with a YouTube following of nearly 200,000 subscribers to share his story of addiction,
1:29.4	surviving immigration jail at 15 years old, building a criminal enterprise within the prison
1:34.6	walls during his second prison bid and how he was able to turn his trauma into a message of hope
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