Locked In with Ian Bick

Ian Bick

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Booking Overview

Locked In with Ian Bick delivers hard, first-person accounts of incarceration, addiction recovery, and life after “rock bottom,” plus occasional high-security/public-service perspectives. It’s a strong booking platform for people who can speak candidly about criminal justice, trauma, and rebuilding—often with credible lived experience (and sometimes policy/security expertise).

Metrics

Episodes: 637

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 482.0k subscribers

Instagram: 198.0k followers

Contact Information

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Host

Ian Bick - Former federal inmate and the host of Locked In with Ian Bick, featuring conversations with people who have lived through crime, prison, addiction, trauma, and redemption.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Primarily credible lived experience (former inmates, formerly incarcerated people, recovering addicts, or people with direct exposure to criminal justice/trauma). Secondarily, subject-matter experts with real-world security/intelligence or law-enforcement backgrounds who can translate experience into actionable insight.
Required Achievements:  
Published memoir or book credits, Founder/operator of an organization or business post-incarceration, Former service roles (e.g., intelligence, law enforcement) with recognizable professional tenure, Documented recovery/advocacy work tied to incarceration or addiction

Recent Guest Discussions

Steven Trevino - Surviving Texas Prison Life; Racial Politics And Gang Dynamics; Solitary/segregration; Addiction Background; Rebuilding Life And Entrepreneurship After Release

Charles Finfrock - CIA Career Realities; Interrogation/investigation Skill Insights; Post-cia Transition And Trauma; Corporate Insider Threat And Cyber Security; Ai-related And Everyday Digital Privacy Concerns

Lara Love Hardin - Descent Into Opioid Addiction; County Jail And Mental Health Crisis; Criminal Justice Process And Plea/felony Charges; Rebuilding After Incarceration; Writing And Public Advocacy

Recent Topics

Prison, Addiction, Criminal Justice, Rehabilitation, Trauma

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Locked In with Ian Bick
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I Shot My Parole Officer — Then Spent 30 Years in Prison | Al Savage

June 23, 2026

Al Savage grew up in Toledo, Ohio watching his alcoholic father beat his mother. That childhood trauma sent him toward drugs in his teens and a string of robberies and home invasions that put him in and out of juvenile detention and prison. After his first bid — instead of staying clean — he shot his parole officer. That decision cost him 17 years. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, Al opens up about what nearly 30 years inside actually looked like — battling drug addiction for most ...

I Faced the Death Penalty — Then Spent 30 Years in Prison | Roger Aletras

June 22, 2026

Roger Aletras grew up in New York — and by 16 years old he was already robbing people at gunpoint. What followed was a criminal career that escalated from armed robbery to working with organized crime running jewel heists across New York. When the feds came for him on a gun charge it was only the beginning. A murder during a drug deal in Vermont ultimately sent him to federal prison where he spent over 30 years inside some of America's most dangerous facilities. In this episode of Locked In w...

I Was America's Biggest Illegal Bookie — Then Got Banned From Every Casino in Nevada | Mathew Bowyer Pt. 2

June 21, 2026

Matthew Bowyer is back. He just got out of federal prison camp — and in Part 2 of his conversation with Ian Bick he's holding nothing back. Matthew opens up about what his nearly 6 months inside actually looked like — the stories nobody expected the prison politics the gambling economy behind bars and how he was labeled a snitch inside. Then the conversation shifts to what comes next. He owes nearly $10 million to the IRS with interest accruing at $60,000 every single month. He's been placed ...

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