John J. Boziak

They don't have anything. I go up in the holding cell. I go up into the pod. There's like 45 of us. This is where I'm going to live for the next 28 months, right? But I don't know it at the time. I'm in there. I'm hearing stories. I'm learning game. I'm peeping game. Mind you. I got a lot of money, bro. I got good money. I'm good. I got good money. Made a lot of money.

Guys in there getting store, whatever. I'm getting store in the beginning, right? I'm good. In the beginning, you're smiling like, oh shit, it's coming. And it is, because it's drugs and you don't get nothing back. You don't get no returns. You don't get no refunds. People that owe you money, that's gone. You can't do nothing, that's gone.

Guys in there getting store, whatever. I'm getting store in the beginning, right? I'm good. In the beginning, you're smiling like, oh shit, it's coming. And it is, because it's drugs and you don't get nothing back. You don't get no returns. You don't get no refunds. People that owe you money, that's gone. You can't do nothing, that's gone.

Guys in there getting store, whatever. I'm getting store in the beginning, right? I'm good. In the beginning, you're smiling like, oh shit, it's coming. And it is, because it's drugs and you don't get nothing back. You don't get no returns. You don't get no refunds. People that owe you money, that's gone. You can't do nothing, that's gone.

Even your best friend that owes you money, you ain't getting that, bro. So I'm in there.

Even your best friend that owes you money, you ain't getting that, bro. So I'm in there.

Even your best friend that owes you money, you ain't getting that, bro. So I'm in there.

I'm three months in. I'm three months in and I know now we're going to get bail, right? You got a right to bail. Everybody gets a right to bail. I get there, I got three kids. I've been working a job for 18 years. I go there, the feds don't give you bail, but I don't know this, right? I'm naive. My dad comes down. He's there at the hearing. And my mom has already passed.

I'm three months in. I'm three months in and I know now we're going to get bail, right? You got a right to bail. Everybody gets a right to bail. I get there, I got three kids. I've been working a job for 18 years. I go there, the feds don't give you bail, but I don't know this, right? I'm naive. My dad comes down. He's there at the hearing. And my mom has already passed.

I'm three months in. I'm three months in and I know now we're going to get bail, right? You got a right to bail. Everybody gets a right to bail. I get there, I got three kids. I've been working a job for 18 years. I go there, the feds don't give you bail, but I don't know this, right? I'm naive. My dad comes down. He's there at the hearing. And my mom has already passed.

So my dad comes down and they're like, hey, no, you ain't getting bail. You're a flight risk. Flight risk? What do you mean flight risk? How am I a flight risk? I'm not arguing, but in my mind, I'm pissed. Because how am I a flight risk? I got three kids. I don't have a passport. Where am I going?

So my dad comes down and they're like, hey, no, you ain't getting bail. You're a flight risk. Flight risk? What do you mean flight risk? How am I a flight risk? I'm not arguing, but in my mind, I'm pissed. Because how am I a flight risk? I got three kids. I don't have a passport. Where am I going?

So my dad comes down and they're like, hey, no, you ain't getting bail. You're a flight risk. Flight risk? What do you mean flight risk? How am I a flight risk? I'm not arguing, but in my mind, I'm pissed. Because how am I a flight risk? I got three kids. I don't have a passport. Where am I going?

Never lived anywhere but California. But you ain't getting bail, bro, unless you got a house. They do everything they can not to give you bail.

Never lived anywhere but California. But you ain't getting bail, bro, unless you got a house. They do everything they can not to give you bail.

Never lived anywhere but California. But you ain't getting bail, bro, unless you got a house. They do everything they can not to give you bail.

See, I didn't know that at the time. Right.

See, I didn't know that at the time. Right.

See, I didn't know that at the time. Right.

They'd be like, of course, you're going to get bail, buddy. No. No bail for me. And I could have maybe got bail if my dad would have put up his house. But my dad's old school. Yeah. He's Mexican. Remember? Nine brothers. Yeah. Nine brothers. He's the number nine. My dad's hard. Yeah. He's hard like that. He's cool. But at the time, I'm pissed. At the time, I'm like, dude, you're my dad.