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Former correctional officer Gio Martini returns to Honor Among Thieves Podcast for Part 2 of his story, giving a raw inside look at life inside Victorville Federal Penitentiary.

Gio spent 8 years working at USP Victorville, one of the most dangerous high-security federal prisons in the country. In this episode, he breaks down what it was like walking into a prison filled with gang members, killers, knives, drugs, shot callers, racial politics, and inmates serving serious time.

Before corrections, Gio served in the Army during the Iraq War era. He talks about how the military shaped the way he handled chaos, danger, and survival — and why that mindset followed him into the federal prison system.

Gio explains how correctional officers respond when violence breaks out, how inmates test officers, how prison politics really work, and why the farther west you go in the federal system, the more gang-controlled the yards can become.

This conversation also gets into the realities most people never hear about: officer-inmate violence, inmates attacking staff, stabbings, inmates being stomped out, protective custody, sex offenders in prison, female officers getting involved with inmates, cartel members inside federal custody, and how high-profile prisoners like El Chapo or El Mayo would be handled in the system.

Gio also opens up about life after the military, substance abuse, getting discharged, finding corrections, working immigration detention, and eventually landing in the Bureau of Prisons.

This episode is not about glorifying prison violence.

It is about showing the reality of what happens inside a maximum-security federal penitentiary from someone who lived it every day as a correctional officer.

In this episode, we cover:

Gio Martini’s 8 years at USP Victorville

Working inside a maximum-security federal prison

Prison gangs, shot callers, and racial politics

How correctional officers respond to violence

Stabbings, lockdowns, weapons, and inmate attacks

Officer-inmate relationships and corruption

Protective custody and prison politics

Cartel members inside federal prison

Why street power does not always transfer behind the wall

Life after corrections

Chapters

0:00 — Gio Martini Returns: Victorville Federal Prison, Gangs & CO Survival

7:05 — From War Stories to the Infantry: Why Gio Joined the Army

14:42 — Iraq Deployment, Brotherhood & Surviving Combat

22:36 — Rules of Engagement, RKG Grenades & Combat Injuries in Iraq

31:06 — From Substance Abuse to Corrections: Rehab, Discharge & Finding GEO

38:31 — Becoming a Correctional Officer: Fights, Control & Inmate Respect

45:00 — Victorville Violence: Stabbings, Hospital Runs & Prison Chaos

52:18 — Female COs, Inmate Manipulation & Sex Offenders in Federal Prison

1:00:05 — Protective Custody, Bad Paperwork & Prison Housing Politics

1:06:03 — Cartel Inmates, El Chapo, El Mayo & Life After Corrections

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Former BOP Gang Intel Officer Niko joins Honor Among Thieves Podcast to break down how prison gangs, street gangs, and transnational gangs really operate behind the wall.

Niko worked as a Correctional Officer with the Federal Bureau of Prisons and later became a Gang Intelligence Specialist. During his time in the system, he received extensive training on California gang structure, prison politics, gang codes, and the way groups like the Bloods, Crips, MS-13, Mexican Mafia, Sureños, Norteños, and other organizations function inside federal prison.

In this episode, Niko explains what most people misunderstand about gang culture, how gang intelligence is gathered inside prison, how officers identify gang members, how prison politics work, and why reputation, paperwork, race, territory, and violence all play a role behind the wall.

We also get into narco culture, Santa Muerte, cartel influence, transnational gangs, Mexican Mafia structure, MS-13, California prison politics, and the way gangs evolve when street culture enters the prison system.

This is not a Hollywood version of prison gangs.

This is a breakdown from someone who worked inside the system, studied gang structure, and saw firsthand how organized prison politics can become.

In this episode, we cover:
Niko’s background as a BOP Correctional Officer
Becoming a Gang Intel Specialist
How prison gang intelligence works
Bloods, Crips, MS-13, Sureños, Norteños & Mexican Mafia
California gang structure and prison politics
Narco culture, Santa Muerte, and cartel influence
How officers identify gang members in prison
Race, paperwork, violence, and reputation behind the wall
Transnational gangs inside the federal prison system
What the public gets wrong about prison gangs

Chapters
0:00 — Niko Intro: Former BOP Gang Intel Officer Breaks Down Prison Gangs
7:35 — Growing Up Around Gang Culture in California
15:07 — High Desert Politics, Probation & Avoiding the System
22:04 — Becoming a Father & Starting as a Correctional Officer
29:18 — Inside GEO Prison: Immigration Holds, Detainees & Gang Identification
36:15 — BOP Gang Intelligence: MS-13, Transnational Gangs & Federal Prison Politics
43:11 — Working Gang Intel at Victorville & How Prison Investigations Really Work
50:43 — Secret Gang Codes, Bloods, Crips, Mexican Mafia & Santa Muerte Altars

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In this episode of Honor Among Thieves Podcast, Angela shares her powerful story of crime, prison, survival, and redemption after being sentenced to 15 years in Florida State Prison.

Angela was born in Brooklyn, New York, later moved to Jacksonville, Florida, and eventually found herself caught up in a robbery case that changed the rest of her life. What started as a plan to rob someone quickly turned into a serious violent crime case, leading Angela to spend years fighting her case in county jail before being sentenced to prison.

Angela opens up about sitting in county jail for over three years, being told she could spend the rest of her life in prison, watching her family fall apart, losing her father while incarcerated, and eventually being sent to Lowell Correctional Institution, which she describes as the worst women’s prison in Florida.

In this episode, Angela breaks down what life is really like inside a women’s prison, the politics, the violence, the emotional toll, the mental survival, confinement, prison rules, bad officers, other inmates, and the reality of serving over a decade behind bars.

After serving 12 years, 9 months, and 13 days, Angela came home in 2022 and had to rebuild her life, reconnect with her children, adjust to society, and figure out who she was after prison.This is a raw conversation about bad decisions, consequences, motherhood, prison survival, personal accountability, and finding redemption after losing everything.

In this episode, we discuss:

Angela’s childhood in Brooklyn and Jacksonville

How she got involved in a robbery case

Being arrested and charged in a serious violent crime case

Spending over 3 years in county jail fighting her case

Being sentenced to 15 years in Florida State Prison

Life inside Lowell Correctional Institution

Why Lowell is known as one of Florida’s worst women’s prisons

The reality of women’s prison politics

Losing her father while incarcerated

Serving over 12 years behind bars

Coming home after prison

Rebuilding her relationship with her children

Life after incarceration

Redemption, growth, and second chances

If you’re interested in true crime stories, women’s prison stories, Florida prison, ex-con interviews, prison survival stories, criminal justice, redemption stories, and life after prison, this episode is for you.

🎙️ Honor Among Thieves Podcast brings you real stories from people who lived inside the criminal underworld, survived prison, and came out with a story to tell.

Chapters
0:00 Intro: Robbery Case, 15-Year Sentence & Florida Prison Story

2:05 Growing Up in Brooklyn, Moving to Jacksonville & Early Trouble

10:55 Teen Motherhood, Fast Money & Being Around Robberies

19:35 The Robbery Plan, Family Trauma & One Bad Decision

24:50 The Gas Station Robbery, Shooting & Arrest

33:20 Interrogation, Murder Charges & Realizing She Wasn’t Going Home

38:05 Duval County Jail, Fighting the Case for 3.5 Years & Losing Her Father

51:30 Sentenced to 15 Years in Florida State Prison

56:10 Inside Lowell: Florida’s Worst Women’s Prison

64:10 Prison Relationships, Violence, “Prison Families” & Surviving 12 Years

72:05 Coming Home, Rebuilding With Her Kids & Redemption

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Favio joins Honor Among Thieves Podcast to tell the story of how one decision at 16 years old changed the rest of his life.

Born and raised in Cleveland, Favio opens up about growing up around street violence, getting pulled into the life at a young age, and the night that led to a murder case that would send him to prison for 18 years.

In this episode, Favio talks about what it was like being charged with murder as a teenager, facing the consequences of his actions, entering prison at a young age, surviving the system, and eventually coming home after nearly two decades behind bars.

This conversation is not about glorifying violence.

It is about consequences, accountability, prison, redemption, and the reality of what happens when a young person makes a life-changing decision before they fully understand the cost.

Favio’s story is raw, emotional, and honest — from the streets of Cleveland to prison, and from prison to rebuilding his life after release.

In this episode, we cover:
Growing up in Cleveland
Street violence and childhood environment
Committing murder at 16 years old
Being sentenced to 18 years in prison
Going to prison as a teenager
Surviving prison politics
The emotional cost of taking a life
Accountability, regret, and consequences
Coming home after 18 years
Redemption and life after prison

Chapters

0:00 — Intro

5:07 — How Sixth Grade Changed Everything: Poverty, Fitting In & Street Influence

9:31 — From Tennis Shoe Hustler to the Drug Game in Cleveland

20:03 — First Police Encounter: His Mother Finds the Drugs & Calls the Court

29:51 — Making $10K a Month at 16 & Getting Robbed in the Streets

38:23 — The Cleveland Murder Case: Corner Store Confrontation & Shooting at 16

55:07 — Arrested in Texas, Sentenced to 18 Years & Life After the Case

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OG Brick joins Honor Among Thieves Podcast for one of the most intense Miami street stories we’ve ever had on the show.

Born and raised in Miami, OG Brick opens up about growing up between Overtown and Liberty City, being surrounded by street violence at a young age, and the traumatic moment that changed his life forever — watching his mother get murdered in front of him.

From there, he says something inside him changed.

By 16, OG Brick was already in prison. He talks about juvenile detention, county jail, prison politics, fighting to survive, facing 50 years, and how the system didn’t make him better — it made him worse.

In this episode, OG Brick also breaks down one of the wildest courtroom stories ever told on Honor Among Thieves: the day he says he fought a correctional officer in court and still beat the case.

This conversation is raw, emotional, violent, and honest. It is not about glorifying the streets. It is about trauma, consequences, survival, accountability, and what happens when a young man grows up surrounded by loss, rage, and the criminal justice system.

In this episode, we cover:

Growing up in Miami, Overtown, and Liberty City

Watching his mother get murdered

How trauma turned into anger and violence

Going to prison at 16 years old

Juvenile detention, county jail, and prison survival

Facing 50 years in prison

Fighting a correctional officer in court

Miami street violence and prison politics

Coming home worse after prison

Redemption, reflection, and life after the streets

Chapters

0:00 — Intro

1:25 — Overtown, Liberty City & The Real Miami

10:45 — Growing Up in Overtown: Poverty, Pride & Childhood Trauma

17:30 — Watching His Mother's Murder & The Moment That Changed Him Forever

20:06 — Prison at 16: Juvenile Jail, the 10th Floor & Miami Jail Violence

25:29 — Facing 50 Years: Attempted Murder Case & Prison Made Him Worse

40:41 — Back in Jail After 90 Days: Gun Cases, Trial & Street Consequences

51:14 — 15 Years Served, Life After Prison & Redemption

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