Prison Inmate Disowned by Family: A Heartbreaking Story | Joshua Pritchett 

Ian it doesnt matter if u have both parents or not. I had two great parents i still ended up in jail 3 felonies and became addicted to drugs. It doesnt matter if u got a two parent household

How in the hell have I come this far and not known there was an HBO documentary?

I’ve watched every one of the videos on this channel. It’s truly amazing how much I have in common with each and every person you’ve interviewed. Keep it up.

This one was hard to get through. Usualy love your content though. Keep it up 👍

Great job, Ian. There is a lot of competition on RU-vid, and I listen to every new podcast.

That was a great interview! Thank you for giving him a voice!

Keep up the good work brother! I listen every week!

Inspiring guest. Great interview. Thank you Ian and Joshua.

This was a great interview... he has some very useful words of wisdom to spread...

Ian’s naïveté is adorable 😂 And I wish I could give Joshua a hug 😕 Kudos to both of you for learning from your mistakes and turning them into positives ❤️

Great interview guys

Salute to You!!! Your story is Amazing!!!

Thank You Ian for shining a light on this genre! 🫶🏾👏🏾🙌🏾

Ian... Another educating podcast. Much ❤ and Respect to your guest and You 💯 This story is crazy it's sad he went he was that young out of the gate. He didn't stand a chance.

Its refreshing how you get such a new, diverse & interesting guests to a podcast. All the other podcasts have the same guests over n over talk about same things. Keep Killin' It, doing CT proud! Its cool to only be like 45 mi away from the Danbury area & get to hear these great stories

Sometimes I wonder if I was blessed or cursed after hearing stories like Joshua's. I'm 60 yrs old in my 20s I was homeless a thief burglar male prostitute alcoholic never arrested never in prison and still dealing with the shame and guilt

Love this story, amazing to see how far Joshua has come

Lmao he said he was 32 and Ian said it woulda been the early 90’s when he was a teenager 😂😂 he’s only 4-5 years older than you hahahah

Keep up the good work

That was a beautiful story! Thank you so much for sharing!

1:03:30 - 1:07:31 Best thing in the whole interview... really powerful testimony! Praise the Lord!

Mate if you plan on going for years on here i am going to be a years long follower, keep up the amazing interviews

This guy is so motivating been through so much, a good foundation is so important hugs to Josh 😊best of luck.

VEO Careers looks like a great way that Josh uses his chops to do well by doing good. Well done to him!

Thank you so much for having Joshua on. While all of your guests stories are interesting and motivational, this was for me one of the most inspirational episodes!

Another win ain🙌

Looking forward to listening to this! Glad I discovered your channel. Would be cool to hear some stories of someone that has tried / successfully escaped a prison - No idea if that’s a feasible request for a guest on the show though 🤣

It is so hard to listen to his childhood. I was 20 when I had my son. Got divorced a year later, a single mom for the next 9 years. Even having been in a major car accident, leaving me to dozens of back surgeries. I NEVER EVER laid a hand on my son's face. I hit his hand 1x, and his bottom maybe 1x. Smacking him made him laugh because his father hit him ALL THE TIME. It breaks my heart truly that he was treated like that so young. No excuses just because she was young and single. Young is a teen mom. 21 is an adult. Especially since she had quit school in middle school. She may not have been educated, but she was street wise. I'm only this far in so I'll be surprised how their relationship turns out that he could say he loves her unconditionally. I get it. You have 1 mom. But mom's shouldn't treat their children that they grew in their bodies that way. 😢 Parents are meant to give you a moral foundation, right vs wrong, thinking skills. If you have that then choose trouble that's on you. But parents that treat their kids like buddies is where the kids get into trouble if they don't have a mother and father type role models. Until you're 18, their your parents after that they can choose to be buddies with you. My son and I are best friends. He's helped me I've helped him. I know till my dying day I can count on him. I taught him right.

I love what he had to say about Narcotics Anonymous because NA isn’t about just getting clean and working the 12 Steps. You have access to a whole community of people who have been where you are and have gotten through it, and community support is so important for people reentering society.

Hey man I had my whole family my life and they suck , sometimes I wonder if I was better off without a big family that sucks.

What a great human. God bless him.

Big Bick Energy 💪

33:39 “teaching the class” 😝

Dude ian is a great interviewer

I tried to remember kindergarten. Can’t do it. Can’t remember it at all. Don’t remember friends, teachers, can’t even remember the school. Can’t even remember what state I was in during it. Went as far back as I can remember and I’d guess 3rd grade is where my memories start. About 6-7

one of the most articulate and meaningful guests

I just got off probation. Im so thankful im not under supervision anymore if the officer doesnt like you. Your gonna violate. I early termed and got off in 6 months. Got drug tested once and that was it

You can tell he doesn’t know a lot. Or maybe he just doesn’t understand what he is being asked

Love the content Ian but did I miss the part where his family disowned him?

First note, I didn't know there was an HBO special. Second note, mom was a hustler. That Thanksgiving she put together.... much respect for that. You literally grew up while your mom was also growing up. That's a difficult dynamic but so common in America. I honestly believe the downfall of our nation is and will be the fatherless child. I have heard a lot of kids say that DH or Juvie, is the most stable time they had because of the structure. It feels like you weren't given a shot in hell to succeed because of the lack of parenting. You definitely look like Mr. Musk haha Elon would probably love to meet you LOL I'm so glad God finally got to your heart!

Ian, your interview skills are outstanding. For a " side hustle" you could teach people how to interview a guest. Some very prominent hosts are horrible at their job. As a former C/O I wish you the best.

Fix the feedback. I'm here for ya but, incase you dont see dm...only complaint I love yall fir giving this to some. From Kent to jd to here, I. So very grateful. I didn't know what was what.

Smart dude

The Man, The Myth, The Bick..

A non life sentence shouldn't be a life sentence

josh - a piece of wisdom, MONEY - does not make elon musk a better man than you brother, and i think you know what i mean. p.s. and i like elon a lot , so thats saying a lot bud!!

You gotta interview Sammy tha bull gravano and former head AB Thompson u have to step hit up bro

Bros a 🧢 lol

This dude has watched way too much 60 days in..💀

Great shoe. ❤🎉

I’m 32 and not a felon but in my working life so far I have not worked for any company who cares about felonies A lot of guys I work with have one or more. I do excavation I don’t think my background has ever been ran either. I’ve worked around too chasing money.

This is the story of so many Americans

I have tired to reach out to you. I am to camera shy .

This guy has the reputation in the pen for being a snitch. Why is that you are only interviewing snitches?

Yes ys 30 year olds and 40 year olds need to tell the youth and try to teach them or tell them when they are doing wrong. Sometimes they need to hear it from someone like us guys in our 30s who are still young enough wherre they dont think we are squares or old men. They usually tend to listen to those who have been in the streets in the drug scene. Ill tell people co workerrs or anyone if they are doing the wrong thing ill tell them my story. Bout having 3 felonies ruined my job search it always comes up and hinders u from getting apartments and jobs. Jail isnt fun either all these things they might have to learn the hardway but hopefull not

Why doesnt the government do away with peoples felonies after they have served or completed their punishment sentence? Seems like that this is on the fence as double jeopardy. I could understand some felons that never change or would cheat the system, but there still should be away that felons can get certain Eloise canceled.

I kind of like this dude, i can tell he's def damaged goods, traumatized for sure mentally forked over!! i'm glad he got it together, hope it gets better for him.

You can tell how stunted this kid is from the very first thing he says to Ian about him joking with his brother. Instead of something funny or a joke he says “he said he secretly hates you, since the day he was born” such a weird awkward thing to say.

Was Bill feeze The only black dude you had on? What about joe t? Banky pounds? Unique mecca audio just to name a few

Chomo is a Spanish term, which stuck with everyone

Lol I also had a relationship from kindergarten to first grade until I was moved away. Also had a little girl named Sarah that tried flirting with him who wore cowboy boots that I didn't like. 🤦🏼‍♀️🤣 (I was in West Virginia during those years) glad I'm not the only one who had a 2 year super early "relationship " Our moms were friends though.

I got paddled like a motherfucker by a retired navy intelligence officer that was a master chief on a sub in the late 70s to early eighties. Over the same shit

Bro just bad at telling story's like head leaving out all the good parts

oh ya I seen that movie when I was 5. I was also a crackhead selling drugs stealing cars selling weeds also did a virtual aa meeting 3 weeks ago. I stole a car when I was 3 with my girlfriend ,oh and I was working at Wendys also. this is getting a bit silly now

you should get some rappers on your show

Algorithm gainz

Another one ☝️🦾

Brah....kindergarten....this is hard to watch...

Shit I'm 1st Yaya lol awesome stuff my dudes

C’mon man. Kindergarten stories

This dude is hot

Can’t take anything this guy says seriously

I think you have too start going through your guest a little more before you bring them on, This guy seems like b.s lol maybe not….

Aye that guard that was funny as shit for that joke🤣🤣

Prison isnt supposed to destroy you meatball, it's supposed to rehabilitate your current decision making process. Hence all the time to think about what you've done... Mission accomplished on your end I would say...