What if the people you looked up to as a 10 year old were older and teaching and showing you the ways of street life and crime? As a kid this life looked glamorous to my guest Anthony Bucci. Anthony's homelife was brutal. He had a dad who was a violent alcoholic, who would beat his mother, and the kids if they interfered to try and save her. This left a lot of mental scars on a kid looking for an escape. Anthony grew up quickly in the street life of selling drugs, and he became a big player with a lot of power and money. It eventually cost him with a 21 year prison sentence. He was doing hard time in and out of solitary confinement. In the hole, Anthony was contemplating ending it all, and an old prison guard he had known from another prison stopped by the check on him. He had a pen and paper. That day Anthony's life did a 180 degree turn. He took his pen and paper and started writing his novel "Infinity Crew." He began volunteering to help take care of the terminally ill inmates. He took over 50 educational courses which eventually helped him write his motion to win parental compassionate release that was the first of its kind at the time. It has now broadened the horizon for other inmates to be released to go home and take care of their parents. Anthony also became a dog handler in prison, training dogs for the handicapped. He has since published his novel, Infinity Crew. He is a certified life coach, and he has launched his own clothing line, the Convicted Vegan. He is also caring for his mother, and rebuilding his relationships with his children. You will feel Anthony's story. It will stay with you.
