Mike Divicino Air Date 10-31-2022

Known in the 80's as "Hollywood Mike," Mike DiVicino and his "Italian friends" were quite busy in Hollywood, California until he led Police on a high-speed chase through Hollywood in a Ferrari. Unwilling to disclose his associates at trial, he was made example of with a life sentence in Maximum Security Prison. While there, Mike turned himself around in an effort to leave a positive legacy and role model for his own son and began taking young inmates under his wing, teaching them how to avoid bad decisions and bad situations and giving them a chance upon release to avoid ending up with a life sentence like his. He encouraged other lifers to also engage and help younger inmates structure their lives to stay out once released and even got them to write letters to America's youth about avoiding the choices they'd made.After 29 years, Mike's sentence was commuted, throwing him into an unknown world of technology that didn't exist when he went in. But, rather than falling back to his old life, Mike decided to publish those letters as a book entitled, "Dear Joey: Letters from Prison," as a guide book to young men to establish positive pursuits in their lives and work toward success along the right path.Now, Mike DiVicino is an inspirational speaker and establishing a nationwide effort to reach America's youth, helping them to avoid a life of crime and find positive role models to pattern themselves after.Mike talks with Bill, Jim & Blake about his journey and his efforts going forward in this great interview!