I Was Locked Up Abroad — This Is How I Survived Inside a Brutal Dominican Republic Prison

Michael Wittenberg is an American citizen who spent nearly two years inside a Dominican Republic prison after being arrested there — navigating corruption, extortion, unfair treatment, brutal conditions, and a legal system that most Americans who travel internationally have no idea exists until they are inside it. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, he shares what got him arrested in the Dominican Republic, what the conditions, the corruption, and the daily survival of a foreign prison actually looked like from the American inmate living inside it, what facing trial for international narcotics trafficking in a corrupt legal system actually involved, and what rebuilding his life after nearly two years inside one of the most challenging and most corrupt prison environments available actually requires of someone who came home when most people in that situation do not. #InsideMyHell #DominicanRepublicPrison #PrisonSurvival #TrueCrimeStories #LifeInPrison #InternationalPrisons #SurvivingHell #PrisonNightmare Thank you to FACTOR for sponsoring this episode: Visit https:/factormeals.com/lockedin50off to get %50 off your order PLUS free shipping! Connect with Michael Wittenberg: Website: http://www.michaelscottwittenberg.com Phone #: 516-834-3790 Email: michaelscottwittenberg@gmail.com X: @msw070981 TikTok: @msw0709 IG: @msw07091981 Facebook: Michael Wittenberg (Facebook.com/msw0709) Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?h... https://ianbick.com/ Timestamps: 00:00 American Who Survived 2 Years in Dominican Republic Prison Finally Tells the Complete Truth 07:32 The Lawsuit Over an Inheritance Dispute and What That Legal Situation Produced Before Everything Escalated 15:57 His Experience Touring With Adult Industry Stars and What That Chapter of His Life Involved 24:20 Being Arrested in the Dominican Republic and What That Moment Felt Like as an American Citizen 33:18 What Prison Life and Corruption Inside the Dominican Republic Actually Looks Like From the Inside 41:51 Life in General Population and What the Unexpected Realities of That Environment Involved 50:40 Navigating Legal Challenges in a Foreign Prison and What That Experience Required of Him 59:43 Struggling With a Corrupt Legal System and What the Specific Failures Produced 01:08:25 His Encounter With Special Agents and What That Interaction Actually Involved 01:16:32 The Legal Issues With iPhones in Jail and What That Situation Required to Navigate 01:24:36 Facing Trial for International Narcotics Trafficking and What That Charge Involved 01:33:21 The Court Testimonies and Witness Accounts and What Those Dynamics Produced 01:41:59 Inside Daily Prison Life and Corruption — Extortion Unfair Treatment and What Survival Looks Like 01:50:00 Navigating the Legal Process Before Finally Returning to the United States 01:58:00 What Friendship Actually Means After Surviving 2 Years in a Foreign Corrupt Prison 02:05:32 What Telling This Story Publicly Means to Someone Who Survived What Most Americans Never Face