I Was A Drug Trafficker — Then I Spent 9 Years in Prison

Sabrena Collins had what most people would call a good upbringing. By 13 she was already hooked on meth. She got sober built a life got married had children and became a real estate agent. Then a painful divorce sent her spiraling back into addiction and deeper into the drug world. Using became selling. And one night a police chase ended with Sabrena being shot in the head by law enforcement. Instead of ending there things got worse. The DEA built a federal drug conspiracy case against her and she was sentenced to 9 years in federal prison. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, Sabrena tells the complete story — from struggling with body dysmorphia as a teenager to meth addiction to a double life to marriage and motherhood to divorce and collapse to the high speed chase the gunshot the DEA investigation and what 9 years in federal prison really looked like. And she shares how she became an advocate earned early clemency and is now using everything she survived to fight for change. #ShotInTheHead #PoliceShootings #PrisonStory #TrueCrimePodcast #PrisonDocumentary #SurvivalStory #PrisonInterview #lockedinpodcast Connect with Sabrena Morgan: Tiktok@ sabrenamorgan Facebook @ Sabrena Morgan Insta @thesabrenamorgan YouTube @thesabrenamorgan Www.transformingcriminaljustice.com Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?h... https://ianbick.com/ Timestamps: 00:00 Shot in the Head by Police — 9 Years in Federal Prison — Sabrena's Full Story 02:00 Growing Up in Kansas City and the Family Life That Looked Normal From the Outside 06:00 Struggling With Body Dysmorphia and Diet Pills at a Young Age 08:30 Turning to Meth and Living the Double Life That Defined Her Teenage Years 13:00 Hiding Addiction From Family While Excelling in School 18:00 College Years Quitting Meth and the Big Life Choices That Followed 22:00 Marriage Motherhood and Becoming a Real Estate Agent 27:00 The Divorce Custody Battles and Emotional Collapse That Destroyed Everything She Built 36:00 Relapse Drug Dealing and the Mental Health Spiral That Followed 41:00 The High Speed Police Chase and Getting Shot in the Head by Law Enforcement 47:00 The DEA Investigation and Federal Arrest That Changed Everything 51:00 The Indictment and the Moment Everything Finally Changed 54:00 Pre-Trial Rehab and Getting Clean Before Going to Federal Prison 59:00 Being Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison and What That Moment Really Felt Like 01:04:00 Prison Life — Survival Growth and Finding Purpose Inside Federal Prison 01:12:00 The Halfway House and Home Confinement Challenges After Release 01:18:00 Becoming an Advocate and What Rebuilding Her Life Actually Required 01:23:00 Early Clemency — The Day She Finally Walked Free 01:27:00 Life After Prison and What Adjusting to Freedom Really Looked Like 01:33:00 TikTok Community and Helping Other Women Who Are Where She Was 01:39:00 What the Prison System Gets Wrong and What Desperately Needs to Change 01:45:00 Her Nonprofit Work Advocacy and the Fight for Criminal Justice Reform 01:51:00 What She Would Tell Her 13 Year Old Self and Her Final Thoughts for Everyone Watching