Per publisher Triumph Books, Denny McLain co-wrote an autobiography called “I Told You I Wasn’t Perfect,” published in April 2007. The publisher’s website writes in its book description that McLain once became friends with mafia member John Gotti’s oldest son, John Gotti Jr., while the two were behind bars together. But in a 2014 article published by Deadline Detroit, mentioning a quote published by Playboy Magazine, McLain denied knowing Gotti.
What we know for sure about McLain’s time in prison, then, is limited, as it does not seem that he has discussed his experiences at length. McLain’s prison stint was served at Pennsylvania’s McKean Federal Correctional Institution. Per the Federal Bureau of Prisons, FCI McKean, as it is known, is a medium-security facility, and The Spokesman-Review reported in 1998 that McLain was serving his time in the prison camp there.
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After his release from FCI McKean, McLain resided in a halfway house in Detroit, Michigan, and worked at a 7-Eleven convenience store, per ESPN.
