Could Meditation and Gardening Break The Cycle of Prison Recidivism?

[@phil7081]

The goal of prison should be to make the people in there ready to live in the society again.

[@Zoukos23]

Absolutely! Punishing them can be effective sometimes, but honestly, what would be better for everyone is if these people were offered help to re-enter society. If you think about it, our current way of dealing with criminals is kinda inhumane. The worst thing you can do to a human is put them to isolation. And that's exactly what prison does.

[@zurielbabida8162]

Phil It is

[@DGP406]

go tell this to the families who had their loved ones murdered by these criminals you want to put in society again

[@rafaelricardovilorio602]

Phil you're right

[@oisinryan150]

Phil Unless they're like a rapist or murderer or something really bad. Otherwise yeah.

[@jonathanodude6660]

Why hasnt this been done before? this should be standard practice by now

[@finthechat7134]

Because prisons aren't run by the government anymore. They are privately owned. They want people to come back because it's profitable.

[@finthechat7134]

If you look at a graph of the prison population in the US there is a sharp increase exactly around the time they privatized prisons and Nixon declared the war on drugs.

[@angelic8632002]

We have been doing this in different variations here in Europe for decades

[@itspapaj4732]

Prisons are for profit and not to get criminals off the streets. A lot of these people are in jail for non violent offenses that can be settled with alternative methods than jail.

[@Andrew0you0tube]

Jonathan Odude it is a standard practice in nordic countries

[@angelic8632002]

Warms my heart to to see that America is starting to see imprisoning as a form of rehabilitation instead of punishment, much like we do I'm many places here in Europe. We have been very successful at keeping criminals from falling back into crime for many decades now. Statistics are fairly clear here, and forces us to ask ourselves: Whats the most important? Punishment or protecting our citizens. Because you cant have it both ways.

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

ahahaha theyre building 100s of new prisons every year and you want to close some ahahaha

[@Cacowninja]

@@johnnyllooddte3415 He didn't say anything about closing prisons plus most people are in jail in the U.S. for victimless crimes and building more prisoners is a reflection of this.

[@SusiBiker]

What kind of soulless jerk downvotes something like this? Yes, prison is about punishment, but it is also about rehabilitation. If you don't positively affect the way the inmates think, then on release, you have an ex-con who has learnt nothing beyond that if they get caught, they will go to jail: and we all know how bad recidivism is for some people. Anything that makes just one person better when they leave prison has to be a good thing.

[@zigzagduck952]

+Sue3DDesigns; I think you might enjoy this vid by Thoughty2 Does Prison Actually Make a Difference? (note to self, must learn how to make a link).

[@dogmahacker8278]

Prisons are set up all wrong and prisoners are treated like shit and not everyone sent to prison should even be in there to begin with because our justice system is also shit. In 2010 a judge sentenced a guy (Bernard Noble) to 13 years and 3 months in prison for having two joints on him. He had a daughter and the judge gave him the longest possible sentence that his power allowed him to. In my opinion that judge should lose his job and probably do some time himself for the unnecessary pain he put on someone. In Canada pot will be legal soon, but if a cop catches you with weed all you get is a $200 fine, they don't lock you up and ruin your life and families life over it. If people don't want the treatment in prisons to be better for the people who did real crimes, at least want it better for the people who don't deserve to be there at all, because as far as the prison system is concerned, it doesn't know the difference. I believe in constructive punishment, not punishment for punishment sake with mental torture and causing forced depression and anger though extreme isolation. Norway is doing it right and their prisoners never end up needing to go back.

[@Boobies92545]

because theirs money too be made. The judges and cops get money for putting us in jail

[@jimmesser4412]

Sue3DDesigns because they could be the gang members that are losing members to this type of program.

[@nicklol8269]

You come out either a better citizen or a better criminal, without programs to help them become better citizens they will just learn how to commit crime better from other inmates. You will hear months of stories about how people got away or got caught, ontop of drug connections if you wanted to start selling when you get out... Well if you can sniff out who is talking bs or not.

[@rafaelricardovilorio602]

That inmate speaks better than many presidents.

[@vladniculae6114]

Rafael Ricardo Vilorio Better than Trump, that's for sure!

[@ursaltydog]

Maybe if he's placed in such an environment he might grow some empathy skills..

[@nikkiash9191]

Vlad Niculae Poor Libtards. Trump is the best president we’ve had since lincoln.

[@Psychol-Snooper]

“There's an old saying in Tennessee... I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee... that says, fool me once, shame on... shame on you. Fool me... you can't get fooled again.” ~George W. Bush

[@ursaltydog]

We Libtards as you so aptly describe us, actually claim Lincoln.. He wasn't too popular among his party of that time.. particularly centrist and radical republicans.. like the ones today..

[@jamesfra1311]

I love gardening, the joy of putting your hands in dirt and getting dirty and seeing your seeds grow.

[@ivanlovric5805]

james Fra yeah and no alamony

[@jamesfra1311]

Huh?

[@camgood2437]

This is a great idea! It's beautiful to see the effect it is having. I think that it resembles Zen gardening and mediation, which is basically all about having a natural state of mind.

[@michellevesser4390]

It is an honor to volunteer for this program. There is a well thought out year-long curriculum. Yes it provide valuable skills, yet also provides a very supportive structure to work on what they need to cultivate within themselves to thrive on the outside. It ranges from studying overall systems, to garden skill, tending their emotional landscape, and how to apply this to the work world.

[@jamesfra1311]

Reminds me of one of the tedx talk about being a "Gangsta" gardener and growing food for one's self.

[@creepybearandfriends9063]

Self-sustaining prisons where the norm for a long time. Prisoners learned traids, and grew their own food until recently. Back then it was done out of neccessity, but for some reason it stopped and prison became a place of punishment and dependance. Obviously there are some people who just can't function in society, but the rest only need that little bit of help to make positive changes and stop the cycle of recidivism.

[@marwa.emad1991]

how amazing this program is! unbelievable

[@AnimeManhwa]

awww... makes me feel happy watching this. I hope everyone will actually grow and care more of our planet than bully or steal from each other.

[@generalakbarr]

No it wont. as long as prisons are allowed to be privately owned and have a profit motive, the system will be stacked against them from making a chang in their life.

[@uhohhotdog]

Julian Laureano they’re only privately owned in a few states. It’s not everywhere

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

ahahaha theyre building 100s of new prisons every year and you want to close some ahahaha

[@generalakbarr]

johnny llooddte where was that said? Making prisons for profit, creates an incentive to keep prison populations high.

[@Emiliapocalypse]

There are also soil microbes that increase our body’s ability to create serotonin, which makes us happy. Anyone can benefit from this kind of meditation, and it really might help rehabilitate these men.

[@collineddo7485]

Nice to see something in the correctional system that actually corrects the root of the problem, rather than exacerbate it. Right on.

[@muramasa7537]

When u see ur plants grow out well from seeds it does feel really good . Then you would want to take care of it n see them grow even more .

[@brinkman4925]

No body cares about these prisoners. It's very cruel how society abandons, cuts these people off from society. You set a prisoner free and he can not get a job or a home because he can't get past the self incriminating paperwork. With barriers like that its no wonder these guys find there ways back to jail. It's good to see that someone is talking about recidivism because this concept is widely unknown and misunderstood, but gardening in prison surely insn't the cure for this. It doesn't matter what you do in prison if when you get out in society you are still treated as a prisoner but instead without a place to live or eat. I Know some prisoners prefer the comfort of prison to the simi unredeemable disgrace we call post prison life. People are quick to dismiss these people's troubles because "oh he's just a bad guy" "that's just the way she is" "the deserve it" no one deserves a lifetime of pain for a mistake the made. The should actually be able to atone for their sins and start over without defining themselves by their past.

[@lanadelqueen9155]

True that

[@cranqcore]

Highly appreciate the effort that people are putting into this, to help prisoners get some perspective on their lives and also to make projects like that possible in the first place. I hope this will not only become an acceptable and suggested option in prisons, but for everyones lives as well.

[@pikapunchgamer9532]

This program seems to be really helpful and eye opening for the prisoners. I hope they are going to introduce it in every prison

[@krazed98]

Gardening has helped me recover from being a combat medic with ptsd and also from going back to prison for my former drug use. Now i am almost done with my bachelors degree and focus on my garden amd children

[@KateLisgar]

Proud of you

[@thickpenguin4814]

Finally! Something that makes sense. I’ve always thought about this idea as a kid.

[@sathancat]

I like the idea of a permaculture program, it would give prisoners a great education that could lead to a very satisfying job on the outside while helping pull us away from industrial farming.

[@Yerlockk]

This is definitely a great way to go with rehabilitation :)

[@walkingcaseofrabies4958]

This made me so happy that I almost cried

[@lloydgush]

Being able to get a job would, and not criminalizing stuff that shouldn't be criminal also would.

[@myuniversedna9801]

This is the best topic so far Mr Seeker !!!

[@ericknyevz3840]

MyUniverseDNA yeah because I love when a scientific show becomes a philosophical show.....

[@myuniversedna9801]

Erick Mascari .... nature is the true Science! When a plant grow, it's almost the same when a new hormonal gland grow in the center of a human brain- it's called God Technology!!!

[@ericknyevz3840]

I study botany. The science of plants is amazing. I also love gardening. I even apply science when I do it. Yet this was not science, it was news. Also please don't put God and science in the same sentence. It is like saying Zues really made lightning. It is just stupid and has nothing to back it up, outside ones personal opinion. Which has no place in science.

[@myuniversedna9801]

Erick The Wise .... admit it ! You are too afraid to discover your true God Self 😁

[@ericknyevz3840]

MyUniverseDNA what? LMFAO. What is there to fear. Blind Faith with nothing to back it up is mythology. I don't fear story tales. I'm not a child. Yet you are god fearing. Afraid of what you assume to be true. Yet can never actually know. I believe in the burden of Truth! Not unfounded opinions of prophets. That most likely had sciophrania and would had been committed and proven to be crazy, with a MRI, in this modem age of science. Use some common sense. People made up stories to make sense of it all. Nothing more. When you die, everything ends. Just as it does for bacteria, animals, plants and bugs. Humans evoled from them. Which proves we are no more special than them. (DNA proved evolution by the way. When we unlocked the full human genome) We are just narcissistic and think we do. Then in return made equally narcissistic gods. You can honestly say your religious beliefs make more sense? If so you need to learn critical thought and logical deduction, my friend.....

[@arandomdragon1534]

THIS! This is how we should be treating the people we put into prisons. Giving them useful skills and treating their emotional problems rather than putting them in a box and expecting them to magically come out better. Spoiler alert, putting people in boxes tends to make thing worse.

[@seth2854]

That was an amazing amout of Spirituality to see on a channel like build on facts and scientific research.

[@normacenva8411]

Goddess Be Blessed - hope this change will spread! x

[@JenIsHungry]

I aggressively love this.

[@Bev-z1g]

This grows every month. There is always new awesome scientific proof, meditation helps everyone who tries it and wants help with any aspects of life. Gardening is also proven to be helpful. Thank You to Beth Waitkus who began with the combining of both meditation and gardening. I might have her last name spelled wrong, but I can pronounce it. Her voice has a soft sound, the opposite of "heavy metal" which to my ears would not be "music" but just disruptive noise bordering upon painful. Many Thanks to Everyone Involved with the Awesome Help from Meditation and Gardening Too.

[@cherkiltoff933]

I Have Always Found Gardening Joyful,Peaceful,Meditative and Therapeutic In My Own Life!

[@luanpompeu3486]

That's some impressive quality right there

[@wendell7173]

I appreciate this video, this is a really cool story.

[@tylerabbott]

This is amazing and I love it as a someone who is involved in permaculture and food localization, but it's a drop in the bucket. Things won't change until the prison industrial complex is dismantled.

[@TheEnabledDisabled]

When we think of criminals we dont think of people with families or lives we think of these heartless monsters created by our ow anger and fear of our first impression of these people that we have only seen the first time doing these bad acts. If we dont treat people as equals even if they do these bad things then how do we expect equality amongs our race or other species.

[@FrogQueenie]

I would like to see a follow up video after a couple more years. Maybe with the success rate?

[@cherkiltoff933]

Excellent Idea!

[@Jesus_is_Lord_7]

Amen, this is amazing!!!

[@windwalkerproductions]

Really awesome program, should be in schools too!

[@simplyzulu1426]

Mediation and yoga can calm down anybody... This is also the way to connect to the almighty..

[@Thunderwalker87]

Some of the most important elements of rehabilitating individuals is education, vocational services, health care (moreover mental health care), and most of all post-release reintegration and assistance services. These things can be done and started while someone is currently incarcerated. There are lots and lots and lots of things that can and do work... but the importance of these elements cannot be understated.

[@cultured123]

Meditation and CAREER training is a Bette idea. So they can enter the soceity more smoothly.

[@undisputedboyka12]

I use to go to retirement homes and flash old people all the time, then i started gardening and now i only do it sometimes

[@ccnievespellot1651]

Thank you for sharing, I am inspired by the beneficial impact this program is creating.

[@itspapaj4732]

A lot of the people in jail are in there for possession of marijuana and other small non violent offenses. You have to change the way we give out sentences before we can change anything else. A lot of these people don't even deserve to be in there.

[@svinfot1009]

If thats their crime is it not a bad thing to teach them how to grow stuff? :D

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

and since weed is becoming more open, theyll get out ,,,smoke more weed and steal more stuff moron

[@itspapaj4732]

johnny llooddte you must not know what you are talking about since weed doesn't have a correlation with the crime rate. In fact, people who drink alcohol are more likely to commit any type of crime 😉

[@Alkaris]

They really should be doing this everywhere. Give them to plant and grow various plants, fruits veggies, etc…

[@nesseihtgnay9419]

nature is order, its a good part of life, so enjoy it and cherish it.

[@lolzorzegiknietWoWzz]

thats beautiful

[@rthawknatanabah1759]

MOTHER EARTH= ONE LOVE.... silent prayer

[@sanjuansteve]

Fear allows people to mentally wall-off their own empathy. If you want to improve any community or any person's life and empathy abilities, help them to remove some of their fears.

[@wearealljustclowns]

yep. oeople who make any mistakes should be healed..not furtherly hurt..the worlds anger put back on to the ones who did wrong..creates major toxic hate in the world. Any one who can get their loved ones to get in to Buddhism or Universe based spiritual lessons and nature..animals..get rid of the society stuff..thats what poisoned them to begin with..they need a new life with society behind a natural life. For those who can be saved they should be.

[@annmarie2964]

Pruning is my favorite part too.

[@chitata7331]

I love gardening😍

[@_Blank___Space_]

Now this something we should be investing in.

[@scottbromage]

Too bad these guys couldn't have found their inner strengths before ending up Here!

[@ontoya1]

Sounds like entitlement to me. I grew up in the ghetto and the only reason I didn't end up a thug was science and anime. I used to blame the violence on the thugs but thts all they knew. Like honestly most of these guys didn't have a proper upbringing. NOTE of course people who had TWO loving parents will still have problems but it's rare

[@KingKT-vt8ef]

Denzel Fortune Same for me Anime, Gaming, and studying kept me off the street

[@scottbromage]

Denzel Fortune I grew up in a picture perfect family! Mom, Dad, Sister, one dog, and 2 cats. Upper middle class suburban location waterfront with boats! And I ended up the one and only addict in the family. Sister ended up a botox and colligen beauty specialist and a licensed RN. So go figure.. Your upbringing and environment does play a role in your upbringing but is not the total responsible factor of someone's outcome in life..😁

[@aronseptianto8142]

and here people though anime was a mistake

[@gsilcoful]

Thank you.

[@scottnetter982]

It's no secret of science that rehabilitation works better than cold punishment, it's just common sense. I hope this idea takes off in prisons/jails all over the world.

[@ThePaalanBoy]

Yes, treating prissonars like normal people, let them have a way of express themself and let them do something productive to let them feel like they matter, is a good thing.

[@davidottersberg3844]

Majority of these men will not leave back into a community where this is viable. Typical of California. They give these men something to do that is a non violent action, and it gives them a productive thing to do. Many other states have been doing this for years. Taking responsibility for their actions is the answer, but our society is making it even harder to do that, because we as a society are constantly giving people reasons to blame someone else. While this concept is not a bad one, we have other avenues that can do a lot better. I speak from over 20 years of first hand experiance.

[@SimonNZ6969]

I think its Norway where treat prison as basically another school. I can't remember the quote exactly but it was something like "They're already being punished by losing their freedom. Why not teach them something while they're here?"

[@svinfot1009]

if they are that stupid, that the "punishment" of losing their freedom does not teach them anything its probably impossible to teach them anything.

[@SimonNZ6969]

I mean there has been a lot of research done on it, they have very low reincarnation rates. While in the US, they are extremely high. Obviously there will be some that will never learn. From the research I've seen, its a very, very small amount. (Also I'm pretty sure they don't treat first degree murderers n stuff the same way)

[@EMAngel2718]

Man it's like giving people something to do with their lives gives them a reason to stay out of prison

[@abishieksamlin5211]

Wow wonderful

[@cloroxbleach5771]

I see content has improved from the last video

[@fullbattlerattle2493]

Clorox Bleach I see you on all the same videos as me.

[@DoctorApotheosis]

I see you enjoy studies and science selectively when it suits you.

[@concentratedcringe]

I swear half the people in that video's comment section didn't even watch the bloody thing before commenting.

[@ursaltydog]

People also drive me up the wall when they attempt to insert religion or learned social biases towards science when scientific studies attempt to explain or address gender issues like in that last video.. People think it's cute to begin leveling insults as a way to communicate instead of sharing opinions.

[@ericknyevz3840]

DoctorApotheosis You are too opinionated to even have a subjective view. There is no place for opinions wants wishes or desires in science. The last video was not based on science or fact, but opinion. Please go back to school and take doctor out of your name

[@thegaspatthegateway]

Deprivatizing prisons so they're not for profit will. The issue is structural, the prison industrial complex; the system should focus on rehabilitation, not punishment. After that, gardening might register an effect.

[@AlexaAXAG]

You reap what you sow to a whole new meaning 🤔

[@doesntmatter5232]

Amazing !

[@davidfricker3258]

hope, education, marketable skills, and respect instead of a boot on the neck would go a long way. That's not to say there are no predatory people, just look at Wall Street, but if we are to have anything like a good society then the ditch diggers need to be able to make a living and be given respect.

[@jupiterquake8541]

Did the law of conservation of mass work prior to the big bang? I say absolutely! Thoughts?

[@RBsRealm]

Any activity where it teaches/encourages responsibility and caring for something can help in prisons. One prison let inmates keep cats. Which lowered violence rates significantly.

[@__-to3hq]

How much to hire prison labor for industrial farms? 20 cents an hour per inmate :D

[@Trag-zj2yo]

Probably improves the diet and exercise for inmates, which are important for mental health.

[@Mortalrigger]

This is a great idea, unfortunately the Private Prison Industrial Complex has no desire to reduce recitivism.

[@XxThunderflamexX]

Yeah, pretty sure systemic reform of our justice system is what we need to reduce prison recidivism.

[@abdulaye100]

this is a good concept but however when they get out now that's when the real test start.

[@olive4naito]

Gardening actually applies to people who aren't in the criminal category as well. We don't all end up doing criminal things but urban life or living a life of disconnect can lead to losing sight of the true meaning of life which for some people (not everyone) can lead to walking the wrong path in life. Not everyone grows up with access to a garden and increasing that accessibility would do so much good for urban communities. Not everyone is religious but gardening is a way to connect people to nature and sometimes even God without all the indoctrination. Spirituality is a lifelong endeavor for everyone whether you have a criminal past or not.

[@Calebhillary]

That guy, at 4:27 talking about pruning. I thought he was gonna say he will prune bad thoughts, but he was like prune people out of like. I know he probably didnt mean in that way, but it doesnt feel right.

[@abraham1O2]

Ending private prisons and not allowing them to lobby for laws that make it easier to go to prison will help. Not fucking gardening. Going to prison for 20 years on a nonviolent drug charge and spending life for 3 felonies are just two examples. Some prisons have contracts with states that mandate MINIMUM POPULATIONS so when they are below that cops go out of their way to arrest people.

[@Jake12220]

While it's nice they are trying to fix prisoners that have issues, the real problem often as not is the government systems both in and out of jail that push these people back into incarceration. Prisoners should have to be paid the same wages as non prisoners (put it in a trust account till they are free so they can start a life for themselves) and the parole system needs a thorough going over as it often makes it a lot harder for people to start a normal life again.

[@FD_Stalker]

But but what do you do after you get out? The life will come to you, and it will be more harsh than the life in garden

[@blue_cameron]

I still don't understand how the garden thing operates.

[@蟲森鬼魔怪]

Dangerous Thinking. The only guarantee the "cycle of prison" will be broken is to remove a defining element/term from the "cycle of prison" and the most artificial term (and thus most practical to target for destruction) in that phrase is "prison". If there is no prison, anyone can sabotage any collective rather freely if the death penalty is also not a thing.

[@sirstraus3865]

Where is this how do I sign up? Oh rob somebody no prolem I gots this homes easiest times I done bro.

[@picodrift]

A good practice for growing weed once out of the prison

[@Mike01029]

I guess if this rehabilitates them then they should have a second chance, unless they're like serial killers with rage issues or something extreme like that

[@milesdavis2126]

If the crime doesnt deserve death (And I do believe some do) then rehabilitation should be the main priority

[@you1ubeis]

Prison farming, I found the agenda. With thousands of prisoners tending the fields, big farming corporations won't have to pay as much for labor costs.

[@LightningSe7en]

I remember myself going into a trance when fixing stuff, cleaning the car, designing systems. Pretty much similar to this.

[@__-to3hq]

Very Smart :D

[@Bev-z1g]

Awesome news.

[@lynxlagoon]

when a prison is more peaceful than a city

[@Psychol-Snooper]

All of those plants were native Californian plants, or super drought resistant plants.

[@Neverseenstars]

the only problem is most people dont want to hire ex criminals and they end up associating with their old groups who lead them into crime again.

[@ramjeesaradi]

Interesting to notice the pattern on the ethnicity of the prisoners.

[@blinzy7282]

The video is cool, but the ads are weird. I don't know what hooking up with hot girls has to do with gardening in prisons. LOL!

[@niki123489]

Let me just plant my marijuana garden and I am going back my cell, sir. PS: I think this is a good practice and it could be use all around the world.

[@ebinjayan]

This is really good. Education and prison systems needs important reforms like this they are foundational to out society....now that I've aknowledged it...don't u think it's funny when the inmates talk about how great the prison is it feels like an one of those infomercials where they're trying to sell me some massage chair bullshit

[@CyberChaos5490]

Seems like this video is better than your last one oooooooooooffffffffffffffffffffffff

[@viccruz2369]

Why do u upload so early

[@Eg9yBoy]

6:27 Mate there was no orange there, dont kid yourself.

[@Rhygenix]

That sounds like a great way to calm down prisoners. What I worry is that they could use those tools to attack other prisoners.

[@Rhygenix]

Dally :/ I don't think those things in cutthroat gangs would care about the guards. I do see it being good for those who have good behaviour.

[@Cacowninja]

They already get tools to attack other prisoners like shivs so this wouldn't be much worse if anything.

[@asasial1977]

So this is going to help a bunch of elderly or borderline elderly men who are probably going to live the rest of their lives in prison?

[@insightgarden2906]

Yes, it does.

[@asasial1977]

Beth Waitkus you missed the whole point of my comment