Former American Inmate Blind Reacts To Prisons Around The World

[@thryssinstitches9655]

I'm glad you're finally seeing Manillas jail. I've mentioned it several times. I have family there (in Manilla not the prison) and was shocked and horrified seeing the state of the people in there. You could do a stand alone react video to their practices there.

[@jonhudak9375]

Not to mention all of the innocent people serving time.

[@Maculata.]

question: what was she in prison for?

[@lifestylebyk]

@@Maculata. drugs

[@Maculata.]

@@lifestylebyk thank you

[@stonecoldsigma]

In my opinion, once a nonviolent offender serves their time, that should be the end of it. The fact that we have such a hard time finding good paying employment and housing is a huge contributor to the recidivism rate.

[@lostinmyshadows]

I agree.

[@cesmith48]

Yes, that is true and completely unfair. I did some research and found that the exclusion is because Insurance Companies refuse to insure companies who hire ex-felons. Licensing agencies make it a Policy to not allow ex-felons to obtain a license. So, you cannot become a Barber at 30 if you have a B & E at 18? Why? The Government offers Insurance to employers hiring ex-felons.

[@cesmith48]

It is important to put people in office who believe in rehabilitation not punishment. Addiction and Mental Illness must be a Public Health Issue not a Criminal Justice Issue.

[@AriaRavenlock]

@@cesmith48 As if the private prison industry would ever let that happen.

[@cesmith48]

@@AriaRavenlock My point is, there should not be a "Private Prison System." The Policy should be rehabilitation. Almost everyone who goes into Prison will come back into Society. It is not up to the System to allow rehabilitation. It Up to Americans to insist on rehabilitation. Prisons must be Governmental Entities and not Private money making Businesses. Prisons must be judged on recidivism rates.

[@AurmazlZudeh]

Sister I'm proud of you ❤️ You went through some shit and you turned yourself into something better. I hope you continue to make content and thrive ✨️

[@Charles-js3ri]

Get rid of private prisons. No profit motive would make things a lot better. Less incentive to cheap out on materials, supplies and training. Allows more discretion on letting people be released early. Also, no prison lobby means less lobbying for batshit things like 3 strike laws or contracts demanding they're siting around 95% capacity. So, we wouldn't be looking at expanding what a criminal offense is.

[@aveymartinez6690]

Im pretty sure biden signed a bill to phase the private prisons

[@Charles-js3ri]

@@aveymartinez6690 He just discontinued most contracts at the federal level. Many of them have gone into the migrant holding center business. They still exist at the state level.

[@anac4950]

Jessica, as someone who studied the law I can’t thank you enough for opening peoples eyes on prisoner rights ❤️

[@hellaSwankkyToo]

between innocent inmates + non-violent offenses i can only imagine how many people are in these over-capacity prisons that truly don't need to be + shouldn't be. this is wild + ridiculous.

[@97derosa]

I owe so much of my willingness to go to you, I listen to you all day and you keep me motivated to do this...

[@NikkiFCO]

My husband did a couple days in the County Jail,an open gym with bunk beds. He said for a few hours a day you’re not allowed to leave your bed and it’s the most tense he’s ever been. He’s been to combat and said he was more nervous in jail, that hit me hard.

[@missymckim9430]

It’s easy……. Treat people as people. Your sentence is your punishment not inhumane conditions. If you help them feel good about themselves, show them they can do and be better, 9 times outta 10 they will be!!! Just look at abusive parents vs nurturing parents and how the kids turn out, 9 times out of 10 they mimic their parents actions. Do better!!! We as a society need to stand up for our fell Americans and demand better for them!!!

[@vins.3572]

Have you been to jail?

[@missymckim9430]

@@vins.3572 well I have not been incarcerated, if that’s what you mean but have worked in the jail

[@xxcallmeniaxx3272]

Yes 100% agree except for child rapists they aren't human 👍🏼

[@cutesyprincess14]

Unless you experience being locked up you have no say so.

[@victoriahope8371]

I mean this as a sincere compliment. Your sound exactly like Larry Lawton. He says this in almost every video he does here on KZbin. I appreciate your message.

[@amandajaydexo]

A Jessica Kent video & chinese food!? (lmao im waiting on some to arrive) 😂 Sounds perfect to me! Sending you all the love! ❤

[@AurmazlZudeh]

Enjoy your food! I just finished my shift at a Thai restaurant but came home with no food 😐

[@97derosa]

Hey Jess just got into rehab so psyched

[@elorahancock3581]

I think immediately some things we need to do are increasing the age of hiring correctional officers from 18 to at least 21. That way there is a stronger likelihood that their brain is a young adult has developed more and so less conflicts will occur between them and inmates. I also think it would be a good idea to require correctional officers to take some sort of psychology class and have a class explaining a lot of the conditions that these inmates came from and maybe why they had to do certain things so that they could have a little more empathy and compassion. If we end of the war on drugs then we can spend less money on prisoners because we will have less people overall and so we can allocate those funds towards paying correctional officers more, and providing those classes and training for them so that they have a better background on the inmates.

[@teresaacevedo1731]

Correction officers go through five months of training prior to going into the prison pods. I have a good friend who just went through the training . It’s a lot of work and they do have to take psychology as well.

[@Ssnap-m7m]

My parents are from El Salvador and I will say that for many people this is not okay but this gang members have no mercy for people so I am sorry but that’s the choice they made . Due to this gang members El Salvador has had a hard time doing better . Thanks to the new president El Salvador is doing a lot better .

[@alyssahamlett]

You don't get to justify torturing any inmate if they did something that horrible then put them to death don't put them somewhere where they can be abused for the rest of their lives that doesn't make us any better than them and you justifying it doesn't make you any better than them... The difference between us and them is we don't want to see people tortured and abused regardless of who they are and if you're justifying that what makes you any different from what you're saying they are

[@Ssnap-m7m]

@@alyssahamlett unfortunately El Salvador is not a country with a lot of money so they have no choice . They are currently working on making new jails and also Jails for under age inmates which is a good thing but until than that’s what needs to happen . So if they don’t want to be in jail don’t commit a crime . Just a month ago the gang members killed over 50 innocent people just to show that they run the country and due to that the president locked up a lot of them . And like the president said if any country is not happy with that than take them and lock them up in one of your country jails . Soo I agree with him .

[@Ssnap-m7m]

@Rach thank you ! El Salvador is such a beautiful country and sadly due to gang Vilance is very scary to visit . But god willing one day it will be safer !!❤️

[@spliced7383]

@@Ssnap-m7m the day has come :)

[@amysorto9574]

Thank you for shedding light on these problems! Especially on these Latin American countries. 🇸🇻🇸🇻🇸🇻

[@DetectivesDaughter]

Jess, my husband is a retired CO of 25 yrs in Idaho…..The meals are NOT good. They don’t spend a dollar a meal, it’s .76 cents. Don’t know how they think Idaho prisons have good meals, but the only good meal they actually get is Thanksgiving meal.

[@elsasartor5596]

You are very inspirational! I used to be a person who thought it didn't matter how prisoners were treated since they broke the law, your story has completely changed my mind. No matter what someone did they should still be treated as a human. Thank you Jessica for educating people on this topic! Please keep up the good content and know that your story is changing the way people think!

[@RBrown-zl6wo]

Jess, couldn’t agree more! Been binging these kinds of videos. Keep up the good work💕

[@lovemysquiggle]

I was thinking about Chris Watts when you said his name😅 Prisons absolutely should be for dangerous criminals only. We need more rehab facilities in the world for other people that need treatment. Not punishment.

[@Ana-vl6rs]

I love this series 💖

[@alyssadana5011]

I agree with all that you say. As an addict too we don’t need jail. We need rehab

[@JohnJohn-lu3tk]

Jessica I just recently started watching your content you truly are beautiful person and do a wonderful job may god bless you & your family.

[@madison.peters]

you have the best videos! thanks for sharing. ik it can be hard sometimes ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@elisabethopp1]

Thanks for never failing to entertain! I am currently quarantining with Covid :(, at least most likely as my whole family has it and I am sick, so thanks for not letting me get bored.

[@Luckyduck82180]

Bummer! Feel better!

[@elisabethopp1]

@@Luckyduck82180 Thank you!

[@brandonmoore_]

Sorry to hear that. Get well soon!!

[@alexisrose6217]

Loving your makeup in this video! You’re glowing boo!! 🔥💕

[@borkbork4124]

Havent finished the vid yet, but Some More News just made a great episode that talks about the fear of crime. Love your videos as always!

[@CopWatchersOfficial]

At Salinas Valley Prison, I used to collect the cigarette butts that the prison guards would smoke and then leave behind I would re-roll them and sell them on the yard for $1.50 each I was constantly told they tasted like wet garbage and was stabbed in my right hand with a 3inch Plexiglas shank over one of these "re-fries" It was a great hustle 🙏

[@AurmazlZudeh]

Just Wow!

[@monkeyboy123545]

I enjoy watching all of your videos Jess

[@Saavik256]

I respect deeply your honesty about things, you are amazing! Stay safe, stay awesome, and I wish you all the best!

[@jacktal7091]

I think this channel is really incredible. It's very compelling seeing survivors of the prison system in this country managing to carve a place for themselves in the outside world, I've been seeing a lot of channels like this recently. It's been proven inarguably that punitive systems don't work to reduce crime or reduce repeat offences in committers, but that's exactly the point of it in the U.S. The system in place in the United States is explicitly designed to keep people in prison as a form of legalized slavery, and slave labor is just one of the uncountable atrocities committed by the system in place. The smallest mistakes more often than not lead to repeat offences because no matter what you did the general public has been conditioned to view ex-criminals as sub-human. Unable to get work, people will turn to crime to support themselves or potentially their families, they'll turn back to addiction being pushed by the pain of their struggle, and they'll have their humanity stripped away from them. To make sure our prisons are filled we put in place laws designed to hurt people, started the war on drugs to ensure that there'd be no shortage of fodder, and on top of that we incarcerate thousands of innocent people regularly, and in fact many courts don't even recognize confessions under interrogation as legitimate evidence for the simple fact that police very, very often force confessions from innocent people just to get their job done with. Even though treating these people with respect, even though working to rehabilitate them rather than punish them would reduce crime, reduce human suffering, it's just not as profitable and it doesn't cater to the enjoyment some people just get from the suffering of others. The American justice system is one of the worst in the first world, and it's not due to incompetence, it's designed to be that way out of malice and greed. Over 30% of the prison population suffers from mental illness and people with physical disabilities get little to no support, it's mostly a place where society sends its unwanted. The content you and others like you produce is no less than positive and wonderful and I appreciate seeing it very deeply. My only hope is that spreading awareness to the evils of it, it's ineffectiveness at reducing crime, and the true intentions behind it will help instigate mass reform on the flawed system as a whole. You're one of the lucky ones that managed to get out, after much struggle and effort against a system designed to keep you within it, and you're an inspiration for your successes.

[@kianatierney]

You should react to 60 days in! A show about people who volunteer to go into prison for 60 days to see what it’s like

[@jennsimpson_backup3333]

I've never been to actual prison, but I've been locked up a few times back when I was in active addiction. The food used to come in these white box thing that was clearly microwaved. How do you make beans and wedges taste bad? Maby it's because I was generally starting to withdraw that it tasted so bad, but dear God..it was inedible. Decent hot chocolate though. I remember that.

[@mam162]

Another super-overcrowded prison system that deserves mention: Rwanda. There were so many participants in the 1994 genocide that there simply isn't enough space to house them all, and it's reflected in the prison population. Gitarama Prison, for example, has an official capacity of just 600 but currently houses around six thousand!

[@shadowcat4529]

And this all plays into the fact that the UK's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is awful and not going to work.

[@catieerickson9531]

I loved this video idea, please do more videos like this. Also another idea, can you share some of your experiences in a NY prison/jail? I’m from NY and would like to see how the system is in the state. Pls see this and comment.

[@katherinekapellen5248]

I agree with you that addicts should be treated like a human and get the help the need, if the inmate is just an addict, but I think you and I both know that drugs bring a lot of violence (drive-by shootings, armed robberies, gangs...) to areas that used to be safe. Their victims are humans too and deserve justice.

[@sewinghippie]

Heya Jess, WA state is having the largest tuberculosis outbreak in 20 years d/t a prison's terrible conditions and probable abuse, would love to see a vid from you about awful prison treatment and how it's effects leech out into the free world/community. Sending lots of love! -Jenny

[@kimmcintyre935]

Morning 🌞 Jessica ✌️💚😎🌺

[@nicolecorrales6935]

OMG, you could watch & react to Unforgivable: a documentary about living as an lgbt gang member in a religious prision in El Salvador. SO GOOD!

[@daniellajeffries7030]

I definitely believe nutrition is important and education about nutrition teaching people about the power of nutrition can help plant the seeds of caring about oneself at the core level of caring about their body.

[@robertz2more154]

Hey Jess… There was a time in Brazil that the prisons in Brazil were so crowded (and terribly planed/people misplaced) that there wasn’t even space on the floor for the people to sleep. So the “weakest “ ones would have to use watch ever they could get ( clothes, blankets, towels) to tie themselves (like wearing these things around their shoulders) to the bars of the cell in order to sleep. They literally slept standing and tied up to the bars so they wouldn’t fall…

[@nadinestewart9279]

Education education education- prison reform can be a heavy topic but showing WHY we need prison form like this video shows is how to spread the word. These videos needs to be watched by politicians, young adults who will be the future leaders, and by social media to get the word out. Nothing will change unless the country sees more of what’s going on behind closed doors on our prisons.

[@Rtytanicj]

Preach sister 🙌. Love you! 💜

[@winterburden]

Thanks Jess!

[@luckynascarcat24]

It’s absolutely disgusting that anyone especially babies have to live in terrible conditions in North Korea just because their them/ parents/ Grandparents said something about government they didn’t like

[@krakendragonslayer1909]

fake news.

[@1lthrnk]

County jail in Kansas labeled as holder 1100 but the county including shipping inmates out of county it has been as high as close to 5000. Along with out of county they use large holding rooms and the gyms

[@TNelly1089]

“Why are some of them so cute though “ 😂 we think a like 😉

[@pattytracey3131]

Spot on Jess!!!!

[@pokemonprofessor2284]

They actually showed a clip from Orange is the New Black. That slop in a bag.

[@marieadelegrosso163]

My mom works on innocence cases (she’s a law professor/researcher) and she mention that a few prisons at one point served a variant of soylant for all meals a day, one of the documentaries she showed her students had a interview where the person in prison said it tasted like drinking vomit

[@felipebgomes8785]

Jess, you should visit Ottawa! They have a hostel that used to be a prison!!

[@brianam5370]

Another amazing video!!! Ride or Die crew for life 💚💜

[@tanyagsw7920]

I wish a jacket would just appear on me when I'm cold. Cool magic trick 🤣

[@cyclopsqueen6988]

❤️❤️❤️

[@elenachiritescu2681]

Interesting video! 🤗The food from the UK prison...this is exactly how my food looks when I cook...😑

[@phils473]

Make no mistake -- prison life in Japan is HELL. The food is the first good thing I have heard about that system. I do agree that way too much is wrong with our system in the US. Keep doing what you're doing, your channel is outstanding!

[@ShesooBreezy]

I love your voice. You should do voice acting and/ or radio on top of your podcast. 😎😎😎

[@dustinnukem5458]

Great video! ☺️ Keep up the great work!

[@amandajaydexo]

Person: Shouldn't of broken the law Me: Cant think of anything better huh? 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Sebadoh1994]

I know I hate when people say that!

[@kathyjones9196]

I spent 20 days in the county jail. It was also the open floorplan with all of the bunk beds. I was on the verge of panic the whole time. I saw many fights, couldn't eat the food and was really just scared the whole time. I'm a type 1 diabetic and was denied medical care. My insulin was cut in half and I'd be yelled at by the nurse when it would come back too high. I learned that I'll never go back.

[@suefontaine5227]

Bang to rights on that Jess!

[@erinhenze]

Crazy to see how the US claims to be the top of everything yet has some of the worst results with recidivisation...

[@Ahmad67475]

You should watch a show called Australia behind bars. They have the full episodes on KZbin. It’s a pretty interesting watch. You should check it out, they go through both male and female prison. Obviously probably a lot of what really goes down is glossed over but it’s still a pretty interesting insight to the Australian Prison system

[@luckym1580]

I tried to save a half Thai half English young man who was deported to Thailand from the UK after 6 years in British prison. He was arrested 4 times, the 3rd time I had to bail him out of an actual jail, they beat his ass purple no food or water, I nearly cried when I saw. he cost me over 4k USD total 😂

[@tomriley5790]

I think Jess missed the point that the repurposed Jails are actually hotels!

[@AuntyStan]

Theres a former jail here in Christchurch, New Zealand, that has been turned into a hotel. Its called the Jail House, its also supposedly haunted. Ive never stayed over night but have visited people staying there and it does have a eerie feeling to the place yet its also really Interesting to see what it was like when it was a jail as most but not all the features have been kept. From memory theres also a museum of sorts on the grounds with all the history of the place

[@erinelizabeth4012]

In Canada when we go to a government funded detox and stabilization we are treated comparatively to someone doing time. All the while buffing people up with synthetic foods.

[@stephanieseahorse4165]

Some prisons in UK have alright food. Similar to a school dinner. Mostly because inmates who are on cooking course make them.

[@chrisemptage1366]

We used to call our uni halls cells at one time I had a room that had enough room for a singe bed a desk and that’s it I hardly had enough room to change luckily it was a room and not a prison still looks like a lot of those cells are bigger than my Third year room.

[@manders.]

I'm so thankful that the food in the CT women's prison was usually good. They had recently put money into the food budget of the state's prisons. However, we were only fed 2000 calories a day. I was detoxing, and I didn't have commissary. I was starving literally 24/7. Used to sneak chicken patties back to my cell to try and save for later. The COs would stand at the exit of the chow hall and force people to empty their pockets/clothing 🙄 Edit- meal times were 4am breakfast 10am lunch, aka second breakfast 4pm dinner And usually, in the morning, they didn't announce chow. They just popped your door. I became a master at waking up to that little click, so I didn't have to go 18 hours between dinner and lunch.

[@bewitchedstars1201]

In my opinion, courses should be offered to inmates. They should be earned by the inmates so that they have the motivation to stay focused on reforming. Skills like gardening, cooking, mechanic stuff, painting, carpenting etc

[@keepitsimple2593]

County jail here has green balogna

[@abigailmacbride6825]

Absolutely horrific

[@blindbookworm8019]

I hope that you are doing well.

[@sweetkixx7437]

Can we talk about how at alot of jails like in Oakland County, Michigan, a lot of the food they serve is labeled "not for human consumption"

[@kaitlyndobson3281]

At my prison we do grow our own fruit and veggies. The bigger ones at the state capital has a cow farm.

[@gracie3827]

To help with the US prison problem: I'm from England and I'm still in school but one day I hope to be a criminologist, maybe I can make a difference in that job?

[@sharonmartin2356]

When I was at university (Liverpool, UK), we had an old jail turned into student accommodation. Had some very famous notorious prisoners. However still not ok.

[@6NBERLS]

I've heard that ten years in prison will make a person psychologically incapable of living in regular society again. Is there any truth in this?

[@alyssahamlett]

no but it will have lasting effects. I know a celly of mine who did 10 flat so did her husband n they're thriving now have their own place good jobs and is raising her granddaughter. difference is the help u have when u get out, if u have family to help ur a lot better off

[@thegirlwitheeyes1232]

"Fuck you bro, you should be there" 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@sarahgebhardt404]

that´s the only video about food that doesn´t make me hungry

[@Wee_Catalyst]

In the US the profit derived from prisons and jails is such a driving factor to its severe issues It’s working exactly as it’s designed to with regards to recidivism 😞

[@lovebug9386]

Been to Sebastian county a couple times and yes a lot of times it was 3-4 per cell and yes you had to step over people and shit right next to them. At one point we had a rule where you announce you need to go and everyone would sit on bottom bunk looking at the wall but, at 2-3 am. That's not super fun to have to get up out of a dead sleep for someone to shit...

[@LavenderLushLuxury]

Good reaction, Vid

[@maxpillow5843]

Yes it was loft I was served that

[@helRAEzzzer]

There are A LOT of issues surrounding the Japanese legal system in general. I definitely recommend looking into how many crimes genuinely get brushed off as being the victims fault/problem to deal with - stalking and molestation being HUGE issues in Japan. It goes all but completely ignored when reporting, if reported. Molestation of women on trains is so prevalent that there are women's only train cars in an attempt to protect them from molestation. If a victim physically fights back against these crimes then the victim is the one arrested because "they didn't physically harm you." There really isn't much legal way to defend yourself while the victim is more expected to defend themselves rather than have them arrested, even by the police's standards. The cops often convince victims to just drop the charges. Japan's low crime rate isn't entirely accurate to the reality. They're handling of booking and convicting can often lead to innocence people being locked up for years (more so than in America). The complaints they listed here from Japanese inmates isn't as laughable as suggested within Japan's extreme hierarchical culture - for example it's only concidered appropriate to compliment someone if they're below you in status (or close friends); otherwise it's concidered insulting to their own social status and by extention them as people. Those meals are also more or less what is served as school meals in Japan - fun fact.

[@davegordon6943]

I missed the grass more than anything. Just wanted to lay in it. We never got to go outside

[@suefontaine5227]

I've seen this one. The prisons in the southern US states are horrible. 90% are serving life. There should be rehabilitation programs. Most can be rehabilitated.

[@Askalott]

We need to decriminalize all substances.

[@krakendragonslayer1909]

start with Uranium, Anthrax and Sarin

[@oksanaivanovna1207]

A video on the Black Dolphin Russia prison?

[@chrisemptage1366]

I just want to point out British food is not bad Some of its amazing like rye Cornish Pasty is amazing.

[@ehowiehowie7850]

In the videos i have seen of usa prisons you need to give people basics like knickers (underwear), pads, soap and toilet roll, train prison offers /staff to not bully & intimidate & give prisoners purpose. Also need good food & exercise and basic soap and shampoo. I think growing and produving food is a good idea

[@_faultee_]

Those 1 person cells in Rikers usually have 3 people in them FYI.

[@natashaw401]

Frig wtf. Watching from Toronto Ontario Canada

[@felinehermetica]

Ugh.. I just remember being so hungry, all the time in county jail...that alabama tray looks so sad, I almost cried for those people. I've been in jails that didn't have hot meals at all. Just white bread for breakfast and one slice of bologna on more white bread for lunch and dinner. 😤 I got locked up so often [ during my addiction, in my 20s ] that I had a strategic way of eating, or actually, not eating just so I wouldn't stretch my stomach even a little bit and then have to feel hungry. Depending on the jail, Id only eat my breakfast tray & the main part of the dinner tray. NEVER eat the potatoes. Save the sad crumbly piece of cake, or extra bread for a midnight snack. If I happened to have a sugar daddy for a bid, it was all hook ups and swiss rolls.😂 Id give my tray to someone else.

[@kookadams85]

The food in CA @ Chino I thought wasn't bad; wasn't enough tho.

[@shadowcat4529]

10:54 I'd just like to point out that 3000 calories is too much. Women are recommended 2000 calories per day and for men it's 2500. The solution to reduce calorie intake is not to make portions smaller, but to change the diet, with less carbs and adding more fruit and veg to get nutrients as well.

[@sammyrizzo1199]

The wooden furniture sounds good until someone breaks off a piece and makes a shank.

[@louiseaasb6520]

Im so proud to come from Norway, not perfect but pretty good❤️

[@kristinaArmstrong87]

I love how honest you are with your reactions and absolutely love you and your videos.... wishing you the best....and love that you can't keep plants alive lol

[@crazybulldogspiperpennyshe1523]

Thank you for making people to see that there are other places that are tons worse then USA. When I went to jail. I was so scared but most of the people were really nice. Plus, had ok food. I hate when people that are in jail or prison that act like it is so very bad. Yes, I know there are different places in USA that some are good & some are like they are in hell. I was learned that no matter what. There are tons of people or places that is worse then my life. We all need to respect others no matter what happens to you, your family or friends all up to people that are nothing to me or you. We don't know & they don't know about our lives or their lives.

[@rachaelkopp3792]

Yet back in '08 (in MI)the state meal budget was .41/per inmate!!! SMH

[@ElineMargot]

I live in sweden and I cannot agree more. Only dangerous criminals should be locked up, for the safety of the people, until they are rehabilitated and evaluated to be well enough to come back to society. Our prisons are overcrowding and still we have such stupid laws. For violent crimes it’s very little time, but don’t download movies online or you’ll face like 20 years in prison, where the child rapist got 2. It’s insane. Hurt people = state feels sorry for you and give you barely and time at all. Commit a crime with tax or money motive = state locks you up for good🤷🏼‍♀️