Kids Are Ending Up in the “Alcatraz of the South” | Inside Story

[@VICENews]

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[@huskydadtokoda]

I was arrested when I was 15 but the police "lost" the report on the day of my trial and the case was dismissed. I got so lucky. This piece made me cry

[@globaladdict]

Well what was the charge?

[@huskydadtokoda]

@@globaladdict possession of marijuana in KY 2004

[@Saturnia2014]

@@huskydadtokoda You are very lucky that report was lost, dude

[@DonnySimpanero]

I spent 32 months of my life from age 12 in a juvenile prison in Texas (TYC). The abuse was so rampant it was insane. I spent 276 days in Segregation at one point. My original sentence was 9 months but time kept getting added for self harming myself (yes you heard that right) I was finally released on a Mental Illness discharge. The horror stories I can tell you aren’t for the faint of heart. Would love to tell my experience to vice!

[@sandrasteele976]

Start a KZbin channel, you don't have to show your face. You never know what can become of your stories.

[@perosieshtasiguaal3697]

I bet you ended there because you were a great student and never hurt nobody. Welcome to the real world where actions has consequences you criminal

[@vedob5163]

Do you think you would have been better off if there was programs that sent you somewhere else to show you that life is a lot bigger than just your neighborhood.

[@whiteprivilege7961]

You sound like a broken human. Do you have blue hair ?

[@retardedclown90]

Same was in TYC at 10 to 14. small white 90lb kid thrown to the wolves. Supposed to be a one year sentence, but I got tired of being a victim. I fought back. I spent an entire year in seg. I have seen it all riots, rapes, I was stabbed twice and once was just for coming out of my cell. I am 32 now and I still feel, smell, and have nightmares of those experiences. Imagine being 10 years old locked up with 10-20 year old males.

[@shari9721]

KIDS should absolutely NOT be kept in solitary confinement AT ALL , they should NOT be inside an adult jail AT ALL! Smfh

[@StraightFelon]

They aren’t in an adult jail, juvenile is different. They are 100% separated by age . Most of these kids are scum, I’ve seen them. That said solitary for youth is wrong. I’ve seen multiple dudes who did long solitary terms and they were fucked up. They all had this weirdness about them. They’d do these little tics, like looking to the side randomly as if they saw something out of the corner of their eye. 1000 yard stare, etc.

[@jasonmorgan1768]

And they weren’t in the adult population they were up front 2 miles from any major adult dorm

[@jerrimenard3092]

I know a man who went to Angola at 17. I need to tell him about this. The abuse he went through was so sick and twisted! Jack, this is for you! Cry as much as you need to. We love you Brother!

[@ericguillot6402]

I had a first cousin got put in Angola very young. He got out 15 years ago, but he still carried too much of his year there with him every day. He took his own life less than 5 years after getting released. A few months before his death he told me every time he closed his eyes he was right back behind bars. We were raised in a time when you didn't talk about any mental problems you were facing. We were told to man tf up and deal with it. So he tried, he just didn't have the tools.

[@Atheism-And-Normative-Ethics]

Thank you for sharing

[@incognitoburrito6006]

It sucks man. Doing time, 23 hours in a cell and 30 minutes out. It ruined me. I now have to take multiple benzodiazepines and lithium. Most likely for the rest of my life.

[@openranks4519]

Cousin was a beta complete beta male🤡

[@openranks4519]

@@incognitoburrito6006stop lying 🤥 🧢 lithium isn’t prescribed anymore

[@ericguillot6402]

@@openranks4519 coming from an internet tough guy, and obviously someone who has never experienced extended state sponsored mental and physical torture, your opinion counts for negative meaning points. If only beta males took this route out, than explain the overwhelming number of military vets, with years of combat experience, of which your video games don't make you an expert, that take their own lives? Some of which, i would venture to guess could have been traumatized by torturing others. So they're all just soft right? Lol at least you can admit that you're a clown. I'll give you points for that.

[@ModernHorrorGaming]

In 2012-13 I went to boot camp in Illinois for a non violent marijuana possession. It was a 4 month program that ended up taking 9 months of my life because of "Bed space". I ended up being at a reception center called Statesville which was supposed to be a 2 week hold, ended up being let know we were going to be held for atleast 120 days to get to bootcamp. Stateville is not for people to stay at for over a few weeks. It is a max security prison with a reception center. It is the same reception center for Chicago Illinois. I was in a solitary cell for 96 days of the 127 days I waited there. We were in the cells described above, 24 hour lock down, barely any food, and 1 shower a week. 96 days in solitary confinement for a 23 year old first time marijuana offender. This might be the first time i posted this anywhere, I really dont like to think about it. Its happening all over the country and has been for a long time. Thanks for your reporting.

[@doctorcolossus5096]

Thanks for sharing. 96 days of solitary for weed is just insane.

[@ricolinii]

i pray you find peace and can shake that off your mental dude

[@Saturnia2014]

And now weed is legal in Illinois, right? That's so ridiculous that you had to go through so much crap because of some weed 😠

[@trteeerryfse-wy2ww]

It's godawful it's appalling

[@paulfletcher3998]

It's not just the people of Louisiana that know about the horror of this prison. I live in the UK, right out in the Dorset countryside and I've heard about this place. The American 'justice' system is inhumane.

[@boiboithegreat2483]

From the age of 3 until 18 I grew up in the NY system. All I knew was violence. By the Time I became an adult and went to real jail, I already had the experience to deal with it due to the multiple(50+) different group homes/residential centers/Juvie. The only way we knew how to show affection was to make someone bleed for the person. I knew my friend Derrick loved me because he stabbed a kid who was bullying me when I was 11. We didn’t show affection with hugs and that soft stuff. Only the strong survived and I’m glad to say that I’m a Home Health nurse now and I no longer hold on that pain from the system

[@TI.T.O]

Hey man that’s amazing what you’ve been able to overcome, thank you for sharing.

[@boiboithegreat2483]

@@TI.T.O No problem

[@LoneTreeAdventures]

As an employee for Utah's Juvenile Justice Youth Services I tell you this system is broken. Utah supposedly leads the way for how juvenile corrections should be done yet our system is crippled by the legislature. I hope one day we can fix this for the sake of our residents (aged between 14-25)

[@Maya_Pinion]

Hope Springs eternal. Takes actual caring and action probably...✌️

[@-AyeYallThereGoLaFlare-]

I was in jack jones juvenile in pine bluff ark and everybody be 23&1 no exception , n they make it easy af to come back. Arguin w ya ppl or bad grades or gettin wrote up at school type easy.

[@zgk815]

Can you explain pls. What specifically stands out as particularly broken in the Utah system? I’m new to this subject but if Utah is considered good I would really appreciate your answer to put it into context.

[@peterjohnston5187]

Hey @penrod1768, I’m a journalist for KSL Newsradio in Utah and am interested in hearing more. What kind of problems are you referring to?

[@DivineValentino]

Honestly I think we need Angola and Rikers still for these yutes in nyc and teach them this is your future if you act up I know a few that deserve it personally

[@BizzeeB]

10:00 - damn, this dude's out there literally saving lives - give him ALL the respect.

[@ms.woolfolk6011]

I thank my amazing black men such as him that are out there doing the Lord's work, helping save our POC from the prisons, one case at a time. He will def have a spot reserved in heaven.

[@Leo-z1v]

I have seen a lot of young kids make one mistake and would be incarcerated instead being offered the proper help.They are turning these young ppl into monsters on purpose. They way they are treated should be considered crimes against humanity

[@Jimmy1982Playlists]

🎯🎯🎯💯🙏🏼 AMEN!!! _PREACH!!!_ That's the prison-industrial complex and reich-wing reactionary politics. Just reading some of these comments is enough to make me wanna vomit... it's the same ones who call these children "heathens" and "animals" who hold up criminals like Ashli Babbitt and Donald Trump as martyrs and heroes, who think their people are being "oppressed" for being jailed for their insurrection attempt! Who claim they're "being oppressed" for being white people who can't subjugate minorities whenever they want anymore. Who see equality as oppression. And 99% of these people claim to be "Christians", who live by Jesus' example, and wanna force Christianity onto everyone, which no separation of church and state. Yet they don't know anything about the Bible or the Constitution - they're too busy waving them over their heads to stop and actually read what's inside of them! The atheists I know are FAR better Christians than these clowns.

[@yemo34]

So that excuses their crimes?

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

@J Dawg Opportunity for love happens in the family and so does strong moral values. There's no amount of money the Gov can throw at the problem to fix lack of love and orientation. Government can help with opportunities but for that children must be already socialized, otherwise nothing will work.

[@packinwood2009]

It really is like that. They really want you in the system, especially when you are young. And once you are in it, they will do everything to keep you in. One stupid decision is all it takes. There is no attempt to help you learn and get back on track. Its all set up to get you when you are down and keep you down forever.

[@yemo34]

@J Dawg XD thirty years ago having kids in your early twenties was normal. Oh my God, get outta here!

[@patientfirbolg3299]

“A society should be judged not by how it treats its outstanding citizens but by how it treats its criminals.” - Fyodore Dostoyevsky

[@isaakjunkeer785]

That’s one of the most worthless quotes I’ve ever heard. You must be a sex offender.

[@patientfirbolg3299]

@@isaakjunkeer785 Read "The Brothers Karamazov" by Dostoyevsky. Either of us would be fortunate to be as impactful as Doestoyevsky was. "You must be a sex offender." C'mon now, you're better than that comment.

[@Jimmy1982Playlists]

@@patientfirbolg3299 All these right-wingers in the comments who say atrocious things about these kids say they live according to Jesus' teachings - Jesus said _you judge a society by how it treats its prisoners..._ 🙄🤦‍♂️SMH I highly doubt that person is better than that comment!

[@leahflower9924]

By how it treats it's kids and disabled

[@tioswift3676]

Nah. Criminals had their chance. They’re still human so shouldn’t be put in vile conditions, but they chose to be there.

[@RV_Chef_Life]

Another reason I left Louisiana after 42 years and having grown up there. Prisons are a business in LA and they imprison more people in that state more than any rate in the world.

[@Jimmy1982Playlists]

Unfortunately, it's BIG BUSINESS everywhere in this sick country... just like hospitals. This is what god-awful, extremist right-wing policies get a country. It even infected the Democratic Party, with their establishment "neoliberalism" (Republican-lite). Ronald Reagan and Reaganism is the worst thing to ever happen to this country in modern times. Ever since the late early '80s, they've rolled back almost all the gains made in the Civil Rights era and made many things even worse...

[@dfoolz]

I just read about the Angola Rodeo and how it mismanaged funds for years. Unbelievable...

[@The_Quaalude]

Slavery is still alive

[@terrellshilo630]

@@dfoolz I've lived here in Louisiana all my life and I love my state. I hate the way out state is governed tho. It could be very much better across the board but the hard part is getting the right people into the right places to make it right and better. It's so much under the table shits going on with the politicians here is unbelievable. Secret dealings that been in play over many years, and that's probably the biggest hurdle to getting right people in place. And it's on both sides, republican and democrat. The Angola rodeo is something that everyone should experience. Very entertaining and fun, and the food is amazing. The inmates that follow prison rules and behavior for long periods of their sentence are the ones who get to put on the events. They do everything and their rewards are being outdoors for a few weeks, among free citizens, meeting people, eating better food, and just having more fun than being behind the walls and bars for most of the year. And the ones that makes crafts gets to display and sell their stuff. Only thing is the prison keeps most of the proceeds from everything. Really insane business practices and definitely corrupt. Typical Louisiana business, smh

[@firstlast8258]

Bye

[@theempoweredman7353]

This is like a concentrating camp for kids. This is beyond insane. Putting kids in a super max prison is straight up cruel.

[@madeintexas1213]

I spent time in juvie as a kid and I will say that now as a 29 year old adult. The things these grown men and women guards would do to us is just insane. They were more childish then the kids I was locked up with smh. I’m not saying some kids don’t deserve juvie but sending them to adult prison is outrageous. Here is Texas we have “prisons” for kids called TYC. Not the same as juvie it’s for more long term type sentences or repeat offenders. I’m not sure how I feel about any of it. Except maybe more supervision on guards who watch these kids in these facilities.

[@mortenle]

We can pass laws to help keep kids out of solitary, yet like one of the kids said, "Who's actually there to observe? No one."

[@76678-m]

So in America, kids can’t legally drink alcohol or vote…but they can go to an adult prison? What’s the logic behind that?

[@witcheshour9718]

Kids in America are different. These kids would kill you in a heartbeat. These kids were raised without any parental supervision. They are dangerous. Some ppl are born losers

[@Jimmy1982Playlists]

Pure, cold-blooded cruelty! Modern Republicanism is cruelty personified.

[@76678-m]

@@witcheshour9718 not only is that statement baseless, but it doesn’t even answer my question. Kindly go away.

[@ariw9405]

I balled my eyes out “I wonder if they know my son is loved” because I’ve been here. That feeling of helplessness of utter fear for your child that this system looks at like an adult.

[@SophisticatedDogCat]

And the insufferable individuals who say “well if you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime” well many sentences dished out are wildly disproportionate. 15 years hard time for a robbery at a convenience store where nobody got hurt is ridiculous. To illustrate the absurd with the absurd, would these clowns also say that if punishment for jaywalking was a year in prison? No. There must be change.

[@karllager2214]

@@SophisticatedDogCat how much time should someone get for using a gun, under the threat of death get? The recent tx case is the outcome of that game. Robbery is violence.

[@Joseph-lr3lt]

@@SophisticatedDogCat and the store clerk, oh yeah ,there is another element to this---- guess who the real victim is

[@SophisticatedDogCat]

@@Joseph-lr3lt That’s the wrong approach for law. Crime and punishment shouldn’t be about the emotional ties to the victim. Feelings shouldn’t be involved with law and order. Today’s inmates are tomorrow’s neighbors. Severe and long punishment does nothing but make criminals worse, as we continue to see with our current “tough on crime” mentality and legislature.

[@openranks4519]

You failed as a parent…you should be locked up!!

[@haret0n]

this is brilliant. i watch and read a lot about justice systems internationally. my father was a criminal defence lawyer and so was i. he is dead now and i have changed career but i still am interested in penal reform and justice. here in new zealand we have an unusually high rate of incarceration. particularly of maori people. it is wrong. and sad. this documentary is insightful, sensitive and very smart. it doesn't exploit or patronize. it is tender and wise. thank you.

[@pearlcallender2780]

Thank you for explaining and educating the world about such atrocities. Also we must give tangible efforts. Thank you.

[@MiniM69]

Such an amazing idea! Thanks for doing this series.

[@creampuff4721]

Imagine that being your last moments, being stuck with needles over and over again for 3 hours wondering each time if that's the one that's going to kill you, that is so terrible.

[@cageybee7221]

i fucking hate the idea that this is only bad when it's kids. EVERYONE NEEDS HELP. it's bad to do this to ANYONE.

[@Jimmy1982Playlists]

🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯💯🙏🏼 _AMEN!_ The prison-industrial complex does nothing to rehabilitate anybody... they look at these prisoners as lifelong money-making opportunities, to make money on them as long as they're institutionalized - including once they're out of jail! Solitary confinement is a brutal torture technique, which should be outlawed... it breaks down ANYBODY put in there long enough into a broken, paranoid wreck.

[@melissaverduin3693]

Mind blowing!😳 Kid's brains aren't even fully developed until they're 25 yrs old. It's just awful ...the cruelty & racism in America! We need to keep calling for change from the top down!

[@roaxle]

“Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done.” - Bryan Stevenson

[@firstlast8258]

Speak for yourself

[@vedob5163]

children should be removed from their violent surroundings, easiest way for them is to just lock you up instead of having programs to actually show how beautiful life can be thats usually all kids need. Most kids are are so ingrained in there neighborhoods and violence because thats literally all they know. All you have to do is send them somewhere peaceful around people that know how to deal with kids and be leaders. It should be a program thats further away from home so that kids realize theres more to life than a little neighborhood

[@incognitoburrito6006]

I’m 24. Made stupid decisions. Had to register as a drug defender and did time for being pulled over with handguns even though I’m over 21 they hit me with a felony. I’m currently doing the rest of my time on ankle monitor and 2 years of felony probation. I have aspirations to join the military to turn my life around, these were my first offenses. I just hope I can get them dropped so I can truly better my life.

[@user-eh2hj8bx6O]

I'm rooting you on ❤️

[@joeb134]

Be careful what you ask for. Mississippi use to have a prison for juveniles called Walnut Grove. It was the worst prison in the state until it was shut down. It turns out kids are much more violent when isolated like that

[@IndicatedGoodLife]

It was just a very shitty run facility. This doesn't mean kids should be treated like adults.

[@isaakjunkeer785]

@@IndicatedGoodLife if a 16yr old kills something someone he should do the same amount of time as an adult, just in a facility that houses kids. Letting some kid out after he turns 25 just to commit crime again is pointless.

[@joeb134]

@@IndicatedGoodLife That's good because I never meant to imply otherwise. Just giving the facts on juvenile facilities

[@JimmyCrackCorn_]

@@joeb134 So let me guess genius, house minors in adult prisons right?

[@IndicatedGoodLife]

@@isaakjunkeer785 This makes me mad. But sure.

[@alienhazy]

I was in solitude my entire formative years and it drove me insane. the things your mind will do to itself due to the lack of stimulation is something I never want any other kid to experience

[@ropeysubstance1719]

then don't do crime. not rocket science.

[@aishatgns8154]

An excellent and powerful series! So many emotions drawn. I will make sure to share your series and spread the word get the message across. God bless!

[@joeb134]

19:49. I know this feeling as an adult, couldn't imagine as a teenager

[@Monk-eee]

I don't understand why the system wants to "break" our kids instead of wanting to teach them the right way or a better way. They are friggen KIDS for fuk sake!! Kids have to be taught things they don't "just know" how to be somebody, that's what us adults are for. Not all kids have great influences growing up and in that case we should want to help them and show them what they don't know. Showing them violence will only teach them violence...... DUH

[@firstlast8258]

“Our kids”

[@Monk-eee]

@@firstlast8258 your quotations around our kids means what....?

[@Monk-eee]

@@firstlast8258 you're probably 12 and don't have any so ✌

[@firstlast8258]

@@Monk-eee 🤓

[@Monk-eee]

@@firstlast8258

[@ritterbyronllc]

Idiots, setting these kids up for failure but what do they care?! It’s more money for their system, never forget prison is a buisness

[@BrendaTorres-js9ke]

I am so heartbroken to hear about the abusive, unfair treatment to the children who need help not increasing punishment or torture. There is an opportunity to visit this challenge and gather those who want to help.This is so serious and needs more exposure! Thank you for sharing this painful truth. May God provide justice through exposure and bring help to the crying hearts of the confined children.

[@JerryGarciaPOBox]

Judges, prosecutors, pigs, and private prison owners are despicable. Louisiana gets charged 49K per inmate(at least it did 5-10 years ago). What is the average income in Louisiana! The corrupt politicians who enable this are subhuman.

[@Jimmy1982Playlists]

Exactly. They don't see a prisoner as someone in need of rehabilitation... theysee the prisoner as a money-making opportunity! And the longer they can be kept institutionalized in the system, the more money that can be made off them... what the companies make off the _phone calls_ to prisoners is obscene!

[@firstlast8258]

Takes a pig to know a pig

[@sisig2414]

I have watched the film with Michael B Jordan, and this was the 1st time I had heard of Bryan Stevenson, so it great to see him on here. He is a true humanitarian for his work.

[@allissonjacobisaacson6190]

Every person I grew up with that was put into institutions like this, came out changed for the worse.

[@plaidpanda]

_Worse,_ but yes, I don't doubt it.

[@Jimmy1982Playlists]

🎯🎯🎯💯🙏🏼 Amen! This is what divestment in communities for over 40+ years looks like... this is what right-wing, Republican policies, a result of Reaganism, gets a nation. We're slowly becoming a failed state. Prisons, like hospitals, are Big Business and the motive is not to rehabilitate a prisoner, but make money off them. This is what privatization does... extremist right-wing and "neoliberal" (moderate right-wing) policies are a total failure. Elect progressives and vote out all Republicans, and those Democrats who uphold the establishment.

[@jacobcrumb3323]

AlliSpellCheckerSon keeping you in check!

[@allissonjacobisaacson6190]

@@plaidpanda I think my ADHD kicks in and I start rambling using voice to text and not do any grammar of spelling checks. Hey!!!! We have the same name.

[@allissonjacobisaacson6190]

@@jacobcrumb3323 hey!! My first reply, has the same name as me. And your reply, is my husband's first name!!?? I'm buying a scratch off lotto ticket tonight. Because what are the odds?!

[@CG37372]

This is a difficult matter. Crime in Louisiana is so rough, and the majority of crimes committed in Louisiana happen to be by juvenile men. No kid should have to held in solitary. But on the other hand, there’s little places to put these individuals, at Angola that’s the last stop it’s a death camp effectivel. There needs to be a plave for young individuals to recover and learn from their mistakes. But in Louisiana that’s just not possible. We have a terrible financial and expensive health system. So for now it’s just a limbo state for many. And with the rise in brutal crime it’s just going to raise the amount of people going to Angola.

[@panama_juan]

I had never heard of Bryan Stevenson before seeing this video, but he has an insightful analysis on our criminal justice system. It's built to create hardened criminals by not giving young offenders a second chance and sending them into downward spiral. Treating an individual, especially a minor, as a violent criminal for one mistake they made is absurd. Our "correctional" justice system does the exact opposite and turns them into the very thing we're trying to prevent.

[@idenou9577]

I work in a juvenile in California (mental health). Nowadays, CA only houses kids in JH for very serious offenses. more often than not, these kids have gotten multiple chances and present a clear danger to society (and themselves). Unfortunately, well-meaning activists and "reformers" have stripped probation from using disciplinary measures or enforcement of boundaries (i.e., no pepper spray, and no plastic handcuff) in the name of restorative justice. The result is the juvenile hall is out of control (assaults, drugs, property destruction). The intimates run the place. If you were to see the things that go on, you would think twice about the naiveties spewed in documentaries like this.

[@beautifulChapin16]

I would recommend the movie “just mercy”. It’s based on him! Michael b Jordan portrays him. You’ll see him even more inspirational

[@jimr9499]

Facts. Even calling it a "correctional" facility is ironic and cruel. There is no correction, there is no rehabilitation. It's nothing punitive punishment.

[@RebelRouserEsq]

Look him up. He’s been working in social and racial justice for decades…incredible work

[@AwokenEntertainment]

Amazing story hearing about his great grandfather learning to read and then reading newspapers so all the recently-freed.. inspiring to see the legacy being carried on through these education videos

[@SophisticatedDogCat]

Incarceration should be about rehabilitation, not about punishment. We have already tried harsh punishment-style imprisonment, and it failed time and time again and continues to fail. It’s time we CHANGE THE SYSTEM.

[@Jimmy1982Playlists]

🎯🎯🎯💯🙏🏼 AMEN!!!

[@idenou9577]

I work in a juvenile in California (mental health). Nowadays, CA only houses kids in JH for very serious offenses. more often than not, these kids have gotten multiple chances and present a clear danger to society (and themselves). Unfortunately, well-meaning activists and "reformers" have stripped probation from using disciplinary measures or enforcement of boundaries (i.e., no pepper spray, and no plastic handcuff) in the name of restorative justice. The result is the juvenile hall is out of control (assaults, drugs, property destruction). The intimates run the place. If you were to see the things that go on, you would think twice about the naiveties spewed in documentaries like this.

[@Saturnia2014]

There must be order, but abuse of power by the guards is also a problem too

[@warhandz]

I teared up a lil bit. We gotta do more guys. To help younger people navigate through this world. If we don't the government is just going to keep making money off of lost souls

[@mykellacarter7322]

Another great piece by Vice news!! Thank you for shedding light on this topic

[@nategomes1719]

Kids are growing. I grew up hard and every kid I knew that got sent to the y or dys came out worse. Not better. It’s not a learning environment and growing experience it’s more of kids having to be even harder to survive or come out with more connections to kids that are going through similar things and end up linking up and hustling robbing stealing just to survive.

[@Jimmy1982Playlists]

Exactly... the prison-industrial complex is BIG BUSINESS! They don't see these prisoners as people in need of rehabilitation - they see them as _money-making opportunities,_ who they can keep in the system for the rest of their lives. It's sickening! _This is what happens when you divest from communities for over 40 years..._ you can thank the reich-wing deity, Ronald Reagan, and the "Reagan Revolution" for that divestment! Reaganism is Trumpism with a sheen of corny sentiment smeared all over it to make it appear more respectable. It's not... it's all the same sickness. This is the worst thing that's ever happened to this country in modern times and it's been a 40+ yr experiment in anti-govt corporatist oligarchy in this nation... and it's a total failure, unless you're in the 1%!

[@grmpEqweer]

Some crime will just happen, but most street crime, blue collar crime, represents the fallout from society having failed its' vulnerable people.

[@joeb134]

We use to have a prison for minors in Mississippi. It was the most violent prison in the state before it was shut down. I never met anyone who came out of there "normal". Alot of them committed suicide or turned out extremely violent and ended up back in prison

[@yemo34]

Maybe we need a more permanent solution for these "people..."

[@Flumpadorus]

@@yemo34 good idea, a permanent change to the criminal justice system and a permanent change to addressing children in poverty, which the US has the largest percentage of when compared to our OECD counterparts.

[@malc.malc510]

Powerful stuff & my seeing my hometown of Richmond in there threw me for a whole loop. Great reporting

[@FerociousPancake888]

That last piece was beautiful. Really great video. We need change. Not soon, now.

[@firstlast8258]

Speak for yourself

[@Iexapro]

The ways this country treats its most vulnerable has become something everyone is indifferent to. The way these children are treated in these prisons would have them removed from their homes on the outside but it’s somehow okay to place them in an abusive environment if it’s in the name of ‘Justice’.

[@Bojan-tg2vk]

Another great story from Vice.Keep up the good work!👏👏👍

[@issa23]

"Land of the free"... As a Canadian, I want to thank you for this Vice, it helps remind me to never move down south every winter ;)

[@witcheshour9718]

Oooooooooooooo Canada. Land no one desires

[@Monk-eee]

and it reminds me of why I'd love to move north of the border.... I'm so close but yet still so far away. CT 😆

[@chris323]

So theres no prisons in Canada what an idiot

[@issa23]

@JudgeDredd37 I meant the stats hun; Everyone got their own problems "Eh". No need to get defensive buddy 😉

[@firstlast8258]

@@Monk-eee bye

[@leemarvinhitchmanciaratell3450]

😔I was born in prison. I’ve done 20 years in and out since I was 20. Both my parents were addicts and were both inside when I was born. I finally got off crack cocaine after getting addicted when I was a teenager. I’ve been clean off crack since 2012 and not been back to prison since 2012. I am NOT going to die in prison. Sub for more x

[@Jimmy1982Playlists]

Bless you! 🙌 It's always great to hear someone make it out... I very easily could've ended up institutionalized in the system, as chronic illness got me addicted to medication. So grateful to have survived and be in a good place, tho I'm still quite sick and disabled. Keep being good to yourself!

[@notaperson9831]

Right on!! I was clean for 5 years but recently relapsed after a traumatic experience. Trying to get my life together 💜 You’re a real one!

[@luciannebeans6679]

Some of your best work yet. Outstanding documentary. Award worthy.

[@reptocilicus]

22:10 Then it sounds like we need to change “the world around them” that is telling them they need to act tougher than they are. Why do they feel they need to act so tough?

[@aprilsmith3683]

This was most enlightening... Thank you... 🇿🇦

[@b1646717]

I learned a lot about all of myself(s) in solitary. I also learned that I could do 2000 push-ups in 8 hrs.

[@ghuldorgrey]

Only 2000 in 8 hours🤣?! Mf weak af

[@LJ.Papineau]

Protection and solitary are not the same thing.

[@seriouslypagan6904]

Thanks for this video, every voice helps.

[@BIGJBIGEBIGC]

The four scumbags that did horrendous things to that LSU student need to be in there for what they did to her. Even the 17yr old and even that lawyer defending them that said her being drugged meant she liked it.

[@RiVer-Parish]

How did a dead woman file a police report? please explain that to me

[@birdflipper]

What the guy said during the last 30 second of this video left me questioning what am I supposed to do or feel in a similar situation? Yes, many people do get nervous and cross the street when approaching a group of teens that are causing a scene or appear potentially dangerous. For him to imply that doing so is somehow racist or stereotyping is not necessarily true, after all he himself committed a violent crime as a teenager and knows better than anyone what kids are capable of, and the only way not to become a victim is to stay aware of your surroundings and avoid potentially dangerous situations.

[@SonofAGunFrom410]

Congratulations on the show brother!

[@unitedchainsofamerica]

This series is AWESOME! Bryan Stevenson that man can talk very good. I gave up on America I moved out of the the country I'm so scared to go back. Best decision I ever made never had a problem but America now I teach high School in Cambodia.

[@WhoamI20233]

Like Cambodia has never had any issues….

[@unitedchainsofamerica]

@@WhoamI20233Aw man it's the most free place I've been to. way better than America!

[@WhoamI20233]

@@unitedchainsofamerica did you give up your American citizenship?

[@unitedchainsofamerica]

@@WhoamI20233 I would. if I had to choose.

[@rridderbusch518]

You teach English? Your grammar and punctuation are horrific!

[@AbhikSensational]

How are people like Bryan Stevenson not the norm in the US. I can’t imagine how tbis country has so many children in prison!

[@MysonKirby]

I agree 💯 that no juvenile under 17 should be in prison. The youngest person put to death in 1944 , was 14 , for a crime he did not commit. Fact.

[@2eightfoe]

Back to the slave days it’s ppl younger

[@AliveBoldTV]

15:36 This part!!! Everyone involved in this violence is impacted!

[@charlesjohnson73]

Here is a crazy idea, how about instead of complaining about kids in prisons, I don't know don't commit the crime.

[@mattsmokes2505]

I love this so much. The US justice system is so broken. Just fuels the cycle of abuse and poverty that then fuels addiction and violence. The cycle goes on and on. All in the name of the mighty dollar.

[@Jimmy1982Playlists]

Gotta feed that prison-industrial complex! 🙄🤦‍♂️SMH A _cycle of abuse_ is exactly the beat way to put it...

[@witcheshour9718]

Believe or not the prison system is 5% of America economy. Sad but true it's a cliche but it's starts at the home. Let's be real they did not end up there by accident

[@rogersampaio7450]

I am from Angola and I didn't know that in the US there's a prison called Angola

[@franciscolobo8919]

I must Say that its difficult for me to be emphatetic to Criminals, even if theyre still Young, but nothing justifies a Sistem that treats people so Bad, just reading the commentaries of people's experiences in this Places makes realize the Privilige I have not have lived that kind of situations, I'll follow this series, hope it continues.

[@rowan6207]

System

[@shari9721]

Society doesn't get to cherry pick when it feels like treating a CHILD like an adult. The system doesn't work because it is a system of punishment, treating people like animals, dehumanizing them, then society wonders why they come out as brutal violent angry etc with no education, no skills, no ability to get a job and have no option but crime in order to literally survive. The for profit system purposely creates criminals in order to keep generating profit. In The Netherlands the system is about rehabilitation and the system WORKS, the recidivism rates are much lower, they are treated like human beings in jail there, they are educated, taught job skills and given ways to become productive members of society when they are released..

[@masondicroce917]

It's important to remember than many of the people in our system are there for drug convictions, which while of course having an impact on general society hurts themselves above all. Nobody suffering from addiction deserves the abuse of the prison system.

[@rridderbusch518]

@@shari9721 I saw a video about the Netherland's adult prison system. It reminded me of a college campus. They cooked their own (great) food in small groups and so much more. Even these teens in the USA need to learn how to cook! We must treat them like the humans they are.

[@purplespaceship2417]

If you aren't able to immediately identify circumstances that warrant having empathy for people who've committed crimes, then yes you lack empathy which is an indicator of sociopathy. There are many that spring to mind.

[@onevisualeye_]

This is tragic to see kids treated as adults their are so many different options that local government could have chose to house and mentor those hurting children like a specialized camp with learning and fun things to do with trainer mentors that have grown through similar times but have prevailed to be able to relate to the youth. Their should be enough government funds to provide a experience like a privileged child spends their summers having fun and learning. Great journalism again

[@kedah2398]

We've seen the effect of incarceration but what's the root cause of these kids becoming offenders? Why, why, why, why aand why?

[@Jimmy1982Playlists]

This is what happens when you divest from communities for over 40+ years and leave them to die a long, slow death, particularly communities of color, with zero investment in their future - only money for cops and prisons... we can all thank the "Reagan Revolution" for that divestment! Reaganism is Trumpism with a sheen of corny sentiment smeared all over it to make it appear more respectable. It's not... it's all the same sickness, the same cancer. Modern Republicanism is the worst thing to happen to America in its modern history.

[@kedah2398]

@@Jimmy1982Playlists Undertood and that's a very valid point. Now I have to look up Reagan!

[@raidenprice7947]

excellent news job im so impressed with vice lately

[@nelsonmatyushenko6010]

It should be added that these kids need help and it's not about the state not having the resources. It's about the state not wanting to provide those resources.

[@kathleengreer4594]

Thank you for making this. St. Tammany Parish, here.

[@poindextertunes]

I can’t help but think this was supposed to be a Michael Kenneth Williams piece RIP to the legend 🙏

[@Jimmy1982Playlists]

He is so terribly missed! His voice is much-needed right now... his compassion is so needed right now. REST IN POWER 🙏🏼

[@FHL-Devils]

The fundamental issue is the for-profit incentive. Creating a career criminal has a profit incentive, and that's absolutely and totally sickening.

[@frozenphoenix5121]

Why are these kids in this mess, are they doing their chors and homework? I mean I spent my days doing homework, chores, books and video games and sometimes I worked on weekends and I've never had a problem with the law.

[@kingmaafa120]

Facts

[@free6754]

I guess they stole candy or something like that.

[@dreamingstarlight]

Idk Steve why doesn’t the government help parents create better home environments for their children instead of letting it build into this.

[@vonstev1668]

You get a gold star!

[@beautifulChapin16]

The movie “just mercy” is based on him! Such a good move!

[@amosjsoma]

There are 2 sides to every story and this report, as good as it is, tells only only side. I'd like to hear about the victims and how their lives may have been damaged or ruined by the crimes committed against them.

[@rridderbusch518]

"There are 2 sides to every story" is just an old saying, and I can *prove* that it's false. Imagine a multi-car pile-up with several witnesses who don't agree. Could be MANY people's perceptions.

[@SkotchOG]

EXACTLY 💯!! That's what I'm going on about with my wife while we're watching this. I told her, "Fk those fools."

[@SkotchOG]

@@rridderbusch518 You proved absolutely nothing😐

[@themirandomness]

THIS! This is so important!!

[@MariaEvaDorigo]

Such a necessary report. Thank you! I hope we can free ourselves from this punitive mindset that only hurt us and other and do not solve our social problems

[@StraightFelon]

I’ve been to prison, this idea of giving these guys therapy or school is naive…they don’t care or want to change. I don’t know what the solution is, but the liberals in this video are so out of touch if they think sending these kids to group therapy is gonna help.

[@juniorbeckham2928]

@@StraightFelon what do you propose then?

[@StraightFelon]

@@juniorbeckham2928 that’s the problem, there is no good solution. As someone whose been to prison…most of those guys are beyond help. It would be more effective to try to help the next generation, focus on elementary/grade school kids. Realistically, I think teaching trade skills helps sometimes. Most of the guys don’t want to work a regular job though, even if it pays well:

[@juniorbeckham2928]

@@StraightFelon 🙏🙏🙏

[@cdean2789]

USA: in 33 states there is no minimum age, but there is usually a capacity test; for federal crimes the minimum age is 11. Crazy

[@JustGuineaPigs01]

So I'm supposed to believe that the host has done 30 years behind bars but looks to be 32 at most?

[@nickm4974]

Vice

[@swampghost72]

I worked in the Louisiana department of corrections in an adult prison for 12 years.. Years back we were sent to tallulah juvenile detention center to help get the place under control.. It was wild , these kid's were climbing on top of the housing units , fighting the guards , fighting each other..And believe me they were having fights everyday..They would bring ice chests full of ice so they could have something cold to drink whenever they wanted ..And we had to go in the dorm and confiscate the ice chest from the dominant group in the dorm that were strong arming the other kids and selling the ice..The juvenile justice system doesn't work here because not every kid is the same some of these kids were small normal kids and some were older and as big as an adult some were very big ..Theres no separation in the juvenile system.They should be seperated by age , physicality , seriousness of crime . There should be facilities for less aggressive juveniles and a higher security facility for more aggressive juveniles..The classification process should be more discriminate in the classification of incarcerated juveniles..in which type of facility they should be sent to.But Louisiana will not spend the money on building the facilities needed to achieve this there needs to be teaching at these facilities to teach them how to behave and be adults.In short they need parenting..Some of these kids are horrible and extremely violent though and the truth is some of them dont care and never will..But some can be saved to.

[@ILOVEBACONBOY2018]

Kids need to be kids. It's insane what some kids go through. I hope all kids make it ok. They are just kids.

[@firstlast8258]

Hope is not a plan

[@Kahsimiah]

"Why is this 20 year old telling me he spent over 3 decades in prison? That doesn't make sense!"

[@kingmaafa120]

Do a piece on how they got there in the first place or maybe I missed it

[@ahmadsalem150]

raise your kids better and watch your community

[@JimmyCrackCorn_]

How about those young Islamic terrorists from your communities running wild in the USA, AUSTRALIA, UK , SWEDEN, AFGHANISTAN, GAZA, PAKISTAN SOMALIA, YEMEN. Are you people raising your kids??

[@ahmadsalem150]

@@JimmyCrackCorn_ even tho they become radicalized because of wars that Christians start. how about the pedophiles and rapist cased by Caucasians?

[@ahmadsalem150]

what about the racism in my country (america) that Caucasians are always spreading

[@karllager2214]

Naw

[@vonstev1668]

If life was a straight-forward as you seem to think it is, life would be so much easier.

[@lionspaw2380]

Great work. Thank you.

[@justinviking347]

Do a documentary about prisons for profit and the American legislation exchange council

[@witcheshour9718]

Or how about do a report on hunter Biden laptop 💻 or Epstein report. Vice magically forgot about that. We already know the American prison system is private profit.

[@AliveBoldTV]

The system isn’t broken, it’s doing exactly what it was designed to do…

[@bjkjoseph]

Non-violent criminals should not be exposed to violent criminals, ever even the adult ones. Violent criminals need their own prison and lock the door and throw away the key.

[@Jimmy1982Playlists]

🙄🤦‍♂️SMH That's those "Christian values" of the reich-wing! Modern Republicanism is a disease... a *cancer!!* _This is what happens when you divest from communities for over 40 years, and refuse to invest in their futures, leaving communities for dead..._ *you can thank the anti-govt "Reagan Revolution" for that divestment!* Reaganism is Trumpism with a sheen of corny sentiment smeared all over it to make it appear more respectable. It's not... it's all the same sickness.

[@witcheshour9718]

I agree. Jails and prisons should be separated by crime.

[@bigwendigo2253]

The poem/animation at the end definitely brought a couple tears out.

[@nothereforit.605]

I love that all the parents want to protest now but where the hell where they before they were caught doing these crimes? Whew were these parents before they were put in these cells?

[@Jimmy1982Playlists]

They were probably working three jobs to keep a roof over the heads of these kids and themselves! 🙄🤦‍♂️SMH

[@nothereforit.605]

@@Jimmy1982Playlists you’re 100% a white person or white passing person that’s like 1/8 of a millionth not white and that’s what you use to put your foot in conversations you don’t belong in. If birthing children happened because some god of chaos just randomly dropped babies in peoples laps that would be an excuse but it isn’t. Having children is more than just providing a roof and many parents strapped for cash find ways to be their for their kid. Even if that means they don’t sleep, they don’t get new clothes but their child does. So cut the BS. A parents failure should be scrutinized because that’s where it starts. People shouldn’t be absolved of personal responsibility just because it’s a hard pill to swallow.

[@nothereforit.605]

@@ymilulbates215 Im not a saint, but It would be nice if I could blame everyone else and “the community” for my choices and absolve myself of personal responsibility. Guess what, i am part of these poor communities. That job as a teacher literally makes you appear wealthy where i’m from. Nothing excuses what your son did. You’re doing that thing that certain folks do and omit the truth. Your son invaded a home with a semi automatic weapon over drugs. From the way it was reported he wasn’t even charged with everything he should have. We also shouldn’t ignore the fact that because you’re a white woman in america you automatically have a certain leeway in this country. People take you at face value. Even now you never say what your som did because you know that would automatically justify the sentence he received and there would be those who say it should be higher. Had he been a black child with black parents you bet your bottom dollar he would have a higher sentence and even at the maximum people here in America would say that wasn’t enough.

[@nothereforit.605]

@@ymilulbates215 say what he did. He was 20 years old. A full grown man. He was the mastermind who decided to break into the dealers home. Zip tied someone in the house up and held him and his INNOCENT INFANT DAUGHTER AT GUN POINT. All because he felt shorted. What? Instead of getting 20 pounds of weed he got 19.5 so that justified him using a semi automatic weapon to break into a home and point it at an infant child? Not only that but he refused to cooperate but his friends did so they got less time. “Profound poverty” says the person with a retirement fund she used to post bail. I also never said he is white. He also wasn’t fully charged with what he should have.

[@nothereforit.605]

@@ymilulbates215 it speaks volumes that not only do you refuse to mention what he did but the minute it is, you run. the only inaccurate thing is me exaggerating the missing half a pound. You also have the facts about the case but refuse to talk about them.

[@lucyn.5932]

This country charges parents who abuse, isolate/ neglect their children and in the same vein will abuse, isolate & neglect children up, legally. Something is very wrong here.

[@johnmonachelli5256]

One of the more lucid observations on KZbin thank you

[@UnnTHPS]

Jim crow never ended, in fact, it got even worse

[@gio3061]

It's remarkable that Americans see that their government does as it pleases all over the world, and then they're surprised when the government also does whatever it wants back home, committing serious injustices against her own citizens. What's even more remarkable is the absolute lack of awareness many Americans have to any situation that isn't EXACTLY like their own. They will claim the US is the safest place in the world, just because their street is safe.

[@morganhely5605]

I thought they were talking about Angola the country.....

[@caslandry2958]

Yeah I saw the thumbnail and thought "why are they protesting Angolan children?"

[@fishmarketdohar]

Many beautiful . Thank you for uploading a beautiful video

[@siphiwex4216]

As an African, my question is why is there an American Prison named after an African country...(what are you really insinuating here???)

[@notaperson9831]

It’s hardly even an insinuation. Look up the history of Angola.

[@deborahwingard776]

Oh please!

[@siphiwex4216]

Wow!

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

I asked the same question.

[@ashleylee651]

Hello I'm from Louisiana and when the slaves came to Louisiana they were from Angola, so that is where the name comes from

[@jamaljames2578]

Always watching from Georgetown Guyana south America 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾