'Nobody There Is a Real Human': Thomson Is Amongst the Deadliest American Prisons | Inside Story

We explore violence at one of the country’s newest federal prisons, sit down with actor La La Anthony to hear how she works to prepare young people for life on the outside, and see how a simple hobby helped a child with a life sentence continue to grow.
Inside Story is a first-of-its-kind new series created to engage with and bring information to one of America’s largest news deserts - its prisons and jails. A collaboration with The Marshall Project and developed by formerly incarcerated people, including host Lawrence Bartley, Inside Story brings critical accountability and investigative journalism on the criminal justice system to incarcerated people across the country.
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00:00 - Intro
02:57 - Navigating One of America’s Deadliest Prisons
12:41 - Lala Anthony Is Helping Rikers Prisoners
18:36 - How Gardening Helped Me Through My Sentence
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[@Jouhatsu-oi5qg]

The fact that we get free videos on KZbin by VICE News is truly a gift. 👏👏👏

[@lonelyalaskan7208]

True.

[@truthhurts2879]

Lol, although I'm not specifically referring to this article although for all we know this was commissioned by the legal firms representing complainants in this litigation, but that's exactly how propaganda works, by deceiving its viewers into believing they're getting something for free, when in actual fact, you're successfully having your mind and opinions moulded into a particular way that only benefits those who shall remain nameless, in an effort to influence a myriad of outcomes, from the politicians viewers vote for, not just at a federal level, but at state and county levels, to the social issues you choose to support, to the political party you identity with and much much more. Don't be so easily influenced simply bcz the content is free, free is not necessarily good.

[@deejai1173]

I could believe what they’re saying; my cousin was murdered in Hudson County Jail by the guards. The guards went around telling everyone to say nothing happened; the family found that out from an anonymous letter written by an inmate and sent to my aunts house.

[@Gnosis639]

Wow, I hope you guys are getting justice for your loved one that passed on.

[@greaterishe7197]

💐

[@deejai1173]

@@Gnosis639 I appreciate it 💙

[@biggbooty456]

that's surprising

[@rlbratto2]

Man this hurts me to the core , Because Jackie This is a good Good Man, I move back to Chicago had nothing my man Help me get on my feet Help me get a Job, gave money never asked me for anything back, I just caught this interview on KZbin by Accident , to see this king go through something like this got me in Tears no Ho Mo , Met him through another Man and he didn’t even have to help me, all my times around him were positive and Good , this Right here hits home for Me, Really Messed my Head up tonight ! I’m about to Pray for this King! And his Family Right now , damn I had no idea 🙏🏾

[@solo_dolo8184]

Fly him a kite (write him a letter) that will touch your friend in more ways then you realize!!!

[@kewsiyehboah9514]

Heartbreaking..

[@mfax1000]

You have to do more than pray. Reach out to his family to see what you can do. He doesn't need prayers...he needs foot soldiers to help get him released. Make calls to attorneys to see if they can take his case pro bono.

[@JustAGrrrrl]

Write his congressional representative ❤

[@ajagreer-mi3ni]

You gotta do more than just pray luv... MEANING 👉🏽 If his acts of kindness truly helped & meant that much to you, like you stated in the comments, then return the gesture. Trust 💯, sending a letter with words of encouragement, a thank you or a simple how you doing/keep your head up, would definitely be appreciated by him ✌🏽

[@BatkoNashBandera774]

Prisons make money on prisoners being incarcerated and lose money when there is actual rehabilitation. This means the American Prison System is not in place to be an institution of rehabilitation(social, mental, physical or otherwise) -but a place of assault and depravity.

[@beccap3515]

Don't forget legalized slavery

[@phanatic215]

Government sponsored crime school.

[@jamoR72]

it's the continuation of slavery

[@onceagain6184]

​@@jamoR72🤣🤣 what's that?

[@twinitedkindle5159]

Let's pray for everyone in this world. Amen.

[@87BabiiG]

❤❤💯💯🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 exactly what we need

[@privacyplease1556]

I’m not convinced at all that “most of the guards are good.” Ostensibly it would seem that most of them are bad.

[@Gnosis639]

Anyone who has a taste for that job isn't right in the head. If you like being a CO that means you like controlling people

[@G-R-A-F-F]

ACAB

[@CatalinaFOIA]

There was a privatized prison that was shut down in Appleton, MN due to low prisoner counts. I wish this was the case all over the USA. Non-violent inmates with addiction/drug issues should NEVER be placed in a prison. Prison should only be for the most violent deranged offenders. Don't mix non-violent people with violent offenders. Its so wrong.

[@jacobr0th]

Facts

[@dannycarroll5686]

They need to send cops that have been arested to that place to keep them accountable.

[@biggbooty456]

yeah yeah

[@timwarcloud]

Maybe don't use drugs and break the law 🤔

[@onenonlysash1590]

Love that lala is doing what everyone needs to realize that most people in prison need and I believe in it full heartily this world could be so different

[@mv4424]

Its all part of her PR stunt

[@vladimirdeejay]

@@mv4424 More than likely. A friend of mine was campaigning for the homeless in LA many years ago. I helped film a few segments for him. She somehow caught wind of the project. She reposted, spoke eloquently in her captions then reposted again while promising funding and support for his cause. It never came. She stopped replying to emails. We were surprised because her involvement in the whole ordeal was unsolicited. No one even asked. LOL

[@xeres7688]

Criminals don't deserve happiness

[@jahneastanfield2662]

​@@xeres7688 Not all that are in prison are put there "justly". Ever heard of the "Innocence Project"? Do hard time, and have bullies as guards... Then talk 💩. I'll listen. 🤣🤦🏿

[@DaKingisDead]

I wouldn't live in a state where it's illegal to own and possess a firearm...because we know THAT Law will not be applied equally.

[@chandrajicha907]

I live in Alaska, and I personally knew someone who was killed while wearing his ankle monitor, by another two people which one of those individuals was also wearing a ankle monitor! They were caught quickly and charged, but it still shouldn’t have happened. Also he was dead for two days, with his ankle monitor beeping the entire time, before anyone shown up to check on him for not moving for two entire days! And his roommate, who is a nurse, ignored the beeping and didn’t check on him or try to save him… It was a heartbreaking situation. He was in recovery and was working towards passing the bar exam to become a lawyer. Unfortunately he had met the wrong woman, who took their break up to the extreme by sending these guys over to hurt him for dumping her… It shouldn’t have happened. There needs to be better precautions taken to track ankle monitors, and keep tabs on them when they don’t move, or move outside of their allowed area. I’ve heard of plenty of other horror stories of people who have murdered, robbed, or assaulted innocent people while they were supposed to be monitored on ankle monitor instead of being in prison. The whole prison system is broken.

[@benitosalazar3749]

Sounds more like a series of poor personal choices. Perhaps he would be alive if he was in a jail as opposed to a wearing ankle monitor.

[@Cyancat123]

@@benitosalazar3749 so you’re saying he should have put himself in jail all by himself? Or kept dating a woman he didn’t love? Or called the police to report his murder? Or become a lawmaker so he could cause someone else to go through exactly this? This isn’t a you problem, it’s an us problem.

[@jaxturner7288]

You act like an ankle bracelet is supposed to keep the wearer safe from harm or somehow make a dangerous person harmless when he straps it on. It’s not like a magic cape that protects people that wear it and a dangerous person should be considered no less dangerous just because he has an ankle monitor on.

[@jaxturner7288]

@@benitosalazar3749 🤔😏🤣🤣🤣

[@jaxturner7288]

@@Cyancat123 “so you’re saying”……. Straw man straw man straw man, straw man? Silly low iq bot! Go back to twitter until you achieve at least elementary level debate skills. 😂

[@taylorprimack4140]

Horrible places. For profit prisons are among the worst things history will look back on.

[@jaxturner7288]

Lol. Yeah right, people making some money off of convicted criminals labor is definitely the worst thing we ever did. 👌

[@eligreg99]

@@jaxturner7288 Everybody in prison isn’t guilty and everybody in prison is not unredeemable. If we focused more on rehabilitation there would be less repeat offenders which is what a for profit prison would want

[@jaxturner7288]

@@eligreg99 lol like what .5% of them? Or are you asking convicts if they are guilty and taking their word for it because last I knew being found guilty of a crime is how you end up in prison. 🤔

[@eligreg99]

@@jaxturner7288 Are you a child?

[@jaxturner7288]

@@eligreg99 yeah I’m 6 why? And why not answer my question? How many people locked up are actually innocent??

[@Chez114]

While it's completely rational not to have any empathy for these prisoners, it has been shown in small Norwegian prisons that the most hardened criminals can be rehabilitated. Their prisoners are allowed pets, given real-world skills, are given the opportunity to make ammends and are treated with respect. They are allowed to go home for weekends and always return on Sunday evening. There are no high walls and razor wire and repeat offenders are almost non-existent If you're skeptical, believe me so am I. It's true that it isn't large-scale enough to assume it would work everywhere, but at some point you have to ask yourself...is the reason for you saying no to more humane rehabilitation of violent criminals due to skepticism and fear, or simply revenge? Keep in mind that if there is no actual rehabilitation in most prisons, then incarceration is simply just revenge. We call it justice, but its just a legalised form of regulated revenge Then you have to ask yourself again, is our current prison system actually working? If not, why do we expect them to change if the system remains the same?

[@MrLoobu]

Then it's not rational, it just feels good to hurt bad people.

[@sillygoose9070]

So the guy who murdered my family should be treated with respect and given pets? No thanks... I'll just take my revenge.

[@Allen667sjja]

If someone killed ur family member you wouldn’t be advocating for that guy to have a pet and be able to go home on weekends, rehabilitation should be for non violent offenders, murderers should not be allowed to renter society

[@brambigdeli5021]

Good point brother you’re absolutely right it is possible to perpetuate the circle or cycle of violence inhumane treatment is despicable

[@lolnyanterts]

@@Allen667sjja Só just give them the death penalty

[@destressfrlyf843]

Set the environment for failure and then be surprised when there's failure Set up the environment for success & don't be surprised when there's success

[@nothing32222]

American prisons have always been more concerned with dramatizing individuals and inhumanity, rather than rehabilitation and integrating prisoners back into society. Some one needs to do a study on this so we can confront the serious issues within prison systems in the not so greatest country in the world.

[@Regularguy92]

Name a better country to live in then move there

[@LondonPestControl]

What a load of Intersectional twaddle, total word salad

[@primafacie588]

@@LondonPestControl Your lack of intellectual capacity to understand what he is saying does not make his argument any less true. The US criminal justice system is flawed and broken to the very core.

[@Gnosis639]

There is no money in rehabilitation. Just like for big pharma, there is no money in rehabilitation and actually curing issues. They want us to be lifelong customers

[@Bluntask]

Yes, and people need to be more aware that a majority will be living at a place near you. Many have no productive life skills and that should be more accessible to provide to best and safest reintegration..

[@KB-mk9lv]

La La literally just repeated the talk i had w my 9 y.o. son last night. "What do you expect a person to do ...?"

[@trinabeasley8402]

I am a big fan of La La. Her reality show was one of the few I watched. She represented positivity as a whole. I appreciate how she utilizes her celebrity status.

[@caramazzola2399]

The people who fill comment sections with "you did the crime, you do the time" sentiments are the same ones who have moral panics over "cancel culture".

[@case6189]

Killer complaining about a small cell ? Everything else was completely fine but that lil clip just pooed the sheets

[@Anonymous-yc9fl]

First Amendment of the Constitution Of the United States has nothing to do with this What you're doing is called moving the goalposts

[@communismisadisease4498]

Zero care for the victims of crime and the public that has to deal with it. What about everyone else's right to not be robbed/assaulted/threatened/killed? Yeah. Don't commit the crime if you don't wanna do the time.

[@supernova2875]

I was stalked by an ex prison guard. He is a ju jitsu instructor and told me he would write up false reports on prisoners so he could beat them while his buddies took bets. He threw a man down some stairs and got away with it.

[@meejinhuang]

Then don't commit crimes that will get you in prison in the first place. Whining about prison is a joke.

[@idomatternonya7447]

100%❤❤❤

[@theadamcarpentersshow5661]

My father is currently located at USP Thomson and says it's not right what these guards are doing. Channel 4 is looking into things also

[@exposethenarcissist2356]

My fiancee will be there soon. And I am absolutely scarred to death for him.

[@Conway1848]

it’s so unfortunate seeing documentaries like this. The guards who beat inmates in the “dungeon “ and the medical staff who lied should be charged but hell will freeze over before anything like that ever happens

[@accountuser9382]

Him saying his wife is an Angel was so sweet, You can tell by the pictures that their love is real and genuine, God bless their hearts and release Jackie and send him back to his loving family please.

[@aaronhow2568]

This problem makes me very angry at the system. More than I already was.

[@KAYMACk_215]

I was there for 2and half years before I came home a year ago,the stuff I went through personally and what I saw was inhumane!!

[@ronnettewarren3518]

I'm sorry you went through that. GOD BLESS YOU!

[@goomerdoctor9479]

Poor baby

[@KAYMACk_215]

@@goomerdoctor9479 it isn’t poor because I’m not bitter or anything,it just shaped my character up and made me a better man!!

[@kingricodripbandztv4319]

@@KAYMACk_215 it did the same for me as well beloved. It was a experience I'll never forget! But it was also enough of an experience to where it made me not want to go tf back!! And mfs on 60days in be participating that shyt wild 😂 but it's definitely not for the weak! And if you show any signs of such you will be prayed upon! That shyt for exactly who already there! The conditions are inhumane for a reason!! I didn't like it so I conditioned my mind and changed my ways. I did 6yrs my first bid and came home 3yesrs ago and haven't been in trouble with the law since because fuk that!! 💯🙏🏽✌🏽

[@biggbooty456]

did anyone ask your time out session?

[@bipolarmomandnowwhat]

Thanks for all the work YOU do Vice. I was beaten in a city jail in Texas.

[@CatalinaFOIA]

😢

[@Cano_dtr]

Should’ve learned how to fight

[@_gorezone_]

​@@Cano_dtr move outta your mom's house

[@davemccombs]

@@Cano_dtr shame on you

[@vladimirdeejay]

@@davemccombs I second that.

[@marcelovolcato8892]

How is that not torture?

[@privacyplease1556]

It is

[@lf1496]

How does a 16 year old accomplice to robbery 1st time offender who didn't pull the trigger serve 27 yrs in prison? Oh yeah AMERIKKKA the slave country pretending to be a Democracy 🙄

[@Gnosis639]

Definitely is. Torture happens daily in USA but our gov't has the nerve to mention someone else's crimes. Smh

[@64BitRevenge]

It may sound like torture but he probably earned his time in the restraint bed. He probably fucked around and ultimately found out.

[@eagledice2008]

Bobby's story is heartbreaking I hope he's doing well

[@lf1496]

How does a 16 year old accomplice to robbery 1st time offender who didn't pull the trigger serve 27 yrs in prison? Oh yeah AMERIKKKA the slave country pretending to be a Democracy 🙄

[@GalactusOG]

American prisons are factory farms. Do not let the system fool you into ending up there. imagine being a factory farm animal that had many chances not to end up there. Do your best to stay out of trouble because this system just wants more meat for the grinder.

[@rocksolidxktp]

It don’t work like that

[@Ohmyjosh916]

The lesson i learned from this is don't get caught with a gun. They make it seem like the man was innocent. Dude got caught with a phone in jail as well. Cmon now people

[@TNODDCWILL]

Parchmen prison in Mississippi need to bee on here 11 of 20 inmates died due to STABBINGS!!! IN JUST 1 MONTH

[@BESTOFFERSONWEB]

Were any of them upstanding citizens that people would want around their family?

[@louiebandz945]

I think we need to term it, “ Supermax incarceration abuse “

[@jestem_taki_malutki]

Love these documentaries

[@mariawheeler4784]

Thank you so much i appreciate the knowledge your giving. Such an intelligent young Man!

[@theguyshepassedupfortyrone]

Everyone has an excuse for a criminal, until a criminal hurts one of *their* loved ones.

[@edgo6434]

Criminals complaining about their little cells is comical 😅 you are not the victim buddy

[@FlyteTVEnt]

What’s Worst? Doing a crime and getting snatched from your loved ones? Or doing a crime then getting tortured by the guards of the prison? Don’t do the crime

[@michaelmarsh3056]

So, committing a crime once is grounds for torture? That sounds dumb. Almost as dumb as you are 😂

[@chrisb3523]

It’s wonderful to hear Lala talk. She’s an inspiration for us all

[@Lily_of_the_Alley]

Sorry but Lala still has a lot to learn if she intends to benefit anybody in prison. Prison inmates are not there to be your designated hashtag being used to improve your public image & max out your clout. America and its government desperately need to address its socioeconomic failures that are at the root of causes for crimes & violence. Our government desperately needs to finally, actually admit that the conditions of poverty they knowingly squeeze the masses into (because it ultimately benefits them to be this way unfortunately) & facilitate is the cause for 99% of crimes if not all of them, save ones for involving the lack of proper mental health care in this country. We need to totally reverse & change the current ways the incarcerated are viewed in every spectrum of American society; remove all assumptions of stereotype/demographic/etc, and instead start with asking why these people did what they did, tackle those issues rooted in the dysfunctional socioeconomic aspects of our communities that cause these lawless behaviors, and emphasize the fact that these prisons should not be torture/punishment chambers but REHABILITATIVE CENTERS FOR TREATMENT in order to overall improve & ready very damaged, broken people for a reintegration into society (if they have release dates when it comes to the second piece). Yes, taking responsibility for your actions is of course expected *HOWEVER* when people are driven to certain actions such as criminal and violent behaviors, then there is an unaddressed portion holding some relief of responsibility on the individual - there is a reason, and there is an intentional lack of equal opportunity in this country. It needs to be publicly recognized & properly handled. It has been pinned under the wrong labels for far too long. These are struggling human beings that are in need of rehabilitative care that need to be heard, empathized with, and assisted in life. Nowadays average citizens do not live beyond their means, they are more often denied the means to live. THEY ARE NOT YOUR INSTAGRAM PUBLIC IMAGE IMPROVEMENT P.R. PACKAGE, LALA & KIM. They definitely DON’T need another anxiety-inducing group therapy session with a less than qualified “counselor” or whatever dork they have leading the group. K thanks.

[@justaguy6100]

I'm helping a very good friend to write about his experience in prison. I feel I know this well, and will fact check with him prior to writing. He spent his time in a dorm situation with older inmates. The facility (in Texas) was what they called a bowling alley farm, with multiple dorms along a central walkway. Each dormitory would house about 75 inmates. The major problems are, honestly, the entire judicial system. About 20% of the prison facilities are private contract centers, meaning for-profit companies run these facilities. The rumors that we both wish were investigated hard and deep are that the judicial system itself is monetarily incentivized to fill prisons.

[@jujugigiiamstupid]

Those aren't rumors. When the state gets $1500 per prisoner who completes an NA program, they get it just for the inmate signing up. There are some institutions that will ensure a prisoner fails to send them through again so they can get that same fee AGAIN. There is also a huge allowance that are paid per prisoner and the more problems the prisoner has ( ie mental health, drug problems, etc) the higher the state can charge. The judicial system is absolutely incentivized and most people who have been incarcerated know that. Just look at how many companies made items for nothing because the labor of prisoners is so low. That is slavery. The corporations in this country have a huge incentive to have a employee pool of prisoners from which to profit also.

[@justaguy6100]

@@jujugigiiamstupid One good example among many, I'm sure. My concern. or my suspicion maybe, is that there are those in the justice system who are, in some way, also profiting from these companies. Possibly even illegally, taking bribes from them or some other means of compensation. I think that's money worth following.

[@vstan9023]

He shouldn’t be carrying a gun whith out a permit anyway. It’s his own fault for breaking the law, and leaving his family waiting

[@catdeer9424]

So he should be tortured for that? Do we not live in a humane society? If we treat people like dirt in prison do you really expect them to be law abiding or sane when they get out? Do you know how high reentry into prison is in the US, which means our system is not working? Educate yourself before you encourage unlawful human rights abuses.

[@jamesmcpherson8599]

​@@catdeer9424 these people are primitive barbarians only fuled by their hate fuled rage and elitism and it makes me ashamed that I share a country with these folks who actively oppose concepts like "freedom" and "human rights"

[@lasithwanniarachchi4390]

This is exactly how criminals should be treated, they should not have any human rights bcz you took someone else human rights, what about all the good people who lost their lives for these criminals, what about all the children lost their lives for criminals, their families still suffering. what about their huma right??

[@jacobr0th]

The problem with this thinking is that there is no rehabilitation and in the long run all of these prisoners will return to society and be much worse. Long term crime rates will increase.

[@firstlast8258]

@@jacobr0th so lock them up again or deport them to Mexico

[@idomatternonya7447]

❤❤❤

[@Bluntask]

A friend of mine was seriously abused in prison and with no medical. It’s another horrible story that tells me prisons are subject to extreme lawlessness by certain low paid , low class staff. This was jail btw, where people are still supposed to be “innocent”. Regardless of opinions on this, there is no reason for such maltreatment by staff - there are individuals taking liberties on their own accord with seeming impunity as the inmate has no leg to stand on…and sometimes literally so.

[@pedroortiz-dr7on]

I was in Albany County, NY Jail in 2019 and that place was hell, if there is hell on earth that place is hell on earth. I saw many black brothers been beat up by staff (guards). In 2022 my trini freind scaped and was beat up there is actually news about him his name is Pharaoh Mangroo.

[@lizduffy9825]

I think I'm the only person that stopped watching this as soon as she said she was friends with kim

[@poolee77]

“Arrested for gun possession” please explain that further because that alone is not a crime.

[@OnjelieMarie]

He most likely didn’t have a permit or license or something

[@MichaelCarter-ii8ry]

He black

[@jingbot1071]

@@MichaelCarter-ii8ry 👉👉

[@case6189]

Happened to me and I’m white. Great charge I lost my job spent thousands on a lawyer and had a clean record dirtied. 😂 a gun I had bought legally at a gun store without issue, unfortunately I had the audacity to carry it in my vehicle for self defense IMPROPERLY 😂😂 that’s how you can get a carrying a concealed firearm charge in Florida be careful folks

[@gerrin07]

96 years until your eligible parole for 2 armed robbery is insane especially at 16. If there's not more to the story that is fucked up

[@Spartaforever394]

Exactly and they have early release for youngsters 21 and under

[@case6189]

Would’ve been better to give the death penalty instead. Or we can go by your logic and release them like Chicago release Samuel Parsons Salas after armed robbery double homicide. Check out what he offered the community a few months after being paroled the video is what you’re advocating for

[@rastanate6168]

Please also let’s pay homage to Michelle Alexander 🙏🏽😊

[@Ofasia777]

"Don't do the crime if you don't want to do the time" only work if the workers of the correctional system are held accountable for their own crimes. Not doing so just end up turning "correctional system" into an oxymoron; we're getting more, hardened criminals paid for by the taxpayer.

[@firstlast8258]

Speak for yourself

[@Ofasia777]

@@firstlast8258 That's what opinions are, yes.

[@firstlast8258]

@@Ofasia777 🤓

[@Ofasia777]

@@firstlast8258 Glad you learned something today 👍

[@firstlast8258]

@@Ofasia777 stupid is as stupid does

[@brilliantmind9729]

It's always them 'high value kangs' in orange jumpsuits😂😂

[@firstlast8258]

We wuz

[@Spartaforever394]

I’m Chicago it’s different these guys can’t be rehabbed they get out and go back to same bull

[@kingricodripbandztv4319]

Mann I'ma put it just like this and this perspective is from someone whos had the experience! And folks ask me all the time how was prison, & my answer will never change and it's prison was like being on the streets! But the streets of Gotham city! & Alot of them are exactly where they need to be because there animals in there! Now although it sucks folks are loosing they're lives due to super harsh conditions but at the end of the day if you don't Wana end up there just don't do dumb shyt! And if you can't help it & dumb shyt is just in your nature then it's the perfect place to be for you! Although it's a horrible place to be it was Indubitably my awakening. My first bid & my last! You think females are bad?? Wait til you get thrown in a pod with over 45 grown ass gossiping men who don't have nothing but Time!! It can be so chill one min & in a split second all hell breaks loose and before you know it a race war or riot pops off! My first bid I was in the mist of one and scared for my life the entire time!! The Lord had to be walking with me on that prison yard because it was a movie scene! And I advise you all to stay far away from one if you can help it. But if you Wana beat those conditions just stay tf out of the system. And alot of those prison deaths aren't just random, if you go in there with bad charges you'll instantly become a target. Meaning if your a pedo, or murdered a woman or children it's over for you pretty much so just don't do crimes & weird shyt 💯🙏🏽✌🏽

[@christophersompel1085]

Follow up story idea maybe to provide some BALANCE?? Now do a story on VICTIMS of a selected number of these savages in this prison detailing their CRIME and the physical trauma inflicted upon each of their VICTIMS, what their life and it's quality since the crime!!! OR would that be outside your liberal agenda??

[@guesswhat-chickenbutt]

Don't hold your breath. It'll never happen. Vice are notorious for crim simping

[@Allen667sjja]

I really couldn’t give less of a f about murderers ngl

[@jamesmcpherson8599]

Its so strange how you people seem to be incapable of independent thought or thinking about situations in any other lense than "grrr criminal bad" I guarantee I care more about these people abused by the hands of the criminal justice system than I ever could about a primitive rage-fuled barbarian like you.

[@carrieanncancino5118]

We need more prisons built for all the criminals going in and out of prison. We need harsher longer sentences for criminals that can't be rehabilitated

[@michaelgarrido381]

How about don't break the law! problem solved. tired all these MF crying about racism but are caught breaking the law.

[@michaelfoster886]

That LaLa women who puts on for the Inmates is amazing. She is going places with this injustice

[@cartoonsandcannabis]

Respect ✊🏼 La La 🪷

[@thetruejuanalto]

i felt bad until you mentioned their crimes...hard to feel for someone who took a life to begin with. out of all the problems we face today, this wont make it to the top 20 "must solve" issues list.

[@davechristian7543]

So many of u ppl there in the states just don't get it n u always have to come at anything wit revenge n hate. how sad indeed n u wonder why there's so many mass shootings n incrassation PMSL..

[@DeeWeber]

You don't need to feel bad for someone to admit that abuse, torture, and injustice is taking place and if we want that to be including in the sentencing we ought to say so, and subject it to court challenges and rule of law.

[@cravinm3613]

So? That justifies cruel and unusual punishment? Untreated injuries? Untreated mental illness and drug addiction? Anyone who is ok with that is out of their mind.

[@notaperson9831]

Adding to the other responses, even if you have no empathy for people who have committed serious violent crimes, consider that they aren’t the only ones who are treated that way. It’s the whole system. It treats everyone like an animal. From the run of the mill nonviolent first time offenders to the serial killers. Additionally we have decades of data that proves that the US model of punishment instead of reform just doesn’t work. It only creates more violent offenders.

[@case6189]

Lol this killer out here complaining about his prison sentence, Vice news straight up took a dump on the murder victim there

[@LadyAvN]

Sad y'all used that line for the title. Everyone there is human. Every single one.

[@John_X_77]

Everyone of their victims was/is a human being. It's easier to not commit crimes than it is to not be a victim.

[@wedontfukwithdeathrowrecor8651]

It’s not the peoples fault that shot people or Rob or stole . It’s the mans fault. I love how nobody is accountable for their actions anymore. Unbelievable.

[@G-R-A-F-F]

Just cause you do a crime doesn’t mean you get tortured or forced into slave labor

[@foster9062]

I LOVE what Lala is doing ❤

[@brantmorse1900]

Do you know how hard it is to get sent to prison? Am I supposed to have empathy for predators?

[@nunyadambidniss]

75% of those incarcerated did NOTHING Wrong. Yeah they broke a "Law", Committed a VICTIMLESS "Crime" &Therefore NEVER hurt anybody.

[@brantmorse1900]

@@nunyadambidniss what crime that was broken hurt nobody?

[@nunyadambidniss]

@@brantmorse1900Do you even have two brain cells to rub together ???

[@John_X_77]

@Vice News, I challenge you to now do a story on their victims...just a few minutes. Yes those crooks didn't go to prison for nothing.

[@guesswhat-chickenbutt]

Muhfukkn facts

[@rod9829]

Great program

[@Jimirulz1]

The best way to avoid prison is to obey the law but many people are too dumb to realize that.

[@michaelfoster886]

That writing from the inmate that got sentenced to 112years. His writing and story is great 👍 😃

[@Alleycat938]

Great reporting. Love Vice News!

[@KarklinPumpkin]

Make no mistake, judges do not discriminate on race, like they used to. I'm white and did 3.5 presumptive on my first charge. Non dangerous non repetitive. The prison population was an exact mirror of my state's population demographics. Just because you are white doesn't mean you will get off. It usually means you will avoid police charges SOMETIMES because the lack of police contact to.begin with. I'll admit that. But, these days they want these prisons FULL. So they contact us all.

[@privard89]

It's crazy that vice wants us to feel bad for people who murdered people, s.a. people and were just a menace to all of us who want to live a normal life. It's not hard to not go to prison. I do feel horrible for those that go to these prisons that are innocent though.

[@shari9721]

It isnt about feeling bad for them . Ask yourself , does the current system work ? Does the current system benefit the public and the criminal ? Are people released with the skills and ability to be productive members of society ?

[@jackchop1576]

@@shari9721 YAAAS QUEEN! PREACH!!

[@Allen667sjja]

@@shari9721 you propose a system where murders are allowed to go free because they found Jesus and got forklift certified or some bs, it’s a spit in the face to the victims and their families. The fact that those murderers are even allowed to live currently is already a considerable act of mercy.

[@Regularguy92]

@@shari9721 families with two parents are supposed to provide the skills you assume prisons or the state should. The penal system is about punishment, rehabilitation is each inmate’s individual responsibility. You have to want to do something different than what got you locked up in the first place.

[@trippymoon]

​@@shari9721 what are you saying you can't compare USA to some African countries but you guys always find a reason to complain😊

[@thomasdoubting]

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time? 🤔

[@sharitasmith6217]

You say that until something you do can land you there in one quick bad decision stfu! This doesn’t excuse the abuse idiot

[@Blximus]

Great reporting Vice News

[@86MarcusP]

Yes yes VICE....Fuegooooooo ☝🏽😔🔥

[@Reptar4000]

Okay. This must be satirical….. This man is a murderer….. this is who y’all choose to play as the sympathy character?

[@DeeWeber]

You don't need to feel bad for someone to admit that abuse, torture, and injustice is taking place and if we want that to be including in the sentencing we ought to say so, and subject it to court challenges and rule of law.

[@TheIfifi]

People can change? Doesn't the internet love that skyrim dragon Parthunax?

[@user-xk5gg3oh2j]

You don't have to feel sorry for them, you have to acknowledge that this isn't rehabilitation, and these people ARE inevitably re-entering society fucked up by a corrupt and brutal prison system after suffering abuse for 20 years. If you would rather that person walking around when they get out instead of someone genuinely reformed and rehabilitated, you shouldn't campaign for change.

[@jackchop1576]

Because it is VICE

[@Reptar4000]

@@DeeWeber agreed. I’m saying out of all the non violent offenders suffering injustice… interesting choice…. Prison does need to be a deterrent. Not a place you go because you won an award. I agree they shouldn’t be violated but it’s prison.

[@Natalie-sz7gm]

If ya'll worked on the inside- you'd know why inmates are treated like this. They aren't exactly boyscouts.

[@gregorylong4117]

You know this woman said has blackhas black American she says we've been all incarcerated let me tell you something bro I'm 67 years old and I never been incarcerated and like I said I mean I like listened to your content I don't know what she's saying bro but I never been

[@hitzoneproductions7858]

LaLa isn't black. She's Hispanic.

[@delvaldog2869]

In my heart I consider this a war on American Citizens. It should be a priority to fix our Justice system and reasses the prison system. It’s heartbreaking learning all these stories and our elected officials don’t speak about it.

[@Jimirulz1]

You sound like a fool.

[@scottal]

What a wonderful wife. Get home and do right. Every great reason to do so .

[@wedontfukwithdeathrowrecor8651]

I’ve got an idea don’t get into trouble.

[@christophermaynard1902]

Prison is deadly stay out of them.

[@yemo34]

I just wish this country would man up and bring capital punishment back.

[@Johnieboi]

Prison shouldn’t be a resort.

[@personmcdudeguy]

... I feel like there's a good middle ground between Sandals and excess deaths.

[@goomerdoctor9479]

According to vice it should be

[@thesrenata]

And Bobby......preach with your knowledge...💚

[@dasrubberduck7331]

Bring back gladiator fights using prisoners

[@guesswhat-chickenbutt]

Personally, I think all animal testing should stop and instead do those tests on CRIMINALS. You know, the ones that CHOOSE to throw their lives away.

[@mazwide9400]

It doesn't sit well with me, whenever a murderer is released! The victim or victims are still 6ft underground and you out keep living !

[@GlazzedDonut]

😢 If the United States is the land of the free then why do they have more incarcerated people than any country in the entire world😮

[@firstlast8258]

Muh freedumbs 🤪

[@timstort8223]

Ridiculous, vice still bringing heat no matter what people are saying

[@storm2000808]

Nice wrap up 👍

[@goomerdoctor9479]

I try to see it from Vice's point of view but I just can't. Hard to sympathize with these whiny criminals

[@damndaniel9698]

From someone who just came home from a long bid ….. only thing you need to change is the system and those in power . The corruption is another level … Do your research on cases like this and it will open your eyes

[@talesfromtheleashexpatdogl1426]

Opportunity is not entitlement. Opportunity leads to success. VICE is for the people

[@edwardhighmann6421]

Iron triangle culture is the same across the US. Go around town near these private plantations. You'll feel it.

[@jamoR72]

How is that different from Guantanamo Bay detention torture facilities...Because that's exactly what I am seeing...

[@sgrsgsgsggsd]

People would not suffer this type of abuse if they didn't commit a crime in the first place. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@krystallinecestmoneau1358]

Love this show

[@nicknack6042]

I love that line "What are they supposed to do?" Oh I don't know... Get a fucking job and work like everyone else in the world? It doesn't matter where you grew up, it doesn't take a fucking genius to know that you need to get a job to earn a living. No excuses for their criminal behavior.

[@jewishjah7186]

🤓

[@jacobr0th]

No one hires felons so don’t say get a job

[@matthewburr5075]

Prison should be rehabilitation not retribution

[@Allen667sjja]

Yeah rehabilitation for non violent drug offenses, murderers don’t deserve rehabilitation

[@John_X_77]

How does a prison system or an individual rehabilitate a criminal??? I've seen some cons do that themselves, but many overwhelmingly enjoy being in that life. They don't want to be "rehabilitated." Rehabilitation means leading a fairly normal life and that's not attractive to crooks.

[@Allen667sjja]

@@John_X_77 halfway houses that ease them back into society, teach them some sort of skill in prison with application to the outside world (cooking, idfk forklift certification ect), group therapy sessions. Lowers the chance of reoffending. It’s a good idea but like I said murderers don’t deserve rehabilitation.

[@matthewburr5075]

@@Allen667sjja well there is a difference between manslaughter and actually wanting to kill

[@Allen667sjja]

@@matthewburr5075 well yeah obv those are two very dif crimes

[@sueyourself5413]

The intro is a joke. This is not the only show of this genre. There are hundreds.

[@joshuas1960]

Simple question: Why did Jackie have an illegal firearm?

[@exposethenarcissist2356]

PETITION FOR FEDERAL SENTENCING REDUCTION LAWS. 10 YEARS MANDATORY MAXIMUM FOR DRUG OFFENSE IS FUCKING RIDICULOUS. WRITE YOUR GOVERNMENT!

[@daisyrosemusic]

WHEN WILL BLACK AMERICANS STAND TOGETHER OR STAND FOR EACH OTHER. VEVA SO IT'S MORONIC TO HAVE THE SAME CONVERSATIONS.