RAW FOOTAGE INSIDE PRISON SOLITARY - Sights & Sounds of Kids in Isolation Cells

In this compilation video, our cameras captured the sights and sounds of teen inmates as they were locked up in a maximum-security juvenile prison Segregation Unit. During the time of filming, teens in the cell house were locked down 23 hours a day and allowed 1 hour of rec time. Over the course of days and months, many kids told us the boredom sometimes became too much. Incarcerated teens wound up in "Seg" for a variety of reasons -- fighting in general population, battery on staff and even a few who requested time in Seg because they feared for their own safety in general population.
UPDATE: Sadly, tedman was shot and killed by his girlfriend in 2017. She was sentenced to 45 years in prison.
following our time filming in this unit, the prison superintendent banned long term segregation and instead implemented verbal de-escalation techniques to cut down on the number of issues inside prison walls.

[@SealMaster00]

Spent 90 days straight in solitary. 10 months in 23 and 1 cell. They have no idea what its like being in the inside of a cell in solitary confinement with no book,paper to write on, tv, tablet, nothing but a wall to stare at and a metal sink and toilet with a tiny slot in the door to be given meals and turn in trays. you slowly lose your mind hour by hour, day by day, week by week.

[@CalamariProductions]

@SealMaster00 - we honestly have no clue how anyone can handle it. Appreciate you sharing your own story. You help describe the experience first hand. No one can truly know the madness unless they've lived it.

[@1594simonsays]

It is mental torture. The state is disgusting for allowing it to continue

[@nate5109]

Unless you're a rare case then I'd say you did something to put yourself in that situation

[@robertomaricruz6026]

What? it's just wrong doesnt matter what you did, which is why they BANNED it 🙄​@@nate5109

[@alexandertarango6094]

that echo is haunting 😊

[@faykouri1162]

What they need and what they get are 2 different things very disheartening.

[@ChargersCity]

🙏🙏Blessings forever GOD loves y'all too forever tell everyone you know and don't know. Jesus loves y'all too forever. Teach everyone how to see and enjoy their blessings too forever❤

[@SealMaster00]

Just because someone has an outburst or a reaction to something doesnt mean they deserve to be scrutinized to this mental torture. People are allowed to feel and express emotions, they pass. Doesnt mean that warrants this. Imagine you were locked in a room with nothing but a wall to look at and a toilet because you were yelling

[@Moon_Presence]

It's not because they were yelling. You don't know what you're talking about.

[@robertomaricruz6026]

​@@Moon_Presencethat's literally why they put him in there. Trust me I was in there

[@bennolanswaggerdiaperautistic]

I hope i never go to jail

[@iraeaglemind]

I went for about 24 hours the first time at 52 years old a couple of months ago.If you don't like unsanitary places you won't like jail.My Dad was in the Air Force for 21 years and there is one thing I learned how to do and that was clean.

[@hzmicide1738]

That rap at 13:28 went crazy 😂. That intro of the CO opening the food port was wild too. Someone needs to sign that kid.

[@ChargersCity]

🙏🙏Blessings forever GOD loves y'all too forever tell everyone you know and don't know. Jesus loves y'all too forever. Teach everyone how to see and enjoy their blessings too forever❤

[@go_rizzo_grow]

Holy shit... He probably thought that was good lmao

[@jungjeru3348]

Very true what that older CO with the glasses said about inmates going full kill mode over a candy bar. I can only speak on the adult system but ive personally seen guys go all out Rambo because they either had their canteen stolen, or even worse a glitch in the system where you just don't get your order at all. It might just seem like candy etc to a civilian but when you're waiting on that junkfood, sometimes for weeks or even months (if you just don't have any money on your books) and then it doesn't come... Trust me, you would probably lose your shit too

[@CalamariProductions]

@jungjeru3348 - very well said. We've seen it in both juvenile and adult facilities. As they say, "it's the little things." Appreciate you watching and commenting.

[@jungjeru3348]

@@CalamariProductions Totally, it's all about the little things because for a lot of these guys those " little things" are all that they have! Another inmate I met who had done a lot of small bids explained it to me like this, The guys who really trip about stuff like who controls the phones, or the rules of the range ie no whistling, always wearing at least 1 pair of boxers and flip flops in the shower etc etc... Those guys aren't just visiting those institutions. In their minds THEY LIVE THERE! I lived there too but for me it was more like an extended vacation from the free world. For the guys who are true "lifers" prison is their real home and the street is like a vacation. And when I started to think about it in those terms my time went a lot easier, I stopped questioning the insane rules they enforced because it wasn't my place to and I wouldn't want it to be...

[@ChargersCity]

🙏🙏Blessings forever GOD loves y'all too forever tell everyone you know and don't know. Jesus loves y'all too forever. Teach everyone how to see and enjoy their blessings too forever

[@davidsilveiradamota4531]

“Little things” are also the “small pleasures” we enjoy in the free world. And they do make a difference to everyone. Especially if they’re the only “small pleasures” that you can enjoy behind bars…

[@Gtygyyyr]

Sad 😞

[@CalamariProductions]

@baebaebutta - yes, juvenile prisons are very sad places. Isolation even more so. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@annetteslife]

Sadly Stedman in 2017 was murdered by his then girlfriend Chauna Reed

[@CalamariProductions]

@annetteslife - we meant to include that at the end of the video description. Thanks for reminding us. Very sad ending to his story. :(

[@kevinjohnson-lf3kj]

Nice...now we can interview her in prison .😮😮😮

[@annetteslife]

@@kevinjohnson-lf3kj why would say that? It is not okay

[@jungjeru3348]

These was true?

[@jungjeru3348]

Is also Oprah Winfrey man friend?

[@-Kurt...]

Are there any updates on Justin?

[@ChargersCity]

🙏🙏Blessings forever GOD loves y'all too forever tell everyone you know and don't know. Jesus loves y'all too forever. Teach everyone how to see and enjoy their blessings too forever

[@marcofinessin9925]

What facilty is that an where ?

[@angusseletto1511]

The ONLY 1 I FEEL FOR IS IS THE OLD GUY GUARD IN THE CAP WITH THE BEARD.HE SEEMS GENUINELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE INMATES.A NICE GUY,QUITE RARE

[@Sunflare-vq2uy]

Most of them will graduate to the adult system.

[@montiasthuggin4789]

Y’all should go to air base juvenile detention center in Montgomery Alabama

[@tomasroyal2723]

i’ve lived 6 long months in b4-6 and adrian mack in b4-7 Nasty nate was in b4-4. definitely didn’t like this place but it taught me a lot.

[@theverybestyoutubeaccount]

Hope you thought long and hard about what you did during that time.

[@montiasthuggin4789]

Do mt megis or airbase juvenile center they bout in Montgomery Alabama

[@kathyoberle9093]

Tirerble for kids to be treated like animals, and no desk in cell for kids to do there homework

[@Eagleclaw43567]

What year was this filmed in?

[@caffeinegod]

Now that I myself would also like to know.

[@DJSwezzleMusic]

1976

[@chickentoot4102]

That kid's rap freestyle made me cringe.

[@madisyn3043]

On god, if I was one of the c.o’s or camera crew I’d tell him that shits ass as fuck.

[@christopherstrong4119]

I know being away from your family sucks , but the 2 most hated things about jail is , BOREDOM, N THAT NASTYASSS FOOD , n the boredom set in at nighttime cuz all day long I was exercising, push-ups, dips curls, back , n legs , I'd workout 6days a week n Sunday was Chapel, I always went to Catholic Mass, all the Whites n Mexican went to C.Mass n the Black's went to Muslim Mass , I apologize if I said that wrong

[@Dixtru_Gaming]

How long were you in there for?

[@angusseletto1511]

That's Good nothing wrong here.( I sound like a crooked prison guard) Haha I'm just a Guy from Melbourne Australia. Wow won't visit any time soon😢

[@kevon_flowers217]

fax cuz overtime u eventually forget about your family

[@nickc7494]

These conditions create animals

[@goodmorningsundaymorning4533]

They were animals before this. That's why they're in there. Duh

[@Sniper-iu5py]

These conditions create animals 🤓☝️

[@douglas-hughes]

These "conditions" (isolation) expose and highlight the offender's true nature.

[@ST-to1vk]

I spent my childhood in places like this when I was a kid from age 12-18.

[@CalamariProductions]

@ST-to1vk - Wow, that's your entire childhood. Hope things have been better as an adult.

[@rhondajo7822]

❤ Dear @ST-to1VK I'm so sorry that you were deprived of the love, understanding, respect and compassion that every child needs and deserves. In the first seven years of our lives we are being programmed by our environment, our parents, society and schools. If we are raised in an environment of fear, violence, neglect, disrespect, hopelessness,and helplessness, then the basic programs (which become our subconscious beliefs about ourselves and the world around us) are that we are unlovable, unworthy and undeserving. I know, because I was raised by abusive parents who were so badly abused in their own childhoods. They followed their subconscious parenting programming while raising myself and my siblings. They passed on to us, their own toxic and untrue beliefs, and they acted out their own woundedness on us. We all were victims. I am 68 years old and I am still working on discovering those destructive, self-sabbotaging programs I acquired as a child and am now consciously choosing to replace them with new beliefs, new understandings and new habits. My wish and hope for you, Sweet One, is that you will make the effort to understand your own early programming. You are a lovable person who deserves to receive love and to give love. You deserve to dream. You deserve to believe in your own worthiness and to believe in a future where you will accept the challenge to feed your soul with knowledge and discover the beautiful talents and skills that you were born with. I already see you in your own shining glory of healing, happiness and wholeness. ❤ I see you as a conquering hero! 😊

[@AlvinFlang69420]

Maybe you should have learnt how to behave

[@ST-to1vk]

@@CalamariProductions I Own my house out right and I am doing fine.

[@ST-to1vk]

@@AlvinFlang69420 I did nothing criminal. I had poor parents who did not know how to deal with me and my ADHD.

[@eeeee3984]

Damn. I know theres a glass screen, but can’t they at least give em’ a tv? Find some way to do it

[@montiasthuggin4789]

Y’all should go to my megis In Alabama it’s a juvenile center

[@melverdes-co1pt1]

Juan and Diego in it put

[@RGarcia361]

When are you going to post new content 2016 an up

[@CalamariProductions]

@rgarcia8405 - thanks for asking. We've been out filming and are working hard behind the scenes to compile all new vids. We did upload a new interview with lawyer/juvenile public defender Don Wruck a few days ago, looking back at one of the cases he worked on years ago and giving an update on that young man today. Appreciate you being patient with us as we work on new stuff ahead.

[@anjelicahayes6191]

@@CalamariProductionsI love watching y’all ❤

[@jaybeezy5429]

The rice and beans should be in the same place. They aren't separate. This is for profit prisons

[@lmoco4556]

Gotta be a east coast prison cuz the disrespect is crazy

[@theverybestyoutubeaccount]

Update: 2017 Upload date: 2023 So like when was this?

[@madisyn3043]

I know all jails/prisons are inhumane but sleeping/laying on a solid surface…that’s next level and should be highly ILLEGAL I didn’t even see a blanket ??…

[@1594simonsays]

This is cruel and unusual punishment

[@DJSwezzleMusic]

The food looks great

[@Thefoxspirit-z9p]

Wayyy Better than my county jail

[@rontychynski5208]

Great vid except 1 thing- the banging volume is too high and the talking volume too low , in spots.

[@caffeinegod]

It doesn't matter the age to me really. People in prison will usually act however they feel like acting regardless of consequences. The point being that it applies to both juvenile and adult prisons im sure. At most juveniles may have some ways of expressing themselves that most adults might not.

[@kevon_flowers217]

this shit gives me flashbacks

[@angusseletto1511]

No wonder Prison Guards have volatile relationships whot their families.It must be Mental Hell doing this for a job

[@realnyzi]

why did that 1 guy get so many drinks lol

[@Hymz-kx2sg]

​@RCXO-vg7joy dat

[@melverdes-co1pt1]

Keep shenebba put in it

[@user-ml9si3gp9n]

Thats the most blandest boring meal ive ever seen

[@CalamariProductions]

@user-ml9si3gp9n - we agree with you on that one. :/

[@Paulwill85]

Those kids are just animals

[@lmoco4556]

Oh it’s a juvenile jawn

[@tommajor1013]

they need 24/7 in solitary for a year

[@melverdes-co1pt1]

This cop other mother and brother cops to meles and his other brothers names realted and put old guy in it and that what I said keep him away and non dream and drams dreams and dream big or it true or false 4 5 it times row

[@Thefoxspirit-z9p]

Atleast the meals are decent

[@user-jp4tl9zd8n]

If in a prison keep to yourself ok and ignore the fact that you are not participating in oppression of their own life and the high crime in prison is very important to stay away from each other. Dont get in to it with the others.

[@melverdes-co1pt1]

Frank arrondo put me in it

[@Kingishim2023]

First 🎉

[@susanstratton3223]

So??

[@impasta.08]

This is not what they need.

[@dooordie800]

You do time? This is exactly what they need...

[@rctkiller]

Right, this isn't ment to be enjoyable and these are not country clubs...

[@theverybestyoutubeaccount]

You're wrong they are bad people

[@Poobyskates]

You're right these are kids. They are in need of help mentally but obviously with the overcrowding and return rate this is working

[@danieldryden6644]

It's what society needs, this isn't about rehabilitation its about the safety of everyone else

[@adotholland22]

paramilitar

[@rctkiller]

You can follow the rules in prision or out, its your choice.