How to fix our broken criminal justice system | Robert Barton | TEDxSanQuentin

[@bettertogetherhealthfitnes1208]

"The opportunities have to outweigh the obstacles" love that.

[@chris532008]

A Lwsn That s why they ship jobs overseas and import illegals and refugees to increase crime and expand police judicial system

[@deshvibhuti]

Our criminal justice system focuses so orthodoxically on how to lock people for years instead of how to keep them out successfully! - so well said.

[@ems3832]

People choose to lock themselves up by embracing and glorifying lawless conduct IN THE FIRST PLACE. Nobody forces it on them. Simple, basic intelligence and common sense is really all you need. Individuals need to take 100% responsibility for their own conduct. It's not the criminal justice system's job to "teach" that. I actually have to explain this??! 🙄

[@justinrabbitt9492]

@@ems3832 yet why does the system keep making newer insane laws to punish those that have already long paod their debt to society? They could have not done anything for years after serving their time, trying hard to rebuild their lives, then bam, suddenly they are made to suffer more punishment due to another restriction, or new law being made for no other reason than to cause them to get sent back behind bars?

[@ems3832]

@@justinrabbitt9492 Can you give an example of one of those "new, insane" laws designed for no other conceivable reason than to "cause" a former criminal to be sent back to prison??....

[@justinrabbitt9492]

@@ems3832 try looking up narsol vids. They have examples of insane restrictions and laws that do nothing.

[@thegrandlevel313]

It’s not orthodox. It’s all new BS the BAR associations invented.

[@thesupremeruleroftheunited8744]

It's simple. All you got to do is get the criminals out of congress and out of the court system.

[@privateprivate1865]

The system needs to remain in place, while an entire new system of law enforcement is up and running, and then shut the old system down, and ban all officials from the old system from hired into the new system permanently.

[@iamkatykabha]

Exactly 💯

[@russellmanweller6694]

We know who the real criminals causing harm are, and it's not the people in our neighborhood. Washington is the biggest criminal organization we have ever known.

[@vslaps7895]

There's a reason the U.S has the highest prison population. Prisoners are profitable, especially in private prisons. Not to mention profits have been used to sway prosecutors or judges to convict those of non violent or low-grade crimes and have them subjected to harsh punishment, such as the Kids For Cash Scandal. I don't know about federal prison, but private prisons are especially brutal in dehumanizing prisoners and juveniles as young as 13. Their goal isn't to rehabilitate inmates, but to generate and maintain the highest profits through them. They do this by cutting costs, such as security, food, and healthcare and generating arbitrary laws and rule to get more convicted. They have driven the mass incarceration in the U.S sky high, harming families, communities and state governments. With the stocks booming since Trump won the election, private prisons around the country will be opening their gates for immigrants, and then closing them forever. U.S corporations have been financially exploiting anything they see as profitable, but this should be off limits. It basically says that your very lives and futures aren't as important as the money they can make off of you. The whole "don't do the crime if you can't do the time," idea means absolutely nothing in these circumstances. They'll find any excuse to put you away.

[@fatefulbrawl5838]

I adore this man with every fiber of my being ❤ Change comes to us all, wether we seek it ir not.

[@IWantMyCountryBack2]

Prosecutors and cops that lie, falsify evidence, supress exculpatory evidence must be held accountable for their crimes.

[@hyperexplorer5355]

It's time for a change. Thank you!

[@ems3832]

Yeah, time for people to start making the personal choice to NOT embrace criminality in the first place! No better way to stay out of prison, avoid the "broken CJS" and reduce the overcrowded inmate population than that. THAT'S the "change" that would be most effective.

[@justinrabbitt9492]

It truly is but reality is far to cruel. Politicans are far to greedy to try to change some laws that get them easy votes and cases involving those laws have been used by the media to rile up people's emotions. As long as the media gets ratings and politicians have means to easy votes. Not much truly will change no matter how much people start to realise they need to change.

[@justinrabbitt9492]

@@ems3832 not everyone chooses that way of life. Some have it happen without them knowing it. They follow the rules yet still have it happen.

[@justinrabbitt9492]

@@ems3832 There are lots out there who were warned, followed the rules, yet still ended up getting arrested later for the same thing even though they know they followed the rules. Even those that pay their debts to society are still branded as outcast in a system that makes life 10 times harder to reintegrate back into or even harder than that. It could be over 20 years since a person served their time, paid their "debt", yet no job would give them a chance to make a better living even though the job would have nothing to do with the conviction depending on what it was.

[@ems3832]

@@justinrabbitt9492 "Lots out there?!" Who? Where? They must have done SOMETHING...

[@kiranminer7955]

My son 20yo was hit by someone on two different controlled substances that are contraindicated for being prescribed together or for driving while on them, the driver was on the phone and drove into the oncoming lane and hit my son an army reservist on his way home from work on his motorcycle. She, the white driver ,who grew up in the area was not charged with a felony or DUI despite the toxicology showing both drugs present in the system. The officer told me "Your son is no angle I could hear him speeding from the barracks" sight unseen and knowing nothing of motorcycles and muffler systems and stating how he hates motorcycles. According to PA state law, this should have been an automatic felony when you cause serious injury. My son was life-flighted to a trauma hospital and had 14 surgeries to save his life and his leg and has permanent disfigurement, infection and injury. Wayne County Pa did not give access to victim assistance as the person quit and the DA never charged the driver or spoke to my son about his account and nor did the State police. Have my son's rights been violated? and certainly, the police officer and DA have extremely unprofessional conduct in both the law and enforcement as well with possible discrimination and clear bias. Who do I contact?

[@idkwuisp7626]

the fact that this video only has 84k views and 174 comments, implicates that the american criminal justice system is unlikely to change for decades to come. "they deserve to be locked up" is what most of y'all will say. it's sad.

[@mattkelley8564]

This is what the we call in the retail space “opportunity” and this appears to be one of the most long-standing and turbulent issues in America. It affects those who are disenfranchised most; people of color and the poor. We MUST resolve this for a prosperous future and I hope with all my being to someday be a part of the solution. It’s even more flooring that this is the second comment on a Ted Talk. More people need to be aware of the system that hurts so many. The odds are stacked and we must be the generation that ends this cyclical repetition of harm to those who are the least likely to have a safety net. If you want change, come together. Those who are caught in the system can not reach upward social mobility. We must come together to transform this cruel justice system entrenched with racism and disenfranchisement. Please. If you read this, and if you care for your fellow man, do what you can to lead tomorrow into a prosperous day where equality is just and the justice system shifts its M.O. from one of partiality, to one of fairness and true justice for all of its citizens.

[@billyreynolds4285]

Matt Kelley so how do we change the culture in ghettos where the criminal lifestyle is not only upheld, but encouraged? I dont see a plausible solution to this complex problem unless culture is changed within those communities. This also applies to a change in how police interact with those citizens.

[@SRSOS1]

Know your OWN masters and you can begin to take off the yoke of oppression around your own neck.

[@MrRockskater1234]

Matt Kelley ok

[@ems3832]

@@billyreynolds4285Well said, billy. "Those citizens" need to decide to get their collective heads out of their asses and straighten themselves up. More concern for how THEY are interacting with law enforcement, not the other way around, will substantially reduce their presence in prisons. It's up to them. Until then, build bigger prisons.

[@azzar.1361]

​@@ems3832 if you are born into poverty you are more likely to be poor and commit crime, if you are born into crime-ridden areas you are more likely to commit crime and end up in prison, once you get out of prison you will be likely to engage in more criminal activity due to the fact that it's hard to get a good job with a record. it's an endless cycle. do you really think people of color are collectively deciding that they want to live this kind of life, or do they just not have other choices? just telling people to "straighten up" isn't gonna work.

[@zaksee1]

There is man in Tampa, FL that is prisoner in his own land because of the judge didn't want to look at the evidence and no one cares even the news. If anyone knows a good attorney please let us know. The justice in this country has a problem, how do you fix that so the judges can't do that to other people just for lies?

[@pb7133]

Need more training and re-entry programs. Low level trade schools so that ppl can earn a living when the get out. Sheet rockers, landscapers, roofers, concrete laborers, road crew. We are at a major labor shortage in this country and prisons are full. Major problem. I used to sell drugs for money. Now I hustle carpentry.

[@Michael-id9bw]

What about the inmates getting out that can't do labor intensive types of jobs? What's out there for them?

[@Alphacentauri819]

Nah, that barely scratches the surface. When all is a hustle, monetized…without the other frameworks of ethics and consequences…people will hustle from the bottom up, tunnel vision, without empathy, stepping on others to get ahead. From your hustle to drug company CEO’s hustle etc, the “hustle” can drive capitalistic criminal minds. Even look at avocado hustle that the cartels got into in Mexico… avocado hustle, killing, extortion, is hardly any better than the same elements of a drug hustle. We got to dig deeper and get to the heart of the greed, want of power, that drives all hustle. To make a living, is one thing…but to hurt others for one’s own gain (often at the heart of the hustle) is part of the problem.

[@SRSOS1]

For most things in our universe, there is cause and effect. But for some strange reason here in America, we choose blame-aggregation over devising solutions to the issues we face now-a-days. And I truly believe that is because we are yoked under a monetary system that "we the people" neither own or control. Everything after that is a result of it's machinations over us. It has us at each other throats on a daily basis for the exclusive benefit of the elite 1% or so. The criminal justice system in America isn't broken. It's hopelessly rigged and fixed.

[@ems3832]

What we do too much of is blaming others or "the system," versus taking responsibility for one's own actions and embracing common sense.

[@SRSOS1]

@@ems3832 Agreed with the but that vested interests and incrementalism play a large part in swaying people away from common sense and more towards false entitlements, as you described.

[@antonlissenberg4649]

You are on the right trak it is the one way to go go greatings from the netherlands. Sorry for my bad english

[@anthonysturt8406]

I think that using the Grinch at the end was silly. Overall, I agree that our criminal justice system needs a big update.

[@NAYR-JAUAI]

1. People should always be able to speak for themselves during trial. 2. People should be offered O.R. or P.R. bonds, at arraignment, to be given a chance to gather exculpatory evidence. 3. Fascist Statutes should be criminalize from being legislated & deemed as arbitrary; thus, the constitution should be considered before any statute is revised, or any law is legislated. 4. Every State should have the same statutes, all this nation's jurisdictions should concur, no jurisdiction should reject an order from another jurisdiction, no process from any court should be abused by any court, regardless of the difference in the procedures of one another's civil or criminal codes.

[@l.a.h837]

I'm actually working on a criminals justice project for class now listening to opposing views of the system I would like to enter this career to make a difference but hope that wont make me an outcast

[@CT-zo2fh]

Word of advice, don't unless it's for the prosecution. The reform side doesn't progress because the only people who get the jobs are sympathetic social warriors who have no skin in the game. Do us (the formerly incarcerated) a favor and get a job as a hiring manager somewhere and work on hiring felons. Let's the formerly incarcerated do the reform aspect so we can actually make a difference.

[@gta4everrr]

We need to adopt the concept of restorative justice used in Norway. In Nordic prisons, criminals are sent to prison as punishment, they aren't sent there to be punished. They view the loss of freedom experienced while incarcerated as sufficient punishment. We also need to begin looking more closely at diversion programs that keep criminals out of prison, so we can lower prison populations and improve quality of life for those deemed a true threat to public safety. That means more access to a wider variety of rehabilitative programs. Unfortunately, none of this will ever change until we are able to vastly change how our society views criminality.

[@justinrabbitt9492]

Nothing will ever change as long as people are making money,off of filling the prisons. There will never truly be forgiveness towards prisoners to be able to reintegrate back into society. The system will always want to punish offenders and pretty much always be branded outcast. Not only does the system need to change as well as society but also the work force needs to change their policies as well. I'm fighting to prove my innocence on my charges and am praying with all I have left that as my first offense I won't be sent away nor branded. Yet everything I see and read on my charges. Nobody will ever truly let me reintegrate into society should I get convicted and serve my time. No matter how many programs are made throughout the country to assist people with records, nobody in Indiana nor those who are getting rich off of people in prison will ever truly want even a first time offender to be reintegrate back into society, and will always be punished long after serving the debt to society. I've broken down so much because all I can see is every opportunity I was struggling before to make now reduced to almost nothing. All I have is my delivery driving job and am trying to take each day as a step towards rebuilding my life before I'm possibly convicted. Yet still all I see is no true hope for me because society and the system will never change to allow people in my situation to reintegrate back into society. It's all about money and people getting richer off of making people in prison always go back.

[@justinrabbitt9492]

@UCqx9RiLvhMeE8AFlWLwMekw it might be simple but try getting arrested for something you didn't do. Try fighting to prove your innocence on something that you didn't know you did while losing everything you worked your whole life to gain as a good person. Having the media ruining your name and blowing your case way out of proportion. Getting sent to jail where you hear the screams of others yelling to be let out while you are treated less than human and have that go on for days. As if your an animal and have no way of contacting the outside world unless you had cash on you to pay for a phone call. When you have someone you love go thru that or you do yourself then you tell me I'm wrong that our system isn't severly screwed up.

[@jshir17]

Focus needs to Shift from giving publicity to the criminals and punishing them to Helping the Victims of crime & giving an attentive ear to the Victims instead.

[@ems3832]

BOTH are needed.

[@10Tabris01]

You're supposedly the richest country in the world. I'm sure you'll manage both

[@englishhelp950]

Perfect

[@VanHalenIsolated]

I like the message. However, I believe we shouldn’t use prisons for punishment. We should only use prisons for society’s safety. Let’s find a different solution for those considered not a threat to society. Most people want reparations anyways. Also, Albert Einstein didn’t say that insanity quote. So saying that Albert Einstein said that over and over again is insane lol.

[@dennisforntillas2218]

Please our Father in Spirit help us All, guide us so we may not get lost or even get tempted, keep you and me us all from bribery. All these I ask in the name of our lord Jesus amen.

[@ems3832]

Well said, Dennis!

[@TroublesMoon]

This video is 3 years old. Words are nice but they don't fix thing unless put into action. The progress being made in CA is not coming from you or the system, it is coming from the people who are fighting. Transformation does not happen over night, you are correct, but the system can destroy an innocent persons life over night. You continue to treat people like animals and expect them to leave prison as productive humans? It is the department of corrections, not the department of punishment. Punishment does not correct, punishment is punitive. You can start with getting rid of all of your mandatory minimums but of course, you do not want to do that because prosecutors like you have to surrender your power back to the judge where it should be. Stop incarcerating people hundreds of miles away from their family support unit. Visitation and family support is absolutely key to support and rehabilitation. If you want true change in your system let go of this tough on crime nonsense and start being smart on crime. Look at the prison system in Norway, Germany, Sweden. They actually work. The recidivism rate is around 20%. The US holds at around 80%. What we are doing does not work! It never had and it never will. But people like you have our society believing that those system are too cushy, too soft. Our society believes that prison has to be horrible and dangerous, that we need to make it as bad as possible so that people do not want to go back. A blood lusty society who believes that torture and treating people like animals is the answer. But we have to care about what works and our methods don't. Change does not begin with the individual, it begins with system. You just said that what profoundly changes a person is someone who cares about them. I agree that is true so stop making it so difficult for families and loves ones to to offer that support.

[@arthurmarshall8200]

criminal justice system is broken in florida

[@ems3832]

@CTRL Pxwerfull Who is broke in MN? Do they need a bank loan?

[@ems3832]

Then be sure you stay out of it, arthur.

[@alexm7777]

@@ems3832 you reek of being a troll

[@ems3832]

@@alexm7777 Obviously a fragrance familiar to you, allie. Try showering.

[@grandduke415]

Not only in Florida. In Canada too!

[@NatashaONeil-ww5rn]

Prevention is better than rehabilitation

[@arthurmarshall8200]

lots of hot air ...usa has most people incarcerated in the world

[@ems3832]

So what? The USA has the most people who need to learn how to FOLLOW THE LAWS, then!

[@TeamRCXD]

@@ems3832 but people in jail don't learn to follow the law. Once people get out, for most, crime is the only way to survive. They've lost everything, won't get a job and won't get assistence from the government. Would you really become a better person by being placed in inhumane living conditions for several years?

[@AdrianRivera813]

Here in Pasco County Florida Dishonorable Judge Alicia Polk has put a burden on my family which has cost us financial loss, depression and frustration. With her biased abuse of power the state Florida has completely failed to hold her accountable for poor decision making in trials. At what point do we the people actually get justice with a broken system?

[@darksoul479]

Good speech, but nothing will happen.

[@jujubee90275]

Exactly

[@NickHenry20]

Don't be so pessimistic, we need the justice system to be healed, so hope that it does.

[@TheZooBrooksAB]

NickHenry20 That's cute.

[@kakyoin9688]

TheZooBrooksAB *Thats cute*

[@Lovelessvalentine66]

@@NickHenry20 It will be we just need to keep working to try to fix it. Not gonna happen right away but as long as people keep trying it will work

[@keithsimmonds4499]

I say before we judge other's for the way they are take the time to judge ourselves for the way we are because if we are wrong in our own ways there will be no Justice in the judgement we pass on other's,if everyone believe in this action America and the rest of the world will be better.

[@ems3832]

"Others," not "other's."

[@Dnn411]

Something needs to be done to speed up trials and judgements. 4-5 years is ridiculous, a year at the most Is what it should be at the most.

[@DaffyAF]

It’s called criminal justice for a reason..

[@SPAD58]

Stop the never ending supply of unwanted and abused children. Address the problem of people creating children that they are not qualified to raise.

[@DerpMcDerp101]

Tho shall not judge. You are know one to tell someone how to raise their children terd.

[@ems3832]

You are on the right track, NPN!

[@mechamedegeorge6786]

What is the solution?

[@chris532008]

If premise is correct why are everyone in govt and especially judicial police system practicing criminals

[@ems3832]

They're not, you goof.

[@yourdedcat-qr7ln]

@@ems3832 they are you good

[@ems3832]

@@yourdedcat-qr7ln I am good; you're right. You sound a little bit challenged, however...

[@yourdedcat-qr7ln]

@@ems3832 yeah after they kicked you outta class it was boring

[@ben-rw1ht]

Hey that’s Gavin Newson at 9:01

[@arthurmarshall8200]

release the non violent inmates sentenced for minor crimes you charlatan

[@chris532008]

arthur marshall And judicial officers profiting by committing crime

[@ems3832]

Sure, then they can all live next to you, arty. Maybe even babysit your kids....

[@cherilynnfisher5658]

🎆 In the end, it's all we've really got.

[@Eusebeia7]

How about the dismal IQ problem of IQ average 84 in prison and the born psychopaths who are human predators?

[@A.WhiteCompany]

well there is nothing anyone can do to raise a dismal IQ ......

[@pb7133]

Maybe some of them, but some of the smartest ppl I have ever met were in prison. Maybe it was just my friends in there 🤷‍♂️

[@azullazaro7885]

what percentage of people make the population that have those conditions? also, there is rehabilitation for predators. It would mean there should be more security placed on predators after leaving prison. If you search there isn't many psychological resources available to all of those people with the conditions you named. I would say "how about the people who write a comment on youtube and forget to care after they exit a tab?" hmmmm...

[@AKAHEIZER]

They get along just fine, I presume?! If they can reflect in such honesty on themselves, and even write Comments about it on KZbin

[@10Tabris01]

Low IQ (whatever worth that has) doesn't make you a criminal. Give them a way out by allowing them to learn a trade, for example, and to build healthy support networks with other people. And as for the psychopaths, you can still keep them in, but you have to make sure that people still have their chance to learn and develop

[@aceswild5071]

Ok so serious conversation here… did he just suggest transformation but didn’t actually clearly define any way to do that or what we can do to the system itself. From what I got out of it is he suggests that we create some kind of system that gives opportunities to criminals but didn’t suggest anything as far as an actual answer… he is basically saying that the system need to be reformed but gives no suggestions on how

[@winnielove3291]

His suggestion was through rehabilitation; if we look at other countries like Norway or Sweden they use rehabilitative methods as opposed to punishment and deterrence. He didn’t give us a step by step but what he did do was provide information to hopefully light up other peoples light bulbs! 💡

[@ojaswiishani372]

I do not completely agree with him because a person can fake transformation for parole and trusting every criminal hoping that they will change and lead a just life after been convicted is a fallacy. It might be a excellent theory but my dear friend it need to be implemented, which is a impossible task because every person and their thought process is different.

[@A.WhiteCompany]

i disagree with punishment

[@ems3832]

You've obviously never been robbed at gunpoint, had your car jacked, or been victimized in any way...

[@shuntajones2202]

Dessert.

[@fasteddy9789]

I know so many people who were innocent but took a deal bc they wanted to be home.

[@jalushorton1444]

If you have money you'll never see a jail

[@ems3832]

That's odd. I don't have a lot of money and I've never been in jail. I wonder why that is? Hmmmm….

[@eddymaldonado2809]

Not true .

[@95tek]

Bernie madoff - Jeffrey Epstein - El chapo - John mcafee

[@vidhitoadarsh]

What?

[@emilystevens6335]

Expelled for bad behavior? Given 3 chances to work with parents to keep you in school? Given a fair hearing? AND YOU STILL ARE ACCUSED OF DISRUPTING THE CLASSROOM, THEN YOU PROBABLY ARE GUILTY. In the old days (maybe 30 years ago) DELINQUENT CHILDREN WERE NOT ALLOWED TO CAUSE VIOLENCE OR HINDER THE EDUCATION OF OTHERS. If the parents could not control their behavior THEY WENT TO THE BAD BOYS HOME UNTIL THEY WERE AT LEAST 18. That home PROTECTED them from street predators, provided some education, and KEPT THEM ALIVE. I SAID ALIVE TO SEE ANOTHER DAY, INSTEAD OF DYING ON THE STREETS BY THE THOUSANDS IN THE OBAMA ERA. Thank you President Trump. A dead child is just dead. A LIVE child protected by a group home LIVES TO GROW UP AND SEE ANOTHER DAY.

[@ems3832]

Well said, Emily.

[@momanon8789]

Glad President Trump has recognized these serious issues and is working to fix these problems for our society!

[@rookiepilot.rp1]

Yet he owns stock in CoreCivic (Formerly CCA) just another lie by this crook

[@kennethgroves6433]

NO WAY TO FIX SLO COUNTY AND ITS FALLACIOUS ACTIVITIES,

[@chriskelley1989]

Though his name was Robert Baratheon... kind of disappointed now.

[@Alex-ml3di]

Bow you sh1ts

[@thuggwaffle8825]

Good people don’t generally go to prison... repeat offenders on serious crimes are bad people plain and simple... not worthy of rehabilitation

[@ems3832]

Amen.

[@alexafromsouthcarolina5666]

What a narrow world view

[@thuggwaffle8825]

@@alexafromsouthcarolina5666 didn’t start out this way, life experience and statistics got me here

[@SuperiorAmericanGuy]

Slavery never ended it evolved.

[@LHTD_YT]

8:27 Charlie Puthy

[@quartytypo]

I see woke people as screamers flailing their arms hysterically with drool running down the side of their mouth.

[@amberarias8997]

Check out Governor Newsom in the crowd lol

[@ems3832]

"Governor Gruesome" is more like it.

[@topturn9653]

What kind of powder does ivanka use to get into court?

[@kirstinetermansen8360]

Ted diskrimination

[@devanwoodruff7289]

I hope Trump begins major reforms on the police and prisons during his 2nd term.

[@devanwoodruff7289]

@Nin Po lmao he has already begun reforming the justice system, but no president can change the system overnight. What sins do you speak of?

[@frankzheng5286]

For most things in our universe, there is cause and effect. But for some strange reason here in America, we choose blame-aggregation over devising solutions to the issues we face now-a-days. And I truly believe that is because we are yoked under a monetary system that "we the people" neither own or control. Everything after that is a result of it's machinations over us. It has us at each other throats on a daily basis for the exclusive benefit of the elite 1% or so. The criminal justice system in America isn't broken. It's hopelessly rigged and fixed.

[@frankzheng5286]

This is what the we call in the retail space “opportunity” and this appears to be one of the most long-standing and turbulent issues in America. It affects those who are disenfranchised most; people of color and the poor. We MUST resolve this for a prosperous future and I hope with all my being to someday be a part of the solution. It’s even more flooring that this is the second comment on a Ted Talk. More people need to be aware of the system that hurts so many. The odds are stacked and we must be the generation that ends this cyclical repetition of harm to those who are the least likely to have a safety net. If you want change, come together. Those who are caught in the system can not reach upward social mobility. We must come together to transform this cruel justice system entrenched with racism and disenfranchisement. Please. If you read this, and if you care for your fellow man, do what you can to lead tomorrow into a prosperous day where equality is just and the justice system shifts its M.O. from one of partiality, to one of fairness and true justice for all of its citizens.