This Is What People Really Make in Prison Jobs | Inside Story

[@VICENews]

Inside Story brings critical accountability and investigative journalism on the criminal justice system to incarcerated people across the country. Watch the first episode here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXq5l6etoqpkjK8

[@Andy-qe6kk]

I'm not sorry for these criminals. Prison is meant to be a punishment. If you can't do the time, then don't do the crime.

[@tinydancer2544]

@@Andy-qe6kk They've paid for it by being locked away. It's slave labour. End of

[@Andy-qe6kk]

@@tinydancer2544 It's punishment. Get over it.

[@sabrinal.3863]

My mom has stage 3 colon cancer and is locked up in Atlanta for drug charges. Despite her right to doctors and several pleas, they never took her to the hospital. All the money I put on her books for food doesn’t go far because prices are extremely inflated. Thank you for addressing this. Prisons in the US are modern day slavery owned by greedy people.

[@kingmulti8075]

Did they tell u to commit a crime so u can end up in prison if u end up in prison u have no rites to Demond nice things. You commit a crime to get to prison than alone makes you worthless and a danger to the society.

[@sabrinal.3863]

@@kingmulti8075 your right, she committed a crime but everyone has the right to a doctor. Especially a non violent offender

[@kingmulti8075]

@@sabrinal.3863 no she does not. Did she have rites to commit the crime? No she didn’t but still proceeded to do the crime. If she cared about her own wellbeing, she would’ve been at home tending to her wounds. And she didn’t go to jail she went to prison, than means w.e she did was no joke. Sorry but I’m not sorry. America is full of crime everyday some1 goes to prison. A system fund by people’s working money that is taxed to feed prisoners 3 meals a day is too muck. It shud be 3 meals a week

[@kingmulti8075]

@@sabrinal.3863 all seriousness I hope she gets the treatment she needs and when she gets out seek better treatment.

[@sumper_man]

@@kingmulti8075 it’s just drugs man. I don’t believe people should go to prison for such things unless fentanyl is detected in testing. The Sackler family are the real criminals😂

[@FerociousPancake888]

I’m so happy this series exists. Please continue it for a long time!

[@JollyRancherFriends]

Really I’m happy bc it’s a good laugh at vices stupidity

[@sawblade9362]

Thugs talking with thugs

[@amberthompson1596]

I agree! The quality and the fact the host has lived experience. I am learning so much and thank you VICE News

[@jakegreen5682]

This is the content we want vice

[@Treysorable]

This is not "content", this is continued slavery, and the system folks are fighting to abolish

[@Soul-Clutch-Man]

@@Treysorable ?????? My guy, he’s talking about how vice often puts out pieces whose newsworthiness is questionable, but this video is newsworthy.

[@ers3b4y]

@@Treysorable you made no point

[@nicholaskXIII]

@@Treysorable hahahaha. 😂

[@lonesome3958]

@@Treysorable lmao calm down its just a documentary

[@nickybrooks6942]

This is exactly why private companies got involved in the prison system. minimum wages , maximum profit and government payouts. The minimum wages don't just apply to the prisoners but to the staff in these places as well , which leads to even more problems .

[@makslargu5799]

Right? And allowing this to continue screws non incarcerated workers. No one can negotiate higher pay in manufacturing when they could just move their operations into prisons, allowing this to continue drives everyone’s wages down. Driving down wages increases poverty. Impoverished people are desperate and desperate people commit crimes…and impoverished people who commit crimes wind up where? Laboring for free in prison. There’s no justice, just us.

[@Tony-723]

Don’t commit a crime maybe

[@dominique___1980]

Look at the countries who set up an actual rehabilitation scenario, and treat prisoners well. Their recidivism is so much lower than here. Thing is.. the REAL desire in the Private Prison Industry, is NOT rehabilitation, but the perpetuation of slave labor. Loving this series. Please do more!!!

[@nobodyspecial4702]

Look at how much it costs to "rehabilitate" those prisoners. Do you honestly believe spending $150000 a year on them is money well spent? You know what other prison system has a low recidivism rate? Places where prisoners are tortured and beat daily because nobody wants to go to them and they cost next to nothing to run.

[@makslargu5799]

@@nobodyspecial4702it’s $40,000/ year for a recidivism rate of 76.6%. Norway spends just over double that $90,000 per year and has less than 1/3 of the US recidivism rate at 20%. When you also take into account that the US imprisons more people than any other country and hands out much longer sentences on average than Norway it’s clear that Norway saves money with its prison approach.

[@nobodyspecial4702]

@@makslargu5799 And how is Norway going to pay for these prisons when the oil income that currently funds them is gone? Is crime going to suddenly disappear?

[@Turha101]

@@nobodyspecial4702 Same way Finland, Denmark and Sweden pay for theirs. Giving prisoners better chances for a normal life after their sentence is over actually leads to less people reoffending and more people paying taxes.

[@makslargu5799]

@@nobodyspecial4702​60% of norways GDP comes from the service sector, oil and gas account for 17%. I don’t think numbers are your strong point bud.

[@monkebusiness7794]

Wow, its almost like the prison system is insanely corrupt.

[@grubhubguy9629]

It’s almost like you don’t have to go there if you obey the law…

[@aabattery06]

@@grubhubguy9629 A criminal, no matter the crime, should not be treated inhumanely. You're too bloodthirsty, seeing it as getting them back for the crime. It's better for society, that we treat them with respect, that we set them up for success. You might not like it, but it's been proven time and time again. Social services (like free healthcare and subsidized housing) + Rehabilitation focused prisons produce a more productive and safe society. You are actively harming yourself and your family by thinking this way.

[@marioborkowski5894]

Almost? You kidding? Sarcasm,I get you

[@Георг-л5л]

@@aabattery06 what about the murderers that find no remorse in it , child pedophiles and rapists?

[@aabattery06]

@Program Files™ appeals to emotion. Do you think every criminal is a heartless monster? There are so few sociopathic murderers and rapists with no feelings of remorse that we could fill a single prison with all of them.

[@kil-roy]

The reason why this has to stop is because it creates incentives to create more criminals to incarcerate. There should never be those incentives in a just society.

[@mykolfornasero3631]

unfortunately this is what they want "More Criminals"... more criminals=more money. Welcome to America where nothing has changed only rearranged.

[@xDiViNexInfectedx]

But that's the reason it won't stop because more criminals mean more people go into jail/prison which means more money. It's all about the money, America is not a just society and it never was, it's a business. Many more prisons are being made in America.

[@odst2247]

How exactly do you ‘create’ criminals in this case?

[@pixality7902]

​​​@@odst2247 read the book 3 felonies a day. There are tons of obscure laws you may not know about. You have probably committed more crimes than you know. Its all about what they choose to enforce. They can add more ridiculous laws anytime. Thats literally the point of the war on drugs. They havent always been illegal and the scheduling system is not science based.

[@Dr_Larken]

2.73+ mil and it’s probably has surpassed 3 million! Because incarceration is a business in this country! Rehabilitation is the last thing on the government’s mind!

[@rmoultonrmoulton145]

It's not really just the government though. It's all the lobbies that exist to keep this narrative going. And then it's perpetuated by the government, especially the Republicans though Democrats deserve a lot of blame as well. All you have to do is fear monger and constantly "advertise" the crimes that are done and by what race you want to target the most. Local news, national news, reality TV, etc....all of these are responsible for perpetuating a fear narrative that drives "tough on crime" approaches in so many states, counties, cities and towns which in turn lines the pockets of so many people and companies.

[@humbertsmith8864]

The inmate who booked my entire trip to Nepal (including porters and guides) did a wonderful job, and I hope she is released early.

[@ChiTownGuerrilla]

Instead of hoping I hope you put in a good word for her to the higher up's.

[@eazzyblue3755]

@Humbert Smith but she butchered 500 chickens and screwed a beagle.

[@ehrgeiz5649]

@@ChiTownGuerrilla You're not very bright are you?

[@bobcreature2127]

@@ehrgeiz5649 I know they meant well, but if someone admitting to a murder than another man was convicted of is not enough to get that man out of prison (Leo Schofield case); there is quite literally zero hope that speaking with this woman's "higher ups" will do anything in the way of getting her out of prison.

[@ChiTownGuerrilla]

@@ehrgeiz5649 Obviously brighter than you seeing I can fly a real plane while you have to simulate... 😆

[@jdeljones]

I love Luenell. She drops real knowledge while keeping it funny and entertaining.

[@kokokat584]

Loveeee her

[@joey2748]

This is spot on! I have been incarcerated in Orange county FL where they do not pay you to work at all. I started in the kitchen so I could at least eat better since we were not making any money to buy things off commissary. I decided that eating as much nasty D and F grade food wasn't good enough and when I got sentenced I moved up jobs to Road Crew (Cutting Grass) to get outside the gate and work. Although we still were not getting paid to do that either, it gave me the entrepreneurship I needed to become "Prison Rich". I won't say exactly what my business was but let's just say, with help from the outside world, I would turn $3 into $350. Now times that by 5 days a week. I have been out four years now myself and I still have yet to make that kind of money here. But anyways after I got tired of that job and was set on money for awhile I decided to let the system know I actually had skills from the outside and they put me on a crew that did remodeling of police departments. Mind you we still did not get paid any money for doing that work. We did the whole remodel to. They got free electrician work, plumber work, painter and drywaller work, you name it all free! Saved them millions of dollars by only buying materials and not paying for labor. They saved so much money that you can look up the new building we did for them and the old one comparison and you will see the massive, modernized building they are in now compared to the little shack they were in before. They had souch extra money for materials that the walls are bulletproof. I know cause I broke my back carrying the panels that go inside the walls. And just so it's out there my crime was not a violent crime, it was for grand theft, trafficking in stolen goods, and defrauding a pawnbroker. I haven't been in trouble since and never plan to for that matter and will do whatever it takes to make it in this world legally or struggle before I do crime again. But I must say I see now why so many are in there. This world isn't meant for all of us and the stress can make you do strange things." To anyone reading this and you are stressed, keep moving, keep your head up, and don't let them catch you with your head down. Stay humble and don't let your anger get the best of you. For we are the ones that can choose to make our path or let them make it for us"... -Me

[@allendanaye]

Thank you for your kind words. I appreciate it. 💕💯

[@chickenfarmer209]

so you were still actively being a criminal in prison? Wow, sounds like you really belong there.

[@joey2748]

@@allendanaye for sure! I realized in my time locked up that just some positive words like that just might be enough to motivate some people that have no motivation to help themselves and completely take them out of a slump and change for the best. I have seen it change lives and turn people around 180 degrees. One day I would like to get my story out there to the world and spread the word of hope

[@joey2748]

@@chickenfarmer209 yeah when I was there I probably did. But I can say one thing, with a attitude like you got right there you definitely DON'T belong there. So hopefully one day you don't get mixed up in the wrong situation at the wrong time and end up there like so many innocent people do, cause with that attitude right there you wouldn't make it very long

[@ThePeacePlant]

Bro dope comment. I have only been to jail twice for no more than 1 day until I got bailed out. I have been arrested for a gram of marijuana and being drunk in public, well got arrested while trying to walk through the woods down my street while drunk and someone called the cops before I got to walk in the woods. But this is a great post. The world isn't meant for everyone and I am one, but it took me till 30 years old which is my age now to get it right. I am ready to work and hopefully a career in Missionary work for God in the future, it's my dream to do Missionary work and it always has been! I am excited for my future!

[@FeelMyFlu]

I went to prison at 18 for two years,and I remember they paid us 33c per hour for working forced jobs if you didn’t wanna work they called it “failure to program” and added 30 days to your sentence for everyday you didn’t wanna work

[@TomikaKelly]

So...slavery? 😒

[@FeelMyFlu]

@jenny hubbock did it

[@layplummer861]

I hope this channel stays around for a long time it’s extremely informative and to the point.

[@vapete1237]

This is an amazing series covering so many topics that will inspire people to change their outlook on life, I am a British Citizen living in the United Kingdom and I'm shocked to see what the United States Prison Service/Department of Correction pay prisoners/inmates whilst in prison. I have a family member who has been in prison in the UK, and he earned £27/$33 each and every week less £1/$1.22 for the hire of a TV set, hearing that prisoners are earning less than 50 Cents for an hours work and hard work at that defies any sense of respect towards the prisoner and in my opinion deserves an immediate review.

[@makslargu5799]

Prisoners should be able to earn enough money that they can help support family on the outside/ save up for a housing deposit and an Uber home when they get out. $33/week is much better but it still isn’t enough

[@micka1948]

Yea people forget USA was build on slavery and it was just changed to the prison system people also forget USA is not a country but a cooperation

[@torqueandbeanssauce]

But I've seen some UK prisons where they live better than some people on the outside! Prison isn't meant to be a reward and an easy ticket. It's meant to humble you and give you time to learn what you did was wrong. You should look at what they pay the officers most the time to deal with these crazy people. Where I worked there was atleast 1 code 4 a day and prob atleast 2-3 involving shanks a week.

[@torqueandbeanssauce]

If the prisoners were worried about supporting their families they should have thought about that before committing the crimes. Plus it's like a minimum wage job, it's not meant to sustain people as a career. If you make life too good guess what why not come to prison? Free food, hang with you boys smoke whatever do whatever. That's not the point of the prison system. Plus guess what when covid hit you know just in a couple days only on 2 smaller units on my side of the prison I was working at $250k worth of covid checks came through to inmates! Just in those couple days let alone the other 2 bigger units and minimum camp and that was just the one check not the others. These guys have been in prison so long and haven't done taxes in 10 years but were some how able to get the same money as someone with real bills. You know what they spent that money on? Drugs, other contraband, paying off debt and food. If they made more money it wouldn't support their families most would use it to buy the food from canteen or get some dope for the week or pay a gambling debt. I love when people comment on something they have never seen in real life. Until you go work as an officer or actually go live in a prison I don't want to hear crap. Alot of prisons are so old they don't even have a/c in the south! How about give corrections som more money to make the prisons a little better and pay the officers better.

[@Man_fay_the_Bru]

I know people who choose to go to jail because they can earn&don’t have to do real work of keep a house etc,this is the uk, the prisons are wayyy too soft.

[@NonLegitNation2]

I was locked up for 11yrs. I had a bunch of different jobs working in the kitchen, custodian, tutor, working in the library, laundry and the best job was refurbishing and recycling computers. I made at the least .19/hr and at the most $1.00/hr.

[@PlanetSharkFoot]

This could be expanded into a great and insightful full documentary or series.

[@Treysorable]

or, we can abolish the police and finally allow black people to just exist

[@Allinmyworld]

Stories like this change my mind. Working in the criminal justice system myself it helps to see what is on the other side. It also has opened my mind if any of my family members get locked up the support system that is needed financially get out of prison but also trying to be there the best we can on the outside world. Keep shining the light on these issues.

[@slconley]

We need some serious prison reform. We need prisons but we also need to treat them better, they are already actively being punished by being in there.

[@nobodyspecial4702]

Yeah, prisons are supposed to be a punishment, not a vacation.

[@makslargu5799]

@@nobodyspecial4702​most victims don’t care about retribution, they want to feel safe and confident what happened to them will not be repeated. Our criminal justice system does not give them that. Many victims of SA and DV have been campaigning for restorative justice for years - for the most part we deny them that. Finally, punishing individuals for systemic problems (addiction, mental health, and survival crimes ) is as much use as a porch on a submarine.

[@curtisthomas2670]

The US puts people in prison for things many other countries don't and gives out longer sentences for most crimes than many other countries

[@ademirsegura6307]

@@nobodyspecial4702 look at club fed 😒

[@sheriherrick4420]

I LOVE this! Showing real people making it on the outs! Great job❤

[@dfinite1111]

You know what Vice oughta do a story on??? How regular working people in America don’t make enough money to pay for a food over their head.

[@nobodyspecial4702]

Nah, better for them to instead whine about how prisoners aren't getting rich in prison.

[@makslargu5799]

They do frequently - they have one about Uber drivers in SF. What happens after Americans get evicted and can’t pay for food? They get citations they can’t pay for living in their car. Then what happens? An impounded car and jail for a lot of folks.

[@yogagai]

So much respect for this fellows. Make me honor my life and the people around me.

[@Doodlecream]

Luenell seriously has the best energy and charm. Could listen to her for hours

[@ThatADHDKid]

She's a freaking legend

[@lmccampbell]

Abandoning her child is such a great thing to aspire too.

[@ThatADHDKid]

@@lmccampbell Mommy leave you too?

[@rogerdodger8415]

Here's a guy they should be nice to.... Stanley Obas is wanted for his alleged involvement in the assault and death of a 13-year-old girl in Easton, Pennsylvania. On July 28, 1996, Obas and two accomplices who have since been arrested allegedly took the girl into the basement of a house, sexually assaulted her, and tortured her with items from the home. She eventually died as a result of the assault and her body was located in a cemetery in town

[@ummin3872]

thank god someone’s finally talking about the modern slavery the united states has, it’s literally written into the 13th amendment. slavery never ended in america the qualifications for being a slave just shifted

[@JChang0114]

So prisoners should have personal chefs and maids?

[@StraightFelon]

@@JChang0114 lmao ive been to prison, people like the jobs. you don't have to work them

[@TheOriginalFaxon]

@@JChang0114 no, but they shouldn't get paid slave wages, even if they're being forced to work explicitly as punishment for their crimes. It's also not the only form of unpaid work done as punishment, community service also exists and is unpaid work, you just aren't incarcerated for it so most people don't see it as particularly terrible unless they are forced to do it so often for so many hours that they can't make a living as well.

[@makslargu5799]

@@JChang0114OP said unpaid labor in prison shouldn’t be allowed. How did you get “prisoners should have personal maids and chefs” from that?

[@makslargu5799]

@@StraightFelonin TX if you refuse to work you can be put in solitary - which has been internationally defined as a form of cruel and unusual punishment and therefore a human rights violation.

[@osusandra7428]

Let's not forget that the biggest payouts in the markets don't come from great performances but rather it's great promotions. Stay invested, diversification for streams of incomes is very important

[@tiamiyusheedu]

Factos! Every new day, Bitcoin gains support and patronage of more and more politicians, billionaires, finance institutions and institutional investors. Could even surpass the 60k June 2022 forecast.

[@maryamibrahimusman]

I urge everyone to start somewhere now no matter how small, this is literaly the time for that, forget material things, don't get tempted,i became more better the moment realized this.

[@ant0nmilan292]

You're absolutely right Waiting for the government to provide is a big waste of time. Investing is how you create Wealth, I started investing from pandemic crash

[@florencedaje]

How can someone who is just starting out navigate the crypto space? I don't have the heart to see the bulk of my portfolio go from green to red

[@salawudeenmustapha8794]

If you are new, then you definitely need some guide from an experienced investor or a professional. That's the most way to jump into the market these days.

[@christhomas5794]

In an English prison, I was getting paid £14 a week as number one in the kitchen start at six in the morning. Finish at six at night seven days a week.

[@JChang0114]

You got paid with room and board.

[@Drocks0]

@@JChang0114 aren't tax dollars supposed to be paying for that? What the hell is even the point of paying the government if they don't function without slavery

[@corym1309]

In Florida, most inmates do not get paid. Only the staff barber and canteen operater get paid, and canteen is paid by the 3rd party company. Electricians, painters, road crews, etc. all work for free.

[@DiscretionwithReason]

Confederate states are the worst

[@TomikaKelly]

Why would you even choose to work if it's free??

[@DiscretionwithReason]

@@TomikaKelly to buy more. To save more. Not having to worry about necessities doesn't mean not worrying about progress.

[@corym1309]

@@TomikaKelly to gain experience doing something like plumbing or electrical. Gives you a better chance finding jobs when you get out. Plus, it's not as boring.

[@grubhubguy9629]

All this complaining about how horrible prison is. Don’t go to prison if it’s so bad… It costs nothing to be a law abiding citizen.

[@curtisthomas2670]

Roger Stone, Steve Bannon, Dinesh D'Souza show that you can do the crime and not do the time if you're friends with slime

[@BillStreets_1723]

imagine doing 30-40 years and sent back to society without a dollar. the system is deeper then we all think! the good, bad, and ugly.

[@BillStreets_1723]

@user-qg2so3ik9j already do lol! taxes pay to keep police to round it up and keep criminals in jail! what's a public defender for? lol

[@BillStreets_1723]

@user-qg2so3ik9j they recycle institutionalized minds

[@BillStreets_1723]

@user-qg2so3ik9j it is your freedom to express yourself just don't let the inmates know how you feel about them 🤦🏽‍♂️🤣

[@REAL_Noor27]

This is the truth. I went through the same thing when I touched down from the pen. I made it through, but not without a few scars along the way. Stay FREE & BLESSED my KINGS & QUEENS ❤️

[@sagittariusque8932]

I've heard the most horrific prison story on a KZbin channel and I haven't been right since. It's like a nightmare you can't wake up from. I wish I never clicked in the video. Yes it's helpful because someone out there needs to hear it to save themselves or a family member or a friend but it's a lot to handle

[@Batista7105]

What's the video?

[@ocularpressure4558]

What’s the video I want to watch it

[@ShannonLH1108]

What story? I worked in prisons for 7 years as a psychologist and I'm curious what the video is.

[@sagittariusque8932]

I'm only letting you know just to save someone from going down the wrong path. Watch at your own risk. If you think you're not strong enough for whatever reason to handle it. PLEASE Do Not watch that video. Watch At Your Own Risk!!! The KZbin channel is "Bill FEEZZYY" the video is "Took His Manhood"

[@Valleygirl210]

I can tell you are a woman 100%

[@nimascolari1508]

Inmate "not getting paid for doing work in prison is like being put in a forced situation" it's called being put in jail, brother. Don't expect to be paid. Be grateful if you are paid. These aren't minimum security places, these are hardened, serious and dangerous criminals. The problem is that in the US prisons are privatised money making organisations businesses whose stock are offenders, they subcontract their inmates to private companies who abuse their status. The problems arise from central government who don't legislate against this. If a private company wants "licence plates" made they must pay for that work. Not 20 cents an hour or remove that private prison industry all together.

[@Dirty17366]

Really like your report... I can relate I did 15 years as an adult and 2 as juvenile.... I've been out since June 1999 married since May 2000 and almost have my house paid off and it was built in Nov 2007... we can make it... if you can't do the time then don't do the crime... you didn't care about others rights when you was out.... now where to care about you doing HARD TIME lmfao

[@shamanic_nostalgia]

oh so you can do the time, thats why you did the crime? you really DID that time, didnt you buddy! i really like how you tried to inspire people and talk down to them at the same time

[@morganm6531]

God bless

[@bricks202]

non violent drug crimes should not involve incarceration. just monetary penalties should be used

[@dangranger3447]

Drugs and non-violent don’t belong in the same sentence. All drugs have violence involved in their production, transportation, selling, etc. Wake up.

[@bricks202]

@@dangranger3447 if u get busted for possession of a few ounces of cocaine or dope nobody is charging u with murder or any other crime so stfu and try to add to the convo instead of missing the point.

[@ocularpressure4558]

Back in 2006 I was working at Jamestown prison doing recycling and a dorm Porter which means I clean the dorms and I was making $.13 an hour and it was enough to where I got a little over $30 a month but then the state would take half of it because I owed for court fees but I was able to have $15 a month to buy commissary with just from working in prison job

[@matthewjordan9882]

Underrated comment

[@ocularpressure4558]

@@matthewjordan9882 I don’t understand please explain more

[@matthewjordan9882]

@@ocularpressure4558 It means that your comment needs more attention

[@ocularpressure4558]

@@matthewjordan9882 Thank you Matthew I had no idea it was going to even be seen by anybody I appreciate your comment that means a lot

[@NonLegitNation2]

yep. i averaged about $40/month in Wisconsin prisons. We had canteen/commissary every 2 weeks and I would have about $20 to spend. They were also taking out for restitution and Wisconsin takes out a certain amount for a release fund. The highest paid job i had when i was locked up was working for BSI (Badger State Industries) refurbishing and recycling computers. i actually loved that job because I'm a computer geek I was making $1.00/hr and actually really looked forward to going to work, it passed the time since we worked 8hrs a day and it was something I liked doing. Unfortunately I was a dumdass and got sent to the hole and lost that job after about 5 months.

[@realdarrylfuller]

THANK YOU VICE NEWS FOR FEATURING ME ON YOUR CHANNEL.

[@whitecrow1949]

Thank you for this.

[@larsthorwald3338]

It's prison, not a Howard Johnson's.

[@TheeRomantic]

I want to see the side of the PTSD guards have to deal with

[@larettawilcox3615]

I served 6 month in a federal prison.in Texas.They have a contract with the military base.The prison sends workers for cleaning and lawn cutting. They pay the cleaning crew the highest .29¢ a hour.it depends if you have a high diploma.If u don't you get less.You do your schooling around the job because it comes first.I heard the highest for lawn crew was .40¢ You know they are banking on a military contract.

[@mikolfarley]

I think I was getting paid 75¢ a DAY. That was in 2009 NC Lunell is and has been The Shyt since she popped waaay back. A true success story.

[@azuldebianka328]

Excellent, my brother! Continue the series. With over two million incarcerated people in the U.S. and a plethora of criminal justice and social issues, you have a lot of mateial to work with. And you can do it. Also, individuals who get deported from U.S. prisons have an especially difficult road ahead of them.

[@zumaanandrade3961]

It's way more than over two million people. That's what they tell us, because a european reporting nes team did a comparison with US prisons and european prisons. The Europeans were shocked and call America out on it. At that time the figure was close to 5 million incarcerated ppl. So the owners and investers of these prisons will never give you the true numbers of prisoners.

[@cristyang]

amazing series! great reporting from VICE, once again.

[@dragoonzen]

Gotta love the South for desparately trying to bring back slavery in any ways possible.

[@Hobbsdad]

You can't bring something back when it never really left in the first place

[@dragoonzen]

@@Hobbsdad oh, your right 👍

[@ThePrinceOfParaphernalia]

MDOC paid $.03 per hour shining CO’s boots. 8 hours a day 7 days every week.

[@pyrho1]

I wish the US would adopt the Scandinavian approach to incarceration which focuses on actual, achievable rehabilitation instead of punishment. But it seems the United States prisoners are treated as less than human.

[@nobodyspecial4702]

The US can't spend a quarter of a million dollars per year on every prisoner. I wish they would adapt the Brazilian model where they actually punish the prisoners making them not want to go back to prison.

[@Turha101]

@@nobodyspecial4702 Brazil has a huge part of their population in prison and a 85% recidivism rate, so certainly dosnt seem to be working.

[@curtisthomas2670]

US prison is an industry, a prison industrial complex with its own lobby

[@ROL2023]

Man I got paid $8 a month but if I had medical it was a $5 each visit....

[@EndritVj]

You pay the doc visit when you are a prisoner? Wtf?

[@cliffp.3821]

Well i was in jail, i was a trustee and cleaner. I was happy just getting out of my cell than to sit in there doing nothing.

[@kisham2725]

9:34 - 15:29 LUNELLE 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@eatthelego7615]

Don't get locked up!

[@dtrain-uwu]

One could argue that an inmate's labor should offset the cost of their incarceration. It costs an average of about $30k per year to house a single inmate. No doubt a lot of that profit. USA needs to completely restructure the justice system because it's just absolute garbage.

[@Sjalabais]

Luenel aced that interview. What an amazing figure!

[@foxglove1268]

I have tears. Thank you for sharing Fernando's story.

[@prod.impherno]

VICE is back with top notch content

[@ocularpressure4558]

Congratulations for beating Bobby Flay

[@troyingram716]

People with felony convictions are not allowed to earn money.

[@bxdda]

Great video. Love this stuff. Also, Lunelle definitely wanted to PUT IT ON my guy lmaoooo! He looked like he was smiling after, too, so yk

[@victoriacarson0105]

I will forever love you guys channel💕💕💕every video is good literally!

[@RR-ur4kz]

Thanks Luenell for being honest about your past. It is one of the many reasons you are so loved!! You are truly one of the real one'💣💯💯😎🎰

[@sherirobinson6867]

I'm really enjoying the inside story... this is definitely different from other News segments.👍👍

[@TheOneAboveAll_]

Let's ask the victims and victims families how they feel about this....no one ever ask them

[@curtisthomas2670]

Fun fact: the US prison system has double+ the amount of prisoners in the entire African prison system. But "freedom"

[@stappsontapps]

stop the cap.....it's a joy to have anything to do inside....prison should be a deterrant, not a reward

[@BruceBryan24]

Awesome show brother!

[@mele9131]

Great segment! Also, Lawrence Bartley skin is amazing.

[@kevinstinson4853]

Not to mention most companies won't even hire convicted felons. Once you pay your debt to society it should be released from your background.

[@nobodyspecial4702]

As an employer, why would I want to hire a person who I know had already demonstrated a willingness to steal? That's just poor business sense.

[@kevinstinson4853]

@nobody special Not every convicted felon is theif. And that's exactly the point jerkoff. Once you pay your debt to society people like you should not have access to that info. It shouldn't be able to ruin the rest of your life...... rather you like it or not!!

[@johndillinger8482]

dont commit crime,you dont go to prison you make more money pretty simple

[@airsoftshooter5]

Vice is stepping it up

[@ayandasigxashe7198]

Human beings are just grounded, real... pain, humiliation we all need love & acceptance 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@born2loseBuild2win]

Motivation for this episode. I can relate 💯

[@Doors_grimace1111]

This renewed my view on vice. Stay true vice this was gooooood!

[@nicholashasselbach1445]

Your content is amazing you can’t find this type of style any where else

[@indigenous31617]

This is a big reason I am vehemently against private prisons. I've never been arrested, jailed, etc. I just don't think prisons are for profit. Wouldn't it be better to voc rehab lower level criminals with some pay incentive? (I know some folks are considered incorrigible.) Anyway, a rehabbed person could pay his victims some restitution.

[@haroldcampos9661]

He is best known for his samurai-themed series Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story (1994-1999), which has over 70 million copies in circulation and a sequel he is currently creating titled Rurouni Kenshin: The Hokkaido Arc (2017-present). He has written three more series, the western Gun Blaze West (2001), the supernatural Buso Renkin (2003-2005), and the horror manga Embalming -The Another Tale of Frankenstein- (2007-2015). Watsuki has mentored several well-known manga artists, including One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda, Hiroyuki Takei of Shaman King fame, and Mr. Fullswing author Shinya Suzuki [ja].[1]

[@haroldcampos9661]

What you got?

[@haroldcampos9661]

Child pornography charges In November 2017, police found DVDs with footage of naked girls in their early teens in Watsuki's Tokyo office. Tokyo Police raided Watsuki's home as part of an investigation into the purchase of child pornography. The search uncovered about a hundred child pornography DVDs.[23][24] He was referred to prosecutors over possession of child pornography on November 21.[25][26] The serialization of Rurouni Kenshin: The Hokkaido Arc was put on hiatus after the details of Watsuki's charges were made public.[27][28] In February 2018, Watsuki was fined ¥200,000 or about US$1,500.[29][30] The Hokkaido Arc resumed serialization in June 2018.[31][32]

[@haroldcampos9661]

Just because netflix supports buying all his series doesn't mean I do. I'm still just waking up....

[@dannyantivilo3277]

You get time off your sentence instead of money

[@isaiahbaptisteblount6622]

So where can we get that cheese cake on the streets ? 👀

[@malenaboy]

I just love the Marla Gibbs, Betty White reference.

[@TheOneAboveAll_]

You're an adult, you made a decision so live with that decision.

[@DiscretionwithReason]

The definition of adult changes over time. An 18 year old with a brain not fully developed until around age 25 is an adult by legal definition but not in medical terms. This explains why the drinking age is 21 - it's all BS.

[@Pugetwitch]

Luenell got me CRYING LOL!!!! She drops f-bombs perfectly each and every time.

[@J.C...]

We never got paid in Louisiana, either. Your pay is "getting to get out of your cell". We cleaned the entire prison, cooked the food, tended the VERY, VERY, VERY LARGE farm where we grew the vegetables we ate. We picked up trash. All for free. They'll say payment is that you're able to get out earlier because you worked while you were there. It's even worse at private jails and prisons here.

[@TomikaKelly]

If my choices are working for free or staying in my cell for free, I'd just sit in my cell for free.

[@mementomori3915]

More people need to see this and understand that no matter who you are, you can be wearing prison jumpsuits too. The system is making so much money, why would they reform it when it pays so well. Every day we all make choices, so choose to do something and be heard. Thank you

[@d6mafia13]

I really love this series

[@-unitrider-7389]

I thought.$0.10 cents an hour was bullshit. Forced labor is a perfect word for describing working in prison ain't nobody wants to work for free nor .10 cents a hour

[@CaptainSaltyDawg]

I don't make enough money in prison whaaaa...

[@kristintrisha2616]

Luenell is a major vibe 😆🙌🏻

[@who7835]

Even if you're flying, make sure your plane isn't even flying over Alabama.

[@303030dify]

Ice Cube - The N•••a Trapp

[@cland49lsu1]

Something that is left out of these documentaries is the fact that nearly ALL people in a Department of Corrections that are not facing murder charges are frequently given rehabilitation/community based sentences and had these sentences revoked for non-compliance. There is this naive concept that people get sent immediately to prison, most of the time that is not the case.

[@lmccampbell]

Don't break the law.

[@nicholaskXIII]

Perhaps they shouldn’t have broken the law.

[@dinahyasharel3588]

Free labor at its core 😮

[@missmiko4318]

Great content

[@j_rainsgoat3929]

Imagine if they paid the inmates more money?? How much would this cost the tax payers?

[@teresacorley7874]

This is so true the prisons set them up for failure and expect the inmates to figure it out what they make in prison some of that should be set aside for when they get out not that they shouldn't pay on their fines or court fees

[@sidali2590]

Gotta love Vice news

[@Zoronii]

13:37 she's spittin lmao

[@Kyle-wq2ps]

Get rid of private prisons.

[@cheyenemariecole3006]

Luenell is thaa bestt🥰💯✨️