Why The US Prison System Is The Worst In The Developed World

The US incarcerates more people - both per capita and by sheer numbers - than any other nation on earth. Our prisons are inhumane hellholes, and private prisons are making a killing. Let's talk about our horrendous prison system and look at some much better justice systems in other countries.
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Number of Prisoners by Country: www.statista.com/statistics/2...
US Incarceration Rate: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...
Prison Pay Statistics: www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/...
Companies that use prison labor: corpaccountabilitylab.org/cal...
Prison Industry + Private Sector Statistics: worthrises.org/theprisonindus...
US criminal justice philosophy: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1...
Pre-Incarceration income statistics: www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/...
US banks money laundering: www.theguardian.com/world/201...
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Finland prison system: • Prisoners In Finland L...
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[@xavibun]

The Norwegian prison cells look better than actual housing in the US.

[@OverthrowMedia]

Ain't that the truth, s*** we can't even provide housing in the US.

[@daryno9073]

Just go to show just how horribly US government treat it’s own citizens

[@Atoll-ok1zm]

I've seen japanese prison cells that look better than my fucking dorm room its crazy.

[@akiram6609]

@@daryno9073 We’re farmed livestock, milk cows for corporations and the government, who often collude with each other.

[@Line...]

Norwegian prisons makes me feel proud to be Norwegian

[@peterdue7676]

This title is just blatant clickbait. Not because of the prison thing, but because it says the US is part of the developed world...

[@SecondThought]

You had me in the first half, not gonna lie 😅

[@csave6087]

Lmao

[@OnionBun]

sick burn

[@JuanFRestrepo]

@@SecondThought Great video, genuinely loved it, but during the Great Purge 37-38 the USSR *DID* have a higher incarceration rate than the US

[@primeroyal7434]

@I'M NOT CALIGULA'S HORSE. Look up, soviet democracy is much more democratic than rugged liberal democracy. Red Scare will soon die!

[@shanestan9951]

The US has "successfully criminalized poverty". By far the best conclusion from this video.

[@shadowmystery5613]

It do be like this in germany as well. Steal as a wealthy person in a store and you face a fine, steal as a poor person and get jailed, because you can't pay a fine.

[@aspartam_]

@@shadowmystery5613 it's still not comparable. Yes this particular thing has to change but in the US, it is waaay worse

[@listenerobserver7160]

@@shadowmystery5613 Rich people get some fines first, but after some cases, they will go to prison as well in Germany. Although sentences for rich first time offenders are really a joke sometimes as they consider their "good social outlook" for sentencing (aka they are simply rich). (Also good lawyers are important everywhere.)

[@duskthunder9274]

@@aspartam_ where do you live

[@ethericshadows1303]

We just need to rid trauma from children and bad parents especially the religious parents I feel like nature is the best for growth and schools

[@macrumpton]

The United States obsession with punishment for everyone except the rich is truly appalling.

[@unlimited8410]

Almost every country also shares this, although to lesser extents. I feel like Capitalism is just a rebranded feudalism.

[@nuclearmonster4259]

And we call ourself the land of free

[@cohengamertv6548]

@@unlimited8410 jeez, maybe i should have rooted for the communists or a different political system in the cold war

[@CounterFlow64]

@@cohengamertv6548 Never root for authoritarian communism like Stalin-ism. I see nothing wrong with liberal socialism though, like anarcho-communism. Trust me, it isn't as bad as it sounds, look it up.

[@helenagreenwood2305]

Such a backwards society - and they're brainwashed into thinking they're the best in the world 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“That's why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.” ― George Carlin

[@edgelord8337]

Until you are beaten with a bat and welcomed back into how much of a tragedy the real world is.

[@OverthrowMedia]

George Carlin spoke nothing but facts. Truth about it, for some of us it's the American Nightmare.

[@marciamakesmusic]

Pretty funny that your channel name is "question everything" and all you do is spam quotes from famous people

[@teddyfurstman1997]

Carlin has balls of steel. Prison Systems in the US are garbage.

[@hebertluismolero408]

Man it a dream compared yo sath América

[@arttukettunen5757]

"...Private prisons..." Yeah that already sounds fucked up

[@vqlcano1698]

Almost as fucked up as private military.

[@nathanmcbow158]

It is. Corporations en masse already do a lot of harm to the world as a whole. So when you go into the gritty details? It is essentially a horror show with no credits section.

[@sourwes0001]

Prison for profit is the worst thing that ever happened to incarceration because all the corporations think about is their bottom line. Profit comes first, above everything...yeah America is f**ked up

[@Raqdolll]

Millions suffer for their whole lives so few guys can have ferraris and a hot tub

[@selalewow]

it is called slave labor. By putting the release options in the hands of those profiting from keeping these people behind bars it creates a vat of corruption. They get paid for "housing" these people and get paid again for "renting them out". Win win for the corporation.

[@acethefiredragon8525]

I’ve had a school trip to one of Norway’s most highest security prison. (Having a school trip to a place like that in itself speaks how safe it is) Norway’s prison philosophy can be summed up in 1 sentence that the head warden said: “The only thing our prison is meant to take away are their freedom, not their humanity.”

[@AdEl-kj8uc]

Actually I don't think that's the right way to look at it either. Why would they take away their freedom? The only goal should be is to rehabilitate them and taking some of their freedom away is sometimes necessary and that's why they do it, not just arbitrary.

[@cohengamertv6548]

If they arnt taking away there humanity there rehabilitating them

[@acethefiredragon8525]

@@AdEl-kj8uc Well there has to be some form of punishment. We are not Gods, but we aren’t devils either. Taking away someone’s freedom is a way of saying “We weren’t able to be responsible with it, so we’re taking it away from you until we deem that you can handle it responsibly.”

[@acethefiredragon8525]

@@AdEl-kj8uc you should direct those words towards the US prison system, not towards me. Revenge and punishment are 2 separate things, the US system catering towards the former. Revenge is destructive, not only to yourself, but also society. But punishment is necessary. The fact to the matter is, you still did something that hurt other people. And that can’t be ignored. Your background and reasoning does not justify those actions. We must have sympathy for these people, after all, people are born good, and circumstances make them do bad things, but that doesn’t excuse them of the fact that they still did something bad. Religious view of hell is not of revenge, but of punishment of peoples sins, once these sins have been punished, they’re able to go to heaven. I’m not a religious person, but I do agree with the idea/philosophy. Just as important reward is for doing good deeds, punishment is equally as important for those who do bad deeds. You can’t just give murderes and rapists free therapy sessions. That undermines the weight and consequences of their actions and is also a huge disrespect to the people affected, whose livelihoods have been destroyed or changed forever, but also a big safety concern to society at large. Taking away their freedom protects other people from them. Criminals are people too, who’s circumstances led them to do bad. You must therefore have sympathy towards them and help them, rehabilitate them so that they can be normal people again, with a good life. But what can’t be denied is that they have done bad things, they’ve hurt other people and that can’t be ignored, those actions must still be punished. Hence the appropriate phrase “We only take away their freedom, not their humanity.”

[@acethefiredragon8525]

@@AdEl-kj8uc then what do you suggest should be done? From what I understood, you literally just want to give criminals free therapy sessions for their crimes and just let them roam freely. Doesn’t that pose a major risk to society?

[@sadiauddin8701]

It’s amazing that you’re calling out the American system like this. It’s actually so refreshing compared to people who try to make excuses for literal human torture

[@moonjae-in12thpresidentofr20]

Yes, like I feel bad for all the families who lost someone or have their kid scared from what they witnessed when a troubled kid shoots up a school. But common it’s a kid in a dark place a lot of the time, we need to help this people instead of fueling their hatred more by treating them like absolute scraps.

[@KnowingBetter]

Those California Inmate refighters don't even get to be firefighters afterwards because of their record.

[@SecondThought]

Yep, it’s absurd

[@patatasuper8565]

Damn knowing better I definitely did not expect to see you here

[@rustomkanishka]

Nice to see you here, specialist.

[@bru7al82]

Man I am a firefighter in Slovenia and I have been watching and reading about inmate firefighters and I am shocked that they are used as they are, not even be able to become firefighters after they a free! But I can tell you one thing, I would be proud to call anyone of them my friefighter brother!!!

[@ferminvargas3298]

Yeah, it’s basically legal discrimination. The new caste system in the US.

[@HiDeguild]

"if you make us prisons that nice, people will be living a better life in prisons than their normal life. They'll be trying to get in." Isn't that a very sad reflection of how the working class exists in the us?

[@krejados1]

You took the words outta my mouth, Fields.

[@jakemitchell7786]

@Guy Panzerboss A lot of US prisons don't actually give enough food to survive, it has to be supplemented by purchased food, usually from money given by friends/family outside. That's another reason for high recidivism, most people leave prison with no savings and even in debt.

[@ironboy3245]

@Guy Panzerboss prisons don't give enough food. There's a reason why instant ramen is the most heavily traded item in every prison in the US, bar none. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hn3XapmIjrlsaK8

[@senpaigrime]

I was honestly think man that’s like better then what I’m doing

[@seraphina985]

They don't necessarily need to be nice as such, those rooms in that Norwegian prison remind me more of the hall of residence accommodation at a typical UK university. I would not say they were accommodations most people would choose if they had a choice hell even when I was at university most students with even a part-time job to supplement their income tended to opt for alternative options on the private market (shared houses or private apartments etc mostly offered by the private sector). Livable yes but looks more like giving the basics needed to rehabilitate people to live life as a human being in human society rather than treating people like animals and expecting them to somehow not be adversely affected by that experience like the US does.

[@kellyhere2031]

I’ve been a patient at a mental health facilities in the US, and the prisons in Norway look more comfortable and rehabilitating than the mental health hospitals I’ve stayed at. Now if that doesn’t say something, I don’t know what will.

[@linagreenlyfe6705]

And the worst part is that mental hospitals turn you into another Big Pharma customer. I had a friend go through one before and she said it's not worth it. Their version of helping you is using pills instead of trying to find the root causes

[@gambit3950]

“But Scandinavia is socialist! Glad we live in AMERICA!” - every bootlicker

[@aseraphim9813]

I think they said they weren’t socialist, but don’t quote me on that.

[@user-jt1tp1jh9o]

Funny, some people in the US say that Scandinavian countries are socialist so they need socialism in US when we're far from that.

[@lee.as.in.l.e.e.7394]

Because socialism is considered "Satanism" instead of what it actually is after years and decades of red scare

[@moe3213]

muh scandinavia

[@myfairlady343]

WE are social not socialist. 2 different things. Socialism is the pre step to communism as written by Marx. Social economjes still have free market.

[@kozume4]

Jesus christ y'all basically use your prisons as labour camps, which gives me a pretty bad deja vu Greetings from Germany

[@Makimars]

I mean, they got the nazi engineers, perhaps they employed them here as well. /s

[@theoretisch4429]

@@Makimars Sad but true: The most talented nazis not only got off without punishment but were employed by the US after the war. For example the guy that engineered the V2-Rocket. So if you were talented enough it didn't matter what you did.

[@youllgethateifyoudon]

@@theoretisch4429 Wernher von Braun

[@pangaea5258]

Is swearing necessary though?

[@IDONTKNOW6906]

Unfortunately a certain historical leader of your country got a lot of his ideas from americans.

[@KarlSnarks]

the USA: we have freedom of speech Also the USA: locks up teens for making fun of adults online

[@laytonjr6601]

Banning the president for hate speech is 1984 communism but if it's a children they deserve 6 years in prison getting raped every day.

[@titoslounge1946]

Can you elaborate? Whats the context of the teens thing

[@asadzaidi6188]

@@titoslounge1946 watch the video.

[@safe-keeper1042]

Or for skipping school. Which is not even a criminal offense, or at least shouldn't be.

[@edwarddongres7866]

somethingsomething thingy, Opinions are like a--holes, we all have them. Then comes facts.

[@elel7113]

Can confirm as a black male in America with family thats gone to jail. we can all agree this problem needs to be addressed

[@5rings16]

Maybe your family can start by obeying the law.

[@Sky-pv3nj]

​​@@5rings16 Racist bastard

[@ClassicalTraining]

​@@5rings16 Nice argument. Do you want some salt with that boot-licking?

[@TheTrixSz]

"that man almost killed my son, why should he be treated with education, open space and a good cell with a nice view?" Well, that man will at some point (depending on the sentence) come back to society, he will at some point become someones neighbour. would you rather have an neighbour with a criminal record that was treated like an animal for 5+ years or a man that has basically been in rehabilitation for 5+ years? Not everyone can be changed/saved, but by doing this you're not only trying to save that person you're saving other people when this person gets released as well.

[@lickalotlickalot2210]

Well, you would be missing the point! If jailing him makes his life better, then there is no incentive for anyone to avoid jail, meaning committing crimes! Most of them are homeless, so jail give them a place to stay. And you want them to be treated like a celebrity also?

[@schakiarligonde1736]

We need to rehabilitate people not punish them this is why the us has such a high recidivism rate

[@TheTrixSz]

@@lickalotlickalot2210 Let's say a homeless person commits a crime, in this case he mugged someone in public and gets caught by police later. Let's say he gets a 3 year sentence, would you like that this man gets treated like an animal told what to do and have no control over his life in prison for 3 years or would you like that he gets rehabilitated for 3 years were he gets to roam some what freely, have the chance to take an education while serving his sentence and getting valuable life lessons? i know what i would pick. Not everyone can be saved as i said and all the work/money may be a waste on certain inmates, but thats not an excuse to not try and help people. Even if someone gets a life sentence they should at the very least be treated like a human and not some animal, even if that person never gets released he is still probably going to be around other inmates and guards making their life safer as well.

[@joannaj.2787]

@@lickalotlickalot2210 if a homeless person wants to go to jail, they're not gonna commit murder lol, they'll probably do some lesser crime that will put them in jail, it's just unnecessary. Even if they get a short sentence for a lesser crime, they can do it again. Your arguement is dumb

[@jonathanflood4545]

Maybe but that life will never return

[@ziggy8253]

“Man, I wanna be a prisoner in Norway.” -Average American citizen

[@throatgorge2]

lol no shit! looks like their cells are better than my trailer!

[@pappy9473]

You are expected to participate in your rehabilitation. It is not a free ride. You can experience the system and discover for yourself how you can adapt and contribute positively to society when you are released. There is a massive success rate. Our parents have a lot to answer for, and their parents too, and so on... One needs to break the cycle. Or as Philip Larkin suggests, don't have children. See his poem below; They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you. But they were fucked up in their turn By fools in old-style hats and coats, Who half the time were soppy-stern And half at one another's throats. Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, And don't have any kids yourself. Philip Larkin, High Windows

[@lohiboi6331]

Finish prisons are actually considered to be even better then the ones in Norway

[@Anssi786]

@@lohiboi6331 wrong, some open prisons maybe but in general not

[@pineapplepie5590]

@@lohiboi6331 suomalaiset vankilat ovat itseasiassa vielä aika huonossa jamassa. Muutama uusi vankila löytyy, jotka saattavat oikeasti ollakkin parempia, mutta moni on hyvin vanhanaikaisia.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Recidivism rate in the USA 70%, Norway's recidivism rate is 20%

[@OverthrowMedia]

Its cuz its the literal goal of U.$. Prisons. Garanteed profits.

[@gustafa2170]

It's by design, a perfect machine.

[@akiram6609]

A high recidivism rate is a sign of a good business plan in the case of for profit jails. What’s better business than repeat customers? Rehabilitation? What’s that?

[@phily708]

even those 20% are just cuz the prison is better then rl

[@inextrikable-]

@@phily708 yeah those Norwegian prisons didn’t seem bad at all I wouldn’t mind living there

[@steretsjaaj2368]

I've read that in meshika society (aztecs), rich people caught doing crime, like being drunk in public, recieved double the punishment poor man would (even death). It's because nobles were considered to set behavioral examples for others and were punished accordingly. So was it really a primitive civilization?

[@cadenvanvalkenburg6718]

The Aztec were just as advanced as European countries. The difference is merely focus. Europe put all of their tech points into metalworking, chemistry, and animal husbandry, while Mesoamerica put all of theirs into Civil Engineering, Infrastructure, and Agriculture. They were vastly better on those fronts, but Europe was better at war and able to spread more disease

[@MrMarinus18]

China actually had a similar system and actually much more elaborate. With social standards that went up as you went up in social rank. With the emperor being held to sometimes absurd moral standards.

[@linagreenlyfe6705]

To a colonizer, yes. To us educated folk, we needed to keep some of their practices. Indigenous people did create rich societies before the colonizers ruined everything

[@Brian-tn4cd]

Here in Mexico ive see the spelling of the tribe as Mexica, but it is pronounced how you spell it here

[@Footballfan-rj1gf]

Accountability is the same for all social circles, but actually rich people set the most examples so their actions are more likely to be watched.

[@MrMarinus18]

11:35 The US prison system has also been called a criminal training facility which is pretty accurate.

[@frankj10000]

For me as a European this is like watching a distopian sci-fi movie.

[@econdude3811]

My father's cousin was killed by a person jacked up on psychotropic medication (this person killed himself right after killing my father's cousin - my first cousin once removed - who had gently pleaded with him to stop killing other people, despite not having had to risk his life, which he lost). Some people belong in prison and they deserve to be there, even in Europe or anywhere else in the world

[@huskytail]

@@econdude3811 except that the example you gave has not much to do with your conclusion. Why was this person on psychotropic medication and without medical supervision during a (most probably) psychotic episode? Is he was sick, he should have been treated accordingly, not in jail. And finally, how you react when you are on one of these drugs has nothing to do with who you are and where you belong. I am sorry for your loss, but such mentality leads to the results discussed in the video. Very few people are unsalvageable. And à lot of them are mentally ill anyway.

[@vallemuller5594]

@@econdude3811 I am truly sorry for what happened to you, but that has nothing to do with OPs point. There are reasons why there exist prisons in europe too, and some people are just a danger for the society. But its not about this minority, and i think we can all agree on that for a modern society, there must be a better solution

[@nighthawwwk]

The Western European justice system is way, way too soft. Far too lenient sentences.

[@swamphead6578]

​@@nighthawwwk A justice system focused on rehabilitation though. I know it sucks when a rapist just gets a few years in jail (normal in my country) - but I'd rather have a system where some/most get the opportunity and help to get rehabilitated, rather than sentencing everyone based on emotions.

[@InkanSpider]

The Swedish prison system is pretty much the same as Norway. There's even a funny story from back in 2006, were the guards forgot to lock the doors to the prison cells one night. Instead of vandalising or trying to run away, the inmates sneaked out of their rooms, baked a Swedish lava cake (kladdkaka), made a fort out of blankets and watched movies. Even an article about the incident ended their report with the phrase: "it's still unclear if they used a recipe, or if they came up with their own recipe" (from Aftonbladet)

[@whwhwhhwhhhwhdldkjdsnsjsks6544]

That’s too funny lol

[@Kit_Bear]

Was the cake for them or the guards?

[@InkanSpider]

@@Kit_Bear Themselves. In the article about the incident, the guard officer even slightly complained that they didn't even save anything for the rest of them XDDD

[@Kit_Bear]

@@InkanSpider Now that is just inconsiderate.

[@InkanSpider]

@@Kit_Bear Well if they forgot to close up correctly and then weren't on set, then it's their loss XDDDDD

[@RoBert-on1kb]

my father is american and my mother german they decided to raise me and my brother in germany, my father lives in the us i cant even start to explain how grateful i am seriously, iam sorry for you guys

[@Itsjettondon05]

This kind of journalism should not be a rare thing. factual well thought out arguments and examples should be the norm. Thank you for making real news

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.” ― Franklin D. Roosevelt

[@Bhatakti_Hawas]

Its oligarchy, not facism

[@remicaron3191]

@@MasontheMarxistDog Wrong. What leads to fascism is the unlimited or more than the poorest can afford to give to a party. Who in their right mind thinks that all the rich people donating to official for their campaigns actually doesn't expect something in return? If we want Democracy in a Capitalist system you have to eliminate corporate donors and have a maximum donation of say $10/PERSON. That way the politicians actually have to work for the people and can't just buy elections. That's it, that's all. very simple. This also solves voted fraud since donations can be tracked and give you a good idea of who the people actually wanted.

[@Dreagostini]

@@MasontheMarxistDog The american democracy established more facist and military dictatorship than democracies turned to facism themselfes. A monarchy is just another form of despotism.. Get your political institutions together, man.

[@jonomoth2581]

@@Bhatakti_Hawas yeah, by definition fascism is far right, very authoritarian and ultra nationalist

[@francosoliman103]

Sounds a little Socialist to me.

[@KindOldRaven]

Before watching: lemme guess: 1. worst compared to other countries 2. reason is probably because nowhere else are prisons a commercial entity.

[@oneisarangj]

Yup.

[@sizablekidneystone6024]

Also slavery, which is a human rights violation.

[@xuto2693]

Americans keep thinking capitalism exists because it solves problems. There isn't an endless profit in solving a problem.

[@makisekurisu4674]

Corpos control everything in the US. I wonder if the gang of 4 already exists and doing their thing already.

[@Fafnd]

@@makisekurisu4674 no need for a gang of 4 when you have the entire republican party is corporate captured.

[@l__l2328]

Healthcare, education and prisons are things that shouldn't be for profit. Profiting from people's medical conditions is especially evil.

[@foxcollr831]

Considering prisons also profit off of driving people insane, giving them PTSD, afflicting them with mental health conditions, and punishing them for having mental illness to begin with..... looks like healthcare and prisons are in the same boat :/

[@NolimitsPunkAsscom]

How can they call themselves "the land of the free"?

[@HistoryforThinkers]

*The awkward moment when it’s better to be imprisoned Norway than free in the US.*

[@midnight8341]

Lock me up! Lock me up! (In Norway!)

[@Bloodstar582]

Its always the scandinavians doing better than the rest of us

[@musiccer7446]

@@Bloodstar582 I would count Germany too. Despite their high population (compared to Scandinavian counties) their prisons are almost the same

[@Deicide-xi5eo]

Lol seems that wsy

[@givecamichips]

Personally I'd call it aggravating

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

When Bikini Bottom, a place created as a result of American nuclear tests, has a better prison system than the US

[@namesurname1869]

Hello mr avery

[@edgelord8337]

As long as Patrick isn't in jail with you I'd say it's pretty fine.

[@OverthrowMedia]

Shit the gulag had better conditions

[@edgelord8337]

@@OverthrowMedia and that's saying something. Though the cannibal island and the Siberian gulags were way worst I'd say. Though that could be bias reporting.

[@furanduron4926]

Just a reminder that Mr.Krabs sold Spongebobs soul for 62 cents.

[@FRISHR]

America makes a lot of superhero movies to cope with their high mass incarceration and corrupt system.

[@a.b.c.d.e...]

It always amazes me how the richest country in the world is such a terrible place to live. Not just in this, but in many aspects.

[@5rings16]

Then why is everyone moving to the US?

[@5rings16]

@@thoraadam9049 They can go to many different countries, but they choose the USA because America is easily the greatest country in the world.

[@Line...]

*it's almost like treating human beings with respect and dignity makes them more eager to treat other human beings with respect and dignity*

[@hedgie9823]

Shocking indeed, who would of thought it?

[@adianchowdhury9016]

yeahhhhh that's outrageous *then how are we gonna make money then*

[@Kasadoll]

@@knightrider693 Wow clearly you didnt watch the video. Keep in mind one day those prisoners will be right back out in society. Would you rather them grow and improve and actually rehibilitate while they are inside, OR come out hardened due to being in what can only be described as the thunderdome?

[@Fafnd]

Huh what do you know. Their should be a rule about that; something like a platinum rule.

[@fireexe109]

@@knightrider693 Ah yeah, because everybody knows school shooters shoot up schools because they were the popular kids.

[@daryno9073]

I think it’s quite the indictment of the Us prison system than UK not allowing US extradition of Juillian Assange due to our inhumane prison system

[@edgelord8337]

United states and Britain. Like father like son.

[@OverthrowMedia]

Mad facts, bro and check this when i was booked the kitchen food literally said not for human consumption

[@IrishRepoMan]

They also think Assange will be suicided.

[@phily708]

its actually scary that even such a corupt and awful judge (just saying that thats the ONLY reason why he shouldnt for example) thinks USprison is bad

[@TruckStopLayby]

No, the extradition was only refused because it couldn't be guaranteed that the US could stop Assange from committing suicide.

[@GunninRebel55]

This is one of the most powerful videos I have ever seen. This should be a mandatory watch in every high school, community college, university, trade school, charter school, private school etc in the US. And btw… I’m moving my family to Norway.

[@5rings16]

Dont commit crimes and youll be fine.

[@ViperPain141]

@@5rings16you can still be arrested

[@travis8229]

I've known several excons in my past, they told me the same thing, they are not correctional facilities. Most get out and do worse. One guy really thought there would be opportunity for him inside, and he quickly found out this wasn't the case. It was just survival. You in there with crazies who want to extend your stay but you know you got to keep true to your term. There is nothing like college or job training, opportunities in these places, it's just another hood fenced off from society.

[@fleebertreatise1063]

Yeah, our lack of mental facilities or asylums means that inmates are going to be around people with psychological issues.

[@user-fh2sl4nu8f]

I am an "excon", out on parole right now. There are educational opportunities in prison but it doesn't really matter because they will never get a job commensurate with their education. I was an Occupational and College Math tutor in the Wisconcentration Camp System and have a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting. Once you're in the system you're never really out and that's one problem. There are too many problems for me to go into here. We need to be active and speak out against the injustices for them to change.

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.” ― Honore de Balzac

[@OverthrowMedia]

You thats a bar, thats mad facts fam. Good quate

[@HistoryforThinkers]

Look forward to your comments after a second thought video 👊🏻

[@killumanti7749]

Very nice

[@thejuggernautofspades9453]

I'm taking this

[@DacLMK]

"Quoting someone doesn't make you smart, it makes you look stupid most of the time." - Rest of the world

[@user-ju7fg5wu3r]

More people need to see this.. Great job at putting this together

[@Haffmatthew]

As someone who regrettably was incarcerated in an American prison in the past 5 years- I can attest to the issues this video brought up about it in criticism. I feel that the current model of prison and jail in our country is only a way to convienently hide the issues our society creates and possibly make a select few wealthy in the process. As a white male, I firsthand saw the personal biases of the guards playing out in the units they oversaw and thus the white inmates would “be let off the hook” with minor infractions and even more serious ones whereas people of color were routinely taken out of camera’s view and physically assaulted over trivial infraction. It’s seriously a weekly, sometimes daily thing. Multiple guards ganging up on the unlucky ones that causes a “nuisance” to the guards of their respective pods or units. It’s seriously a sad and broken system that benefits maybe 0.001% of our nations population and only ensures that since little to no therapeutic work is done that most will be doomed to repeat past behaviors that often are just to survive and return to repeat the process. I was paid 27¢ an hour to do my assigned work, and that was a good paying job in the NY state prisons I was in. Sad and needs reform.

[@foxcollr831]

Thanks for your perspective! That is frightening and it makes me deeply sick that you can witness something like prison guards selectively beating non-white inmates, it can be corroborated by tons of people who experienced similar things, and yet people will turn a blind eye because prison is treated like the wild wild west. How can prison guards be let off the hook for mercilessly beating, torturing, and abusing prisoners... when the prisoners they're dealing with are often only serving time for non-violent crimes like drug possession and petty theft. I'm sure so many prisoners regret what they've done, as do free people who have broken the law but didn't get caught or escaped sentencing. Hell, I've stolen many times from the local supermarket, usually only a few dollars in items at a time and only when I've completely overdrafted and have no money to my name, and I feel bad about it even knowing that it's a multi-million dollar corporation. But those guards? Hard to believe they feel bad for the many crimes they've committed and never have to pay for, they keep doing it and nothing is stopping them. :/ It truly does feel like this system exists to "conveniently hide the issues".

[@user-fh2sl4nu8f]

I agree. And I got 39 cents an hour as an Occupational and College Math tutor in the Wisconcentration Camp System.

[@edgelord8337]

America: *freedom and democracy* Also America: *one of the least free countries in the world that hypocritically talks about every country being oppressive yet is exactly that.*

[@CosmicSponge2004]

America is America's Biggest Rival

[@acutechicken5798]

America needs to bring freedom and democracy to itself.

[@pepi7404]

It doesn't even end there. The US actively make other countries more oppressive on purpose.

[@musiqal333]

America needs its own coup d'état. Someone bring freedom and democracy to the USA.

[@tortellinifettuccine]

@@pepi7404 yup, every single country that america has "liberated" has gotten over 30% to 80% worse in every capacity.

[@de-CO2]

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

[@midnight8341]

That's basically the state-version of the idiom about how you don't judge a man (woman) by the way they treat the ones they're eye to eye with, but the ones beneath them.

[@mortennygaard6355]

“A nation’s greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.” - Mahatma Ghandi

[@JasonC683]

The US is an aparthied regime. African American males have a 30% chance of being thrown in prison at least once in their lifetimes.

[@nathanmcbow158]

Fair words. Is a nation or country really that great if it exploits or crushes the chances of those beneath it?

[@mortennygaard6355]

@Zerevv I´m from Denmark, and we don´t have that many robbers. We treat the the weakest members of society decently, so they don´t need to rob.

[@ralphbaier7793]

The US scares the living shit out of me. I had friends there, and I’ll never forget the autumn sun in Maine, the light on the beach was almost not from this world. I hope I’ll remember it when I die. But I’ll never set foot on American soil again. It feels like an amputation, since the English language soon became a beacon of freedom for me early in life. It somehow got me through my broken home of abuse and addiction. And yet. To see what America does to the world and its own people just has become unbearable to me. What a waste, what a colossal waste, really. This beautiful country, and what this inhumane ideology makes of it. I’m German, so you might say who I were to lecture whom, and it’s true, you’re right. I’m just sad I’ll never see that country again. But that’s the way it’s gonna be.

[@PraveenSriram]

I definitely hear 👂 you

[@fingolfinmorgoth5511]

As a european I'm shoked to hear that theres a minimum wage in the US

[@Moonlight_Soyuz]

The problem is that a lot of Americans don't WANT humane prisons.

[@violetraven9440]

yeah we get to worked up over bad crimes like murder nost would but we respond by being more violent and making it worse its sad

[@nataliaborys1554]

That is, until they get caught on something petty and get treated like mass murderer

[@ProbotX-eo5ln]

Why would you want to treat someone humane, when they dehumanized someone by murdering or molesting a child? Simple a bullet to the head is the cure for some of these sick criminals. Prison is a punishment where they must suffer for their irresponsible action aka accountability. What is freedom without accountability and responsibility? Anarchy? Anarchy is bad as fascism because it is everything against civility and decency.

[@violetraven9440]

@@ProbotX-eo5ln actually anarchy is just a state of government where everyone is held to equal standards and govern themselves as a group everyone has involvement

[@violetraven9440]

@@ProbotX-eo5ln yeah i don't like it much ether but the stats don't lie what works works and that's just how it is

[@l.zeitgeist3584]

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” - James Baldwin

[@Natogoon]

“The ability to quote someone does not make you intelligent”

[@felip3442]

MST brabo

[@matthewmast485]

@@Natogoon still a great quote

[@ceterfo]

We did him dirt and he still gave us himself.

[@KC4RAE]

I could tell you stories about my experience working in jails and one of those private prisons. I have a lot of them that can't be told in a KZbin comments section and there's some things I'm not allowed to talk about because of the nature of my work and what I've seen and involved in. In essence, this video sums it up very well.

[@user-fh2sl4nu8f]

I was in a Wisconcentration Camp so I've seen it - and don't really want to talk about it either. Glad other COs have been quitting that bullshit job too lately.

[@callan816]

The more I learn about murica the more I realise that “developed” is a generous term when describing it

[@roro-mm7cc]

“Freedom is Slavery War is Peace Ignorance is Strength” - George Orwell (from the book 1984) it’s scary how this is actually becoming the reality in the US.

[@akuji1993]

George Orwell is an anticommunist, reactionary traitor and shouldn’t be used to attack reactionary governments.

[@McHobotheBobo]

It has *been* the reality

[@voxomnes9537]

@@McHobotheBobo Right? What is this nonsense about "becoming the reality." Maybe for literally anyone else not marginalized, in identity or actuality.

[@sgtpetergreen]

@@akuji1993 he litterally fought with anarchists against fascists what the fuck are you talking about

[@imperatormaximus8952]

@@akuji1993 please don’t get anti-Stalinist and anti-communists confused. He literally fought against Franco’s forces in the Spanish civil war.

[@aleksanderbrygmann279]

As a Norwegian, in the middle of the video I thought to myself, hope he will mention Norway or Finland. And you did! Excellent content as always. Prisoners are people, and their mistakes are society's mistakes.

[@PritamDas_26]

What about serious criminals like child rapists and mass murderers? I fully understand and support humane treatment of petty offenders and non serious criminals but those crimes are unforgivable to my eyes. I don't support capital punishment but those criminals should be kept in dark cells for the rest of their lives. And allowing them to roam freely (like the murderer shown in this video) is dangerous and they might repeat their crimes again

[@JDPower-ej3rx]

It's so difficult in the US to convince people of this. Our sense of "rugged individualism" has us so divided and stifles empathy for our fellow citizens

[@nocommentary9928]

I have a question. What is life like in Norway for the common citizen in terms of social security and overall material well-being? As an American I have a deep admiration for your countries accomplishments. By damn near every metric nations like Norway blow the United States out of the water from ethical prisons, healthcare, education, equality, stability, etc. I would love to learn more!

[@parispc]

@@nocommentary9928 Same

[@aleksanderbrygmann279]

@@nocommentary9928 The purchasing power, happiness, work/life balance, stresslevels and almost any metric of well being you can imagine is among the top 5 in the world. In many cases 1. This is due to collaboration and collective efforts to take care of each other. I would attribute this to a strong socialist/social democratic and particularly *union* presence.

[@johnson941]

In Denmark a common joke is that it's better to be a prisoner than a prison guard, since our prison system is underfunded.

[@user-fh2sl4nu8f]

Better to be underfunded than overfunded like here in the US. Prison sucks no matter where you are - and I was in a Wisconcentration Camp.

[@jamesmccormick875]

The first step to fixing this is getting rid of mandatory minimum sentencing. Another issue that needs to be drastically fixed is Police interrogation tactics that cause far too many false confessions along with Prosecutors seeking conviction over true justice. Our entire criminal justice system needs to be reformed from the ground up as of yesterday!!!!

[@livingwikipedia1952]

Absolutely. Always get a lawyer. I'm not American so I'm amazed by how violent can the US cops be

[@linagreenlyfe6705]

American here. I wouldn't be surprised if a Civil War breaks out within the next decade. Not between Republicans and Democrats, but between the common folk, and the upper crust and their cronies

[@diegoarmando5489]

Anyone who invests in the prison system should be buried in an unmarked grave.

[@OverthrowMedia]

Bet, it like litteraly trading your soul away for a few bucks

[@biouyb5828]

The prison industrial complex is *real* .

[@Omega0850]

I suggest solitary confinement...

[@cetriyasArtnComicsChannel]

I honestly wouldn't be supprised if many of us with out knowing is invested by our retirement funds. We don't really control on where our savings go to unless you personally manage every cent.

[@AsobiMedio]

Grave? Why waste the valuable space, chuck them into the ocean and give the fish a good meal.

[@daryno9073]

I think the world need to update their definition and understanding of a “developed nation.” Way I see it, if your country doesn’t provide healthcare to all, a humane justice system, and good wages among other things, your country is not a developed one.

[@jamesmurphy9105]

Total Agreement !

[@avykh99]

It would cause a lot of arguing over whether those are even good if you told Americans they didn't meet those standards.

[@Cracked_Moon]

@@avykh99 you're sadly correct. Almost half of our populace believes each of these items to be a "slippery slope to communist-socialism and tyranny". Basic human rights are typically considered "extraneous SPECIAL rights" by these same people, when were just asking for protection from discrimination and hate crimes. Our country is screwed since no one shares the same definition of morality or even understands our law system (not to imply our legal system is worth a damn). But because of financial hardship, most people cant feasibly escape the US to another country

[@jeremiahcutright81]

The USA for sure is behind and doing horrifically bad on many of these things. But to say it is not a developed world is just not correct. Simply because of how large our economy is and how much infrastructure we have in place.

[@daryno9073]

@@jeremiahcutright81 that’s why I said we need to redefine our understanding of what make a developed nation what it is. If it ask me, if a country doesn’t provide healthcare to all of its citizens or have wages that meet the standard of living and unions, then it shouldn’t be considered a developed nation.

[@silentprince01]

I have watched 3 of your videos, and man I wish I found you back when I had the energy to debate people. Hit them with the fact bro. Keep going!

[@SpaceOmega-zz6vs]

If most of US society and the government were to admit that they are responsible for the increase of reoffending, then this would help change the prisons for the better much faster. Lot's of people in the US happens to think that revenge is justice, especially toward very specific criminals, and many of those people refuses to realize that they their attitude is part of the main problem.

[@1LuvMLPFiM]

My overall impression of the US... *P R O F I T S*

[@LordMegatron05]

I like to think of the US as hondo from the clone wars when he says “I SMELL PROFIT!”

[@suryanarayan2032]

@@LordMegatron05 I like to think of the USA as Mr Krabs. "Hello, I like money"

[@LordMegatron05]

@@suryanarayan2032 “This effort is no longer....PROFITABLE!!”

[@SuperRavensfan101]

@@suryanarayan2032 you’re not too far off

[@explosivemodesonicmauricet1597]

S T O N K S

[@mattmalenda6585]

The US’s prison system has affected my family personally. Mostly victims of the war on drugs.

[@ronniechew6566]

War on drugs that the CIA caused by bringing it in to sell to fund their war of terror. Not on terror. That's why we see the opioid epidemic in America. It's the government that is at fault.

[@eddiekaspbrak4624]

Bless you all 🙏🏽🙏🏽 I will keep y’all in my prayers and blessings, I know it’s not much, but I wish love and light for you and your family

[@wulfmountainpath3719]

Your most powerful piece yet! All US citizens etc. Should see and hear this info. Gratitude

[@Masso-gy9yu]

why people say the USA is the greatest country in the world I'll never know.

[@digitalutopia1]

Well, I think it goes something like this 1. Create a country with a lot of progressive ideas 2. Continue progressive improvements 3. pat ourselves on the back for being the greatest country 4. Half the country now thinks that we no longer need to make progressive changes because we already "won" 5. If another country, still making progressive changes, does something better than us, that's impossible becsuse we're the greatest country. 6. Try to undo any progressive improvements that sneak through, because...since we were the greatest country without these changes, then the way to "make America great again" is obviously undoing them /eyeroll

[@unlimited8410]

@@digitalutopia1 The time they stopped progressing was right after WWII, not experiencing any hardship for a long time will make a country complacent.

[@iranianintelligenceagency9337]

@@unlimited8410 America, along with many other countries, have been progressing, but they just haven't been making large-scale inventions like the atomic bomb as often anymore. In physics and astronomy specifically, not only America but other countries have made large strides. For example, did you hear that Einsteins hypothesis on black holes has been proven correct only within the past few months?

[@iranianintelligenceagency9337]

@@CommunistBot Oh. In that case, one of the most famous movements in American history happened post-WWII (Civil Rights Era), so that's kind of ridiculous.

[@user-lh7mp4jg4o]

its military violence is greatest, best at killing people

[@Dullfang2]

lol, when you said American guards have very little training it reminded me of that episode of the Simpsons where Homer gets a job as one. The warden hands him his nightstick and says Warden: 'This ends for holding it, this ends for hitting them with it.' Homer: 'Great, when does training start?' Warden: 'It just ended'

[@justinhunt4767]

No jokes for BLK people this is serious

[@user-fh2sl4nu8f]

Haha, that's about it too. They get an Associates Degree (two years of education) but not much of any of that education deals with treating people like human beings.

[@radha94]

Could you please make a video about why is American colleges so expensive,and how to make it affordable????? It would be an interesting topic to explore.

[@TheSureshot626]

Check out Jake Trans or Wendover productions video on the subject. Both amazing!

[@OverthrowMedia]

Cuz capitalism is a giant con lol

[@akiram6609]

Because like for profit jails, higher education is all about profit. Education? What’s that?

[@LoFiAxolotl]

how to make it affordable? takes 2 minutes... pass a law that says "university is free and will be paid for by taxes" like every nation that's worth anything

[@akiram6609]

That’s nice. In the US college is so expensive only the rich can afford it. We have put a paywall between the people and higher education. Sure those who aren’t wealthy can still go to college but only by incurring a crushingly high level of debt. Even vocational schools are very expensive.

[@DraftTheHippies]

I’m from the Philippines and a few months ago, my uncle had a friend (the friend is still alive don’t worry) who was arrested for 1 week and the conditions and his treatment there was so bad, he now suffers from PTSD. He is getting better according to my uncle, but he still is very much traumatized from the experience.

[@MaidenUtah1]

When you have draconian anti-drug policies (like Duterte in The Philippines or Reagan in the US), it’s a no brainer: arrest and incarcerate the world!

[@kerstinklenovsky239]

Norway and Finland are highly civilized countries and not banana republics. No wonder they have commendable prison systems. 🌻

[@rextrek]

MeriKKKa is the SCHITHOLE COUNTRY you've heard sooo much about, with SPECIAL THANKS to republicans for the EXTRA SCHITHOLINESS ! MeriKKKa where we ALLOW 60,000+ Americans to DIE Every Year for LACK of healthcare and Medications they CANT Afford and No one cares..... ...MeriKKKa where we have over 40+MILLION with NO HEALTHCARE at all and No One cares.......... MeriKKKa where we have MILLIONS of HOMELESS Nationwide and No One cares... MeriKKKa, where ALL Repubs and the Corporate Dems ( NOT Progressives ) passed an $800+BILLION One YR Military Budget... yet we Average citizens getting Begged calls from VET GRPS ask for DONATIONS to HELP with VET CARE??? ...........WTF is ALL that Gdammed MOney going??? NO ONE Ever asks....Riiiight MSM???!!!!! .....and Again to Top it off , No Money for Child Day Care for working Mothers, No Dental, Eyecare, or Hearing aids for Seniors..... Merikkkka IS the Certified SCHITHOLE .. .with thanks also, to about 40% of Our Nation of Garbage People, Uninformed Morons , Racist, haters, Bigots....who constantly Vote against their own interests.... so glad I dont have kids and more years behind than ahead

[@cfltheman]

The prisoners that fight fires cannot even get a job as a firefighter when released.

[@midnight8341]

Didn't they change that in California due to their severe lack of firefighters and the fact that they're going to need even more due to climate change?

[@Fafnd]

@@midnight8341 nope.

[@OurResistance]

A LOT OF FIREFIGHTERS WORK ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS AND DO NOT GET PAID. --LET ME SAY THAT IT IS TRUE THAT AMERICA HAS TOO MANY DRACONIAN LAWS! HOWEVER, THIS PERSON "SECOND THOUGHT" IS A CHARLATAN WHO DISTORTS THE FACTS AND THEN DELETES ANY COMMENTS HE DISAGREES WITH!!!!

[@midnight8341]

@@OurResistance shouting doesn't make you right...

[@coffee4682]

@@midnight8341 climate change by the companies that the U.S. gov is giving tax bailouts to... X_X fuck this country I’m moving back to Sweden right as I get outta high school murica and China will still probably give zero fucks about global warming and then just hunker down into bunkers while everyone else dies

[@pyktukasplays4945]

Correction, the prison population isn't higher than that of during Stalin's USSR. That is a misconception for including pararole and not just imprisoned people for the USA while not doing similar things for the Soviet Union. Which of you take what was Soviet pararole, you would get the population. If you include pararole, then you can include kolhozniks... On a more serious note: In 1986 the USSR had an incarcerated population of 2 356 933, while in the year 2007 the total USA incarcerated population was 2 293 157 . Population of USSR in 1986 was about 279 254 000. (So about 844 per 100 000 people were incarcerated) Population of USA in 2007 was about 301 200 000. (So about 761 per 100 000 people were incarcerated). In 1950s the total main incarcerated people of USSR totaled about 5 million. For example, on the first of January of the year 1953, two months before Stalin's death, there were about 2 625 000 people in camps, labour colonies and prisons, about 2 753 000 in special settlements(basically deported), and 65,000 were exiled settlers. That is about 5 443 000 in total with additional things, pararole equivalents and etc.

[@vietnamd0820]

Excellent video...I just subbed

[@noodleegg]

Nice

[@Slackker_]

That case of the children being imprisoned for monor cases for the prison and judge's personal gain makes me genuinley feel sick.

[@selalewow]

Welcome to America, the land of Capitalism instead of the evils of Socialism.

[@MissRaex]

Same here! I'm enraged!

[@lubal7501]

The whole concept of private prison makes me sick

[@guccihero3555]

It makes me happy ☺️

[@theHaba99]

Now that you are sick there is private owned healthcare too so they can put you in debt

[@Bloodlyshiva]

They learned it from the Brits they split from. Debtors prisons were a thing, and they were corrupt as hell, since they were there for profit-rehabilitation was not a thing. This was the time of ;the bloody code'.

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

The US is a total shithole, unless you are rich, of course. Then you are treated like royalty

[@gregorydakin]

I don't think private prison are inherently bad. Just the way the US sets them up is. Canada has public institutions and they're shit because they are underfunded and nobody has an interest in making them better.

[@michaelespeland]

If you support this kind of system, you're one big piece of the problem. Im glad I live in Norway. Seriously, this literally looks like a movie or a mockumentary. I just can't believe how bad it is.

[@rextrek]

MeriKKKa is the SCHITHOLE COUNTRY you've heard sooo much about, with SPECIAL THANKS to republicans for the EXTRA SCHITHOLINESS ! MeriKKKa where we ALLOW 60,000+ Americans to DIE Every Year for LACK of healthcare and Medications they CANT Afford and No one cares..... ...MeriKKKa where we have over 40+MILLION with NO HEALTHCARE at all and No One cares.......... MeriKKKa where we have MILLIONS of HOMELESS Nationwide and No One cares... MeriKKKa, where ALL Repubs and the Corporate Dems ( NOT Progressives ) passed an $800+BILLION One YR Military Budget... yet we Average citizens getting Begged calls from VET GRPS ask for DONATIONS to HELP with VET CARE??? ...........WTF is ALL that Gdammed MOney going??? NO ONE Ever asks....Riiiight MSM???!!!!! .....and Again to Top it off , No Money for Child Day Care for working Mothers, No Dental, Eyecare, or Hearing aids for Seniors..... Merikkkka IS the Certified SCHITHOLE .. .with thanks also, to about 40% of Our Nation of Garbage People, Uninformed Morons , Racist, haters, Bigots....who constantly Vote against their own interests.... so glad I dont have kids and more years behind than ahead

[@lisamollohan7499]

What's more appalling is the people who say American prisoners have it made because they get 3 square meals a day and get to watch TV . They need to go to prison and see if they still think that.

[@derwolf9670]

“The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.” - Fyodor Dostoevsky

[@radumurzea6112]

Or its schools ;)

[@ethericshadows1303]

Just teach children not by authority figures or bad parents but by good parents who love their kids that will get rid of prisons.

[@ethericshadows1303]

And mental asylums

[@user-fh2sl4nu8f]

Been there, done that. "When there is an unjust law, the place for a just man is also a prison." Henry David Thoreau

[@hughmungus3690]

Boy you are 100% right about this. I went to jail once for a seatbelt ticket I forgot to pay like two years ago and man. American jails are draconian af. It is literally hell on earth and you cannot even begin to understand how bad it is unless you've experienced it first hand. I was handcuffed to a pole for 16 hours and slept straight on the concrete for two days. Didnt even get socks and it's about 55 degrees in there.

[@thetrollerplonker9790]

lol good

[@lordssundee7047]

is that even legal?

[@sandmans5980]

@@lordssundee7047 it shouldn't be sadly enough

[@whoozyyy]

The ones in Miami are worse

[@whoozyyy]

@@lordssundee7047 once you’re locked up, you’re basically not a human anymore, you’re stripped of your rights.. so shit that isn’t legal outside can be technically not illegal in jails/prisons.

[@timothywait9457]

A lot of Americans unless they have been to Europe do not know how bad a Country it is i am from UK

[@AFoxForThought]

Inmates endure far worse in U.S. prisons then what is being discussed in this video..

[@magical8013]

They put people with minor charges with real convicts....What could go wrong? I've done about 9 years all together. I came out worst than I went in.

[@ivy8483]

What were you in for ?

[@magical8013]

@@ivy8483 burglary and theft charges, I was a heroin addict and I used to steal copper out of construction homes. And kept violating my parole. It's crazy because I was never offered rehab, so I continue to get worse. Now they're actually offering people rehab if they're drug addicts so that's cool.

[@natasha8007]

@@magical8013 hope your situation improved, they just create criminals by putting minor offenses with criminals.

[@kevinc8955]

@@natasha8007 He was a criminal. A habitual one at that who clearly didn’t see prison as a deterrent. What happens if some poor security guard corners him during a burglary and it’s jail or fight. Should society just wait until he caves that guard’s head in with a copper pipe?

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

Eff off, kevin

[@noname772fp2]

“Honey, get in here, Second Thought just posted!”

[@phthalo7401]

Aye

[@jonathanwilson5355]

Eyyyy

[@thegoldengamer9315]

Lmao

[@coltenh124]

Fr, these vids are the highlight of my week

[@AJ-lo5dr]

Is this an open letter to the comment section or a quote from you in real life 🤔😂😂😂

[@bassemandere]

Here in denmark, we have something called open prison (for smaller crimes that demands prison) In open prison: they are allowed to go out, to keep normal job and alike as long they are back in the prison at the agreed time. (well it cold be 18:00 every evening) if they stay away they get in a normal closed prison. from what i have heard they do a lot like norway in a good humane way. USA in my opinion can learn if they so wish by just looking at all the allies they have around the world but i think it will never change as long they dont want to change it.

[@quandaledingle7812]

Here in Ireland we have much shorter sentences on the whole and prisoners are able to wear there own clothes and watch tv or play games in prison

[@quintenhessmann6979]

This video deserves millions of views

[@malnutritionboy]

Normal people shocked by "prison slavery" People who played prison architect

[@darthplagueis13]

Well... The disturbing thing about that game is that in some ways it's more realistic than you would think.

[@phillbradshaw7190]

Actually 🇺🇸 has 3 justice systems 1 for the rich, 1 for the poor & 1 for cops

[@sonictheporcipine]

Don't forget about the subsystems for race.

[@beemoney217]

@@sonictheporcipine That would be the same subsystem. The white collar minimum security playhouses are where the rich people and cops go, so they are all white. Everything beneath that is about even in race but definitely disproportionate by population. The graph he showed was pretty accurate to a regular county jail.

[@michaelk9279]

I see it more like 1 Justice system for the rich, 1 Justice system for the poor, and a get out of jail free card for cops.

[@nathanmcbow158]

The truth hurts indeed. America prides itself on being a "free" and "opportunistic" place, but the free is only for the privileged and the opportunity lies with the power.

[@laytonjr6601]

The sentence for Murder: Poor: prison for life / death sentence Rich: pays the victim himself then no charges Police: the taxpayers pay the victim then no charges

[@maxmeggeneder8935]

Great video comrade! Thank you! I'm so glad that I found your channel because of your collaboration with two of my favorite content creators, Yugopnik and Hakim, on the Deprogram which I absolutely love. I'm really enjoying going through all your political content. Everything I've seen so far is great. Keep it up comrade J. T!Solidarity forewer! Red Salute from Austria!

[@dailydrivensedans4875]

I got put in solitary/suicide watch in tx-usa for an empty marijuana dab pen. I was put in for 3 days with nothing but concrete, a metal toilet/sink and a cold room. No windows outside. Solid metal door. Nothing. Not a pencil nor a blanket. No socks or underwear. Nothing. I have ptsd from it and ill never not want to die from those three days. I cant think of anything worse then that room. Ida much rather you do all sorts of exceuciating things to my body then go back in there. Id rather you slowly take a giant cheese grater from my feet to my head. Id rather go to christians supposed hell then solitary cuz i can tell you hell is on earth.

[@Demonetization_Symbol]

I was told as a kid that the US had the best prison system in the world that we are the nicest to prisoners. Obviously I disagree now. I stopped believing that years ago.

[@JJ-iy7rk]

Compared to third world countries, yes we are the nicest, but it’s still unfair and horrible compared to developed nations

[@iranianintelligenceagency9337]

@Lajd Hdhd Any country that gives 2 years for murder has a garbage prison system imo. Imagine you see the guy that killed your sibling a few years later at a party or something having a good time.. I'd be mad bro

[@iranianintelligenceagency9337]

@Lajd Hdhd Yeah I don't really like the US justice system's punishments and way of handling false accusations, but getting 2 years for murder or something like that is just absurd to me

[@iranianintelligenceagency9337]

@Lajd Hdhd Haha thanks! Perhaps it's a cultural thing, perhaps it is the prison sentences, perhaps it's the quality of life in the prison sentences, or a mix. The problem imo is trying to figure out what exactly it is. I do agree that the prison system is the US is too strict tho

[@parag_Parag]

Nobody best... But it's worst everywhere in World...

[@lewisjulian0830]

Saw the Norwegian prison system and impressed. Worked as a nurse in American prisons and became depressed and tearful. The inhumane treatment of the inmates are heart breaking. You are treated like trash being denied your humanity. Encountered many inmates who were raped only to be laughed at publicly and humiliated. Even in front of other prisoners guaranteeing further violence. Could not work any longer in prisons. You wonder why they come out worse.

[@user-fh2sl4nu8f]

Thank you for speaking out and quitting that job. Our government needs to know that people won't tolerate that kind of treatment. I was in a Wisconcentration Camp and saw way more problems than I care to talk about - I'm sure I have PTSD from it. Healthcare in the joint is as non-existent as it can be. Don't get me wrong, there are good people that work there - much like yourself - but their hands are tied by the institution and the government. The most caring nurse where I was quit too.

[@5rings16]

Criminls dont have the same rights. Dont do the crime if you cant do the time.

[@5rings16]

@@thoraadam9049 no, they don't send you to prison for petty theft.

[@mohammadzaman1225]

6:49 imagine telling someone you went to jail for hurting your principals fee fees

[@gaspoweredpick]

I was always disturbed by the US justice system and its blunt disregard of encouraging people to improve, even though it would be more sensible and humane. After watching this, now I could easily make the case that rehabilitation works both in principle and especially in practice.

[@K-Riz314]

Then you have legalized robbery by law enforcement under the name of "seizure" and "forfeiture" Even when you haven't been convicted of committing a crime!

[@Alkezo1]

Very true. There's a lot of aspects of our justice system that really fucks poor people and basically keeps them poor.

[@user-ij5sw7fd6x]

Wow! I didn't know that it is so bad🙀

[@aaronhoy3410]

@@user-ij5sw7fd6x Really? Yeah there are 2 legal terms used for it the first is "civil asset forfeiture" & the second is "civil judicial forfeiture". Now unfortunately data on exactly how much states & the federal government take from people is spotty at best, but it is believed to range anywhere from $2 billion to $6 billion per year over the past 5 years. Another thing I didn't hear the video mention is that in many jails/prisons inmates are charged fees for things like if they need to see the doctor/medical staff, a lot of places charge a daily fee for "room and board" which can be as high as like $80 a day in I think it was Maine. A lot of places also charge a booking fee. If people are released from prison/jail earlier than they were sentenced for on parole and/or they have to do supervised probation after they are released many states have some sort of monthly supervision fee that for most states cap out at $60 or less, but a few that go up to $100-$150 per month. Failing to pay fees you are charged on time & at the amount you manage to work out with authorities in a payment plan [if you can't just pay all of it off at once,] can result to anything from extending the probation period, penalty fees for late or insufficient payment, having your driver's license revoked [which doesn't really help people to get to & from a job,] being given [x] hours of community service work, to potentially being thrown back in jail/prison.

[@ThatDangDad]

Speaking as a former cop, this video is spot on. Even among cops (who are awful) corrections officers/prison guards were legendarily corrupt, some of the nastiest people you'll ever meet. They cannot be reformed and the entire system is toxic from top to bottom. I'm an abolitionist now, but I hope we can at least do the Finnish model on our way out of retributive justice and the carceral state.

[@nuclearmonster4259]

I don't understand how people justify a corrupt system that throws as many people in jail amd prisions as they were as many people in concentration camps in the Soviet union

[@JMFP01]

I feel like a lot of failed police officers who became corrections officers and abuse the small amount of power they have.

[@bestwitch2931]

Weird an even worse prison system doesn’t stop crime, almost like they are incarcerating innocent people.

[@slavicamendoza2120]

I didn’t realise any of this. Thank you for educating us

[@starwars1744]

Prisons. You go in with small charge, let’s say stealing pizza, so you’re relatively harmless. You get out and you’re worse than when you went in. Now your drug, gang, violent, affiliated. Now pizza boy is wanted for drug trafficking. And people wonder why people who get out of prisons on parole are often sent back shortly after on harsher charges. The prison system, and society as a whole, really needs to change.

[@BR.9x]

@@chuckyyes wtf?

[@BR.9x]

@@chuckyyes really don’t think so bro

[@ejigthompson775]

U wouldn’t be put in a federal prison for stealing a pizza but nice try buddy

[@ViperPain141]

⁠@@ejigthompson775he didn’t say anything about federal prisons… buddy

[@benkim486]

"Freest country in the world"

[@edgelord8337]

"Most democratic"

[@soupflood]

They wish

[@pepi7404]

You're free to be as poor as you want.

[@tortellinifettuccine]

@@joedenathan4775 except for the fact that the electoral college is actually a group of individuals that take the voting that was cast and either choose to go with it or say no and change it.

[@imperatormaximus8952]

@@joedenathan4775 I think “very” is a bit much but I would classify the US as a “flawed democracy”.

[@hobbyist518]

"There is nothing worse than a Capitalist given government power." -Ayn Rand

[@researchingwesa3323]

THANK YOU FOR THIS

[@rickeybernard8156]

I'm most likely leaving the U.S. I'm a minority, and I'm just tired of asking to be treated like a human. I just don't see this system being fixed by anything other than blood. That's sad to me. No one chooses their identity, but that's what we live by.

[@kinglikuid6109]

America was born from genocide slavery and war. Very similar to Rome. And she will suffer a fate similar to Rome. When you live by the sword you are destined to die by it.

[@rickeybernard8156]

@@kinglikuid6109 You are right imo.

[@lmul1441]

@@kinglikuid6109 That is true, never thought of it like that, but then you have Europe thats been killing each other for hundreds of years so you never know

[@stephenc2481]

@@lmul1441 ...Africa had genocide/mass killings issues too. If they look for someone to blame to blame for their unfulfilled life, the USA is the least of the issue.

[@lmul1441]

@@stephenc2481 I know :(

[@Peter-xm3ol]

I knew that the situation was bad but after seeing the difference between our prison system and the systems in Norway and Finland I don't know how everyone isn't outraged.

[@ricardobarahona3939]

Apathy

[@isthisshit4real]

@@ricardobarahona3939 - We have extreme apathy in our country because we are ALL oppressed. The indoctrination and psychological manipulation (psyop) we endure through movies, t.v., MSM, education, at every level from the time we are born - is exhausting us. The whole race thing doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of how ALL of us have been used and abused and turned against each other - much to the amusement of the political class. We are addicted to our phones - or tablets (me) - or drink - or drugs - or sex - or food - or work - or something else. Distraction is easy - cuz NO ONE wants to admit HOW AWFUL this hellish place is. We need to put the shit down - talk to human beings - and make a plan. A plan to MAKE the government work FOR US. If they don't - we make A NEW ONE.

[@musiccer7446]

Is Europeans ask ourselves that about many things that seem to be normal in the US. Also, the prison system is not only like that in Scandinavian countries. Germany is basically on the same level as them when it comes to prisons despite way higher population. And most parts of Europe have a very humane system

[@Hamter342]

Everything in the US is a business even prison

[@rextrek]

MeriKKKa is the SCHITHOLE COUNTRY you've heard sooo much about, with SPECIAL THANKS to republicans for the EXTRA SCHITHOLINESS ! MeriKKKa where we ALLOW 60,000+ Americans to DIE Every Year for LACK of healthcare and Medications they CANT Afford and No one cares..... ...MeriKKKa where we have over 40+MILLION with NO HEALTHCARE at all and No One cares.......... MeriKKKa where we have MILLIONS of HOMELESS Nationwide and No One cares... MeriKKKa, where ALL Repubs and the Corporate Dems ( NOT Progressives ) passed an $800+BILLION One YR Military Budget... yet we Average citizens getting Begged calls from VET GRPS ask for DONATIONS to HELP with VET CARE??? ...........WTF is ALL that Gdammed MOney going??? NO ONE Ever asks....Riiiight MSM???!!!!! .....and Again to Top it off , No Money for Child Day Care for working Mothers, No Dental, Eyecare, or Hearing aids for Seniors..... Merikkkka IS the Certified SCHITHOLE .. .with thanks also, to about 40% of Our Nation of Garbage People, Uninformed Morons , Racist, haters, Bigots....who constantly Vote against their own interests.... so glad I dont have kids and more years behind than ahead

[@velshock]

The prisoners in Norway live better than the poor in the US. This is truly saddening.

[@faithful2b1]

“Create enough Hunger and everyone becomes a criminal” - Liam Neeson (Ra's al Ghul)

[@icemike1]

There's only two kinds of criminals the ones who get caught and the ones who don't

[@wisperingiron3646]

I live in Denmark and this channel keeps reminding me, that good well functioning democracies doesn't come about by themselves. A continuous effort is needed to society on a good course and there will always be room for improvements. Even in the Scandinavian countries.

[@user-fh2sl4nu8f]

True. All we can do is speak up about injustice. If it gets too bad we might have to start a revolution (haha).