Why The US Has So Many Prisoners

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[JABRIEL]

Say it with me, "being 5% of the world population and 25% of the world prison population is not a cultural issue, it is a policy issue"

[christate]

Steal $500 from a patrol station = jail
Steal $5, 000, 000 through insider trading = slap on the wrist and a fine.

[sadstardust]

"did we know we were lying about the drugs? of course we did."
chills, horrified chills. i don't know how a human could possibly be so evil.

[rileymcphee]

I spent over 24 hours in jail and even though I gave meticulous detail about my type-1 insulin needs, I had to fight the medication "nurse" to even get half a bolis of what I needed. She had this attitude like I was trying to trick her into giving me drugs or something. And she also didn't understand the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Needless to say, I didn't eat anything while there in fear I would go into Hyperglycemia.

[TheFlinnster]

I had someone close to me go to jail. I knew the criminal justice system was fucked up before but then we had to jump through all these hoops to get them a job and an apartment. There were only a handful apartment complexes that rented to people who had criminal records in a big city in Texas. So the conclusion is: if people can't get housing and can't get jobs, then they are set up to fail/go back to jail.

[jimmyg]

What’s the old saying? A poor person on the street is worth nothing but an inmate is roughly worth 100k a year. This is an approximation but it is a valid argument used by our profit driven prison system

[matthoskin]

The way a country treats its incarcerated is a direct reflection of their society, and how they see their fellow citizens....

[tms]

One interesting thing Ive seen: in certain states as a prisoner you can work as a firefighter, but with a criminal record as a free person you can't work as a firefighter. It's wild.

[alexp]

Haven't watched this yet, but I have a Masters in Criminal Psychology. Something I learned that a professor said that always stuck with me is, "The US justice system creates lifelong prisoners." And its absolutely true, we incarcerate at the highest rate in the world, and over 90 percent of individuals are re-incarcerated within 5 years of release. It's sad and a huge issue.

[JimmyPlaylists]

Because, in America, mass incarceration is _BIG_ business... like several other industries, it should never be a for-profit system! It should be a public service, not a money-making machine.

[MNRick]

Interesting video. I went to prison twice, the first time when I was 20, I got out when I was 24 then I went back at 27 and got out when I was 38. When I got out at age 38 I was a different person and simply had no desire to commit crimes or do dumb stuff anymore, I have been out since 2009 and have not even had a traffic ticket in that time. I am 52 now, I have been with the same employer for 12 years and I think my life is going pretty good considering where I have been. My last prison sentence was 151 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release and I remember the day in May of 2012 when I went into the Federal Courthouse in Minneapolis to see my Probation Officer for the last time, she asked me something to the effect of "what happened, you have a pretty serious record and did a lot of time but you got through probation with ease and are doing better than most people I see". I did not really have a answer for her, I just said that I have read that age is a factor in whether or not a person is going to reoffend.

I know prisons and jobs for inmates and what they pay vary from place to place, I did my time in the feds, worked in Unicor (prison industries) for most of that time, my pay topped out at $1.45 an hour, I was able to save up over $10, 000 for release plus I paid off all my fines/court costs so I did not owe anything when I got out. The feds have a good thing where they place most inmates into a halfway house for the last six months of their sentence, this was the case for me and it allowed me time to obtain all my documents and line up a place to live. I also worked for several months while I was in there allowing me to save up even more money.

My perspective of it all is I committed some serious crimes, people were harmed and I went and paid a price for it. Whether or not my sentence was appropriate (too long, too short) can be debated but I came out a changed person and I wish that all prison systems afforded inmates the same opportunities that I had. If I didn't have something meaningful to do in there or any money in my pocket when I walked out the door or if they just kicked me out to the streets upon release instead of 6 months in a halfway house where I got assistance rebuilding my existence I doubt I would be a free man today.

[belgarath]

There's a certain quote that applies here "A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.”

[klauswigsmith]

Not being able to vote because of a past criminal conviction for which you SERVED YOUR TIME is insane.
How can a nation call itself the land of the free when one of the most essential rights is stripped from you for life because of a conviction?
FFS, here in Canada prisoners are allowed to vote WHILE IN PRISON, as it should be.

[Lance_G]

The more I learn, the more horrified I become at the fact that the government hurts everyone in this country just to be racist. I understand why Ron and friends don't want this taught.

[AndroidTales]

I'm surprised that you didn't mention the California prison two-step. They use inmates to make clothing, then lease the whole process to private companies, that then sell the clothing (and many other products such as food, license plates, and even other products) back to the state, and other states as well.

[co]

When they made it "for profit", it stopped being about justice, public safety, and rehabilitation, and instead had only one purpose: money

[youtubesucks]

I was a prison nurse for many years in California…I have no words

[repeatdefender]

How can we even say we've abolished slavery when there's an exception for it in the constitution? That's literally not abolished.

[sevendaysin]

Dropping all the points - EVEN LEAD EXPOSURE! Holy crap you're the first one I've heard actually TALK about this as part of the change in overall mental behavior in adults! Thank you!

[Melsharpe]

"Prisoners are criminals and should be treated like criminals."
Until you change that mindset in people you will NEVER get prison reform.