Germany: Low Crime, Clean Prisons, Lessons for America | Jeff Rosen | TEDxMountainViewHighSchool

Germany has a much lower crime rate and fewer people in prison than the United States. How does Germany do that? Is it because their prisons are different than ours? Is there anything we could learn from them? Find out.

District Attorney Rosen is an experienced prosecutor and a recognized leader in criminal justice reform. His mission for the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office is to vigorously pursue justice in a way that is fair and treats everyone with respect. His core values are service, hard work, transparency and integrity.
Since arriving in the Bay Area, Mr. Rosen has been active in the community. He served as president of a large synagogue, taught trial advocacy at Santa Clara University Law School and trained police officers in report-writing.

[karltherock]

50000 dollars per year for college?

In Germany i pay 360€ per year

[vtheman]

I'mma just share this with you people, I'm from eastern europe, In a relationship with a german woman. On my first trip there, I got kind of lost looking for her place. A policeman noticed me passing by his car for the 10th time, pulled me over, and because the adress was close to where he was parked the dude sat me inside, and droped me off where I needed to go. I was speachless...

[RougeKirschen]

I live in the Netherlands, close to German border as an Asian woman. The Dutch travel to German to buy gasoline, groceries or even to medical specialists as the waiting list in the Netherlands is too long. I was afraid when I visited Germany for the first time, merely because of the history I’ve heard. I can now tell you, I’ve been treated better in Germany than in Netherlands. No judgement look or rude behaviour. I feel safe to visit the country without my Dutch husband to see my doctor or even just to buy Christmas presents.

[bobtronexy]

I am living in Hamburg (germany) and we once played against a prison team, because that's a part of rehabilitation and also a reward for good behaving inmates. It was like the most normal football match I ever played.

[DerSenat]

If you treat people like animal, they behave like animals

[JaccduLac]

Jungs seid ehrlich ihr wollt euch auch alle nur bisschen krass fühlen

[dinolino]

Paragraph 1 of the German constitution actually says:
"Human dignity *is* inviolable"

[froggentleman]

in germany are right now less neonazis than in the usa

[Bluestarr]

50, 000$ for college? Wtf? What is wrong with you America?

[pjlewisful]

This was so informative & interesting. We Americans need to admit & accept when we could help ourselves, as a whole, by learning from other countries.

[tilvur]

I don't want to be a buzzkill or anything, I am agreeing with Jeff
Rosen, generally. But as a german professional working in the german
correction system, I'd like to correct a few misunderstandings, mostly
stemming from the type of prison Mr. Rosen apparently visited. Heidering
prison is a very new, state-of-the-art prison. There are other prisons
in Germany, which are much more bleak then Heidering: Old prison
buildings with few windows high up in the walls, much less natural
light, without cafeterias in the style you just saw in the video. In
some german prisons, many inmates still spend a lot of hours (up to 23)
in their cells, and not everyone has a cell of his (or her) own. Also,
in many prisons everyone gets the same food, the inmates don't cook for
themselves on a daily basis- cooking is more of recreational thing
happening a few times a week (or less). How much sports, recreation, or
possibilities to leave the prison for activities outside of it (visiting
of doctors, therapists, loved ones etc.) varies to a high degree (from
quiete a lot, Heidering style, to almost never (except medical
emergencys, and guarded by armed wardens) in old school prisons). Its
very much dependend on the directorate of the prison, if they are kind
of modern, opend minded people working heavily towards rehabilitation,
or more old school, working with a heavy punishment-and-correction
mindset.
So, what Mr. Rosen showed in this piece is the best, most modern and
rehabilitation-oriented standard the german system has to offer.
Heidering is not a typical german prison.

Having said that- his points are still totally valid. Even the most
backwards, punishment-oriented prisons in Germany (which are getting
fewer and fewer, as members of old school directorates retiere and are
replaced by new people with a different, often more open minded
background) will still be much more pleasent places than typical
US-places, as even the minimum standard of german prisons required by
law gives inmates certain rights probably uncommen in the US correction
facilities.

Sorry for any grammatical or spelling mistakes. Not my first language, yadda yadda.

[iwersonsch]

We don't formulate article 1 with "shall be". We formulate it with "is", probably to emphasize for how essential we hold it

[oooceanman]

Hey Canada. we really should have coffee together some day,
- Germany

[MelIssa-rbmq]

My Parents are kurdish from Turkey. I was born and raised in Germany. The German society in comparison to others is that everbody got rights but also obligations that everybody should stick to them. That is the reason why Germany comes out of almost all crises safely. It's really very exemplary

[ceruchi]

German prisons are surprisingly clean places? In my experience, anywhere a German lives for more than ten minutes becomes a very clean place.

[feuerlordzuko]

Video: contains the word “German”
Germans: Die Kommentare gehören uns

[elias]

Der Moment wenn das Gefängnis besser aussieht als meine Schule...

[lizonmirda]

I moved to Germany from India couple of years ago. It was the best decision of my life.

[mr.froschi]

The funny thing that in Germany it's technically legal to break out of prison cause of the right of freedom of every individual in Germany. But the crimes you have to commit to get out (like taking hostage or damaging the prison) aren't. Just another little bit I wanted to throw in there.

[furiscafynn]

Brit here, been to Germany twice, staying within a city. Incredible place, and the people were chill and kind. Respect to them