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Let me get this straight...... Couldn't pay a $1,000 court fine because you wouldn't provide him the GED materials the prisoner requested. Could barely find a job because he's been with YOU, almost like a toxic relationship, so...
So you charge taxpayers MORE to hold him, and that costs more than actually giving the poor guy a chance to rebuild himself?????
_6ngYr6su90&t=1h44m00s 1:44:00 man of culture detected
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I am just spit balling here, but how about telehealth? A therapist on a screen could do wonders for these inmates. For many it wouldn't be enough to make a difference. For many more the inmate won't be receptive. There are some though, that would absolutely benefit from anysort of real time human interaction, even on a screen.
Are they already trying this? I'm sure they are somewhere.🤷♂️
The crazy part is jail and regular prison is just as lonely. People don’t realize that most prisons don’t have multiple inmates in the same cell, which is good and bad, while it protects prisoners from abuse the damage from being in a cell and only being able to leave twice a day for an hour is just as bad as being locked up 23 out of the 24 hours. I spent 3 months in jail, for a minor misdemeanor and contempt of court.. let me tell you I came out a different person and I was in a JAIL for just 3 months. While I agree some people deserve this but there’s gotta be more involved then locking up for 23 hours. Why not have them see therapists, mental health counseling, continue to have human interaction because even if they are on death row or doing life despite the bad they’ve done that’s still a human being, that’s still someone’s child. It’s sad to see these things, but the reality of it is what do we expect when an industry that’s meant to rehabilitate people is mostly owned by private investors making money off tax payers by locking people up for minor offenses.
Can anyone summarize the whole documentary in a paragraph or so?
idk why but i felt so heartbroken seeing the guy at _6ngYr6su90&t=7m49s 7:49
I love the surreal quality of the editing.
I ❤️ Solitary Confinement
it's heartbreaking to see this.. can't even imagine how difficult and terrible the situation is for some people.. I pray to God to give them some peace of mind if possible 😢
I wonder if history will look back on prisons like this as barbaric or too kind. My guess is the former, unless we ended up in some kind of mad max world, in which these guys would probably be "kings" and warlords. This prison makes me sick in all aspects..the horrible crimes and the methods of containment. Creating monsters indeed.
Just got home from running the seg unit. Its no joke. People loose their shit in there on the regular and its nothing to come in and see someone slicing their throat open or trying to hang themselves.
The guy at _6ngYr6su90&t=7m50s 7:50 really breaks my heart. All of this is awful.
Boy, you let these guys do a lot performing for this, huh?
How does society expect inmates who have to endure months and months alone in a small cell to come out normal or completely rehabilitated ? The human mind and soul are wired to be in total seclusion as a form of rehab. What a horrible way to live/exist.
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They need to stop with this solitary nonsense and come up with another solution. I don't know what but anything is better than that
Fuck them... Let them rot and let the worms eat them.
Good ole department of “Corrections”