🇺🇸 Forgotten Youth: Inside America's Prisons | Fault Lines
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- Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
- n the 1990s, a trend to be "tough on youth crime" led to nearly every state in the United States to pass legislation making it easier to prosecute minors in the adult criminal justice system.
An estimated 200,000 children under the age of 18 are tried, sentenced or incarcerated as adults in the US each year, despite many of these cases involving non-violent crimes.
Fault Lines investigates the impact of these policies in Michigan, where lawyers have filed a class action lawsuit against the Department of Corrections and Governor Rick Snyder on behalf of hundreds of teenage prisoners who allege harassment and abuse by older inmates and prison staff.
I had a friend go through the same ordeal in Michigan and years later when hislife seemed to be much better on the outside he committed suicide. This system is a mess.
That's so sad. I hope he's in a better place now.
This is just so harrowing. The ripple effect from this must be so big. My heart goes out to these young people,treated so badly by those who were supposed to protect them.
Prisons are supposed to rehabilitate inmates. Not leave them vulnerable to abuse.
***** When will our criminal justice system learn?
Prisons are private businesses
@@wiseass2149 they know....
They create people that they can relate to or take advantage of.....
But they gotta turn em out first....
Sad sick and predatory
It's America tho
Crazy dog. Since when?
very sad, must be pure horror for some of these kids.
The problem with the lawsuit; mentally it won't grant all these victims any sense of satisfaction. The damage has been done.
I’m praying for humanity right now🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 we have failed our children on so many levels! We need a divine intervention ASAP
Maimuna Bah We need to bring back traditional family culture, and do away with progressive liberal policies that have destroyed the family, by making self’Me’ and victimhood, a normal way of life. Its not sustainable, and never ends well. We need to live with purpose in life. It starts with family, and ends with family. Godspeed.
A lot of good your prayers are doing to help these poor kids!! G"DAMN bible thumpers think that prayers are the answers to everything!!!
Got to love the prison Industrial complex, designed to produce messed up people and waiting for their return.
just1fix2004 Very well put 👍🏻
My god, my god. Horribly thing happening in American prisons.
This is really heart breaking. I have cousins that have gotten out of jail and become atheist due to the things that happened to them in prison. I can’t imagine. I still have family members in there and I’m extremely heart broken for anyone going through this in prison. Oh my goodness 😢
The sad thing is these people will not get the counseling they need.
They will never trust counseling. They have been thru too many facets of the system that betrays their trust.
By the time a councillor shows up it's too late, the damage has already been done!!! There is absolutely no reason to imprison youths, under 18 yrs old in the same prison system as adults!!! Why is it that politicians, ADULTS at that don't understand what kind of savages they are locking kids up with??? Yes, most are probably guilty but they are sending lambs into the wolf's den, so to speak...
Those corrections guards are useless they don't or won't protect those young & vulnerable inmates. What a horrible experience to have to go through.
Representatives from the prison industry didn't want to talk about prison rape? Surprise! So I guess their sales pitch didn't include safety for prisoners.
powerful... keep up the excellent work!
This is unbearable to watch. We have ALL failed these kids...
Noelle Pritchard Barkley this was so hard to watch! I couldn’t imagine what these kids are going through:(
It sickens me to think about what these poor kids live through each and every day that they're incarcerated... Yes, they have probably committed some sort of crime that lands them in prison BUT they should NOT be imprisoned with adults,,, PERIOD!!!
You could tell in there voices alone. They r not lieing.
It's all about the money making machine for the state and county budgets. Greedy dogs never get enough :(
ZIONCYNT We don’t make money, we lose money, who do you think pays for their food, clothes, and hygiene products.
@@justarandomguy8415 if that's true" then that means it's being skimmed right off the top most likely by politicians.
This is so sad poor kids
The inmates the young inmates do not deserve being sexually assaulted. It is vile & evil. Yes they deserve to be punished but not raped. Some of these comments scare me.
That woman who is interviewing in the beginning needs to go. Her voice is so irritating and she lacks compassion. This is horrific and disgusting. And terribly sad.
@Smileyrie James thank you!
He needs to fight back, even if he looses....otherwise they will keep doing it
... Are you serious?? Do you have any clue what kinds of animals these kids are living with in general population??? Even if they are put in protective custody they are still at risk to be abused!!! JEEZUZ man,,, think about it...
I've thought about your comment since I made mine and the more I think about it the more I agree with you!! I've never been arrested before so I have no clue what it's like to be incarcerated,,, AND I want to keep it that way...
Criminals systems created criminals. Instead rehab they punish
This is where society gleefully sends people? Don't get me wrong, some crimes are awful, the person who did it may also be awful, but we as society have the responsibility to ensure these people's dignity all the same. We are supposed to be the bigger person, ensure these people leave better and whole, not broken and damaged beyond repair. To support anything less, with your tax dollars footing the bill is unacceptable.
@Billy Costa you are not that important to inform or to advise in any shape or form. But I appreciate your confidence in suggesting that you are.
Karen Gabeaud. Gee, karen , that's really nice. Not that way, baby. Its evil and once 8nside you know.
I'm a survivor and I'm here to say this is accurate.
I don’t want to sound like I’m pitying you, but my goodness I’m sorry this happened to you.
'hes pumpin on you for 7 minutes'....? you couldnt ask him nicely?
I was thinking she might of just repeated what he was saying
@@unknownsurname8228 yes. still, not very decent.
This is truly a shame!!! These freakin sick guards & adult prisoners need to be cow tied and flogged.
Welcome to Michigan
My heart is soo broken
These prisons hire all the riff raff of the streets.
Can you mention what did they do to go to prison. I think they deserve everything that happens.
Dont go to jail! That's Prevention!
Unfortunately many people aren’t raised with that reality.
Well said man!!!!
I have an idea, don’t break the law
Law is rather subjective. In some countries its illegal just to be gay.
Heartless bud. Have some empathy
Fucken screws dont give two shits, they do their shift and go home the less contact with inmates the better.
They wouldnt get away with that in scotland
Young people just don't commit vicious crimes that's all... don't do it.
I'd rather die then end up in prison
Rick Snyder looks a bit like Arsene Wenger
At least you pay a lot of tax payer money for that
When you commit crime when were young being a gangster and cried what is happen to you especially when order by correctional officers and you rebel. 1 do not committing crime.2 you going to pepper spray and tas when rebeling against correctional officers
oh well blaming the system now wen these people were comfortable committing crimes outside wat did they expect jail is like. That's prison there is no baby sitting there
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Sorry man, I don't understand what you mean...
Why are they in there that's the question everyone should ask if you don't want this to happen why don't you just avoid prison
America can use some shria law!
Disgusting
Well, if you do the crime you do the time. That means everything that comes along with it.
Too right!!!!
You are too cruel and the devil's advocate. No one deserves torture and rape. Nobody is perfect, and preying on young people is just wrong. You are just as evil as predators and rapists. Shame on you!!!
Have some empathy. Maybe think that some of these victims might be wrongfully accused/convicted? Even then the time is the punishment. Torture shouldn't be a factor