The Box: Spending 27 years in solitary confinement | Fault Lines Documentary

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  • Опубликовано: 4 дек 2024

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  • @CameronNewton-o7b
    @CameronNewton-o7b Год назад +1523

    Can't believe he emerged from 27 years even halfway sane. Testament to just how strong his mind is.

    • @damienholland9244
      @damienholland9244 Год назад +73

      People in there for weeks start to lose it. I can't imagine.

    • @IwasBlueb4
      @IwasBlueb4 Год назад +65

      hes VERY strong and intelligent, too....He also has a strong sense of justice, which he is using to try and help others.....v courageous.....

    • @drelocs2878
      @drelocs2878 Год назад +5

      @@damienholland9244weeks? Days.

    • @AB-dl1hz
      @AB-dl1hz Год назад +4

      ​@@drelocs2878you do know days turned into weeks right???

    • @joaquimrodriguez8961
      @joaquimrodriguez8961 Год назад +4

      how fortunate he was to come out with no worst of ware. Other then a few bumps and bruises.

  • @rustygates3367
    @rustygates3367 Год назад +1204

    This man was imprisoned for a few armed robberies in 1990, and escape prison in 1994. Never killed anyone, yet he gets a sentence that is worse than death. This is not justice; this is far worse punishment than the worst murderers get. I would rather get the death sentence than spend the rest of my life in solitary confinement.

  • @justmadeit2
    @justmadeit2 2 месяца назад +58

    His mental strength is incredible. I’m barely coping with life with the severe depression I’m going through. How he’s still alive is unbelievable

    • @Jaded57
      @Jaded57 11 дней назад +1

      @@justmadeit2 amen 🙏

  • @NewYorkCity1718
    @NewYorkCity1718 Год назад +1895

    80 years for a robbery??? Are you kidding me??? They giving child molesters just probation. Something is wrong here

    • @joaquimrodriguez8961
      @joaquimrodriguez8961 Год назад +32

      It's all based on the case and circumstance's.

    • @loloca
      @loloca Год назад +6

      Agreed

    • @jrambo7495
      @jrambo7495 Год назад +15

      Also, this was years ago. Now, there's no punishment or jail time; things are a lot different now.

    • @NewYorkCity1718
      @NewYorkCity1718 Год назад +82

      @@joaquimrodriguez8961 nobody died. He made a bad decision and robbed someone. So you going give someone 80 years???

    • @terryt2728
      @terryt2728 Год назад +46

      ​@@joaquimrodriguez8961No one gets that kind of time for one robbery. He either has a record of robbing places, was on parole/ probation or hurt someone.
      I just got to who this dude is. He has been in all kinds of documentaries. He robbed a bunchof grocery stores in multiple states and then escaped prison twice. Like I said no one gets that kind of time for one robbery.

  • @Charlie_12x3
    @Charlie_12x3 Год назад +868

    I did 7 months in solitary confinement and I tell you it was the most difficult thing I’ve ever endured. One month feels like 4 months I can’t imagine doing 27 years smh the justice system has to pay for doing this to this man it’s disgusting

    • @prettypuff1
      @prettypuff1 Год назад

      Stories like yours are inhumane.
      I’m very sorry hou experienced this.
      American legal system is based on profit,revenge,and punishment

    • @rebeccavl97
      @rebeccavl97 Год назад +28

      Yes 100%!!

    • @andrewsmith5198
      @andrewsmith5198 Год назад +58

      I did 5 months and agree. And my charge was for disturbing the peace a misdemeanor

    • @garycastronova7939
      @garycastronova7939 Год назад +30

      ​@@andrewsmith5198yeah and what did you do to get put in isolation?

    • @BB41562
      @BB41562 Год назад +11

      To me its the oppositte' 1 month feels like a week but u have a really hard time being arround a bunch of people when u get out, arms sweetty and brain strange

  • @eddohan
    @eddohan 10 месяцев назад +74

    0:55 his smile after she greeted him with her hand against the glass was beautifull!! I teared up....Respect for her!

    • @LeanneBurke-jh8xg
      @LeanneBurke-jh8xg 6 месяцев назад +1

      He wasn't expecting it at all I thought was lovely also ❤

    • @TheJingles007
      @TheJingles007 3 месяца назад +1

      Sexy

    • @SanctifiedLady
      @SanctifiedLady 2 месяца назад +1

      I’m surprised he didn’t forget how to interact

  • @ChrisbeFoSerious
    @ChrisbeFoSerious Год назад +579

    I just had a small internal breakdown after fully realizing this man has been in solitary for my entire 27 year life. That is absolutely baffling and made me feel sick.

    • @weldingLLC
      @weldingLLC Год назад +9

      People get what they deserve

    • @coocoo5756
      @coocoo5756 Год назад +68

      @@weldingLLCstfu! People can make false allegations about you and you’ll end up in his shoes and we’ll judge you the same way

    • @weldingLLC
      @weldingLLC Год назад

      @@coocoo5756 I have what you call a job .won't happen to me dummy

    • @sayitlikeitis9868
      @sayitlikeitis9868 Год назад +34

      @@coocoo5756 He’s not even worth the reply. Always judgemental people out there who think they have the answers to everything

    • @janelle009
      @janelle009 Год назад +1

      ​@@coocoo5756Its not that simple although that DOES happen, that isn't the case here. I too disagree with solitary for so many years but for multiple armed robberies/violent crimes I can understand a ton of time. I feel most for those who abruptly had an angry man with a gun in their face not knowing if they'd be r*ped killed or what.... they didn't know his intent and he did multiple.

  • @Spencer859
    @Spencer859 Год назад +438

    I spent 26 months and 11 days in solitary confinement, I can tell you from experience that sometimes you have to literally take it minute by minute to hang on to your sanity.

    • @lorrainekobald3790
      @lorrainekobald3790 Год назад +23

      You poor thing, I feel for you.

    • @lorrainekobald3790
      @lorrainekobald3790 Год назад +4

      James.

    • @IwasBlueb4
      @IwasBlueb4 Год назад +7

      Oh James....Im SO SO sorry......No one should have to suffer that for so long ....I hope you are free now

    • @Godknown
      @Godknown Год назад +9

      I know that EXACT feeling. 👍

    • @gavinkitchen1472
      @gavinkitchen1472 Год назад +7

      What effect did it have on you mentally?

  • @sarah.j.777
    @sarah.j.777 10 месяцев назад +408

    2:22 "He is the only person in Texas that's ever escaped from a non-escapable prison. He embarrassed them so bad on that, that that's why they have held it against him all these years."
    So they're doing this out of spite. Human beings are truly despicable.

    • @SleepyPenguin-8og
      @SleepyPenguin-8og 7 месяцев назад +29

      I thought the inmates were suppose to be the bitter ones. Real criminals wear suits and ties.

    • @philliphall5198
      @philliphall5198 6 месяцев назад +10

      Yes he made every one look extremely stupid and really it’s because of the over reaction of admin

    • @philliphall5198
      @philliphall5198 6 месяцев назад

      Remember that the state was under extreme pressure from feds and their was kinda of a power struggle going on also 😢
      Every thing was changing and different
      Sorry

    • @taracaron4786
      @taracaron4786 6 месяцев назад +4

      There just mad cause your smarter than they are

    • @SleepyPenguin-8og
      @SleepyPenguin-8og 6 месяцев назад

      @@taracaron4786 wear your mask non plague.

  • @Me-tl8iq
    @Me-tl8iq Год назад +2057

    They did that man wrong. 80 years for robbery and then 27 years of solitary confinment. I guarantee that if he was rich, this would have never happened.

    • @beewalk34
      @beewalk34 Год назад +195

      If he was rich, he wouldn't be pulling armed robberies

    • @sw001
      @sw001 Год назад +167

      If he was black they would let him out after 2 years

    • @budgetking2591
      @budgetking2591 Год назад +110

      @@sw001 but not so long ago if he was black he would get death penalty, so it evens out.

    • @budgetking2591
      @budgetking2591 Год назад +15

      @@beewalk34 lol, keep thinking that.

    • @BoiledMilkSteak7
      @BoiledMilkSteak7 Год назад

      @@sw001 keep telling that yourself you facebook boomer. There are black people in prison for life for smoking weed

  • @aikotoba99
    @aikotoba99 Год назад +384

    This is why as an American I can't stand to listen to politicians preaching about human rights in other countries when in some cases, the situation is even worse here. They have no basis to act self righteous.

    • @tigern_i_f_rimeri6069
      @tigern_i_f_rimeri6069 Год назад

      your ccountry & human rights? you torture people worldwide

    • @Kaywaprince
      @Kaywaprince Год назад +12

      I agree with that 100%. I'm not American but IV been to work shops where Americans get preachy on rights then you see these reports, police brutality you realize they need to do better

    • @billscannell93
      @billscannell93 Год назад +3

      My theory is that the European countries are so much more humane because they went through two horrific world wars in their own backyards and got all the cruelty out of their systems.

    • @Kane-ez
      @Kane-ez Год назад

      Facts

    • @TheDriller100
      @TheDriller100 Год назад

      😂😂😂😂 what a bunch of clowns 🤡.. if you are a criminal then pay the price

  • @subysudhakaran
    @subysudhakaran 10 месяцев назад +16

    A heartfelt thanks to the female reporter, lawyer, Al-Jazeera and everyone who supported in making this and sharing. Dennis Wayne Hope has a special place in my memory as i vividly remember watching his story about maybe 15 years ago. The show was called jailed abroad/ banged up abroad. I was fascinated by the story and for some reason the episode stuck with me. Also remember the chief warden who also features here. His escape story of how much he trained running everyday was pretty inspirational. Ahh now i remember the title of the episode. It was " The Running Man". I found it inspiring because i also like running. So after all these years it's good to see him in good health and even now he has inspired me since he is fighting a good fight for human rights of fellow inmates in solitary. I wish him well. I wish he succeeds. I wish him well. Lastly thanks to whoever the editor of the video was for putting Mr. Dennis's pic as thumbnail of video which is why i clicked it. Always thought my memory was poor but jeez i remembered that face real quick. Thanks again to everyone involved.

  • @donnaengel6413
    @donnaengel6413 Год назад +867

    This man’s punishment is more horrific than his crime.

    • @lekasallah6238
      @lekasallah6238 Год назад +29

      Life choices your actions have consequences

    • @ItsEasyJustLift
      @ItsEasyJustLift Год назад +90

      ​@@lekasallah6238yeah and the consequences dont match his actio ns

    • @lekasallah6238
      @lekasallah6238 Год назад +15

      @@ItsEasyJustLift it doesnt matter whether they match them or not my point is if he wasnt a thief he wouldnt have ended up in there it a consequence of his own doing.

    • @SinisterScoundrel6562
      @SinisterScoundrel6562 Год назад +30

      ​@@lekasallah6238yeah but to brow beat the guy for as long as he lives is only gonna make him more of a monster.

    • @Ztertis
      @Ztertis Год назад +2

      You don't say???

  • @yessboydd9927
    @yessboydd9927 Год назад +307

    I feel so bad for him when he cried at the end. Let this poor man out already he’s suffered enough mentally!

    • @gowdsake7103
      @gowdsake7103 Год назад +12

      He wasnt there for being a lovely person

    • @mito88
      @mito88 Год назад +34

      @@gowdsake7103 profound analysis, amazingly profound

    • @JayakrishnanNairOmana
      @JayakrishnanNairOmana Год назад

      @@gowdsake7103 If there is a God, I hope the scum who wrote this comment rots in prison for a crime he didnt commit.

    • @Sue-qp6dx
      @Sue-qp6dx Год назад +3

      Bet you wouldn't feel bad for him if it was your business he'd robbed......armed.....agrivated robbery is a very scary experience to come face to face with

    • @mito88
      @mito88 Год назад +7

      @@Sue-qp6dx what he feels or not is irrelevant.
      allowing our feelings to solely guide our actions can be risky.

  • @lockdownpublications3169
    @lockdownpublications3169 6 месяцев назад +136

    I did 7 years in solitary while serving 27 years in prison. I got out of prison 5 years ago and I'm still affected in the sense that i live alone and I'm uncomfortable with anyone in my space.

    • @Allfaxnocaps
      @Allfaxnocaps 5 месяцев назад +5

      Bro I did 6 months solitary and I still think about it. But it wasn’t really solitary I had an annoying as cell mate who use to take half my food and bug me all day. Was 23-1

    • @lockdownpublications3169
      @lockdownpublications3169 5 месяцев назад

      @@amazingjane2703 thanks

    • @jamiecroweiii80
      @jamiecroweiii80 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@amazingjane2703 definitely don't do that.

    • @amazingjane2703
      @amazingjane2703 5 месяцев назад

      @@jamiecroweiii80
      Well you should get out more.

    • @PeterCapon-o5e
      @PeterCapon-o5e 4 месяца назад +1

      I'm the same mate done 19 yrs in ... 2 in solitude an it's very damaging

  • @oh2887
    @oh2887 Год назад +97

    Amazing gentleman who stuck by him as a friend all those years too. Solitary for 27 years is evil torture

    • @Fat12219
      @Fat12219 2 месяца назад

      It's , it's boring 😴 😒

  • @amberdawn7426
    @amberdawn7426 11 месяцев назад +347

    My Father was put into solitary confinement for 15 years. He has been diagnosed with Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Makes you think about the Way his brain tried to protect him 😢. Now at 57 he has Stage 4 Parkinson Disease and Brain Tumors. The Abuse my father has endured in the GDOC is so inhumane. It hurts.

    • @passiveaggressiveflamingo6851
      @passiveaggressiveflamingo6851 10 месяцев назад +4

    • @Lp-ru3z
      @Lp-ru3z 9 месяцев назад +7

      So your saying you got daddy issues

    • @aaronwilliams6989
      @aaronwilliams6989 9 месяцев назад +23

      ​@@Lp-ru3zMAN, PLEASE!

    • @aarondigby5054
      @aarondigby5054 9 месяцев назад +18

      ​@@Lp-ru3zshe saying she has injustice issues

    • @KnightShift006
      @KnightShift006 9 месяцев назад +1

      NIR LLLT (Near infrared) cap unbranded can iron on or lapel pin badge.
      NIR near infrared will stop his tremors .
      Not available still testing purchase overpriced if when available specifically branded for Parkinson's

  • @mvmv9205
    @mvmv9205 10 месяцев назад +21

    Ms Rhana Natour, God bless you for your beautifull soul. Thank you for fighting for people like Dennis Hope.

  • @CLS333
    @CLS333 Год назад +369

    He did wrong but his punishment is harsher than some murderers and child rapists.
    Imagine if his childhood was half decent. With his mind, he could have made a lot of contributions to the world 😢
    Thanks for sharing his story. The system needs to be put right and him freed.

    • @Smooshes786
      @Smooshes786 Год назад

      USA only really talks about rape and how awful it is. Sure some get arrested. Not nearly close to how many should be:

    • @MatthewWalkerLothian
      @MatthewWalkerLothian Год назад +14

      What do you mean some murders? Most murders in UK get out anywhere between 15-30 years on average so some may get out in less than that. This guys done 25+ years in solitary, his punishment is far far worse than 99% of murderers out there.

    • @JChang0114
      @JChang0114 Год назад +2

      You are right. We should increase the punishment for murder.

    • @megaauburnfan21
      @megaauburnfan21 Год назад +1

      @@JChang0114 Not sure how you increase life sentences or death sometimes for 1st-degree murder, but alright.

    • @reklaw017h5
      @reklaw017h5 Год назад +3

      @@megaauburnfan21You're right, they should be put in solitary confinement their entire time in prison. Murderers shouldn't be allowed to re-enter society at all. Once you kill someone there is no going back, and we should treat it as such.

  • @Al-kd6hv
    @Al-kd6hv Год назад +233

    It’s so unfair how some people get less than 20 years for murder but others get 40 years for robbery.

    • @stanwaltman4349
      @stanwaltman4349 6 месяцев назад

      The biggest criminals have always been the ones in power and who make the laws, not the ones who break the laws

    • @JohnjOcampo
      @JohnjOcampo 5 месяцев назад

      He escaped and continued to rob innocent people lol, you people are so soft on criminals just because you were never one of his victims.

    • @kristiqnmitev9649
      @kristiqnmitev9649 5 месяцев назад

      One woman recently got community service for stabbing bf over 100times and killing him. System is rigged for the rich

    • @JakeHonnery
      @JakeHonnery 5 месяцев назад +6

      He also escaped from another jail, lookup prison break I can’t remember what episode but he’s talking and telling the story behind the glass
      The treatment towards him is still wrong

    • @josephj7908
      @josephj7908 5 месяцев назад +5

      His criminal history probably played a roll in his long sentence that and escaping prison the Court didn't just give him a long sentence just because 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @jjlove13only1
    @jjlove13only1 7 месяцев назад +95

    This is NOT Rehabilitation. This is diabolical, inhumane torture. 💔

    • @DJYC21215
      @DJYC21215 2 месяца назад +1

      Do you know what this guy did?

    • @angusseletto1511
      @angusseletto1511 Месяц назад

      ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ yup

  • @mw87675
    @mw87675 Год назад +112

    My dad went to solitary confinement after a fight a man picked with him. My dad has severe vitiligo so he is an easy target. We knew something was wrong because we hadn't heard from him in days. His mother called and they said he got into a fight and was in solitary confinement. Even if its not your fault and you defend yourself like my dad did... you're both going in. My dad has been out for nearly a decade now and he's been doing amazing. He's stayed out of trouble, off drugs, has a lawn business, stable housing, a truck and car. He has his own garden and he's a good grandfather to my kids. I'm happy my dad knew God and made it through everything that was set in his path to ruin him.

    • @SimplySchaun
      @SimplySchaun Год назад +6

      I'm so glad your dad's story has a happy ending. Love to you and your family. ❤

    • @allaboutrap1
      @allaboutrap1 11 месяцев назад +2

      I'm glad your dad worked things out for himself.

    • @Dan-xx5jq
      @Dan-xx5jq 10 месяцев назад +1

      This is beyond CRUEL!!!
      HOW COULD WE ALLOW THIS???
      AMERICA SUCKS!!

    • @sp00f34
      @sp00f34 10 месяцев назад

      he has a garden, but does he have.. gardeners?

    • @dadillonful
      @dadillonful 9 месяцев назад

      Shouts out to your dad 💪

  • @Coda6766
    @Coda6766 Год назад +138

    I spent just 6 months in solitary confinement in NJ. It was unreal in the summer, no fan and in a steel cell constructed in 1915. I had to sit on my bunk and constantly repeat to myself 'I will not break.' If Animals were subjected to the same people treatment people would do something about it. Unfortunately it isn't the case for human beings. I don't know how this man endured even 1 decade, God bless him.

    • @ReenaBINA
      @ReenaBINA Год назад +4

      I’m sorry

    • @Coda6766
      @Coda6766 Год назад +6

      @@ReenaBINA it's okay I am doing well now. Thank you. God has blessed me the day I came home.

    • @ReenaBINA
      @ReenaBINA Год назад +1

      @@Coda6766 ur a good man. I hope u heal and prosper. No one deserves solitary confinement for long periods.

    • @joaquimrodriguez8961
      @joaquimrodriguez8961 Год назад

      @@ReenaBINA the question begs to be asked what got you in solitary. May God continue bestowing more blessings upon you.

    • @edl6398
      @edl6398 Год назад +7

      Animals are subjected to the same treatment and always have been.

  • @charliewilson3369
    @charliewilson3369 6 месяцев назад +114

    I've done 18 years in prison. During that 18 I did 6 and a half years in the hole. It makes you paranoid. Now that I'm out of prison I live in fear every day about going back. It makes you hate authority.

    • @MissPepperss
      @MissPepperss 6 месяцев назад +10

      Don't do the crime, that is all.

    • @Joshua_Peller
      @Joshua_Peller 6 месяцев назад +3

      That is crazy hope you are doing well now

    • @andrewmayfield8245
      @andrewmayfield8245 6 месяцев назад +1

      Would be cool if other ex cons let prison deter them from re offending

    • @mr1derful74
      @mr1derful74 5 месяцев назад +4

      Well, if you live in fear about going back then I guess it did it's job. Be an upstanding and law abiding citizen and you won't have to worry about it.

    • @susanlovesjava4961
      @susanlovesjava4961 5 месяцев назад +7

      ​@@mr1derful74apparently you're never heard of false arrest

  • @Rena-ol7dn
    @Rena-ol7dn Год назад +152

    So wrong to keep him in solitary for 27yrs. Such an inhumane way to treat anyone.

    • @weldingLLC
      @weldingLLC Год назад

      Till he robs ur mom .than ur gonna think otherwise

  • @mairewalton5670
    @mairewalton5670 Год назад +61

    That’s a life sentence of torture every minute of the day.
    Deplorable inhumanity.

  • @sarahjimison6200
    @sarahjimison6200 10 месяцев назад +47

    I hate injustice and oppression.

    • @simeon2851
      @simeon2851 7 месяцев назад

      You are human.

  • @tammybaker4332
    @tammybaker4332 Год назад +68

    I spent 30 days in solitary confinement at a county jail in Florida I absolutely went crazy I lost my mind I couldn't imagine 27 years!!!

    • @Mr_Originality
      @Mr_Originality Год назад +5

      It ain’t that bad. I meditated three times a day. Keeps the mind strong

    • @Michael-pt3bn
      @Michael-pt3bn 10 месяцев назад

      9 days in solitary confinement in Louisiana after about 5 I was kicking the door a lot and screaming at the Wall felt like I was on 🔥🔥 fire possibly hallucinating a bit

    • @DetectiveLobotomy
      @DetectiveLobotomy 10 месяцев назад

      😂😂 30 days man you weak sauce I would of been chillin

  • @cikosphysicaltherapist6017
    @cikosphysicaltherapist6017 Год назад +64

    I did a week twice in ad seg, and after the 5th day without anything, limited food, no reading materials. I felt a physiological change . It's inhumane what they did to this poor man!!

    • @LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts
      @LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts 10 месяцев назад +4

      Why no reading materials?? Surely that's not part of the punishment too? What is it with Americans 🤦

    • @carolynhoeck4155
      @carolynhoeck4155 10 месяцев назад +1

      I’ve heard no reading material, never could understand why.

    • @joejohnson2478
      @joejohnson2478 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@carolynhoeck4155What? No short eyes??

  • @mrspaisley1
    @mrspaisley1 9 месяцев назад +100

    I had Covid in 2020, and lived alone in a 1 bedroom apartment. Then the quarantine time was 10 days. I had full access to internet, grocery delivery, air conditioning, my comfortable bed, and a walking park I used when nobody else was around. This still almost broke me having no physical contact or seeing other humans for that long. I cannot imagine how any human survives 27 years in a steel box. Wow.

    • @hoss-lk4bg
      @hoss-lk4bg 9 месяцев назад +8

      thanks for tha rambling manifesto hun

    • @NightOwlinNewOrleans
      @NightOwlinNewOrleans 8 месяцев назад

      @@hoss-lk4bgyou get kicks out of being a smartass?

    • @corylefebvre8488
      @corylefebvre8488 8 месяцев назад

      Probably shouldn't have fallen for the covid bs...that's your fault.

    • @Black_and_Grey_Ink
      @Black_and_Grey_Ink 7 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@hoss-lk4bgThanks for your rambling opinion hun

    • @FINDTHENUMBERSTV
      @FINDTHENUMBERSTV 7 месяцев назад

      WE WERE(NOT ME😌)WERE STUPID FOR FALLING FOR IT

  • @EB-bk4kv
    @EB-bk4kv Год назад +74

    This man has done his time x2 in these circumstances. I hope the judge lets him out & makes them pay a fat penalty to him for millions for this cruelty.

  • @Emptinesscreation
    @Emptinesscreation 10 месяцев назад +141

    There’s a limit to human cruelty. This man was robbed off his life for an armed robbery and making a fool out of them with his daring escape. He didn’t kill, rape or do anything that’s heinous of a crime yet was subjected to this endurable pain in solitary confinement for 27 years. Whoever subjected him to such unfair and inhumane treatment should all be tried in court and put in solitary confinement. Enough is enough. Let this man free for god’s sake.

    • @gigihammerstein5944
      @gigihammerstein5944 8 месяцев назад

      and the big time criminals...

    • @wonkydonkey7899
      @wonkydonkey7899 7 месяцев назад +4

      I’m glad he’s finally gotten out of solitary confinement, but all those years he spent in it would never get back. They robbed Dennis his basic common rights, let alone the decency of a request to meet with his mother and grandmother one last time before they passed away, which was denied.

    • @SleepyPenguin-8og
      @SleepyPenguin-8og 7 месяцев назад +1

      Couldnt agree more.

    • @SleepyPenguin-8og
      @SleepyPenguin-8og 7 месяцев назад +3

      His biggest mistake was never deciding to sell drugs.

    • @krismua1209
      @krismua1209 6 месяцев назад +3

      This. I don't understand why armed robbery gets such a harsh sentence when some murderers get off easier.

  • @alexawermuth1219
    @alexawermuth1219 10 месяцев назад +167

    Being locked in a cell alone with nothing to do should be illegal period.

    • @mizza9595
      @mizza9595 2 месяца назад +6

      Depends on the crime. Certainly not on robbery.

  • @sactownism
    @sactownism Год назад +108

    Dennis Wayne Hope is a criminal, but the punishment does not fit the crime.

    • @joeschmo5181
      @joeschmo5181 Год назад +13

      He was a criminal and he's been punished enough....

    • @philliphall5198
      @philliphall5198 6 месяцев назад +5

      I agree, he was abused

    • @kiratwo4u
      @kiratwo4u 3 месяца назад

      if he's a criminal, then his jailers are satans

  • @kellykim3684
    @kellykim3684 Год назад +200

    He’s incredibly intelligent it’s a shame he didn’t have the right family and he took the wrong route of life

    • @taniaaustin6433
      @taniaaustin6433 Год назад +16

      He would have done well in the military, he comes across very articulate and intelligent. If only he was helped when he was young.

    • @JosedeJezeus
      @JosedeJezeus Год назад +5

      Maybe that’s why he became so smart, because of the obstacles he faced.

    • @danielmankinde1706
      @danielmankinde1706 Год назад

      i was gonna say this . he looked like military commander in movies . someone who even when kidnapped will never reveal info or stuff like that @@taniaaustin6433

    • @cynthiadavid5282
      @cynthiadavid5282 Год назад +2

      A person in solitary confiment should maybe two weeks no more this that 27 years in solitary is barberic qnd the supreme court should change the ways in the prison system on this its tortue on the brain very inhumane

    • @danielmankinde1706
      @danielmankinde1706 Год назад +1

      @@cynthiadavid5282 it’s just crazy what the government did to him. 27 years probably felt like 100 years .

  • @SounderMom31
    @SounderMom31 5 месяцев назад +11

    As a former correctional officer, I 100% agree with Dennis. The way the state of Texas treated him was absolutely cruel and unusual punishment, and from the looks of it, they did it out of spite. He escaped twice and they ended up with egg on their faces. I also agree, that the only reason they moved him out of solitary confinement, was because his case might have/had a chance of being heard by the Supreme Court. The state of Texas might have ended up with egg on their faces AGAIN.
    Solitary confinement should definitely NOT be used for longer than 10-15 days. I understand, trust me I do, that there are inmates that need to housed/confined separate from the general population. Experts from different fields, Department of Corrections, Mental Health Specialists, Legal Experts etc., need to get together and find a different solution, other than solitary confinement.

  • @lynfawcett221
    @lynfawcett221 Год назад +45

    I am not American, but it is horrendous that,Dennis Hope has been in solitary confinement for nearly 3 DECADES! That is just torture for anyone!
    They really need to restrict the length of time an inmate is put into solitary confinement.

  • @franciscody9622
    @franciscody9622 Год назад +94

    Solitary confinement is torture. It is cruel and should not be allowed. The death penalty is more humane because it is not torture.

    • @slowedversion6393
      @slowedversion6393 Год назад +1

      100

    • @gusto8585
      @gusto8585 Год назад +5

      Yes for his case it is Inhumane.But what if someone Murdered one of your family members?Would you want them to live out their sentence in prison Ordering Snacks watching movies Playing games ,having contact visits with thier families? Or would you want them to suffer? Just curious.

    • @kimberleyjane2338
      @kimberleyjane2338 Год назад +9

      ​@@gusto8585Jail is the punishment. Having snacks and few family visits in no way makes them free. What it does is gives them hope to look deep inside and want more regular things. It's like over punishing a kid doesnt stop them from doing wrong, it only makes them hate and do more. I dont have the answer either though, but its not this.

    • @Alex38369
      @Alex38369 Год назад

      No it should be allowed but be limited. Otherwise if someone commits a crime in jail then there would be no punishment.

    • @franciscody9622
      @franciscody9622 Год назад +1

      @@gusto8585 I am a firm believer in the death penalty for murder, drug dealing, kidnapping and rape.

  • @jakethedog4397
    @jakethedog4397 6 месяцев назад +28

    No one should be isolated like this. Makes me sick 🤢

  • @justmyopinion9883
    @justmyopinion9883 Год назад +170

    My heart goes out to Mr Hope. He should be released from prison immediately.

    • @gowdsake7103
      @gowdsake7103 Год назад +1

      WHY

    • @Lakridza67
      @Lakridza67 Год назад +3

      He will need enormous amounts of support when he exits prison.

    • @justmyopinion9883
      @justmyopinion9883 Год назад

      @@Lakridza67 Yes, he will. 💯

    • @lakelandpiper8400
      @lakelandpiper8400 Год назад +2

      Then I take it you want him to live with right?

    • @joshradson2649
      @joshradson2649 Год назад

      @@Lakridza67 He should sue the state that locked up him up in solitary. They should pay for his retirement so he doesn't have to rob stores anymore. I would say this far exceeds "cruel and unusual" punishment. I'm saying this honestly too. I would rather take the death penalty by unusual methods such as hanging, electrocution, etc, than spend even 1 year in solitary.

  • @NaziSS-p2d
    @NaziSS-p2d 10 месяцев назад +138

    Guy is very smart. They need to punish the judge who gave this man 80 years.

    • @JesusIsLord7773
      @JesusIsLord7773 7 месяцев назад +6

      The judge is probably dead

    • @realtree297
      @realtree297 6 месяцев назад +6

      Don’t want the time, don’t do the crime They get no sympathy

    • @JackquelineWildonger
      @JackquelineWildonger 6 месяцев назад +2

      I think it was done to show the prisoner you made the warden I'm governor police department all look a fool escaping 2x from a supposed non escapable prison. He's being Taught a lesson NEVER humiliate us DOJ, DOP ,DOC AGAIN .

    • @00700556
      @00700556 5 месяцев назад

      @@realtree297You are disgusting to have that mindset

  • @michaelmoffat-d1v
    @michaelmoffat-d1v 7 месяцев назад +11

    He is such a strong character.. it’s mind boggling to even think about what he’s been put through.. yet he is still fighting for others in the system.. 🙏

  • @bryanbiluk1694
    @bryanbiluk1694 Год назад +52

    Sorry to see that the system failed this man.He actually should be released for humanitarian reasons ! Unnecessary crewl and unusual punishment.

  • @dontbeadrone
    @dontbeadrone Год назад +85

    His real crime: having a higher IQ than his jailers. He's obviously a very intelligent man. Not only his escapes, but his meticulous recored keeping--40 full binders worth in this friend's possession--prove that he is very bright.

    • @WVisHome
      @WVisHome 7 месяцев назад +2

      Not smart enough to not be a criminal.

    • @SleepyPenguin-8og
      @SleepyPenguin-8og 7 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@WVisHomecircumstance.

    • @jendee1260
      @jendee1260 7 месяцев назад

      bright, all he has to hold onto.
      i guess that’s the same.
      🤷‍♀️👀

    • @SleepyPenguin-8og
      @SleepyPenguin-8og 7 месяцев назад

      @@jendee1260 go on, u make no sense.

    • @SleepyPenguin-8og
      @SleepyPenguin-8og 7 месяцев назад

      I see what u did there. Not funny.

  • @seagulllake
    @seagulllake 10 месяцев назад +25

    Excellent journalism, thank you.

    • @Fat12219
      @Fat12219 2 месяца назад

      27 years of boring 😴

  • @davidnair9491
    @davidnair9491 Год назад +49

    This is pure evil, are there no good people in that system that can or could have done something to prevent this torture?

    • @markgallagher5908
      @markgallagher5908 Год назад

      @@johnbeans2000 What happened in your life that causes you to be so vindictive? You should be ashamed of your comment.

  • @dannykabat514
    @dannykabat514 Год назад +185

    That's absolutely crazy 80 years and he didn't even hurt no one😮

    • @Jim.Thunda
      @Jim.Thunda Год назад +23

      That judge should now do 80 years in solitary.

    • @blacksthrnbelle
      @blacksthrnbelle Год назад

      ​@aquarius3867You're an animal.

    • @privacyplease64
      @privacyplease64 Год назад +6

      Yes he did, he committed multiple aggravated armed robberies.

    • @villainess9092
      @villainess9092 Год назад +3

      fr i'm so angry

    • @judymuturi1263
      @judymuturi1263 Год назад +1

      He hurt people. Aggravated robbery is not a joke people get hurt.

  • @lawtalk5665
    @lawtalk5665 10 месяцев назад +160

    This man’s punishment is a crime.

  • @PREripDOLPH
    @PREripDOLPH Год назад +26

    27 years in solitary how can this still not change

  • @danielotoni1751
    @danielotoni1751 Год назад +97

    If this guy tried to armed rob me and I had known he would spend 27 years in a solitary because of this, I would really give him what I had in hands willingly. Whatever I would have with me would be priceless compared to this injustice. This is completely absurd.

    • @randymiller9181
      @randymiller9181 11 месяцев назад

      Amen !!

    • @IB-1963
      @IB-1963 11 месяцев назад +3

      On November 26, 1994 Hope escaped from Texas state prison where he was serving an 80-year sentence for aggravated robbery. Several days later he stole a car at knife point from 83-year-old Elvin Mitchell. In the process, Hope severely cut Mitchell by yanking the knife away when, in his fright, Mitchell grabbed the blade. After dropping Mitchell off bleeding on the side of the road, Hope set out to rob the same stores he previously had been convicted of robbing.

    • @vj8406
      @vj8406 10 месяцев назад

      Same

    • @TheAngelwithhorns2
      @TheAngelwithhorns2 10 месяцев назад

      thank you ! some states give the three strikes your out@@IB-1963

    • @oongieboongie
      @oongieboongie 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@IB-1963 Ah yes, so this solitary confinement of near 30 years is now completely justified. Lol

  • @rawfoodphilosophy7061
    @rawfoodphilosophy7061 10 месяцев назад +26

    some murderers only get 15 years in prison.............this guy got 80 for robbery????

    • @Dynamatrix2000
      @Dynamatrix2000 5 месяцев назад

      Five armed robberies. One armed robbery is 5-10 , and this guy did 5 of them. They gave them an extra thirty five years for escaping twice.

  • @Bebedollie
    @Bebedollie Год назад +379

    26 years in solitary confinement is inhumane it should be illegal and those people who did that to him should be held accountable. That's against our human rights 🙏❤️

    • @billscannell93
      @billscannell93 Год назад +15

      It's really sick. Torture, plain and simple.

    • @Scorcher-ii1ty
      @Scorcher-ii1ty Год назад +26

      If he killed your family I bet you would be singing a different tune. Some people deserve the worst punishment available. It’s a violation of human rights to kill me or someone else.

    • @lyndapierson6338
      @lyndapierson6338 Год назад +8

      @@Scorcher-ii1ty the victims family will be in solitary hell for the rest of their lives!

    • @SOo-q6i
      @SOo-q6i Год назад +4

      Lmaooooooooo what? He scape from a prison 🤣🤣

    • @JanHendrik-l3e
      @JanHendrik-l3e Год назад

      @@SOo-q6i that´s why he is in solitary but not in prison for.
      If you stay in prison for so long without parol or whatever then you´ve done some very serious stuff.
      This is a one sided report by a arabian news channel that wouldn´t even dare to go inside an arab prison with cameras.
      Typical hypocracy by the east.
      At least we report and work on our problems instead of presenting us as pure religious leaders and then go visit sex parties and invite instagram models for sex.

  • @amykins9870
    @amykins9870 Год назад +64

    I feel him so deeply being alone is so hard 3 day hold and I went crazy with a cracked out roommate. And 1 hr out was so hard. But 27 years and then losing loved ones without goodbyes or even hellos. So so so sad. I pray for better for him. He’s paid his debt. He’s not a horrific murderer!!!

    • @joaquimrodriguez8961
      @joaquimrodriguez8961 Год назад +1

      Nevertheless, he committed a crime... you and I don't have to endure that, you know why?

    • @JustDesiStuff2
      @JustDesiStuff2 Год назад

      @@joaquimrodriguez8961 Did you know this guy actually had it better than many. There are so many mental "hospitals" where this exact situation happens because they expressed the disagreement that the medications do not work for them. This happens to voluntary patients also who go there for genuine help. No crime. A place designed to help people overcome insanity is turning them insane. Please stop this "criminal"/"good person" nonsense and try to understand the term "mental health spectrum". There are things that can make the nicest human beings snap.

    • @mandyellis876
      @mandyellis876 Год назад

      @@joaquimrodriguez8961 many crimes, not just one!!

    • @jer8279
      @jer8279 10 месяцев назад

      You lack any empathy or understanding

  • @718....
    @718.... 7 месяцев назад +28

    Wow 27 years in solitary
    I can not even fathom that. 27 weeks is crazy and sad

    • @derrikmarshall5974
      @derrikmarshall5974 3 месяца назад

      Noy weeks, 27 YEARS.

    • @JefferyWaybright
      @JefferyWaybright 2 месяца назад

      @@718.... 27 DAYS would be terrible, let alone 27 years!!! Poor dude....so sad! 😢😢😢

  • @samigreg5233
    @samigreg5233 10 месяцев назад +20

    Whoever behind putting him in solidarity for 27 years should also be put 27 years into solidarity to feel what he felt

  • @mariar4431
    @mariar4431 Год назад +73

    Poor chap. He didn't do anything that bad to warrant such cruelty. He should be released immediately.

    • @mandyellis876
      @mandyellis876 Год назад +4

      Really? Bear that in mind next time you’re staring down the barrel of a felon’s gun!! FFS!

    • @mariar4431
      @mariar4431 Год назад

      @@mandyellis876 will do.

    • @SinisterScoundrel6562
      @SinisterScoundrel6562 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@mandyellis876It still didn't fit the punishment. What they did was retaliation.

    • @jendee1260
      @jendee1260 7 месяцев назад

      go fight for him to be free and let him live with you afterwards.

    • @jendee1260
      @jendee1260 7 месяцев назад

      @@mariar4431ignorant. you talk a big game in the comments. go take action if you care so much. maybe he needs a wife and can marry one of your daughters when he’s out.

  • @AudreyWilliams-w3p
    @AudreyWilliams-w3p 9 месяцев назад +9

    Thanks for your efforts, Mr. Hope.

  • @U269370
    @U269370 Год назад +65

    I can’t imagine the mental anguish that this man went through. Tragic

    • @joaquimrodriguez8961
      @joaquimrodriguez8961 Год назад

      Obey the law an you won't have to.

    • @angelaz20
      @angelaz20 Год назад

      @@joaquimrodriguez8961 Adolf, do you put in your nasty five cents to every single comment ?

    • @4079907
      @4079907 Год назад

      @@joaquimrodriguez8961sheep

    • @lolakoala1259
      @lolakoala1259 Год назад

      @@joaquimrodriguez8961your an illegal get out of our country

    • @anonymouslyconcerned
      @anonymouslyconcerned Год назад +6

      ​@@joaquimrodriguez8961HIS CRIME DOES NOT WARRANT THIS PUNISHMENT!!!! PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES, HE DID NOT KILL ANYONE!!!!!!

  • @NjoguWaNganga
    @NjoguWaNganga Год назад +121

    Is this the same US that barks globally about human rights?

    • @tikemyson8839
      @tikemyson8839 Год назад +6

      Preach

    • @WendellBurkhart-g9v
      @WendellBurkhart-g9v 5 месяцев назад

      Yep that's the hypocrisy of The United States Government.

    • @jfnovae
      @jfnovae 5 месяцев назад

      You must be fun at parties. Breathe with your mouth open and are single

  • @22CONSERVATIVEFELON
    @22CONSERVATIVEFELON 8 месяцев назад +17

    I spent 36 months straight in solitary and 17 years straight in prison. It was over twenty years ago. I will never be the same.

    • @AlonewithAnkit
      @AlonewithAnkit 6 месяцев назад +2

      How are you doing now? Please share your experience.

    • @MissPepperss
      @MissPepperss 6 месяцев назад

      Sounds like it helped you if you are not the same. It's good when punishments can change a horrible criminal into a law abiding citizen.

    • @youfellformybaittt
      @youfellformybaittt 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@MissPepperssyou in the comments like you so perfect

    • @MissPepperss
      @MissPepperss 5 месяцев назад

      @@youfellformybaittt unlike you I haven't participated in torture

    • @youfellformybaittt
      @youfellformybaittt 5 месяцев назад

      @@MissPepperss typical white response

  • @brettbambouturton3117
    @brettbambouturton3117 Год назад +56

    This isn’t punishment, it’s sadistic and cruel.27 years for robbery?
    Many rapists and child molesters aren’t even punished…
    I don’t understand this ?

  • @yolandatubin8126
    @yolandatubin8126 Год назад +28

    Very extreme 27 years. Also 80 years for aggravated robbery also extreme….I agree general population is appropriate in this case. US judicial system needs an overall they take everything to the extreme especially in Texas…

  • @ericschlothauer6937
    @ericschlothauer6937 6 месяцев назад +11

    Don't be sorry bro.. Your tears are being counted. I did 8 years of my life in solitary confinement , in MD, and Pa.. All my own, but it was hard . God bless every man in Solitary .

  • @ContactsNfilters
    @ContactsNfilters Год назад +42

    People who don't think this is cruel and unusual punishment should spend a couple weeks in solitary confinement.

    • @vienogola1421
      @vienogola1421 Год назад +6

      Or don't rob

    • @ifikilen
      @ifikilen Год назад

      @@vienogola1421literally😂

    • @joaquimrodriguez8961
      @joaquimrodriguez8961 Год назад

      But only if they deserve to be there.

    • @angelaz20
      @angelaz20 Год назад

      @@joaquimrodriguez8961​​⁠ Adolf, do you put in your nasty five cents to every single comment ?

    • @Wisdom24-7
      @Wisdom24-7 Год назад +2

      Imagine the mental anguish those people at the supermarket he robbed went through

  • @IwasBlueb4
    @IwasBlueb4 Год назад +84

    This man could have had a great life, if he had been given stability and love, when growing up

    • @blacksthrnbelle
      @blacksthrnbelle Год назад +2

      That's happens too often in America.

    • @lastdays7855
      @lastdays7855 Год назад +10

      Same thing I say about African Americans. They could’ve had a nice life had they not been enslaved, oppressed, and discriminated against. 😢

    • @CraigTodd924
      @CraigTodd924 Год назад +2

      ​​@@lastdays7855Now they are all making millions throwing a ball around...Ironic.

    • @warhero0057
      @warhero0057 Год назад +3

      I was neglected as a child and I grew up perfectly ok

    • @reklaw017h5
      @reklaw017h5 Год назад +2

      Well, many people grow up mentally and physically abused. They don't go around committing armed robbery now do they?

  • @Jeff-io2zn
    @Jeff-io2zn 8 месяцев назад +3

    My little brother has been in texas department of corrections for 29 yrs. He has no tattoos and never gotten in trouble. You can sit down and have a civil conversation with him and never know he's been there at all. He chose not to become institutionalized.

  • @dundeeutility4899
    @dundeeutility4899 Год назад +61

    He would've got 7 to 10 years in Scotland!! 80 years for robbery is ridiculous honestly and 27 years in solitary is so so sick ! Dennis great luck from Scotland brother 👍 stay strong my friend 💪

    • @megaauburnfan21
      @megaauburnfan21 Год назад

      You're proud that someone who robbed another with a deadly weapon and escaped custody would only get 7 years? Quite odd.

    • @chris-cy5ed
      @chris-cy5ed Год назад +4

      ​@@megaauburnfan21did he hirt anyone ? Noooo so was it deadly? Noooo your hammer is deadly but do you use it for that nooooo same as a kitchen knife!! Get out of here with that b.s.

    • @lalosalamanca8574
      @lalosalamanca8574 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@megaauburnfan21 I think people like you that think that belong in 27 years isolated in torture. You lack empathy. GFOH

    • @Dynamatrix2000
      @Dynamatrix2000 5 месяцев назад

      5 armed robberies. 1 count of armed robbery is 5-10 years.

  • @JustDesiStuff2
    @JustDesiStuff2 Год назад +52

    This guy actually had it better than many. There are so many mental "hospitals" where this exact situation happens because they expressed the disagreement that the medications that do not work for them. This happens to voluntary patients also who go there for genuine help. A place designed to help people overcome insanity is turning them insane. Horrific!
    Edit:- This is my story also so please be respectful. I was never charged with a speeding ticket even until I got vandalism for breaking the bottom part of the door to the hospital room in which they kept me in solitary confinement.

    • @cassandraknight8804
      @cassandraknight8804 10 месяцев назад +1

      Absolutely

    • @alexawermuth1219
      @alexawermuth1219 10 месяцев назад +1

      Mmmmm this guy didnt have it better than them either way ive been to jail and ive been to psych wards voluntarily and been petitioned. The two are completely different

    • @jer8279
      @jer8279 10 месяцев назад +1

      Had it better?

    • @akimbodice6955
      @akimbodice6955 9 месяцев назад +1

      How is two decades of solitary confinement "better than many?"

    • @JustDesiStuff2
      @JustDesiStuff2 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@jer8279 Please read edit in main comment. I used the word "better" only in comparison to people in my position who were locked up without committing any crime whatsoever because we were stupid enough to think psychiatrists want to "help".

  • @tamaralewis7528
    @tamaralewis7528 5 месяцев назад +5

    This is heartbreaking, brought tears to my eyes

  • @rachelyoder4998
    @rachelyoder4998 Год назад +41

    I don’t care who you are or what you did no human should ever have to go through this. I can’t even comprehend the horror of having to live that!!! Unless you are a serial killer who was high risk for hurting others in prison this should be off limits

    • @reklaw017h5
      @reklaw017h5 Год назад +6

      Respectfully I disagree, prisoners who've murdered people should be put in solitary for life. They took someone's life and so their own life should be forfeit for any hope of happiness or any hope of seeing the freedom they desire. Once you take a person's life, you can never go back. You cannot un-kill someone and you cannot guarantee that person will never kill again. Putting them in solitary makes sure that they will never kill or harm anyone ever again.

    • @Kittingiittung
      @Kittingiittung Год назад +1

      ​@reklaw017h5 and what happens to the innocent people wrongfully convicted think before you speak

    • @keosae2464
      @keosae2464 10 месяцев назад +1

      I agreed with you but I can’t have murder or child rappers. They can stay in prison but not in confinement.

    • @joejohnson2478
      @joejohnson2478 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@KittingiittungThey are all innocent. I've never met a guilty inmate in over two decades of working with them. Even when they were released and came back they were innocent. We should put all of those victims in jail for lying!

  • @marketwizard1977
    @marketwizard1977 Год назад +41

    26 years in solitary confinement is inhumane

    • @gusto8585
      @gusto8585 Год назад +1

      I think it's also inhumane for his case.But What if someone killed one of your Family Members?Would you want them to live in prison eating popcorn watching movies .Seeing thier family being able to touch them kiss them? Or would you want them to suffer? Just Curious!

    • @ronaldlymm7248
      @ronaldlymm7248 Год назад +2

      @@gusto8585he didn’t though

    • @gusto8585
      @gusto8585 Год назад +1

      @ronaldlymm7248 I know he didnt....I think it's Inhumane for HIM!!! I was replying to another person who was saying Solitary is Inhumane for ANYBOdY REGARDLESS OF THIER CRIME!!!!! But if someone murdered my Hild ...I would love to see them in Solitary for the rest of thier lives....Suffering. and .. haunted !!!!!!!

  • @Ozgur72
    @Ozgur72 10 месяцев назад +13

    This is plain torture in its most extreme form.

  • @strafer8764
    @strafer8764 Год назад +41

    I lived alone close to 4 years as a kid and I’m messed up. I still got to go outside and school but spent days and nights alone. His experience is an intensified version of that. Start hearing voices, think of yourself in plural form, insomnia, paranoia. It only gets worse over time
    The warden and all guards involved should be forced into solitary confinement for decades. See how they like it

    • @DawnSuttonfabfour
      @DawnSuttonfabfour 11 месяцев назад +1

      I hope you are now doing well and overcoming your past trauma. I had a violent alcoholic father and an absolute hero for a mum. It can be very difficult to leave any of it behind but I hope you do and have a happy life. Don't let those from the past infect your future.

    • @Ayngage
      @Ayngage 10 месяцев назад

      God's judgment day!

    • @solox5853
      @solox5853 10 месяцев назад +4

      hey how comes you were alone at such young age? hey wanna start an youtube channel and put content out? we edit some videos that mass people like and start some revenue.

  • @lorriebarnhill8385
    @lorriebarnhill8385 Год назад +62

    It's absolutely disgusting what they did to him murderers get less punishment than him my heart hurts 💔

  • @britmext
    @britmext 5 месяцев назад +3

    It is a fantastic documentary which should be shown to our children so that they understand that crime never pays.
    Unfortunately this criminal made a mistake with his life and for which he will pay for the rest of his life until the day he dies. That is why it is good to show our children these documentaries so that they understand that it is better to die of hunger than to become a bad criminal.

  • @zarahandrahilde9554
    @zarahandrahilde9554 Год назад +51

    Thats pretty gross of Texas, gotta be honest.
    Really showing how small and wounded their egos must be to go against the decisions to release him,
    and keep him in there for decades just because they can.
    Hope the norwegian prison model they're testing in Philadelphia goes well so this can never happen again.

    • @OutcastGwai
      @OutcastGwai Год назад +4

      Those politician should be sent to cell for torturing

    • @vickipurcell6738
      @vickipurcell6738 Год назад +2

      THIS ^^^^ In my experience, White, Christian Texan Males have more than 1 small problem, not just their egos 😂😂

    • @edl6398
      @edl6398 Год назад

      Texas is proud of it’s stupidity and cruelty.

    • @martharisinger2000
      @martharisinger2000 Год назад

      Texas is gross

  • @gavinkitchen1472
    @gavinkitchen1472 Год назад +20

    The Senator is complaining about being in a 3hr meeting but he didn't seem to care about a Man who had been in solitary confinement for 25 Years.

    • @AlonewithAnkit
      @AlonewithAnkit 6 месяцев назад

      Right

    • @Matthew2077
      @Matthew2077 6 месяцев назад

      He’s a career criminal they don’t care about that

  • @jadedmonk7001
    @jadedmonk7001 6 месяцев назад +4

    Good points and all relevant.

  • @ZoePlayyz
    @ZoePlayyz Год назад +38

    Ol Dennis Wayne hope. He’s a legend. This dude pulled off some of
    The best robberies as far as creativity goes, and shut down the electricity to a maximum security prison!

    • @ds8290
      @ds8290 Год назад +5

      The way you say he is a legend is almost like you are proud of his accomplishments of crime. Sad. He could’ve used his mind for something better.

    • @lyndapierson6338
      @lyndapierson6338 Год назад

      gee how commendable

    • @F_antomas
      @F_antomas Год назад +6

      ​@@ds8290 He was young . We do weird things at that age ...they should give the man a chance but thats texas anyway ..the caveman state

    • @GaZonk100
      @GaZonk100 Год назад +1

      good - he needs a century

    • @F_antomas
      @F_antomas Год назад +4

      @Joe-qm4yv no ...Texas is the Afghanistan of the USA 😂

  • @davidsummerville351
    @davidsummerville351 Год назад +73

    He didn't kill anyone.

  • @paulinecallahan6888
    @paulinecallahan6888 7 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you for your coverage of solitary confinement. Dennis is a strong man . Would like an update on Dennis.

  • @jennpul1015
    @jennpul1015 Год назад +37

    He should be let out of jail. These days people get less than 27 years for murder and they dont suffer the afflictions of solitary confinement .

  • @richardsmith1018
    @richardsmith1018 Год назад +15

    I'm 50 now and it still baffles me how we the people have allowed certain people to run our lives. The government of this country has been out of hand for years. We just lay in out little bubbles and let them rule walk over us. Maybe one day the younger generation will stand up for something finally.

  • @deepemotion2745
    @deepemotion2745 9 месяцев назад +7

    doesn't matter what way anyone try's to put it,
    there are murderers and rapist serial child molestors that get under 20 years in a normal jail then released.
    the old man said in this video said exactly what happened, he escaped a "inescapable jail" and embarrassed the sheriffs. they got emotional and took it out on him. criminal or not this is not justice for a robber.
    this is what child rapist should get but no. there released in 5 years on probation. after ruining a Childs life.
    this is disgusting

    • @Dynamatrix2000
      @Dynamatrix2000 5 месяцев назад

      5 aggravated armed robberies 😂 . One armed robbery is 5-10 years.

  • @lisaperry5999
    @lisaperry5999 Год назад +14

    Albert Woodfox,holds the record 46 yrs in solitary,in Angola. For a crime he didn't commit. I read his memoir,researched his case. Its beyond inhumane to keep someone in segregation. Pedophiles spend their sentences in seg.,so they're not killed. In those cases,if legitimately guilty,are a different story.

  • @pup9892
    @pup9892 Год назад +28

    I worked at the Polunsky Unit on 12 Bld. I worked in TDCJ for 10 years. It was the most dangerous, stressful, and thankless job I have ever had. The entire system is so corrupt. If you want to help the inmates, you should consider helping the Officers first. I don't mean the wardens or other ranking officials. They are the problem. The officers need better training, better equipment, better leadership. The employee numbers are so low that every shift can end in injury, exposure to bodily fluids, or death. It is impossible to give every inmate what they are supposed to have when it's 300 inmates to 1 officer. The corruption ensures that the good officer move on to other meaningful jobs, the lazy or corrupt officers will stay and promote. You have to fix the root of the problem and not just pick sides and point fingers. Prisons are here to stay, we need to fix the system before it all collapses.

    • @TheAngelwithhorns2
      @TheAngelwithhorns2 Год назад +3

      Thanks for being honest about the TDCJ still going on today !

    • @user-hs7ry4nx7l
      @user-hs7ry4nx7l 10 месяцев назад +1

      The logic of the prison escapes the prison walls and captures the entire society.

  • @francoiscamara9383
    @francoiscamara9383 4 месяца назад +2

    I cry every time I watch this story.

  • @Shane661
    @Shane661 Год назад +10

    This is horrific. And I am not a softy when it comes to seeing serious criminals punished. I can't imagine having the mental strength of this man.

  • @Carlogambino12381
    @Carlogambino12381 Год назад +22

    Politicians do worse things everyday then this guy ever did

  • @Tqvva
    @Tqvva 6 месяцев назад +6

    This is disgusting. No human should be treated this way, especially someone who hasn't inflicted harm on anyone else. Robbery is a crime, however, it doesn't warrant such brutal and inhumane treatment. Says a lot about the justice system when murderers, pedophiles and rapists get away with everything.

  • @timstort8223
    @timstort8223 Год назад +13

    Unless someone was severely harmed in the robbery this type of length and punishment is just outrageous

  • @ScottGarland-r4v
    @ScottGarland-r4v Год назад +23

    It's unbelievable , and a complete obliteration of justice , to keep Mr. Hope in solitary confinement for 27 years , simply for escaping and making some of the higher ups in that prison feel embarrassed. 27 years in solitary is unheard of. The people responsible for doing that to him belong in prison themselves for the rest of their lives. I feel so very badly for this man.

  • @swisstrader
    @swisstrader 7 месяцев назад +3

    SUPERB REPORTING!!!

  • @britqueen9688
    @britqueen9688 Год назад +22

    This is totally inhumane! regardless if he embarassed them - they themselves should be placed there for a week to experience the same! Shameful and disgusting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @johnhenderson131
    @johnhenderson131 Год назад +16

    I can assure you of one thing, solitary confinement is a form of torture. It may be slow and not involve physical pain but the psychological damage is just as bad if not worse. If you weren’t mentally ill (crazy) before solitary confinement you certainly will be eventually,..after 26 years, I’m surprised he’s not completely anti social! Human beings need social contact, without that interaction the brain chemistry changes, often permanently. 3:06

    • @swannoir7949
      @swannoir7949 Год назад +1

      Your last sentence is spot on. I grew up socially isolated, and at 51, I still have issues to this day. And I'm angry.

    • @johnhenderson131
      @johnhenderson131 Год назад +1

      @@swannoir7949 I can relate in a moderate way. I went through a period of 4 years more or less isolated other that short brief conversations and interactions (I was 22, my little sister was killed in a car accident, I ended up cut off from everyone and in a very hopeless dark place)but I was older, not a kid in the development stages where interaction is essential to basic development. Children need nurturing parents to teach them…well…..everything! They also need to interact with other children, that’s how we learn our basic social skills. If a person is denied that , then they must feel empty, awkward or uncomfortable and the only thing those feelings are going to lead to is frustration and just like you said Anger! And bitter too, now that I think about it, like having something stolen from you or denied you, that you can’t get back.
      If you deliberately torture a human being with isolation, don’t then be surprised by the damage caused to the victim of that isolation.
      Some people absolutely amaze me with their strength and willpower, the lengths people will go to survive day by long day takes an inner strength beyond most people’s understanding. The human mind is an incredible thing, but I abhor the cruelty of solitary confinement or isolation, loneliness is everything it’s cracked up to be and I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy. No one deserves that, especially not an innocent child!
      Take care,
      Doc
      FYI I’m 56, so five years older but basically we grew up in the same era (1972) so the late ‘70s and the ‘80s.

  • @justhereforthevideos2798
    @justhereforthevideos2798 6 месяцев назад +1

    On of the best quotes I’ve ever heard regarding prisons is ‘we need to figure out who were afraid of. And who were angry at’. Not the same thing. And people shouldn’t be all treated the same. Even if they’ve committed a crime

  • @c.c.2073
    @c.c.2073 10 месяцев назад +8

    This is so sad and horrific they must do better, I can’t finish watching this. 27 years in solitary confinement that is just a nightmare.

  • @tminusnyc2915
    @tminusnyc2915 Год назад +9

    Thank you Al Jazeera for producing this. America should be ashamed that they don't take matters like this as serious as they take frivolous matters like UAP's. I say that as a proud American.

  • @brendagodinez8285
    @brendagodinez8285 10 месяцев назад +6

    That is brutal.

  • @highalpacas2556
    @highalpacas2556 Год назад +6

    I've only done 90 days in the hole. It has definitely changed my life till this day. I feel like just that time had ruined me to who I am today. Now I find myself putting my own self in a consollitary jail. It's hard on the mind. I feel like I will never be the same