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  • Опубликовано: 6 июн 2010
  • The US' massive prison population is getting older.
    Long sentences that were handed out decades ago are catching up with the American justice system.
    Prisons across the country are dedicating entire units just to house the elderly.
    During difficult economic times, the issue has hit a crisis point. Estimates are that locking up an older inmate costs three times as much as a younger one.
    How are prisons dealing with this issue? Who are the prisoners that are turning gray behind bars?
    Josh Rushing gains exclusive and unprecedented access to jails and prisons across the country to tell the story.
    People featured in this film include: Justin Jones, Kevin Bartley, Plutarcho Hill, Lewis Young, Edward Sottile, Larry White, Seth Anderson, and Estella Jackson
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  • @t.m7999
    @t.m7999 8 лет назад +337

    He'd been in prison since 1948?!!!!!! Damn =\

    • @bennysaravi2832
      @bennysaravi2832 8 лет назад +16

      +T. M He should stay in prison for his own sake . he does know what"s life outside and might die right after his release.

    • @TypeOneg
      @TypeOneg 8 лет назад +6

      +Benny Saravi ----is that kind of like the banks being too big to fail? So we just give it a pass right?

    • @andrewp.1668
      @andrewp.1668 8 лет назад +2

      +Julie Morris not close to what he said

    • @TypeOneg
      @TypeOneg 8 лет назад +7

      I didn't say he said that. I simply made a contrast/compareison. I'm still waiting for a confirmation. The point I"M making is that it's bullshit. Whoever said "LOck them up and throw away the key." didn't have aging or illness in mind... And when you're SUFFERING with PAIN they can't help you with, it constitutes a violation of the 8th amendment. Which prisons are not allowed to violate. So in order to keep from violating the law, which APPLIES TO PRISONS AS WELL AS THE REST OF US, they should be releasing them.
      But it's okay, agree or not. You are entitled to your opinion. But the anti-criminal mentality in this country has been lord and king over all for quite long enough , and those days are OVERRRRR..... We're working on it - we have the power of the internet, and with people like me on the job, and enough determination (we are a determined lot, us prison moms) - we have the power to chip away until the prison system in this country has NO RESEMBLANCE to what it is now.
      In the year I've been around, I've written 4 major complaint letters about poor prison conditions for specific prisoners and each letter got a positive action because of it....

    • @sweatyincestdougbehind700l9
      @sweatyincestdougbehind700l9 8 лет назад

      What about that 100 year old!

  • @adriennesplaylist
    @adriennesplaylist 9 лет назад +233

    sadly, i think many of these seniors are getting better care in prison than they would out

    • @ORLANDO1962
      @ORLANDO1962 5 лет назад +4

      Not to mention the cost. Selling the family home for their care. Having to divorce your husband to keep the home and get centerlink pension for his care because you both still have teenage children and need a home. Then to find the care staff and facility abuse your loved one. Physically mentally. And you can't take him home because of his condition. Yep work hard pay taxes. In a career for the community.

    • @sandra3637
      @sandra3637 4 года назад +1

      Not really, their docs and nurses are the worse ones

    • @1231FLOR
      @1231FLOR 4 года назад +1

      Not at all crozion health inc is killing more inmates then ever by negligence look them up

    • @C.I366
      @C.I366 4 года назад

      True! And more socialisation 😅

    • @C.I366
      @C.I366 4 года назад +3

      But yes it should be compassionate, homely and humanae, as they are humans too and most criminals come from a background.

  • @megalodon6789
    @megalodon6789 6 лет назад +23

    That inmate orderly has more compassion than some of the staff at nursing homes.

  • @shryve
    @shryve 8 лет назад +195

    There are plenty of senior men and women in Homeless Shelters with the same problems as these prisoners and they receive less services than these prisoners and they have committed no crimes...

    • @samcoops312
      @samcoops312 5 лет назад +4

      William Morton Jr. there drug addics

    • @marieschappacher5419
      @marieschappacher5419 4 года назад +3

      sam coops you’re full of Cra

    • @linguinepast3743
      @linguinepast3743 4 года назад +6

      Absolutely. These inmates do get healthcare.

    • @bayleemoberly
      @bayleemoberly 4 года назад +6

      @@linguinepast3743 No they don't! My son has to pay for his medical care. Unless you have been in jail you have no clue how they are ran.

    • @tammyparidon1444
      @tammyparidon1444 3 года назад

      For real!

  • @christinetrzcinski4561
    @christinetrzcinski4561 8 лет назад +168

    it's a nursing home now...

    • @drivingschool11
      @drivingschool11 7 лет назад +10

      paid by taxpayers. .

    • @drivingschool11
      @drivingschool11 7 лет назад +5

      Christine Trzcinski
      I agree. But!!
      They comited serious offenses.
      I mean killing people and rapping women and mids and so on. .
      This movies is sneaky because the producers hate USA.
      Easy criticizing, but what is the solution?
      Forgiving the crime?
      No sentence?
      life sentence versus death sentence?
      Mob killing the killer before court?
      The problem isn't the jail system.
      The problem IS people.

    • @christinetrzcinski4561
      @christinetrzcinski4561 7 лет назад +2

      I appreciate that you have given this some thought, however, one thing about your comment that I don't get is "the producers hate the usa" where do you get that? I can't help but think it's something you've heard from billy bob orielly or rush lipbalm or even god forbid Donald the trump....so which one is it?

    • @drivingschool11
      @drivingschool11 7 лет назад

      Christine Trzcinski
      You got frustrated/angry from my comment because I've found your biased perspective.
      You really don't like USA due to your European blood and because the White Elephant EU is just about being demolished.
      Your jealousy and hatred towards USA is an insane Dark hatred disfiguring your soul.
      God mercy to your soul.

    • @christinetrzcinski4561
      @christinetrzcinski4561 7 лет назад +3

      Antonio Pereira oddly enough Antonio I didn't get angry at all, I just asked a question, are you just trolling? I don't have "jealousy or hatred towards the usa, mostly just baffled...

  • @abdousalem3079
    @abdousalem3079 7 лет назад +875

    I bet these people did some pretty nasty stuff. You don't get life in prison for stealing cookies.

    • @bottledwindex1391
      @bottledwindex1391 7 лет назад +48

      abdou salem very true. But it's sad to see an old person in these conditions.

    • @brandenmozr3124
      @brandenmozr3124 7 лет назад +11

      abdou salem 100 years is above the average life expectancy, thats life

    • @radradishradiator
      @radradishradiator 7 лет назад +25

      abdou salem you do if you steal the presidents cookies.

    • @FourLetterGT
      @FourLetterGT 7 лет назад +3

      +jbody andrew actually it's meant to reform, not punish

    • @shin-ishikiri-no
      @shin-ishikiri-no 7 лет назад +28

      You'd be surprised by how easy it is to end up in prison.

  • @donnyohakam
    @donnyohakam 5 лет назад +6

    Dying in prison of old age has got to be the most depressing thing ever

    • @roberthertz6634
      @roberthertz6634 4 года назад +2

      No being a victim of a victim in jail must really SUCK.

  • @luv2laf229
    @luv2laf229 7 лет назад +455

    what's also sad is the fact that older people r treated worse in nursing homes

    • @heatherbreeden473
      @heatherbreeden473 7 лет назад +16

      laws on how to treat inmates are strict. The crooks on the hill don't care about old ppl. SMH. it cheaper to live on a cruise then in a nursing home

    • @jamisthebest123
      @jamisthebest123 7 лет назад +5

      luv2laf 22 Depends on the nursing home honestly. I volunteer at one and the only problem I ever see is the feeding. CNAs have a hard time getting all those residents filled up with food.

    • @victoriasmith2512
      @victoriasmith2512 7 лет назад +1

      luv2laf 22 your 100% right.but then they do have pertly of guys to do the jobs of nurses.

    • @noradee49
      @noradee49 7 лет назад +1

      luv2laf 22 not the older inmates, they get the best care and best health care

    • @Sa.d.bo26
      @Sa.d.bo26 7 лет назад

      Truth Seeker maybe try looking after your father instead of taking him to any rest home you useless white person

  • @user-oo4xu4by3w
    @user-oo4xu4by3w 7 лет назад +20

    "Old people are harmless"
    Then in the same breath tell me this guy murdered 2 women at 82...
    I live in OK. And if my parole was up to Mary Fallon actually doing something. I'd just accept I'm not going anywhere till her term is over.

  • @evanhalsey1844
    @evanhalsey1844 7 лет назад +11

    Here's my imagined hypothetical situation. Being 85 and in prison for life, nothing really matters anymore. Whether or not ever released after 3/4 of a century old (75+) you will have already lived your life. If I were in that situation, I probably wouldn't care anymore. And if still alive upon release at that point in life, you'd probably just end up in intensive care or hospice where you'd never get out anyway.

    • @derp8575
      @derp8575 2 месяца назад

      True, but I haven't gone through the pain the victims endured and will continue to endure. Since I don't know what that's like firsthand, I must side with the victims family. Prison should always strive to improve conditions for elderly and infirm.

    • @shelleyclements1620
      @shelleyclements1620 4 часа назад

      It switches the Cost to the State instead of Federal.

  • @Dyl482
    @Dyl482 8 лет назад +16

    " he is paid 5 dollars a month "
    Jesus christ. I was expecting 5 dollars a day and still going to cringe at how low that would be.

  • @cathlic2007
    @cathlic2007 8 лет назад +68

    1948 that's crazy man, wars have passed by, new technology have came by, and yet his still in there, that's sad....

    • @killerconsoles517
      @killerconsoles517 8 лет назад +8

      +cathlic Vier what if it was one of your family members they killed, would you want them released?

    • @cathlic2007
      @cathlic2007 8 лет назад +14

      I would have forgiven them, they were young, young people do stupid stuff, they learned their lesson already, people make mistakes.

    • @oaktharas
      @oaktharas 8 лет назад +10

      this is worse than death. death penalty is more humane

    • @Mikasway
      @Mikasway 8 лет назад +5

      Yep, besides it was 1948 things were different.

    • @jkarmatay4151
      @jkarmatay4151 6 лет назад +10

      He killed people. THAT is sad. Infact, it's also sad that he's still alive today. He should have been executed. You take someone's life you should pay with your own life.

  • @beautybarconn
    @beautybarconn 7 лет назад +65

    66 years in prison 😳😳😳😳😳 holy cow

  • @chrisli3295
    @chrisli3295 7 лет назад +13

    I'm shocked when he pull out that almost historical photo and all these years he still in there

  • @firstnamelastname5959
    @firstnamelastname5959 9 лет назад +6

    Prisoners getting old doesn't melt my heart. It's what happens to people.

  • @DaveSeavy
    @DaveSeavy 9 лет назад +50

    Realistically, to release the prisoners in this documentary would be worse than keeping them locked up until the day they die. They've been incarcerated for so long, there's nobody left on the outside as far as family. They couldn't begin to function, since society has changed drastically since they came to prison. I can understand not wanting to die in prison, yet the alternative isn't any more attractive. As far as an expense view - they'd be on public assistance and probably hospitalized if they were out, so nothing would really change for them.

    • @DaveSeavy
      @DaveSeavy 8 лет назад

      Instead of spending your time calling other people names, how about trying to get the gist of the comment. And frankly, where are they going to go "into retirement?" I'm thinking about their well-being. How are they going to pay for care? There are many things to consider.

    • @sabrinalecrivainmediaTM
      @sabrinalecrivainmediaTM Год назад +2

      Or worst .. they will commit a crime to go back.

    • @derp8575
      @derp8575 2 месяца назад

      Why did you assume that the younger generations of their family would be gone? Certainly some of the inmates might have some relatives able to care for them.

  • @_sphie_4191
    @_sphie_4191 5 лет назад +17

    *when you realize old people aren’t as innocent as you thought*

  • @saraallison9469
    @saraallison9469 7 лет назад +26

    The sad thing is that most of them have no place to go and no family even if they were released

    • @greenemerald3792
      @greenemerald3792 7 лет назад +1

      Sara Siddique good

    • @TheValentineEnemy
      @TheValentineEnemy 7 лет назад +4

      What is good in that? Everyone in here in the comments is so harsh lol. Yeah they deserve spending time in a prison but this is going a bit too far...

    • @greenemerald3792
      @greenemerald3792 7 лет назад

      ValentinE so when a pedophile or rapist gets life in prison, people get happy untill they actually see ehst life in prisoon looks like. I think they need death by firing squad personally. But they definetly dont deserve to be released because theyre old

    • @lucro7777
      @lucro7777 5 лет назад

      They should just be killed they are wasting so much tax payer money

    • @derp8575
      @derp8575 2 месяца назад +2

      @@TheValentineEnemy What's harsh is the victims will never see their loved one's again. Pretty sure inmates are at least able to see their family.

  • @RejectDaleri
    @RejectDaleri 6 лет назад +19

    The man with dementia broke my heart.... his life, all wasted, there.. Behind bars.. And now he barely can remember the life he lived outside..

  • @marclaw4511
    @marclaw4511 7 лет назад +119

    Despite how feeble they are you have to think of the victims and their families.

    • @jackzones9051
      @jackzones9051 7 лет назад +5

      Based on that logic, why not just shoot and kill them immediately rather than spend 100,000 per year to keep them alive? At this point the pain of the families does not outweigh the cost of keeping these people alive. Don't get me wrong, I think these older prisoners should be released especially the ones that are so sick that they can't even harm themselves.

    • @asammar4835
      @asammar4835 7 лет назад +7

      Ohio Girl and what makes you better than them, you wish and would usher death upon them. same as they have done, the only difference is your only motive is spite and hatred. The whole point of the justice system is that no one should be able to bring death to another

    • @crand20033
      @crand20033 6 лет назад +1

      Let them out and let's see how long they survive after that.

    • @schoomzer
      @schoomzer 6 лет назад +2

      Marc Law Unless you are a bleeding heart liberal, then you don't care about the victim.

    • @Thadon33
      @Thadon33 4 года назад +2

      Ammar A Well said!

  • @wikidlover
    @wikidlover 7 лет назад +39

    It's a tough one this, but for me, In the instances of the murderers, at least they got a chance to grow old.

    • @TheValentineEnemy
      @TheValentineEnemy 7 лет назад

      It's not like living a life on this damned planet is so much better...

    • @derp8575
      @derp8575 2 месяца назад +2

      @@TheValentineEnemy How quickly you'd start singing a different tune if you were imprisoned for life.

  • @Tr1Hard777
    @Tr1Hard777 7 лет назад +44

    Its hard to see them so old and harmless and imagine they killed ,raped,tortured people i definitely agree with that dude that got out when he said everybody has a point in life where they change and that isnt something we can sentence but you also have to put yourself in the shoes of the victims kids and grandkids and understand if someone killed youre grandparents or parents you would want them to feel the same pain as you

  • @barryrichman9424
    @barryrichman9424 7 лет назад +10

    I saw my grandpa in there !!!

  • @hunterpaine77
    @hunterpaine77 7 лет назад +3

    That doctor is what I strive to be after the Navy. What a great guy

  • @suzannevarner7147
    @suzannevarner7147 7 лет назад +6

    WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE AND NOT JUST PART.. NEED TO SEE HOW THE ELDERS ARE BEING TREATED .

  • @Jc22ny
    @Jc22ny 9 лет назад +46

    Isnt it cheaper to send these individuals incapable of caring for themselves to Nursing homes? or some type of homecare? especially those bedridden?
    Is a Politician really capable of being just & objective when it comes to granting parole?
    Something is very wrong with the US correctional system.

    • @guydude4124
      @guydude4124 9 лет назад +5

      JuanCarlos C No it actually does not save money to send them to nursing homes. Those nursing homes still need funding.

    • @MrPwe3
      @MrPwe3 9 лет назад +1

      Either way your taxes would pay for it in reality it's easier leaving them in jail this is technically a criminal nursing home although I wander what happens if they get severe dementia or Parkinson's

    • @tammyphxaz
      @tammyphxaz 9 лет назад

      yeah,,,you too gay dude,,,,er i mean guy dud,,,er uh who ever you are

    • @garpikemike1
      @garpikemike1 9 лет назад

      Its not always about money. Tell that to the famillies of the people these assholes killed. You liberal bleeding hearts say it is about rehabilitation....well its also about punishment! People say "oh....we give out longer sentences than other countries boo hoo hoo"... Imagine we didnt??? Imagine the ghettos then? If you could kill someone and do 3 years???? The reason other countries dont give as mong sentences is because they dont need to to keep the animals at bay....look at the murder rates there and violent crime...they dont glorify their criminals likenwe do here so ther when youndo something youre frowned on...look at Bonnie and Clyde...ppl live those murdering cop killers...untilmyou donawaybwith the causes if the animals acting that way....lessening the sentences will only cause them to kill more.

    • @billj696
      @billj696 9 лет назад +2

      mike Lazembie If it were easier to execute killers we would have saved taxpayers tens of millions. Liberals have made it almost impossible to carry out death sentences with their constant appeals upon appeals. Media stories never stop about the inhumanity of the death sentence and even the Pope has given his unsolicited advice. Now that victims and their families have found some healing, bleeding hearts want to release these evil people as if they are the true victims.

  • @majastrapajevic9701
    @majastrapajevic9701 5 лет назад +2

    Wow I'm depressed now

  • @RhiannaBrown-mf6wk
    @RhiannaBrown-mf6wk 7 лет назад +1

    My brother needs to be sat down and made to listen to there story's straight to his face all details word from word

  • @endroo93
    @endroo93 7 лет назад +357

    14:19 He's talking about Donald Trump being a president 6 years back! *Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiyeeet!!!*

    • @CodeRedPb
      @CodeRedPb 7 лет назад +29

      And he took him on his private jet, good things are in store for us.

    • @closowski
      @closowski 7 лет назад +24

      He never said Trump was a president

    • @kaibaskywalker2725
      @kaibaskywalker2725 7 лет назад +4

      listen again ....

    • @jovanwalker3915
      @jovanwalker3915 7 лет назад +1

      Endroo trump Parton some of these people

    • @delflago
      @delflago 7 лет назад +3

      You're a moron

  • @PopTeaCulture
    @PopTeaCulture 7 лет назад +67

    That's the whole purpose of jail and prison , for it to be a horrible experience . So you'll never commit a crime again to go back to jail. While i do think jail should have horrible treatment , inmates who will re-enter back into society should be rehabilitated .

    • @PopTeaCulture
      @PopTeaCulture 7 лет назад +5

      No , I think non drug offenders should be sent to prisons that rehabilitate .

    • @ishthefish9006
      @ishthefish9006 7 лет назад +1

      China Gyal 😂😂😂😂

    • @gothboijoey6238
      @gothboijoey6238 7 лет назад +5

      Michael afterprisonshow?

    • @ryanjqwerty8171
      @ryanjqwerty8171 7 лет назад +7

      i love afterprisonshow!

    • @davidbunce6276
      @davidbunce6276 7 лет назад +9

      It's been shown time and time again that harsh punishment does not help. Only makes you worse and more likely to return

  • @thug_573
    @thug_573 7 лет назад +6

    The problem with some of the sentencing is that some of the sentences are way too harsh in a way that when people get out of prison they have no chance or very little chance to get back to normal society so they might just need to sometimes re-offend because the only way might be thru some criminal stuff

  • @abseconPC
    @abseconPC 7 лет назад +5

    is there air condition in that part of the prison I know a lot of Southern prisons do not have air-conditioning except in the hospital wing and some don't even have it there

  • @RileyWileyTomato
    @RileyWileyTomato 7 лет назад +24

    Why do you need guards for old people

    • @wsur
      @wsur 7 лет назад +15

      old people can do bad stuff

    • @nanapearlpearl2696
      @nanapearlpearl2696 7 лет назад

      Freshwater tanks lol

    • @chdreturns
      @chdreturns 7 лет назад +5

      Freshwater tanks They will steal your teeth because they mistake them for dentures

    • @jovanwalker3915
      @jovanwalker3915 7 лет назад

      Freshwater tanks yrue

    • @chopx-nick5116
      @chopx-nick5116 5 лет назад

      Freshwater tanks to take care of them

  • @GalwayChick
    @GalwayChick 11 лет назад +4

    this makes me cry

  • @WITH-THE-BUSINESS.
    @WITH-THE-BUSINESS. 5 лет назад +2

    GOD BLESS YOU LADY.. I WISH JOY & PEACE

  • @gedisdiop
    @gedisdiop 9 лет назад +211

    People make mistakes. To call these people the "scum of the earth" is easy for you, because you've never been there. You won't even try to put yourselves in their place.
    It's dark, humiliating, and unbecoming, especially after becoming a senior.
    I've never been in prison, but I did 23 months in a County work release program for multiple OWI's. It sucked, and I learned my lesson. I was allowed to keep my job, remain to serve in the National Guard, and to drive. It was the worst time in my life. To think that some of these guys are stuck in a hell hole for decades just blows my mind. It doesn't take that long to rehabilitate someone of a crime, no matter how heinous. There is a fine line between punishment & rehabilitation. It seem that the prison system has lost their vision between the two.

    • @Jc22ny
      @Jc22ny 9 лет назад +10

      Great point you make. Something is terribly wrong with the US Correctional system. Thanks for sharing your experience.

    • @gedisdiop
      @gedisdiop 9 лет назад +2

      Thank you for your reply.

    • @superchitownhustler
      @superchitownhustler 9 лет назад +15

      Wilbur Snaffel Life should be mandatory for First Degree murder. You take a life you lose your freedom. Maybe less folks would take lives, huh?

    • @bigboymf
      @bigboymf 9 лет назад +11

      well dont do the damn crime and you will be out

    • @hvemerjeg764
      @hvemerjeg764 9 лет назад +3

      Wilbur Snaffel follow the money .... and see why 100-year old men are behind bars

  • @buckandotis
    @buckandotis 8 лет назад +9

    the sad part is they probably get better care in prison than is available on the outside..... prisons are compelled by law to provide a certain level of care for inmates ...a lot of honest hard working folks spend their last days in a lot worse.....but the government should be able to find a more economical way to house elderly inmates.....the cell space is needed for younger more dangerous thugs...i doubt they need the security of a place like folsom or san quentin

  • @eirinaiosalevras119
    @eirinaiosalevras119 7 лет назад +15

    5:30 70.000 $ a year. Just think about that.

    • @wolf5quad158
      @wolf5quad158 7 лет назад +1

      Patsfan87_Masshole medication and treatments are extremely expensive

  • @iaadotlk1
    @iaadotlk1 Год назад +2

    They deserve compassionate release.

  • @jaiblue25
    @jaiblue25 7 лет назад +2

    Chaplain is such a beautiful incredible, compassionate woman.

  • @theo9952
    @theo9952 7 лет назад +311

    This is all very very sad...

    • @theo9952
      @theo9952 7 лет назад +6

      Except for revenge, there is no reason to keep old and sick people in prison, no matter how guilty they may have been, especially when their condition would make it impossible for them to commit a crime again. Unless of course, they have nowhere else to go...

    • @dolphingod4013
      @dolphingod4013 7 лет назад +18

      theo9952 they are serving life, they deserve to stay in prison. Even if they can't commit another crime that doesn't matter it's the crimes they have already committed.

    • @theo9952
      @theo9952 7 лет назад +4

      Yes, but there is something called MERCY, you know. A minimum at least amount of it, decent people ought to have, even for criminals.

    • @dolphingod4013
      @dolphingod4013 7 лет назад +25

      theo9952 these people are mass murders and child rapists. They deserved no mercy! They never showed mercy to their poor victims, so why should we show them mercy?

    • @solidsnyper
      @solidsnyper 7 лет назад

      The should be put down, its kinder for them. Quick blow to the back of the head with a brick.

  • @trufantom21
    @trufantom21 10 лет назад +33

    Let's not forget,these people did horrible things to other people.I'm sure they have received more compassion than their victims.

    • @salvolondon
      @salvolondon 10 лет назад +8

      Let's not forget many people get in jail even if they are innocents

    • @trufantom21
      @trufantom21 10 лет назад +6

      Salvo Smith That's only a very small minority of people.

    • @SandiByrd
      @SandiByrd 10 лет назад +1

      I agree with you. This isn't an issue of compassion for elderly. This is about having enough respect for the victim's families to enforce the punishment given. Period.

    • @PutBoy
      @PutBoy 10 лет назад +8

      Sandi S A society that incarcerates criminals for their victim's sake does not deserve nor does it have a judicial system. This is not what prisons are for, and a society would do well to remember it. That's not justice, that's spite.

    • @salvolondon
      @salvolondon 10 лет назад +7

      PutBoy
      I agree, prison is to rehabilitate, in the US they seem obsessed with the idea of punishment, only punishment. I agree that there must be some punishment, but also prison should be a way to rehabilitate people, and try to make the do something good with their life, even in inside a prison. I don't get why thy call it correctional centres, they do not correct anything

  • @sexyhomeowner9345
    @sexyhomeowner9345 9 лет назад +14

    Keep them in ! Old age is not a mitigating factor, it does not make them any less guilty.

    • @sethwatters99
      @sethwatters99 11 месяцев назад

      Ya but what are going to do at elderly years old

  • @DanA-st2ed
    @DanA-st2ed 8 лет назад +66

    When the murdered get up out the grave and have their life back. Then let these people out and have their life back also.

  • @vallyforge1
    @vallyforge1 10 лет назад +4

    To be honest i f i'd be old and poor with no family, unable to work and unable to walk on my own. Prison would be just the place one would want to be. You got guards taking care of you, medication, and friends.

  • @vout2970
    @vout2970 8 лет назад +20

    Killing at 82 yr old WTF!

  • @paulamctaggart912
    @paulamctaggart912 7 лет назад +2

    there should be a hospital attached to the prison where they get looked after when they are old and no longer fight

  • @brendasteele4690
    @brendasteele4690 7 лет назад +5

    I was allways told as a child.when u due wrong.wrong will follow u.everbody can change.

  • @MrCalbber
    @MrCalbber 7 лет назад +15

    This is really sad actually

    • @fackrez11
      @fackrez11 7 лет назад

      you know whats sad? murder, these people have done it.

  • @derrickscott6273
    @derrickscott6273 7 лет назад +3

    17:57 is my Father I can't believe this has been out there all these years after he died . I'm speechless

  • @maryc7830
    @maryc7830 7 лет назад +2

    I really admire Larry and Phyllis.

  • @seand67
    @seand67 9 лет назад +1

    Wow, this is so enlightening.

  • @yoly507
    @yoly507 8 лет назад +74

    So he just gets his masters degree free!! That's crazy people like me have major school loans.

    • @C.G91
      @C.G91 7 лет назад +8

      yoly507 lol welcome to America

    • @ballardkid1
      @ballardkid1 5 лет назад +1

      Some prisons allow for prisoners to take out loans to get those degrees. Also, most prisons don't even have college courses available to inmates anymore, because the government stopped funding it..... years ago.
      The degree is more than likely from a For-Profit college anyways, which most employers don't take serious to begin with. On top of that, he's a felon that's been incarcerated for 31 years, so he has no experience, he wouldn't get a job in his field anyways.

    • @doncorleone7621
      @doncorleone7621 5 лет назад +3

      yoly507 if you would’ve been smarter you would’ve gone to prison college

    • @melanieclark2668
      @melanieclark2668 4 года назад +6

      Nobody should have student loans. Higher education should be free to all, even corrections inmates. A better-educated population makes a healthier nation, which is less likely to re-offend or require social welfare programs. It is high time we make some significant reforms in our criminal justice, including compassionate release, real rehabilitation, and officer training focused on human dignity and respect.

    • @Levchukkostya
      @Levchukkostya 3 года назад

      He would love to trade places with you

  • @LindaCasey
    @LindaCasey 8 лет назад +13

    Well, I wish them all well, but they're probably better off where they are. Out there on the streets is less appealing.

    • @Themuffinman488
      @Themuffinman488 8 лет назад

      +Linda Casey yea say that to the victims

    • @cherylmedeiros6287
      @cherylmedeiros6287 8 лет назад +1

      +Pablo Escobar I really am on the fence on this but either way don't you think they are going to be institutionalized? If they have family who is willing to take care of them, yes different story but I am sure a large majority of them will end up in a nursing home same as what is going on in the prison. I say if they have someone to care for them then ok let them be taken care by family. But if not they should stay where they are at and let the other inmates get training and learn compassion taking care of the old, sick and dying.

    • @abbadonthedestroyer3792
      @abbadonthedestroyer3792 8 лет назад

      +Pablo Escobar not all of em arr though, some framed and other wrongly accused. Like that Estella

    • @bounchofbeaners1868
      @bounchofbeaners1868 8 лет назад +1

      +Pablo Escobar they kill one.. politicians kill THOUSANDS by signing a papper.. and they get the high life... see the hypocrisy of this country?this country is fucked.. the while system is flawed for rich favor... they dont care about inmate rehabilitation they only care about punishment and death .....the murderer becomes the victim of the murederer...which is the corrupt way of thinking. and very hypocritical.

    • @abbadonthedestroyer3792
      @abbadonthedestroyer3792 8 лет назад

      ***** Well that would be true if it werent all up to the Judges to decide the sentencing of a defendant, all any other ,ajor politicians can do (even then only governers and the president) is pardon them.

  • @kevinmiller2856
    @kevinmiller2856 7 лет назад

    This was very interesting to watch, it strikes up many important questions

  • @GigiTanya
    @GigiTanya 7 лет назад +2

    He is 83 which means he's been locked up since he was 17!!!! Can you imagine

    • @roberthertz6634
      @roberthertz6634 4 года назад +1

      Death penalty may have BEEN ALITTLE more humane. And cost effective. Morally WRONG however you look at IT no REALLY great choices. What's REALLY wrong with the whole picture. It START s with a POOR choice. Can't fix STUPID.

  • @jemzwhyte1588
    @jemzwhyte1588 7 лет назад +3

    I makes me sad seeing old people in prison and ones that won't make it out alive to breathe fresh air one more time but no one can help them

  • @janekslejins9554
    @janekslejins9554 7 лет назад +7

    life without parole is not to reabilitate it`s to keep out from society :)

  • @evanhalsey1844
    @evanhalsey1844 5 лет назад +2

    I not only wouldn't want to turn 100 in prison, but I don't even want to live to be 100 on the outside.

  • @fullbirdcorporal
    @fullbirdcorporal 8 лет назад +180

    Lots of 'poor' prisoners are pictured. Where are their VICTIMS pictured?? Where are the people killed, maimed, defrauded, whose lives have been changed?

    • @MsEliteForever
      @MsEliteForever 8 лет назад +3

      lol right

    • @olivedog1880
      @olivedog1880 7 лет назад +1

      agreed

    • @whyydudee5994
      @whyydudee5994 7 лет назад +5

      Well this isn't about them, if you didn't know.

    • @fullbirdcorporal
      @fullbirdcorporal 7 лет назад +5

      A critical analysis of this situation requires the incorporation of the impact of the crimes perpetrated on VICTIMS by these elderly criminals. A solution follows:Why NOT offer euthanasia to the prisoners, of any age, that do not want to continue serving their sentences?? That is cheap, and saves the public money. Why waste taxpayer funds on people who have probably NEVER contributed positively to society.

    • @hailstorm9302
      @hailstorm9302 7 лет назад +9

      But in some cases they are. Why should someone who's committed a non violent crime or a crime to save their own life be kept in jail for their whole life?

  • @zeeheart2310
    @zeeheart2310 7 лет назад +11

    The feeling that you get from watching these videos is sympathy for the offenders, and you start agreeing with them, but then you remember that most of these people have killed, maybe more than once, or have done other atrocities and then you stop feeling sorry for them.

  • @akirubamiru6700
    @akirubamiru6700 7 лет назад +219

    The comment section make me thing that people look more for revenge then for justice and fairness. Seriously, this prisonners became harmless, now.

    • @MultiDocdoom
      @MultiDocdoom 7 лет назад

      Retribution, resitutuion. Revenge.

    • @ddivincenzo1
      @ddivincenzo1 7 лет назад +4

      And to think that a lot of them attend Catholic church services that preach forgiveness. That is one reason I don't attend church. I am not a hypocrite.

    • @akirubamiru6700
      @akirubamiru6700 7 лет назад +2

      ddivincenzo1 it's not about attempting Church but about inmate that became harmless, and also became in need.

    • @akirubamiru6700
      @akirubamiru6700 7 лет назад +3

      ddivincenzo1 prison is for placing harmfull people out of society, but a guy who is sitting in a wheelchair and has terminal tumor, I think that divine justice was served, but did became harmless.

    • @ddivincenzo1
      @ddivincenzo1 7 лет назад +13

      I am speaking about all those out here in communities preaching hate toward the inmates. They read about the church and how the bible stresses forgives for all. Yet, they still want blood. I agree about compassionate release for the ailing inmates.

  • @jaiblue25
    @jaiblue25 7 лет назад +1

    Loved the poem

  • @vexivero
    @vexivero 8 лет назад +9

    13:14 Guy reminds me of Billy Bob Thornton

  • @AntiqueMeme
    @AntiqueMeme 7 лет назад +48

    Yea, because a 1 legged old man who's older than the prison he's in is really capable of hurting anyone or robbing a place. That's great.

    • @peacejohn6162
      @peacejohn6162 7 лет назад +1

      XPWNZERX it's crazy... and some people are in support of it

    • @Reedster49
      @Reedster49 7 лет назад +12

      XPWNZERX If you are in prison for life then it is no petty crime. If you are in prison for something then you are IN prison, you aren't just going to be set free because your old. And by the looks of it they are being treated fairly well.

    • @RicoDuroska
      @RicoDuroska 7 лет назад +18

      Now think of the person they killed 60 years ago who don't get to live at all.

    • @liamyoung7289
      @liamyoung7289 7 лет назад +5

      RicoDuroska I think he should be freed as well, but uh.. he did shoot two people when he was 82.

    • @topkek1101
      @topkek1101 6 лет назад

      XPWNZERX
      If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.

  • @ossifkiki7574
    @ossifkiki7574 8 лет назад +22

    Killers should be in prison, just because their old doesn't mean anything. Charles Mansion is old but I hope he never would be released just because he's old.

    • @Carambasjokk
      @Carambasjokk 5 лет назад +3

      Charles Manson (NOT Mansion) was more or less innocent, unless you believe in telepathic murder. But he was to dangerous for the )ew parasite, and therefore kept him locked to his death.

    • @cuteboy9469
      @cuteboy9469 5 лет назад +1

      Charles Manson is an innocent man, he never killed a single person. He should have not gone to jail in the first place.

    • @frankiekohl1593
      @frankiekohl1593 4 года назад

      @@cuteboy9469 Really?

  • @zingadooda
    @zingadooda 7 лет назад +1

    "So wake me up inside " meme been going through my head waiting for it to appear out of nowhere.

  • @pollypennett1820
    @pollypennett1820 7 лет назад +2

    too old to remain alone in jail. i fell sad for the oldest

  • @epixdevo3180
    @epixdevo3180 7 лет назад +10

    These people in prison go through trials and tribulations everyday there at war

  • @angieb1234
    @angieb1234 7 лет назад +4

    and did he really just ask a 100 yr old man with one leg missing and dementia "what do you think of prison?" Hahaha really dude? It's just peachy!! smh

  • @filliusawusi6174
    @filliusawusi6174 4 года назад +1

    Enjoy life,, Stay Free..

  • @itsFiftyy
    @itsFiftyy 7 лет назад +13

    The black woman who was set for release in 2014, how is she doing now?

  • @barristanselmy2758
    @barristanselmy2758 9 лет назад +102

    I honestly think that the man at 3:40, may be ready to go back into public. 87 for fuck sake America enough is enough.

    • @badgerattoadhall
      @badgerattoadhall 8 лет назад +20

      +Christopher Hitchens life in prison means life in prison

    • @barristanselmy2758
      @barristanselmy2758 8 лет назад +6

      Badger at Toad Hall 87, what's he going to do at 87. Hell probably die on the walk out.

    • @neckarsulme
      @neckarsulme 8 лет назад +2

      +Christopher Hitchens Maybe he could stay at your place?

    • @barristanselmy2758
      @barristanselmy2758 8 лет назад +11

      neckarsulme Gotta watch out for those 87 year old's, they've been known to kill.

    • @badgerattoadhall
      @badgerattoadhall 8 лет назад +9

      ***** god damn it he is being punished you soft hearted weakling

  • @johndoe-ou7cp
    @johndoe-ou7cp 8 лет назад +5

    5$ a month dam bank was made

  • @nodak0110
    @nodak0110 8 лет назад +15

    I believe in life sentences. Especially for murder. But, when a prisoner gets to a point of elderly (not just old) or infirm, couldn't we, at the very least, throw a little paint on the walls to make it a little less dreary? I'm sure the staff would appreciate it.

  • @artienp2
    @artienp2 8 лет назад +13

    That care taker should get some sort of regression in his sentence, he's doing humanitarian and hard work for basically nothing.

    • @TypeOneg
      @TypeOneg 8 лет назад +3

      We have a quarter million person nursing shortage in this country every year. Every year we release 200thousand prisoners back into life.
      Wouldn't it be miraculous if we could train those prisoners to be nurses upon leaving prison?
      What if we could train them to be simply personal care assistants to the millions of retiring people who will someday be old and frail? We have a massive shortage of those too.
      Nope. That would make too much sense to the prison industrial complex. They don't want to release these people with skills - they want all these people stupid & still committing crime to come back in their prison, the sooner the better!!! So they are not obligated at all to actually educate them in anyway.
      Instead of educating them, instead of rehabilitating them, they pocket that money so the gods can have an employee picnic every August. This is your tax payer dollars at work! Bend over.

  • @michaelhope2236
    @michaelhope2236 7 лет назад +4

    Canada is right in the middle of Europe and USA in terms of prison sentencing, not way to lenient like Europe and not overly harsh like the USA.

  • @mpaxton8991
    @mpaxton8991 9 лет назад +58

    Life means LIFE. They took lives, therefore, they have to suffer the consequences for which they were sentenced. I don't think they should be mistreated, but should be cared for. They should not be allowed out just for being old. The people they murdered didn't get the chance to grow old, and their children missed out on a lot. That's the trouble with today's society-too lenient. There should be consequences for bad behavior.

    • @skr4207
      @skr4207 9 лет назад

      M Paxton Hey, when you spend the average human life time in prison, you should be outside prison, as the sentence says life, only the mentally unstable, i mean those who are psychotic, should only see the outer life at least once a week with security that they will not escape.

    • @michaelharris8111
      @michaelharris8111 7 лет назад

      M Paxton eye for an eye leaves everyone blind. aka we run out of money, more crime. etc

    • @thomassankara2857
      @thomassankara2857 5 лет назад

      I hope you have not aborted a fetus or caused anyone to abort a baby. If you have, then you are as guilty as them. Where lies our sense of love and forgiveness? It is apparent that these people have paid their price in full and therefore, deserve to be released to their families.

  • @italiannameportugueseguy5400
    @italiannameportugueseguy5400 7 лет назад +1

    I would like to see an update with all of them after seven years

  • @albertescamilla
    @albertescamilla 7 лет назад +1

    this is giving me a bad trip

  • @nahnni
    @nahnni 7 лет назад +50

    In reality, there is little difference between the aged in the prison infirmary and those in a convalescent home on the outside. Maybe on the outside someone in the family will visit from time to time or maybe all the time, but you're still stuck in an institution, just one without bars. You're still stuck in the deterioration of aging and invisible.

    • @randywoodworth5990
      @randywoodworth5990 7 лет назад +9

      nahnni Years ago, I was in a nursing home making a delivery when this one lady grabbed me and hugged me, crying, telling me that her daughter had dropped her off at a nursing home, and never returned again to see her.
      Needless to say I was not happy, and I was able to find the phone number and called her and said I hope the same thing happens to you at the hands of your daughter.

    • @nahnni
      @nahnni 7 лет назад +8

      Tragically, the elderly are abandoned all the time. It's just something that is not talked about openly in the news. People abuse the vulnerable...the aged, the children, the inbetween. I have no answer as to how to stop it. I wish I did know.

    • @julianbroome5001
      @julianbroome5001 Год назад +1

      @@nahnni I'M LEAVING WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT I'M 70 YEARS OLD AT FOUR OPERATIONS FOR CANCER HAVE ARTHRITIS AND DIABETES I HAVE ONE SON TO SEND AN INSTITUTION FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED I HAVE A DAUGHTER THAT'S A COLLEGE GRADUATE HE DECIDED NEVER TO COME SEE ME AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHY BUT I HAVE JESUS AND WHEN MY HEART STARTS HURTING I LET HIS LOVE AND HIS PEACE IN HIS COMFORT FLOOD ME WHEN I WAS ABLE TO PASTOR CHURCHES I MADE A POINT TO GO TO WHAT I CALL THE POOR PEOPLE'S REST HOMES THE FOOD IS NOT GOOD IT'S DEPLORABLE AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD I WAS ABLE TO LET JESUS'S SUNSHINE COME IN NOT ONLY IN WORDS BUT WITH THINGS THAT COMFORT CUZ JESUS SAID WHEN YOU'VE DONE IT UNTO THE LEAST OF ONE OF THESE YOU HAVE DONE IT UNTO ME THE BEST IS YET TO BE YOU'RE RIGHT WE DON'T HAVE TO BE ON THIS EARTH FOREVER AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING WITH THE ONE THAT LOVES ME THE MOST

    • @icytimboslyce7939
      @icytimboslyce7939 10 месяцев назад

      No, we BREAK generational curses, we don't perpetuate the evil, even if it's 1000% just.

  • @ugithdahanayaka5616
    @ugithdahanayaka5616 6 лет назад +10

    Dude predicted Donald Trump' s election back in 2010...

  • @andreawhite9972
    @andreawhite9972 5 лет назад

    100 years old & has been in prison since he was 82; also suffering from dementia...what in the world!! Another prisoner given medical release but has no one to pick him up, so so sad.

  • @realamazingworld6756
    @realamazingworld6756 7 лет назад +1

    Is this the voice of, "This is Dan Bell"?

  • @largoallegrorisoluto
    @largoallegrorisoluto 9 лет назад +4

    This prison can really save money if they removed the uniforms and fence. I mean who needs them? they're just old or disabled people. It'll be impossible to escape.

  • @WHYNOTMEB4U
    @WHYNOTMEB4U 11 лет назад +3

    Sad enough, this video was uploaded by Aljazera.

  • @monstaxmonbebefighting6425
    @monstaxmonbebefighting6425 7 лет назад +1

    *9:38* broke my heart. I'm deceased

  • @jol3549
    @jol3549 7 лет назад +1

    I wish I could come over from NZ and help these elderly and the one dying in Americas prisons and jails.
    They need empathy and no matter what they have done?,or how they got there?,they still need their dignity .

    • @roberthertz6634
      @roberthertz6634 4 года назад

      Ask there victims. Oh most of them aren't ALIVE. WON'T hear much from the DEAD. Really how do the victims FEEL.???????

  • @bobmowreader5546
    @bobmowreader5546 8 лет назад +6

    I have compassion for elderly men and women who are sick,but not the ones in prison for murder and other felonies! its understandable to feel compassion for someone whos terminally ill,but you need to remember that these are scum who had no qualms about murdering someone,raping women,molesting children,or committing other serious crimes against humanity.if they die a slow painfull death I say good,what goes around comes around!

    • @dradra2day
      @dradra2day 8 лет назад +2

      revenge is sounding like what you just said..you sound just like a killer saying that and you don't wanna be like them

    • @bobmowreader5546
      @bobmowreader5546 8 лет назад

      ***** I thought by lockingup people who commit crimes we were helping prevent future crimes! let me see if I have this straight,you want to prevent crime,yet you expect the courts to go easy on people who commit crimes! you seem fairly liberal,so let me ask you this,what are we supposed to do when someone commits a serious felony like rape,murder,pedophelia or armed robbery? should we give them the ritz carlton at taxpayer expense,or do we punish them to the fullest extent of the law so maybe,just maybe future would be criminals will see that crime indeed does not pay,people who commit it do and possibly they'll think twice before following the same path?

    • @davidchang5265
      @davidchang5265 6 лет назад

      They need punishment, but never need life in prison. I believe if they are truly bad, just execute them, if not, then no more than 20 years.

  • @paul-6893
    @paul-6893 9 лет назад +4

    13:34 The guy who inspired the voice of mr garrison from south park

    • @UnseenThreat07
      @UnseenThreat07 8 лет назад

      Paul Atkinson Mr. Mackey* Drugs are bad mmmkay?

  • @mmcc7421
    @mmcc7421 7 лет назад +1

    You can't feel sorry for these old prisoners. At the end of the day, these inmates have committed serious crimes if you're growing old and dying in prison.

  • @georgehausman8369
    @georgehausman8369 7 лет назад +1

    11:54 lol that guys chewing is hilarious

  • @luavery
    @luavery 8 лет назад +49

    people cheer when monsters get life in prison then complain that they actually spend their life in there... not saying all of these prisoners deserve this but i mean come on... some do.

    • @deadcool8842
      @deadcool8842 8 лет назад +3

      rapist murders deserve to be in for a long time but people with small charges or drugs come on that's fucked up lol

    • @luavery
      @luavery 8 лет назад +1

      oh yeah super fucked up, no doubt

    • @MoonSparkles11
      @MoonSparkles11 8 лет назад

      The issue is it's easier to put someone in prison than it is to do anything else some of these people may be even not be completely guilty bottom line there is to many people in prison who shouldn't be and it's costing us money

    • @sweatyincestdougbehind700l9
      @sweatyincestdougbehind700l9 8 лет назад

      This is so fucked up, they need to be treated better

    • @sweatyincestdougbehind700l9
      @sweatyincestdougbehind700l9 8 лет назад

      This is so fucked up, they need to be treated better

  • @TougeGrandTour
    @TougeGrandTour 9 лет назад +32

    You do the crime, you do the time.

    • @cuteboy9469
      @cuteboy9469 5 лет назад +1

      Such a cliché comment is a sign of low intelligence. If you can't think for yourself don't talk.

    • @CollinMac96
      @CollinMac96 5 лет назад +2

      @@@cuteboy9469 be quiet, Karen

  • @joshuabrooks4907
    @joshuabrooks4907 4 года назад

    Good video

  • @dontmindme.imjustafraidofe9327
    @dontmindme.imjustafraidofe9327 Год назад +1

    Growing old is a privilege few people deserve.

  • @Filmdude0
    @Filmdude0 7 лет назад +4

    They should show this in highschools....That ist more depressive than young suicy cool muscular men in orange baggy pants.

  • @timhyer1
    @timhyer1 8 лет назад +57

    People, this is what these criminals don't think about when they commit these crimes. They don't stop and think hmmm I don't want to be in jail when I'm 90, so maybe I shouldn't rape and murder these people. You do the crime...you do the time. Also they say "to have cancer and be in prison and not have your family is really scary." Well I'm sure it was very scary to those people you murdered to die without their families. Tough luck buddy life aint fair. You made sure of that for your victims.

    • @worlds.worst.entertainment2513
      @worlds.worst.entertainment2513 7 лет назад +6

      You're saying exactly what im thinking lol

    • @asammar4835
      @asammar4835 7 лет назад +1

      none of these are rapists though, it's murders, which 90% of aren't thought out, it's an impulse decision in high stress environments.

  • @ewuraamaentsie9706
    @ewuraamaentsie9706 3 года назад

    I couldn't finish watching 😭😭😭

  • @mad-pit3832
    @mad-pit3832 3 года назад +2

    I myself have served a number of years in establishments of one kind or another. and the guy at the end is rite you miss it in a twisted way. the feeling of going home on your release day is hard to describe. but by returning to help other inmates it must be a stranger feeling. knowing that at the end of the day you will be released every time you return. it must of taken a long time for him to get used to being a visitor and not an inmate.