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What a Life Sentence Actually Feels Like (Day 1 to Year 40)

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  • Published on Mar 15, 2026
  • Prison isn’t just punishment, it rewires your brain. From strip searches to gangs, contraband, solitary confinement, and prison code, life behind bars changes everything. What is a life sentence really like? How do inmates survive decades of violence, prison gangs, mental illness, drugs, and constant fear? In today’s episode of The Infographics Show, discover the brutal reality of doing life in prison.
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  • @prschuster
    @prschuster 5 months ago +7747

    That was an intense 22 minutes.

  • @eddysmokes7
    @eddysmokes7 5 months ago +7921

    “your life paused while the world kept moving” that line gave me anxiety

    • @victoriakatofficial
      @victoriakatofficial 5 months ago +167

      That’s how families of victims feel too

    • @EndeavourSpot
      @EndeavourSpot 5 months ago +115

      If it were just paused, it wouldn't be so bad, but unfortunately we get older.

    • @kevinuchiha434
      @kevinuchiha434 5 months ago +24

      @EndeavourSpot mine was paused for 3 months but I’ve been a free man for the past 2 weeks

    • @aspect2684
      @aspect2684 5 months ago +1

      😂

    • @STOCKHOLM07
      @STOCKHOLM07 5 months ago +1

      Brutal.

  • @Yin7094
    @Yin7094 5 months ago +560

    the fact that innocent people can serve lifelong sentences while monsters like diddy walk free after 4 years, shows there truly is no justice.

    • @B00bed0utBa22
      @B00bed0utBa22 Month ago

      Didn't work for Jeffrey Epstein, he had 100 times more money than Diddy

    • @QuackersMcCrackers
      @QuackersMcCrackers Month ago +15

      @B00bed0utBa22 Don't be stupid.
      He was a liability. That was not justice, that was pragmatics. Justice lasts, pragmatism lasts for as long as is required.

    • @Sataen
      @Sataen Month ago +7

      ​@B00bed0utBa22because what happened to epstein was done to protect the rest of those involved with him.

    • @bobmelon3054
      @bobmelon3054 Month ago +4

      American Justoce System 🥳 🇺🇸

    • @dslims1
      @dslims1 Month ago +1

      What it shows is you clearly didnt follow that trial. Diddy shouldnt have even got 4 years. If he hadnt bought the plane tickets it would have just been probation and not a federal crime.

  • @JC_Xhindole
    @JC_Xhindole 5 months ago +2213

    This is what educational videos should be all about. Putting you in someone elses shoes so you can feel the situation and take away the real gravitas lessons.

    • @Violet12224
      @Violet12224 5 months ago +29

      I agree - this should be shown in every high school.

    • @KrisTheDog
      @KrisTheDog 5 months ago +13

      This video is about prison system being bad and corrupt also giving innocent man life sentence. Whats the lesson here?

    • @realismatitsfinest1
      @realismatitsfinest1 5 months ago +6

      And, as the character in the story thought he had done nothing wrong (self-defense), the real lesson here is: "Don't do anything that can be construed as being illegal." (Or, at least, if you do, do NOT get caught.)

    • @someguy752
      @someguy752 5 months ago +5

      @KrisTheDog Yeah, weird they used the scenario of self defence rather than the person actually committing the crime.

    • @shaunz383
      @shaunz383 4 months ago +1

      Bruh, I'm still shook

  • @Mariofaithwarrior
    @Mariofaithwarrior 5 months ago +3331

    My uncle been locked up since 1990 and is getting out in 3 weeks. He’s always been a teaching point for me staying out of trouble. I’m about to meet him for the first time outside of the visiting room at 32 years old

    • @urboidarkwin
      @urboidarkwin 5 months ago +22

      what crime did he do

    • @DubStepTomatoFarmer
      @DubStepTomatoFarmer 5 months ago +299

      I did 2 months... I know thats nothing, But still it was the Worst time of my life. I will Never go back.

    • @67Gojo
      @67Gojo 5 months ago +15

      @DubStepTomatoFarmer wait what happened

    • @wolfidozzi
      @wolfidozzi 5 months ago +40

      show him iphone

    • @RiseoftheZodiac
      @RiseoftheZodiac 5 months ago +6

      Buy a few bags of keffe for him so he has something familiar aroind

  • @GetRightFitness
    @GetRightFitness 4 months ago +789

    I was incarcerated from 1998 until 2022. I had a LWOP sentence that I overturned. Which is why I'm home. This video was pretty on point I must say. Like insanely on point. I have to say that one of the hardest things for me coming home was hands down technology. Cellphones, Google, Email, Amazon, Facebook, RUclips, basically the Internet all came out during the time I was locked up.
    Side note. I have to admit, I absolutely love the book The Count Of Monte Cristo. 1200 pages of magnificence. If you've never read it, it's GREAT 👍 👍

    • @thecuriousidiot
      @thecuriousidiot 4 months ago +10

      How did you stay sane for that long? I think I would have to study. Did you have access to books all the time? Could you keep your head down and stay away from violence?

    • @GetRightFitness
      @GetRightFitness 4 months ago +92

      @thecuriousidiot I read a lot of books. I always would have at least five to six magazine subscriptions. I'd work out a ton and usually run some kind of little prison hustle that would keep me busy. I also worked on my case a whole bunch and learned a lot about the law. I played sports a lot too before they pretty much took them all out. One of the crazy things is that it is kind of hard to be able to just keep your head down and stay out of all of the drama because there are some people in there that just look for drama 24/7. So even if you mind your own business, you'll still end up having some issues somewhere along the line.

    • @thecuriousidiot
      @thecuriousidiot 4 months ago +15

      ​@GetRightFitnessKudos to you for getting through it.

    • @okiedokiepokie
      @okiedokiepokie 4 months ago +10

      Man you are a real one I read yo thing you joined RUclips 2023. Props OG and God bless

    • @GetRightFitness
      @GetRightFitness 4 months ago +18

      @okiedokiepokie Thanks, and I'm not gonna lie, figuring out this technology has had me thrown 🤣.

  • @TheFakeyCakeMaker
    @TheFakeyCakeMaker 5 months ago +1092

    I remember at school we read a passage about a guy stepping into a prison cell. The whole thing was about him looking around and thinking of all the things he could do and how it wasn't going to be so bad, then he looks down at his watch to see how long he'd been there. 3 minutes.
    That end line really gave such a sense of how claustrophobic and monotonous prison is. I've never forgotten it

    • @joliver7304
      @joliver7304 5 months ago +21

      What was it called?

    • @omarh5799
      @omarh5799 5 months ago +44

      That's me at work everyday

    • @jacobbuehler9434
      @jacobbuehler9434 4 months ago +24

      wanted to read this so put it in chatgpt lol
      The original passage you're describing is from the short story "The Man Who Was Almost a Man" (also published as "The Man Who Was Almost a God") by the British writer J. D. Beresford.
      The scene is from the second half of the story, where the main character, Johnnie (or John), is serving a short sentence in prison.
      The Passage
      The specific text that captures that feeling of time distortion is:
      "He was in. The door clanged heavily behind him. He listened for a moment to the noise of the withdrawing footsteps, and then he looked round his cell. He began to plan the details of his five weeks' campaign-exercise, study, concentration. He was quite calm, quite in command of himself, quite convinced that it was not going to be 'so bad.' Then he walked over to the door and carefully examined the method of its fastening; looked at the walls, at the window, at the planks of the bed. Then he pulled out his watch. He had been in his cell for three minutes."

    • @shellybunnii
      @shellybunnii 4 months ago +4

      I mean, it doesn’t take that long to just look around and think of what you can do. Three minutes sound about right. How long did he think he was in there for?!

    • @HappyOva
      @HappyOva 3 months ago +3

      This also sounds like the majority of people who sit inside all day and make excuses about living their lives.

  • @MrKoba1996
    @MrKoba1996 5 months ago +3260

    Bottom line: have a good lawyer.

  • @Thomas-z9m5c
    @Thomas-z9m5c 5 months ago +671

    This should be required viewing on the first and last day of school in every single middle school in America.

    • @Draug24
      @Draug24 4 months ago +7

      School treats you like an animal, then call you dangerous for acting like one.

    • @xXG2023
      @xXG2023 4 months ago +61

      @Draug24 school doesn't treat you like an animal bro just go to class and do your homework

    • @KaijuEdits875
      @KaijuEdits875 3 months ago +11

      ​@xXG2023 yeah genuinely people overexaggerate

    • @somerandoqueenfan
      @somerandoqueenfan 3 months ago +1

      @Thomas-z9m5c son😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭I’m crine😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭ts not tuff😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

    • @joesphbalint5023
      @joesphbalint5023 3 months ago +11

      Eh, maybe the first day for high school, don’t know if kids would be mature enough to even grasp this before that age 🤷‍♂️

  • @Kittysniffles888
    @Kittysniffles888 5 months ago +3210

    This video is so depressing.

    • @MKUltra-w8t
      @MKUltra-w8t 5 months ago +112

      Life is depressing, dear.

    • @chadperkins3848
      @chadperkins3848 5 months ago +83

      Well, they are in there for a reason

    • @alexlogan202
      @alexlogan202 5 months ago +15

      They don't have to work. They win

    • @stussymishka
      @stussymishka 5 months ago +118

      Watching this actually makes me extremely happy i’m not in this position

    • @vantsen-Q
      @vantsen-Q 5 months ago +13

      be happy, that you are not locked in lol

  • @Mbplayerone
    @Mbplayerone 5 months ago +892

    I've never felt this much sadness for a cartoon character

    • @hannahsadler3824
      @hannahsadler3824 3 months ago +12

      @Mbplayerone don’t . These people are there for a reason

    • @Silent_H98
      @Silent_H98 3 months ago +16

      @Mbplayerone I feel sad for the victims of people serving life sentences

    • @SaveDaLastZombie
      @SaveDaLastZombie 3 months ago +5

      ​@hannahsadler3824 You're right! They didn't get locked up for 20 to 40 years for stealing a gumball from a gumball machine. They're there for a serious reason.

    • @gtrman128
      @gtrman128 2 months ago +2

      ​@SaveDaLastZombiethis is assuming theyre truly guilty...

    • @chickenbot712
      @chickenbot712 2 months ago +5

      the cartoon character committed homicide

  • @Superflyytone
    @Superflyytone 4 months ago +12

    I did 8 years and life changed so much I could only imagine doing 40 years

  • @remyguzman58
    @remyguzman58 5 months ago +5845

    To think there are innocent people serving these sentences. Even when proven innocent years later, they may refuse the new evidence and keep you locked away. Just horrible.

    • @newsmansuper2925
      @newsmansuper2925 5 months ago +109

      agree 100%

    • @familykaplan1341
      @familykaplan1341 5 months ago +56

      Sadly, yes

    • @sciencenotsrigma
      @sciencenotsrigma 5 months ago +23

      I was looking for this comment! ❤

    • @trapbois4573
      @trapbois4573 5 months ago +138

      The problem is that its not a justice system, its a legal system.

    • @emandm1822
      @emandm1822 5 months ago +170

      All because prosecutors care more about their careers then they do about actual justice

  • @rush2124u2
    @rush2124u2 5 months ago +1377

    I'd like to see a part II. Where does he go after prison ? A half way house or? How does he make money or does he go homeless and sleeps in a tent or does he want to go back to prison. 40 years is a long time

    • @atomicskull6405
      @atomicskull6405 5 months ago +89

      The last one most likely

    • @a.prince38118
      @a.prince38118 5 months ago +102

      Shawshank Redemption
      Great movie...

    • @Cookieboy70
      @Cookieboy70 5 months ago +81

      There are programs designed to adjust them back to normal life, but I get the sense they aren’t the best designed programs that are successful.

    • @aarongreenfield9038
      @aarongreenfield9038 5 months ago +45

      You seen The Shawshank Redemption haven't you? RIP Brooks.

    • @JimmyLee-s2k
      @JimmyLee-s2k 5 months ago +6

      Of course there's allus St Paul's advice...be content in all circumstances...all though..now that I refect on the movie friends insisted I watch.......in '94. It "seems" like life in my current situation.

  • @lumixjourney
    @lumixjourney 12 hours ago

    from the thumbnail i was assuming this was a video of how survive 40 years of the 9-5 lol

  • @Lebanosnithee
    @Lebanosnithee 5 months ago +6196

    Imagine going to prison in 2005 with Nokia 6230 as your phone and then coming out 20 years later to an iPhone 17 Pro Max. The progression would blow my mind.

    • @peterhuang1431
      @peterhuang1431 5 months ago +338

      worse is when there was no cell phone and then Iphone 17 pro max

    • @BongWatah
      @BongWatah 5 months ago +145

      I'd imagine people would talk about new tech. Weird to see it in person but they can find out about it

    • @leroygrant7635
      @leroygrant7635 5 months ago +84

      Imagine your Nokia battery is still going strong !

    • @jonathanmellqvist2
      @jonathanmellqvist2 5 months ago +31

      6230? That's.. not a memorable phone. Why 6230? 😂

    • @adhithya2906
      @adhithya2906 5 months ago +6

      Exactly my thoughts

  • @jorgeaurich787
    @jorgeaurich787 5 months ago +1792

    This made me cry. I didn't do much time but it was 2 years of no canteen no visits no mail no calls. Broke me for a bit.

  • @NikhilluminatiOfficial
    @NikhilluminatiOfficial 5 months ago +19

    The moment he mentioned "manuscript" I saw what was coming, and it still badly infuriated me and broke something inside me apart. That wasn't just cosmically beyond inhumane, it was an utter emotional, mental and psychological massacre right there.

  • @bigjas9723
    @bigjas9723 5 months ago +95

    I feel so bad for all of the people in prison who are actually innocent. That is one of my biggest fears.

    • @traxagenda3445
      @traxagenda3445 Month ago +2

      There's not many of them

    • @joeblow3990
      @joeblow3990 Month ago +2

      @traxagenda3445 What????
      Not many of them???
      WTF are you talking about????
      In Illinois, 21 individuals sentenced to death were exonerated and found innocent between the 1977 reinstatement of the death penalty and its abolition in 2011.
      This high number of exonerations (21) compared to the 12 executions carried out during the same period was a major factor in the state's decision to abolish capital punishment.
      And that is JUST IN ONE STATE: ILLINOIS
      And that is just among people that were sentenced to death.
      The United States has a vile, racist justice system.
      Even though blacks are a minority of the US population, they are way overrepresented in the prisons.
      The "justice system" is so bad that it sentences TO DEATH people that were actually INNOCENT (again, see Illinois).
      And we will not touch what happens in states with a "justice system" way worse than Illinois: Alabama, Mississippi, Texas.

    • @traxagenda3445
      @traxagenda3445 Month ago +1

      ​@joeblow3990like I said, it's not a lot of them. 21 since 1977? U kidding me?

    • @jondough2940
      @jondough2940 29 days ago +1

      ​@traxagenda3445oh it's a whole bunch of people across America that's innocent serving 25+ years for nothing

    • @joeblow3990
      @joeblow3990 29 days ago

      @traxagenda3445 21 people were sentenced to death and later found to be NOT GUILTY. All these cases in just ONE STATE: Illinois.
      They were found to be not guilty because opponents of the death penalty looked into their cases and found them to be nothing but JUDICIAL LYNCHINGS.
      What about the death penalty cases in Lousiana? There are no activists there investigating their racist "justice" system.
      Same situation in Texas.
      Same situation in Mississippi.
      Death penalty cases are supposed to be investigated throughly. They are not.

  • @Allencompasing
    @Allencompasing 5 months ago +9002

    Today’s my first day, wish me luck guys!

  • @GlobalPadyYT
    @GlobalPadyYT Month ago +7

    Just imagine. You'll never play GTA 6... Nightmare

  • @stevengibson2251
    @stevengibson2251 5 months ago +4059

    I spent 12 long years in the Texas prison system. Long enough that I was mildly institutionalized. I was a cop for 16 years before that... small world. My crime was not related to the force.
    I'm stunned at how accurate this video is, especially about the feelings. Lost my wife and kids inside and my parents within a couple of years after getting out. Sometimes I think my mom held on just long enough to see me get out. Can't imagine doing 40 years, 12 was long enough that everything in my life and the area I lived changed. For your first few months, to a couple years out you are constantly looking over your shoulder wondering if you are even supposed to be there.
    Been out 15 years now and I'll die before I go back. But even then, sometimes I kinda wish I was back inside to the life I grew to know. Every now and then I still wake up crying, or in a cold sweat with my heart racing from being locked up. It messes with you as much as the things you see while being a cop.

    • @SLIM-MESSIAH
      @SLIM-MESSIAH 5 months ago +10

      BETO 1 ?

    • @noblefox2287
      @noblefox2287 5 months ago +21

      What happened to your family

    • @noblefox2287
      @noblefox2287 5 months ago +100

      Also I’m so sorry to hear that, I’m 22 and I meet the girl of my dreams, we’ve been together for a year now and I always think about situations like this which makes me so grateful for everything that I have, I feel I have trouble pushing my self tho but anyways it’s stores like this video or your comment that keeps me motivated and to stay focused

    • @stevengibson2251
      @stevengibson2251 5 months ago +19

      @enigmaticnomadics Thanks

    • @eugeneeugene6339
      @eugeneeugene6339 5 months ago +65

      @stevengibson2251 I couldn’t do a year let alone 12 smh, most I’ve done is 90 days in the county and when I say it was the worse experience of my life

  • @Slick_Widdit
    @Slick_Widdit 5 months ago +155

    And this is the BEST case scenario

  • @Sam-c1v5r
    @Sam-c1v5r 2 months ago +5

    Why does this video have an ad like every 60 seconds?

  • @hiphopanonymous8981
    @hiphopanonymous8981 5 months ago +304

    This is my nightmare, and also why I don't like to leave the house.

    • @Net10Yahoo
      @Net10Yahoo 5 months ago +31

      It's a dangerous world out there.

    • @alexlogan202
      @alexlogan202 5 months ago +22

      Never. Leave. The. House.

    • @Anton-vy5dt
      @Anton-vy5dt 5 months ago +21

      So you live in your own prison to avoid prison? What? Going to prison is not a common thing

    • @locurset
      @locurset 5 months ago +1

      @Anton-vy5dt What, never been sent to prison? Happens to me every Tuesday, it's very exhausting!

    • @xeliview254
      @xeliview254 5 months ago +6

      This is EXACTLY you speaking my mind I am not even joking. I only leave if I have something very important to do

  • @AxphonicBeets
    @AxphonicBeets 5 months ago +319

    Was in DOC for 6 months. This is 1000% on point

  • @ianflanders5096
    @ianflanders5096 5 months ago +197

    Prison in the US is designed to punish inmates, not rehabilitate them. And since it's a for-profit system, they're actually incentivized to make sure inmates who get released are more likely to end up back in prison.

    • @RovanRS
      @RovanRS 3 months ago +16

      Well yes, prison is first and foremost a punishment. That's the whole idea - you committed a crime, you got punished for it. Rehabilitation isn't the main goal of prison. It's a side quest at best.

    • @ianflanders5096
      @ianflanders5096 3 months ago +21

      @RovanRS Trump committed hundreds of felonies including treason. Should he be punished for it?

    • @secondpath5148
      @secondpath5148 3 months ago +6

      @RovanRS typical republican. Your candidate is a felon who committed Treason. He should be in prison for the rest of his days by your logic.

    • @NoLoveCody
      @NoLoveCody 3 months ago +3

      @ianflanders5096 mm-only if you’re okay with bending the law (literally) to accommodate charges that weren’t applicable beforehand for one defendant and… including something that never happened (treason), then yeah, sure.

    • @NoLoveCody
      @NoLoveCody 3 months ago +2

      @secondpath5148Not only were these “felonies” overturned and he is not a felon (otherwise, he’d be in a prison… oh wait, we have a certain type of people who commit tons of felonies and never go to prison, not going to state further-nevertheless, he isn’t in that category), but the case, as a law school student myself, is laughable in totality.

  • @thayungprince2
    @thayungprince2 5 months ago +141

    My brother did 6.5 years and his life was definitely on pause.....he got out thinking things were the same, but things had changed so much.

    • @PerforatedPaperboy
      @PerforatedPaperboy 3 months ago +6

      Yup. He tries coming over to hangout… but you got kids now. Can’t have your brother hanging out on the couch anymore.
      He just wants to play video games like you used to… like you had no responsibilities still like the time before he went in.
      But things are different.

    • @heetlar_369-x7t
      @heetlar_369-x7t 3 months ago +5

      ​@PerforatedPaperboy now you should be the big brother and teach him all he needs, about responsibilities, about family and all.

  • @jackbyerly8356
    @jackbyerly8356 5 months ago +121

    This started as another "cool, can't wait to watch this" and became "I'm glad I watched it, but also I'm sick on my stomach for so many people and it broke my heart and I'm not even hungry anymore and this world is a sad dismal place". God be with everyone on the inside and the outside.

    • @BKayNeal
      @BKayNeal 4 months ago +3

      Amen

    • @chrissycar2511
      @chrissycar2511 2 months ago +1

      Yes me too and stirred my Spirit to pray for the men and women that lose their freedom , only Jesus turns a sinner into a Saint.

    • @nolanarmstrong2458
      @nolanarmstrong2458 Month ago

      Well ppl serving that long usually deserve it

    • @ODIN_HALE
      @ODIN_HALE Month ago

      There is no one in this world who never broke a single law.. y'know..
      [It Just all depend on how much power u have.. how much money u have.. how u deal with the situations.. which types of connections u have.. what kind of place and surroundings u were born in.. what kind of personality u have.. and how do u look like.. yeah the fact how u look or how your height and built is really important.. either it will give some kind of special treatment or get u extra hate..]
      [Nobody is born as a villian.. yeah that doesn't exclude the fact what u've done wrong.. but unless they'd had serious mental issues of their own from starting.. maybe they wouldn't have to end up in prison if the situations were different for them..]
      [But they weren't.. the probability or luck or all kind of situations u can mame.. which weren't in their favor.. they'll just have a ruined life with nothing more than a thought that will they ever recieve a second one..]
      [So yeah.. the system is fucked up.. either u have to be at top of it or keep mind your own buisness. But it can't be changed.. unfotunately..]

  • @s0lid_sno0ks
    @s0lid_sno0ks 5 months ago +16

    There's something extra eerie about this story being told via the soulless corpo aesthetic.

    • @Sixma-ej5vp
      @Sixma-ej5vp 18 days ago

      Yo dude, how's it going? It's awesome to see you here.

  • @NexusCycle1
    @NexusCycle1 5 months ago +122

    i dont know how but i went through everything i this video and more in one year. god i couldn't imagine 40

  • @Tiryk
    @Tiryk 5 months ago +184

    D4VD is prolly watching this rn

  • @Hanferd
    @Hanferd 5 months ago +6

    Reminds me of Brooks from Shawshank Redemption when he got out of jail after 50 years and said the world change and how he notice there are more cars than when he was a kid.

  • @Hi_Tiger
    @Hi_Tiger 5 months ago +171

    I've visited someone who's in prison for 40 years, based on his stories this video is very accurate

  • @MWP3782
    @MWP3782 5 months ago +83

    3 months felt like a year. I couldn't imagine any longer, my goodness.

    • @gearedeagle6484
      @gearedeagle6484 2 months ago +7

      Literally. I got arrested and held in a temp custody police station cell over the weekend for court on Monday. Those 3 days felt like an eternity. Anytime I feel myself going off the rails I watch videos like these.

    • @MWP3782
      @MWP3782 2 months ago

      Absolutely 💯​@gearedeagle6484

    • @nolanarmstrong2458
      @nolanarmstrong2458 Month ago

      ​@gearedeagle6484a holding cell isn't even close to being the same as prison

  • @BlueStarBRS
    @BlueStarBRS 4 months ago +2

    Listing to this gives you temporary depression

  • @joemwangi420
    @joemwangi420 5 months ago +92

    Jesus that was intense. I couldn't stop watching, like a car crash.

    • @faa1412
      @faa1412 4 months ago +2

      Watch videos of people in prison, this video is light weight. Especially when they start talking about b00ty bandits.

    • @davidl570
      @davidl570 2 months ago

      @faa1412 ....................especially the Booty Warrior! "We can do this the easy way or the hard way."

  • @luziaflone1951
    @luziaflone1951 5 months ago +36

    This video should be use in school.

  • @theroyalteam1557
    @theroyalteam1557 4 months ago +8

    This video reminds me to not be sad abt a woman or about anyone who doesn’t value your presence, life keeps going and enjoy it while you’re free and alive

  • @Mr.Nygma90
    @Mr.Nygma90 5 months ago +83

    Great video, but a sad reality of what prison can do to people and not bother trying to rehabilitate. The quote from Shawshank Redemption said it best about prison. "These walls are funny. First you hate 'em, then you get used to 'em. Enough time passes, you get so you depend on them. That's institutionalized"

  • @djgraphite736
    @djgraphite736 5 months ago +86

    I just did 50 months in Michigan. Accurate that prison slowly grinds you down until you don't even realize who you are anymore. But what this video fails to demonstrate is that out of that grind, out from the dust, one is transformed into an entirely different being. To some its regression or progression. It really depends on what you want out of yourself.

    • @LewisOshea
      @LewisOshea 4 months ago +1

      Detroit here

    • @walterdavies6434
      @walterdavies6434 Month ago

      Im sorry Miss JACKSON

    • @destructionman1
      @destructionman1 23 days ago

      Why in gods name would you say "50 months" and not just "4 years"? Asked another way .. why are the extra 2 months so important such that they warrant mentioning?

  • @godeeperbiblestudy
    @godeeperbiblestudy 5 months ago +41

    3:34 if you are serving life, your first stop will be maximum security prison, You will be alone in a cell, not in a dorm with bunk beds. After many years, you may work your way down to medium or even minimum security where you might be in a dorm instead of a cell.

    • @dyzzyGoldenheart
      @dyzzyGoldenheart 3 months ago +7

      @godeeperbiblestudy not true. Lots of guys with life where I’m at start in medium security in an open dormitory with 24 to 48 bunks. And in my state if you have life (unless you were sentenced under the old law) you never make minimum. These videos are so misleading. Prison is soft as tissue these days.

    • @Takhar7
      @Takhar7 Month ago +2

      ​@dyzzyGoldenheartyou say that like its a bad thing?

    • @itwas271kmax
      @itwas271kmax 29 days ago

      @Takhar7 It's bad when people become disrespectful and clownish because they haven't had a lock cracked over their head.

    • @destructionman1
      @destructionman1 23 days ago

      I know

  • @majorbagz6743
    @majorbagz6743 5 months ago +191

    Did this for ten years never again🙏🏾

    • @sonora_rey
      @sonora_rey 5 months ago +22

      🙏🏾

    • @sciencenotsrigma
      @sciencenotsrigma 5 months ago +23

      ❤🙏. Glad you’re free, now!

    • @maximoutbound1265
      @maximoutbound1265 5 months ago +14

      Have you found a job or the chance to get back on track?

    • @majorbagz6743
      @majorbagz6743 5 months ago +50

      @sciencenotsrigma thank u that’s love ❤️ been out for 6.. was blessed enough to win my appeal.. I am a law abiding tax paying citizen and I love it😂

    • @Anton-vy5dt
      @Anton-vy5dt 5 months ago +4

      @majorbagz6743 The world is a better place because of people like you who can turn around from a horrible situation. Thank you!

  • @GudJonnyCakes
    @GudJonnyCakes 5 months ago +29

    I spent 40 years in prison in 22 minutes, life feels different

  • @ElitistMagi
    @ElitistMagi 2 months ago +26

    The phone kept its battery for 40 years? damn!

  • @zerotolerancebullykennel5123

    5 years ????, I been out 21 years now...and nothing but traffic violations, cage life ain't for everyone...

  • @petes7489
    @petes7489 5 months ago +27

    Never been to jail, but this video made me cry

  • @TarunKumarGurumayum

    I came here searching for how life imprisonment live like and how their last breath seems like . It's like going hell while living

  • @Switchboard-Operator-2
    @Switchboard-Operator-2 5 months ago +39

    That was brutal.

  • @runerune-_-9727
    @runerune-_-9727 5 months ago +150

    I dont Think a video Will ever make anyone feel what that actully feels like, unless you tried it. Nice video and overall breakdown

  • @gearedeagle6484
    @gearedeagle6484 2 months ago +2

    Most people going into prison now would go crazy cus of losing their phones 😂😂😂

  • @tasha3757
    @tasha3757 5 months ago +1407

    This is insanely depressing. I don’t think I’ve ever felt such pity for people in prison

    • @marykay8587
      @marykay8587 5 months ago +70

      It is definitely an eye opener

    • @toc12934
      @toc12934 5 months ago +156

      I have worked with corrections officers before. it’s so much worse than this video makes it have to be

    • @wail2774
      @wail2774 5 months ago +171

      You gotta realize that there is a reason they got such a hefty sentence

    • @runfayalife
      @runfayalife 5 months ago

      @toc12934 my dad was a CO for 30 years. He brought his work home with him.

    • @TheFakeyCakeMaker
      @TheFakeyCakeMaker 5 months ago +80

      Until you remember why some are there.

  • @himothy9871
    @himothy9871 5 months ago +128

    3:57 thought he was gonna say something else

  • @ssjmason
    @ssjmason 3 months ago +158

    Just think some dude been in prison since the 90S for weed just to get out today and some 18 year old is smoking it on the street in front of a cop lol

    • @enriquekelly5275
      @enriquekelly5275 2 months ago +16

      Who got locked up for 35 years for weed?? Even when it was illegal

    • @colehutzler8743
      @colehutzler8743 2 months ago

      @enriquekelly5275People have gotten life for it

    • @ItsBlurrs
      @ItsBlurrs 2 months ago

      @enriquekelly5275this still happens today. some states have ancient barbaric laws and will still give you multiple felonies for possessing weed even personal amounts. in texas you can go to prison for multiple years just for having a thc vape

    • @maxdistefano6243
      @maxdistefano6243 Month ago

      ​@enriquekelly5275many black people did

    • @rinkuhero
      @rinkuhero Month ago

      @enriquekelly5275 you can get 40 years for selling it, but not possessing it. especially if it's a third crime (three strikes and you're out laws). like shoplift twice, then sell weed once, and 40 years in prison is possible.

  • @vasyls1767
    @vasyls1767 5 months ago +160

    15:43 Shoutout to the homie that offered to take care of the problem 😂

  • @AP-eq6fv
    @AP-eq6fv 5 months ago +346

    I knew a guy while he was in prison (25 to life). Dude seemed like he wanted nothing more than to be the best person he could be. Studied, was inquisitive etc. Then we spoke to him and found out he was getting paroled. His stress went through the roof, gained 30+ lbs in weight and didn't know how to cope. It was crazy. when he was arrested, TLC started to become a thing, cell phones were for the rich, and maps were on paper. Crazy how much things have changed. I do occasionally think about him and hope he's doing well.

    • @sciencenotsrigma
      @sciencenotsrigma 5 months ago +6

      We need more second chances! ❤

    • @animaIpath
      @animaIpath 5 months ago +16

      he started to stress cause he was getting paroled? i thought that was a good thing. why stress?

    • @g2tennis
      @g2tennis 5 months ago +41

      @animaIpath probably because he was anxious to be out again to a now very different world

    • @pear-zq1uj
      @pear-zq1uj 5 months ago +6

      its funny how people on the outside look at prison and fear it but people on the inside look at the outside world and fear it

    • @Music_studios26
      @Music_studios26 3 months ago +1

      May I ask what he was in for?

  • @I_Stand_Correct
    @I_Stand_Correct 3 months ago +18

    21:52 they aren't going to maintain your property in booking for 40 years. It gets mailed out or destroyed (your choice). If you are going to parole, you likely already have a house to go to, a job to go to, you are able to access your funds from prison, you are given $50 in cash, warm clothes to wear, and are set up for some kind of success. That is the purpose of parole, and you have to earn it. If you simply 'flat' your sentence-- get to the end without parole, then yes, you walk out the door with just the clothes and the $50. The hardened criminals prefer to leave this way, parole is a string they don't want attached them when they go.

  • @chuckdraper7776
    @chuckdraper7776 5 months ago +166

    21:58 Brooks was here.

    • @ra4259
      @ra4259 5 months ago +33

      So was Red

    • @ThatBingBongWong
      @ThatBingBongWong 5 months ago +3

      I love Shawshank redemption

    • @beversnederland
      @beversnederland 4 months ago +1

      Just count your blessings, and hope the Universe/Nature/God will save ALL of us in the very long end....

  • @PTFighterJet
    @PTFighterJet 5 months ago +91

    just feeling bad for those who went there for no reason

    • @Draug24
      @Draug24 4 months ago +8

      Also feeling bad for the people who did bad things but don't deserve this treatment

    • @fetchstix
      @fetchstix 4 months ago +4

      Yeah, gotta say, there aren't many sentences that seem great for anyone who wrongly gets convicted, and this isn't much better than the death penalty if you're innocent. Even if you did do the crime, it seems that if you're going to be in there for so long, releasing them doesn't really help the outside world much.

  • @Jarv1sClipThat
    @Jarv1sClipThat Month ago +2

    With every minute i started doubting more and more that i could ever live even 5 years there

  • @opticfps4358
    @opticfps4358 5 months ago +138

    Ive been to jail 2 times and everything he said its true, let me find out infographic been locked up

    • @SickOfItAll-do1cf
      @SickOfItAll-do1cf 5 months ago +12

      You could always try a third ime! It might be better now!

    • @faa1412
      @faa1412 4 months ago +1

      Please get it together! We treat prison like a right of passage or something.

  • @JillBass-z9h
    @JillBass-z9h 5 months ago +109

    This was a very well written video. It was moving and passionate. Thank you for such caring and compassion, this video really resonated with me and I am certain I am not alone in this.

  • @SanDubbz
    @SanDubbz 5 months ago +15

    It's been 30years ago I never go back to that again

  • @guyscreaming
    @guyscreaming 5 months ago +289

    I did a year and a half and it changed me completely, 40+ is haunting I couldn't begin to imagine, my condolences to those I met that still have decades left.

  • @Steve-m2r1v
    @Steve-m2r1v 4 months ago +2

    I didn’t watch the video yet but something tells me it’s nothing like how a life sentence actually feels

  • @Killem-Dafoe
    @Killem-Dafoe 5 months ago +223

    They give you life and that's exactly what they take from you

    • @IamStizz
      @IamStizz 5 months ago +20

      Don't do bad things

    • @Net10Yahoo
      @Net10Yahoo 5 months ago +12

      Shashank Redemption. Best movie ever.

    • @Hamza_Hesham
      @Hamza_Hesham 5 months ago +12

      ​@IamStizz Or don't get wrongly accused

  • @benjigonzalez1993
    @benjigonzalez1993 5 months ago +17

    This is like a tv show I want episode 2 now to what happens after prison

  • @ovindu7511
    @ovindu7511 Month ago +1

    It feels like I’m suffocating when I’m watching this video, despite never having been in jail

  • @streamofconsciosness
    @streamofconsciosness 5 months ago +75

    Bro...I watched this and am grateful for life now...

    • @SteveCarras
      @SteveCarras 2 months ago +1

      I am too for myself and my cute dog. Dog pounds suck by the way 😡

  • @nicholasgangwer4895
    @nicholasgangwer4895 5 months ago +68

    What bothered me was how quickly his loved ones distanced themselves from him. When he went in he had all of these expectations of how the people in his life would adjust to his sentence.
    Just like himself in prison they had to sort of give up on him to protect themselves the same way he ended up giving up a part of himself for protection in prison. Absolutely brutal dynamic.

    • @wxmyjnsn
      @wxmyjnsn 4 months ago +5

      I bet it was faster than the cartoon said it was.

    • @kingandgod
      @kingandgod 4 months ago +8

      At the end of the day it's the same for everyone. People ultimately will only look out for themselves. A husband in prison does no good for a woman, so she looks for a new one that can provide.

    • @MizzzYasmin
      @MizzzYasmin 3 months ago +7

      @kingandgod What man would stay loyal and committed to his wife if she got 40 years of prison? Something tell me he'd be gone before sentencing is even finalized.

    • @thehater6189
      @thehater6189 Month ago

      ​@MizzzYasmini am married to the love of my life. I 100 percent would and im only 38. If I went for 40 years, however, I would honestly want her to move on. No need for two lives to get ruined

  • @josephm8294
    @josephm8294 4 months ago +1

    This video became viral internet gold.

  • @biglex9069
    @biglex9069 5 months ago +16

    This the most outright truthful videos I have seen.

  • @AmyLou-n4t
    @AmyLou-n4t 5 months ago +55

    NOPE! Just...no.

  • @Sixxdon
    @Sixxdon 4 months ago +3

    Truth is, you’d NEVER be able to fathom a life sentence until you’re actually doing one.

  • @shaun_rambaran
    @shaun_rambaran 5 months ago +512

    Man! The quality of Infographics Show is climbing higher and higher and higher! I feel like he unlocked himself a few months ago; The topics are deeper, the bluntness of the delivery has gone way up, and it seems like sound research including primary research. It's fantastic! Well done to the entire team! Please keep it up!

  • @dskinner8757
    @dskinner8757 5 months ago +6

    Diddy watching this video taking notes like 👀📝✍️

  • @Yooooo_gggg
    @Yooooo_gggg 4 months ago +8

    Sometimes this kind of video makes us realize how good and meaningful our current life is.

    • @ODIN_HALE
      @ODIN_HALE Month ago

      Well not always.. i mean.. i'll still prefer that.. at some point..
      [Not the case what happened with his wife though.. that is the only part which hit me the most.. ]

  • @kingzee7014
    @kingzee7014 5 months ago +10

    Well that was depressing

  • @LadyNightmare33
    @LadyNightmare33 5 months ago +351

    This is what they need to show children in school. I work in the legal profession and let me tell you, this really resonates with a person. VERY well done. Gets the point across crystal clearly. 🎉

  • @Cain_Murd0ch
    @Cain_Murd0ch 2 months ago +34

    0:15. ROUTINE. You can’t think about the amount of time. If you do you’ll go insane. Lifers are a different breed of convict.

  • @mr.adventure559
    @mr.adventure559 5 months ago +16

    This video is so freaking DEPRESSING.

  • @MasterChief81987
    @MasterChief81987 5 months ago +365

    I did 2 years. My entire personality and outlook on life was crushed into something unrecognizable. I died in there. Im a ghost now. A ghost just waiting for my time to pass on into the next world.

    • @Rizzyvr6
      @Rizzyvr6 5 months ago +11

      I thought I was the only one

    • @casey_jones32
      @casey_jones32 5 months ago +26

      You're not dead..in any sense of the word. You may be detached / depersonalized like a mfer.... but it can be undone with the same thing that did it.. Time.

    • @SirFlexingtonbuffington
      @SirFlexingtonbuffington 5 months ago +17

      i will say the same thing to you as i did to another: Look to Jesus Christ. In him you will find peace. he is not the water down version you hear about in shows or movies but a God who is good. you know you have this feeling that was always inside of like a void. God will fill that. Look for a church that is good or read the Bible.

    • @JoeTurner-g4g
      @JoeTurner-g4g 5 months ago +7

      I suggest you repent and seek God.

    • @PokrPro21
      @PokrPro21 5 months ago +8

      It's only 2 years son. Do you know how fast time goes by? Get real.

  • @sethnoname242
    @sethnoname242 2 months ago +2

    This video at first gave me such despair. I was really in the story. Then, at the end I just felt so much gratitude for the life I was given.

  • @ninclow5421
    @ninclow5421 5 months ago +8

    You should make an infographic how a life sentence in prison is like _in Norway_ to compare and contrast it.

  • @marginalized945
    @marginalized945 5 months ago +302

    BROOKS WAS HERE.

  • @gustavocornelio5605
    @gustavocornelio5605 4 months ago +1

    Reminds me of Reception at Ft Benning, GA

  • @rashadhill6383
    @rashadhill6383 5 months ago +6

    So crazy dude… wild.. please a part 2 after he leave the prison

  • @lrlr_kks
    @lrlr_kks 5 months ago +11

    Money for lawyer = Freedom

  • @uncjamez
    @uncjamez 3 months ago +1

    Why was this on my fyp youtube😂😂

  • @samivlog55
    @samivlog55 5 months ago +5

    I like how the video was short but meticulous, exciting, and well detailed

  • @D4RKST4R_MEDIA
    @D4RKST4R_MEDIA 5 months ago +69

    I was in Maryland camps fro 5 years. We were allowed to order old xbox 360s (for the low price of $400). My celly and I would have LAN parties on COD: Black Ops 2 (a guard smuggled us an old ethernet cable). Made the years fly by.

    • @JimmyLee-s2k
      @JimmyLee-s2k 5 months ago +6

      Thank you, if I ever see another Xbox, to refurbish, I have now, an idea what to do with it, who to give it to. I had no interest in it whatsoever..but didn't...well I'm pinball...never into video games too much.😊

    • @jennytalia8224
      @jennytalia8224 5 months ago +3

      Is there any way you could get the Xbox as a gift from your family? Or order online?

  • @Tmujaylen
    @Tmujaylen 2 months ago +2

    Thank god the narrator was sentenced to life and lived to tell us this story

  • @ngsteve2173
    @ngsteve2173 5 months ago +9

    This should be taught in school. Seriously.

  • @jussttgabe
    @jussttgabe 5 months ago +10

    Agreed 100% to the progression of infographic videos, you’ve gained another subscriber

  • @bapzishere
    @bapzishere 3 months ago +1

    Looks like infographics rewatched Shawshank Redemption.

  • @ThatOneBrokeDude
    @ThatOneBrokeDude 5 months ago +5

    I’m 30 years old and I’ve never seen the inside of jail…this video is the closest I’ve come lol

  • @topstriker24z19
    @topstriker24z19 5 months ago +54

    Michael scholfield
    *hold my beer* 😂

  • @luminousseka4748
    @luminousseka4748 4 months ago +1

    This gave me a whole new perspective on prison

  • @awolfe5439
    @awolfe5439 5 months ago +150

    This video lowered the crime rate for sure 🔥🔥 good job

    • @onddu2254
      @onddu2254 3 months ago +3

      I don't see this as motivation to avoid crime, rather I see this as motivation to fight against the authority that's responsible for such inhumane punishment.

    • @kinsumandal2467
      @kinsumandal2467 3 months ago

      @onddu2254 Every country is like this, civilians can't stopped this.

    • @JediWebSurf
      @JediWebSurf 2 months ago

      ​@kinsumandal2467some countries have programs where they actually try to rehabilitate the prisoners but those are experimental. The prisons are like hotels.

    • @FetterSack
      @FetterSack Month ago

      @onddu2254 Genuinly the best comment I've seen here, props to you. I don't know how so many people still believe this insane myth that torturing prisoners in the most inhumane ways is somehow going to reduce crime when throughout history as well as the present day it never once actually did that because which criminal would plan for his prison sentence beforehand?

  • @julianbigelow2794
    @julianbigelow2794 5 months ago +6

    You should make a video about what it is like after you are released from prison.