Why is the USA Putting its Kids in Jail? | Witness | HD American Prison School Crime Documentary 

Yes, that's totally messed up!:(😢

It's phucked up

In my country, Canada, that kid would easily be found Not Guilty as its considered self-defence under Canadian Law.

@@HalifaxHercules not necessarily, nor should it. Problem with today's woke culture is no one understands the difference between abuse and discipline.

how do we know the father is abusive? Back in my day what you refer to as abuse was actually discipline and that's why us older generations were always kept on the straight and narrow. Why we have stronger work ethics. We do not have that ever annoying sense of entitlement. Yes, I am a staunch advocate for returning to corporal punishment not only at home but at our schools too. In my day, we did not need cops in our schools. Money was actually spent teaching us rather than budgets for sniffer dogs and cops.

so as soon as your arrested you'll be sentenced? no trial no nothing?

You are innocent until proven guilty..I mean that’s in the rest of the world..USA may be different

Doesn't matter what you say though, so many criminals out on the run because of this, and lots of innocents behind bars.

Elvira @davidallen7030 Yeah, she is a bit rough. Maybe she is trying to impress her male colleagues. However, it is not supposed to be a pleasant experience. Whole purpose would be lost, if they were light on these folks. They would view the authorities as jokes. It would be total chaos.😮🙃

​@@ElviraMerriweather-tq6bsI highly doubt they'll see them as jokes for giving them warmth, it's something so basic. They can keep being rough, but damn, why freeze people? Lol and kids

Elvira@@user-sr6yp7dy6g However, she & the rest of the staff most likely would have never known they existed, if they hadn't put themselves there. Its not intended to be a fun place. I do respect your ability to express yourself without immature derogatory remarks.💯 That's called class.💯

Yes, the fact that they are huddled on the floor, shivering and trying to stay warm with body heat, it’s def a bit too much.

​@@chrisjenkins203Jails in America are kept cold to reduce the spread of germs and bacteria. Inmates will cut holes in socks and use them as arm warmers.

But she's still obliged to do her job and follow through. If there's a protocol for handling an issue, she'd better follow it.

as a mentally ill person I hate that thinking

​@@patriciawagner4999as a mentally ill person, I agree

Treating mentally ill like criminals? That's a shite hole state like Texas

even in adult jail, and unless you have big bucks $$$$$ for private psych help your f**ked. I was a lucky one. Harrassed by my neighbour, spat on by him and I lashed back. only cause I am the working class poor that had a car to sell did I avoid jail, but the months of hell affects me 8 years on

Yeah that *dude* Stephanie is clearly worried about “proving” to *his* male officers how much of a “bad-ass” *he* is. Stephanie is a smug and entitled wannabe. Making people huddle on the floor for body warmth as they shiver is absolutely inhumane and disgusting.

Mhmm!!!!!

I'm from the UK and then the EU, but live in the States now. First, the "Life" in countries such as the UK and Canada can mean 20-30 years. If the perp committed a particularly vile crime, a whole Life term would be applied. So, the lengths of your sentences for every crime are draconian, compared to many other advanced countries. Reagan closing the State hospitals, due to budget reasons, and the mad idea that people in them were malingering, is another, massive problem, that cannot be understated. Here, I see children under the age of ten being cuffed, because they act out in school, or peed in a public setting. Once a child has gone through that, and labeled a criminal, the chance of their somehow rising above the cradle to jail pipeline is slim to none. I have volunteered in prisons. One example I'd like to offer is a woman I met had a terrible problem with heroin, and ended up in the jail I helped in. She got sober, which is hard to do in prison, and she was bright eyed and clear headed. She wanted out so badly, that she opted to go to to a half-way, sober living house. The State/system required that she be on Methadone, before they would accept her for that programme. Before she was released, I could see the difference in her eyes, and within a few months, she ended up leaving the programme and losing touch with me. Yes, she could have stayed in jail. The rooms were crowded, with bunks crammed together, and I understand her desire to be out. Had there been a better system in place, the whole Methadone BS could have been skipped. Would she have remained sober? Who knows. But, she had a better chance without the State requiring that crap be put in her clean and sober body, IMNSHO. Are the places I lived better? I'm not claiming they are. I AM saying that these are a couple of reasons that I see for the mass incarceration rates. You can add in the cheap labour they provide, the profits and jobs they create for communities and investors, but I am not versed in those areas. EDIT: One more thing; I've watched a lot of documentaries on crime and punishment, and have heard more than one person on Death Row say that the DP doesn't deter, because that's not what they are thinking of at the time of their act. And most criminals don't think they'll get caught...they believe they are smarter, which is one reason why so many talk, even though they have the right not to. Cheers.

@katrina Maybe question the pos parents that are raising these kids.

Blacks make up 13% of the U.S. population, according to recent census data.

​@@hookasmokincaterpiller extremely lazy answer

​@@carabiner7999it has a lot to do with the legacy of racial and extremely fundamentalist religions forming the Base of societal morality in the early centuries of the US. Its no wonder the legacy is harsh punishment and an un-enempathetic almost evangelical view of societal and indivual turmoils.

Yes, her unnecessary smugness and the fact that she is clearly getting pleasure in people suffering is just disgusting. Just like her “Hog tie = Christmas for Stephanie comment” Yes, lock up criminals but making them huddle on the floor as they shiver is ridiculous.

Stephanie needs to know that these are kids.

And her qualifications as a night club bouncer get her a job in prison security??? Really??

She's a frigging sadist

I'm sure she wouldn't want to be treated that way if she was the inmate. I understand they make it a horrible place for them not to want to come back however, they are still humans.

Literally idk how that is fair, they don’t even do that my school maybe suspended or expelled but that’s it.

Absolutely disgusting humans is what I say...no wonder the country is ruined

They’re just a bunch of fucking hypocrites that’s all they are. They don’t care about other people, and they do not care about kids at all. This is absolutely disgusting and disgraceful.

Welcome to "I am the law" city

I agree as these heavy handed prison sentences against youth offenders would not happen in any other civilized country unless their crimes were grievous in nature. In my country, Canada, consequences for youth offenders are regulated under their Youth Criminal Justice Act. For youth convicted of minor offences, penalties include probation, discharge, or Community Supervision. Usually, a Restorative Justice type model is used for sentencing as opposed to dealing with the courts. However, youth who commit serious crimes and sentenced to at least two years and no more than 10 years imprisonment serve their time in a Youth Correctional Facility and then transfer to Adult jails once he/she turns 18. If a youth committed a serious crime and it grievous in nature, a Judge can try and sentence a kid as an adult, and can receive an adult sentence, such as Life Imprisonment for 1st Degree Murder or 2nd Degree Murder.

are in usa prisons in private hands?

And hospitals!

@rooksy Yeah, so let's make it illegal for anyone to wear a cowboy hat, because I'm sure they're killing so many people. 🤡

It’s sunny in there lol

YEPPPP lol you can tell she is a NUTCASE

In Texas, where Bexar County is, that cowboy hat is part of the uniform. All law enforcement in Texas wear cowboy hats.

This is incredibly sad because what you see at 4:55 when she says “they pee on themselves and it’s disgusting “she’s talking about people that are mentally sick ! In the US, they are basically no mental health hospitals like in the rest of the civilized world, they put mentally ill patients in jail

Do you not have pre trial detention in Canada? Cause I’m pretty sure you do

@@Joe-qm4yv yeah we still tread em like humans and don’t have em laying on the floor

You’re not innocent until proven guilty. It’s just the opposite. Thats just a feel good motto someone made up.

@@madride1969 they are still innocent until proven guilty, but depending on the crime it makes sense that they won’t let em free till court is over. But you can still house people more humane than this

@@V4NLIFE_CANADA Really your not. If that was the case you’d get a summon to appear and a court date. But you’re arrested, held against your will. If you get a bond and can post it, you can get out until court. If not, you sit in jail until you can go to court and prove your innocence. How’s that presuming you’re innocent. Just the opposite. They assume you’re guilty. That’s just fact. Sorry. I know it feels good to say you’re innocent until proven guilty, but nope. No way.

They're train to have each other's back no matter what. Even if it means believing the lies. They're not equip to think for themself and investigate to find the real truth before making the proper conclusion.

Yes and if another co lied on her would she automatically believe them I automatically didn't like her Stephanie is a wannabe

Inmates lie to officers all day and every day.

Don't you think she would be showing the worse side possible so that kids won't see this as something they can laugh off. We've lost control over our kids and sorry to say the hammer has to come down sometime and the sooner the better.

agreed, thats why they have cameras. Issue is - the officers know the areas do not cover, or do not work. Inmates may know uncovered areas after time but not faulty cams. Oh it's like Xmas to hog tie a child. Unless they are convicted murderers or pedos, that level of treatment is disgusting

SOO staged. What she was don'in in her past live may be spilling over .whoe s really in charge.. Who cares😪

It's really just to get us ready, so we will be good workers and not question authority but just do what we are told. It's to keep everything running like it is now because it works and we humans were born on this Earth so we have to make it work and what works is the system we have in now

Seriously? Have you ever BEEN to a public school? It's awful, to be sure, but you know what the main problem is? The kids. Not the food, not the cops, not the teachers, and not anything else. They're fucking animals. Prisons exist because of them, not the other way around.

Oh please this is a border town full of illegals in the country and with that comes the cartels & their violences. You want to change how schools are ran? Tell the government to uphold our laws & stop teaching children perversions & hate for authority. Stop hiring incompetent ppl...

@@ThePeacePlant This is what I think too. Our education system is built to make us work 9-5s that runs the government, creates drones of people that blindly pay rent and never question it. They need people to be stupid in order to fool them. Which is why I think they care less about sports and art, they don't want us to be creative nor think outside of the box. They make kids wake up extremely early to work at school for hooours, just getting them prepped for a 9-5. And to pay taxes to literally live on a planet we didn't ask to be born in. Like why can't people pick a spot and call it home and live harmoniously? No, people are depressed and stressed and obsessed with money because we're all starving and struggling to pay rent on a free to live planet.

Because they have to work there selves to deth to pay bills

why are ppl having xxx just for pleasure if they dont wanna raise kids properly? why arent more ppl getting snipped? oh yeah thats right, in America theres no such thing as common sense

I have to agree it comes down to how parents raised the kids at times I had great childhood n my brothers were in jail for long times in n out for years not me now my kids never got in trouble my youngest is so nice n respectful to everyone My oldest son is turning 21 I don't speak to him He's with his father so I don't know about him A lot of people say to me I did a good job on raising my kids and I don't give myself credit but I know I should because my youngest that is with me I got full custody of he just went legally blind in 2020 n also n in and out of the hospital which my son who went blind is also autistic n got ADHD and his father ain't been in the picture since 2020 his father should have been taken care of him why I was sick in the hospital in January of 2020 till May his father kept saying it's covid it's covid And believe it or not he's a firefighter and his new wife is a nurse at Children's Hospital... I never tolerated any craziness with my kids and neither did my parents I was very strict and my repair makes mistakes of course but you learn from mistakes cuz you don't want your child making that mistake I would think I would do anything for both my kids even to this day if my oldest was to come and say mom I needed this I would say let me see what I can do they're my babies and real parents don't want to see their kids get into any sort of trouble that's why they should be raised properly and put foot down when they're young so they know Mom and Daddy ain't dealing with it My ex-husband was the lean back type of person that thought he was everything because he became a firefighter He got real nasty I was strict the parent... ❤ God bless these kids hopefully they pull life together n learn from jail The hard way but the parents should have did it the easy way when they were little to raise them proper This breaks my heart no matter what kids are going to be kids but it's a shame that they have to go through all this because of their own parents not wanting to step up as damn parent THIS PISSES ME OFF W PARENTS TODAY😢

Bingo!!

@@mikewilson164 poor excuse

Ito ang pinakatama na ipakulong ang 18 pababa,para madisiplina sila,Kasi itong mga batang ito ay itong mga gulang 18 pababa na ito ay mga abusado na,dapat ito ipakulong para madisiplina sila,,at ihiwalay ang kulongan ng mga matatanda at mga 18 pababa,dapat talaga ipakulong ang mga minors para madisiplina SILA,pero sa pilipinas hindi tama ang ginawa nila,hindi pinakulong yung 18 pababa pag nagkasala,parang tinu tolerate nila na gumawa pa ng kasalanan,Kasi hindi ipakulong,mali yan na batas,hindi tama,paano madisiplina ang kabataan kung hindi mo ipakulong.iyan ang maling batas ni kiko..

@lindacherry441 SO AGREE! Austin is only guilty of being a helpless kid under the reign of a monster, his own father, and cruel abuse! I pray for intervention in his unfair punishment. He was defending himself, not committing a crime.

HEY THAT PUNK BETTER CONSIDER HIMSELF VERY DAMM LUCKY THE JUDGE CAN EASILY HAVE SENTENCED HIM TO DEATH & THE WARDEN WOULD TELL THAT KID "HEY YOU PUT YOURSELF HERE LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID" WHEN HE TURNED 18-YRS OLD WHICH MEANS THEY CAN TRANSFER THAT KID TO THE DEATH ROW IN THE POLANSKI UNIT IN TEXAS. THIS IS A FACT THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS EXECUTES MORE PRISONERS THAN ANY OTHER STATE. STATISTICALLY THE STATE OF TEXAS EXECUTED 490-PRISONERS . THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS MORE PRISONS THERE'S ONE IN HUNTSVILLE & AUSTIN & SANANTONIO & DALLAS & TWO MORE

I was locked up at the age of 14 and caught a felony at that age but I only served like 2 months in Juvie and a year of felony probation

Ya but ur life is ruin ​@KeeganBrown-oj8dt

If only they'd listen or care :/

If you are under the age of 18 you are a child no matter what they have done

Which is why USA's Youth Criminal Justice System needs to be modelled based on other industrialized countries, including Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

​​@@HalifaxHercules because teens in the countries you mentioned are perfect yeah right wake up

@@jackjohnson6230 In my country, Canada, if a youth offender commits a grievous crime, he/she can still get an Adult Sentence instead of a Youth Sentence. For example, in Canada, if a child commits a murder, but a Judge opts for a Youth Sentence, the maximum he/she can receive is 10 years.

@@HalifaxHercules sounds like Australia It should be do the crime dovtge time no excuses

When you become a victim of home invasion, and left lame in one leg then you will change your tune. You are a Bambi in the woods unaware of the existence of ogres.😊

Doesn't always work even with it. But it's still understandable.

I agreed

With psychopathy and sociopathy doesn't work any guidance

We do already, the 'kids' ignored it AND the laws. Please do you research next time before posting.

How do u punish someone for assult with u

Lol Bull shit Kids are doing most of the killing Little wannabe gang bangers

lol 😂😂

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That's a good one😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Right?! “If my sheriff tells me I have the green light to Hogtie someone, it’s like Christmas” 😒 it’s *those* kinds of sadistic, power driven sickf**ks that get red-flagged by most militaries (with any kind of ethics) against serving in uniform….they usually end up as washed up security guards in hospitals…taking every opportunity to pounce and assault patients in medical crisis. Seen it firsthand, it’s disgusting how they literally foam at the mouth for an opportunity to lay their hands on some of the most vulnerable. They’re red striked from serving in the military for a reason, I mean they’re in it for being power hungry and being dangerous, power-hungry brutes. When they should really see restraining any human being as an unfortunate, last resort measure meant to keep them safe. But we all know most in correctional fields aren’t that way. It’s inhumane and absolutely disgusting! 🥴🤦🏼‍♂️

How would you like you child being punched over some moronic girlfriend! And you and your lefty liberal agreers are the reason crime persists and why there are so many criminals. You obviously haven’t been a victim of crime !

I’m 5 min in and I agree. And I’m sure it’s gonna get worse. I get wanting to deter kids from committing crimes, but it’s gross to use inmates as some sort of sideshow. And warmth is a necessity and basic human decency. Good lord “ it’s Christmas if I can hog tie someone.” WOW please fire her!

You're missing the initial point I guess.

Yes, the point is if you want to act like an adult doing adult crimes you get treated like an adult criminal. You can't coddle these kids. I still believe there are too many. You have schools with so many kids in a classroom they get lost. Too, too many.

The more money you have, the quicker and more certain your innocence will be proven.

Very true

Fr that *DUDE* is way out of control lol.

Honestly I don't think most people know that we don't fully develop until 25+

You will just teach kids that if they break the law, they will get away with it because they are "underdeveloped".

@@ThePeacePlant More stuff that should be taught in school but isn't. Crazy :/

Trust me, none of these people have brains or logic. I called the police to get my sister baker acted, they said she didn't meet the criteria for a crazy person even though she was shaking, couldn't speak, was yelling and not listening to them. They also said she didn't want to go to the hospital so they couldn't take her, like?? Of course she doesn't, she's not in her right state of mind TF. They finally took her, looking back, I should've called the ambulance but I thought she was in psychosis when she had actually overdosed. They don't make sense. But in reality they don't even help these people rehabilitate, I wouldn't trust some of them back into society, most reoffend. Ik from lack of help, but that's how it is now. :/

So if someone under 24 kills your 5 year old kid they shouldn't face prison?

Welcome to Bexar County. There is a culture of sadism in the jail.

@bobbywhelan6668 It's not her job to educate or be a role model to any of these people, it was the parents job to do that, snowflake.

yeah make it pleasant so they want to go there

so you want to make jails like 5 star resorts?

Yes she is a real piece of work.

American society is inhumane I would hate to live there. I feel so blessed to have been born where I was

It’s not as bad as North Korean society.

Yeah I don’t think Stephanie could make it anymore obvious of *HIS* shortcomings and that he “Has something to prove”. *He’s* on a total power trip!

the fact that she thing hogtying children is like Christmas coming is a red flag.

It's not her fault. The system is set up that way and she is the result of it. Blaming her is pretty stupid.

Make sure you add culture into that. You can't make a sensible judgment without understanding the culture. When its a culture that glamorize violence, drug use and promiscuity this is what happens....you don't coddle violent criminals

@@Lonesome__Dove there is a middle ground between cuddling and torturing.

@samysnes U obviously know nothing of the N. Korean or Russian criminal justice systems then.

@@hookasmokincaterpiller re-read my comment, but slowly. You'll get there. Keyword "G7"

North Korea is way worse than the United States.

That’s how all jails are…

We need to bring it to the USA. Then, we can have help staffing the armed forces, college can be made a lot more accessible through the GI bill, and reduce the cost of health insurance nationwide. Armed forces employees are tricare/champus/champva military health insurance. Then, they will benefit from already having earned their health insurance from the armed forces and make it easier to not stress about getting a job with health insurance. They also benefit greatly from already having established a work history. There's many benefits to this line of thinking. I thumbs up your comment in agreement ❤.

I agree...and I think it should also be required to vote. 2 years of civil service, whether that is military, well vetted state or local government - but away from home and family for 2 years to see a different perspective.

military is just as bad vet suicide is a mere constant in America and prisons are for profit organizations.

Yes!! What she said is horrific!! Like Christmas?? That woman is sick.

All jail/prison guards are like this. They’re all psychologically the same. Sick in the head

Stephanie is one of the grossest men I’ve ever seen.

My guess is that they had a drug problem due to gang activity. That kind of crap only exhists because people ALLOW it to exhist. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Don't want to get in trouble....easy, don't break the law! Making excuses is not the answer.

American public schools are huge. Over 5000 students in one high school in a metropolitan school is not unusual.

What was the crime?? Let me guess Murder?? Lul gang banger out catching a quick body Aka Lacken ops

@@media696 no troll 🧌

The state of Florida sent a 10 year old to prison for life

It’s the same thing

Fr I can picture them out there Breaking the law talking about: 'fk Stephanie, I’m committing this crime because of Stephanie'

It's like Christmas because you can hog tie someone. Come on wanna be man you're in a power trip!!!!

They gotta learn somehow.

A culture that glamorizes it and parents that also live it.

Blacks make up 13% of the US population, according to the latest census data.

@@Lonesome__Dove Bingo

Lesbians have made tremendous sacrifices for our country and keep our nation safe every day.

welcome to the world babe, it is nothing new that the us has the largest prison population.

Police are in my upper class schools

She's disgusting

Yes, he’s more worried about how his outfit looks vs people that are huddling on floor, shivering, trying to stay warm with body heat from one another. Stephanie is one disgusting dude.

Extremely dense take…

@@alexlabs4858 Many Americans are unwilling to be held “accountable” for anything. I feel differently.

Kids's brains aren't fully developed until there around 25 years old. these kids I see here are definitely not that age. so I don't agree with do the crime, do the time because a lot of these kids are in there for stupid mistakes. If these kids have to be put somewhere for their typical teenage mistakes, then the place should be teaching kids about growing up and becoming a responsible adult. Jails breed criminals And when a person (especially a kid) goes to jail, whoever they were when they went in, is not the same person who comes out..

​​@@dizzgraceous If you don't want young people suffer parents should do their job well in educating them from birth as God commands.. Both parents and educational institutions have taken God out their lives so what do you expect? Satan has taken control and that is the result a society that is useless

So what, these teens need to learn that criminal activity is wrong, good for them...this country is to lenient @@dizzgraceous

I have lead a life free of major troubles, been an asset to my family friends and community, and had no involvement whatsoever with the criminal justice system here in the uk as an adult. However if I was a kid growing up in the states , looking at the way they are marginalised and punished , I would have been put on medication and spent a lot of time incarcerated for the minor infractions I perpetrated before I was 18. Its beyond stupid to be doing this shit to children.

Stop making excuses

​@@forlorat2k13excuses? Wasn't there a kid who basically got put in the system for getting into a fight over a girl? That's life-altering crap over something as petty as fighting over a girl. Lmao Literally school shit, trivial.

​@@forlorat2k13Stop using the word excuses, cause humans are humans

Blame the system for failing to give parents the full responsibility to teach they're kids the proper manners. And the prison system is broken as it did nothing to teach these out of control kids manners and consequences for every action they do so when they get out they can be more upstanding citizens. Not coming back out to cause more problems and committing crimes.

Yeah, clearly Stephanie has some internal frustrations going on. Due to the fact that she wasn’t born with a sausage.

Excellent point! Stephanie is without a doubt a perfect example of someone that abuses their authority. It’s literally inhumane to make people freeze and have to huddle in the floor, amongst one another, in order to get body heat and try to stay warm.

Yeah and she is acting like a fuc**** superior.. and her face looks very happy and satisfied seeing the prisoners begging for her help.

That's why we need Trump.