prison kids (doc)
http://fusion.net/series/prison-kids/
via Open thread for night owls: Here’s a documentary about juvenile injustice that you should watch http://t.co/9dJ8tsOcIl
Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/dailykos/status/650149607935074304
2015
Prison Kids: Juvenile Justice in America | Full Doc
zion – 25 write ups in 1st grade
americans pay 8 bill a yr to incarcerate kids
kalief
many are locked up for things that aren’t a crime for adults
9 min – u.s. incarcerates more youth than anywhere else… most are black/brown and have mental health issues
11 min – some call solitary torture, the state called it a special management plan meant to make her a better inmate
13 min – stuart brashen – instead of understanding what was going on with these kids they were put in solitary
16 min – over time.. change brain cells
17 min – cory booker – other countries consider solitary torture.. we do it on a regular basis..
a lot of kids entered system hopeful that the system could help then –Stuart Grassian
19 min – zion’s meds – how can you give a pill to a 6 yr old.. what happens when he’s 25
23 min – these are kids that aren’t welcome in the traditional health system… because of concern of disruption and affect on staff/other kids – stuart
24 min – if we don’t treat he underlying cause – judge linda toddosio
27 min – in florida – 56% of kids arrested are black.. even thought 25% of pop
29 min – nola – no opportunities/services for youth – griffin
30 min – nationally – black students 1/3 of arrests while 16% of pop
37 min – youth study center – kids haven’t been found guilty.. awaiting trial
46 min – cory
75% who spend time are back w/in 2 yrs
47 min – on cost – 21 billion – cory
50 min – kim tandy – juvenile law center
52 min – our society hasn’t created services.. to address problems – stuart
54 min – belinda hope – principal of pineridge – in browerd cty florida – the promise program (started 2013)
55 min – judge elijah williams – the more i locked up the more i was destroying.. on distinction of (kids) scaring us and making us mad
1:00 – nothing will change unless we do.. if we can’t raise the conscience of our country.. the moral imaginationation that we’re better than this.. this isn’t one of the big issues… this is one that we as a country have to say – this is not us.. cory
1:01 – if locking a child up taught them a lesson.. we would be the safest country in the world.. but clearly experience shows that doesn’t work.. – judge linda tucci teddosio
1:02 – i have know so many of these young kids that have beauty/strength/potential that we are wasting/squandering .. i don’t want to be in the country that leads the globe in incarceration – cory
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evolution of a criminal – Darius Clark Monroe