Dying Inside: Elderly in Prison - Fault Lines
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- The massive prison population in the U.S. is getting older. Long sentences that were handed out decades ago are catching up with the American justice system, and 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.
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“The elderly are harmless” Two minutes later… “He shot two women at 82” 😂
So true lol. Perhaps the sick and bedridden inmates are.. then again its a statement from a biased person who is friends with inmates
It’s hilarious how we somehow HAVE to have some form of sympathy for these inmates. I have sympathy for their victims. The victims they killed, raped and screwed up for the rest of their lives. People will say, “Oh but … they are innocent….” Statistically, that is so low nowadays with cellphones, cameras and audits that argument has no merit.
Now that is the very Epitome of Recidivism. LOL
@@ewjiml i agree my bother was murdered by a so called family friend my family and i have to live withthe pain everyday .Our lives have been screwed up
@@Sassyintrovert1538 Sorry to hear that. That’s why I have no sympathy no matter how old these inmates are. You reap what you sow.
Everybody is against long prison sentences until they hear the crimes
I personally don't believe in life sentences, ain't no point. If they murdered, raped/molested.... Simple fix, execution. Now for robbery, theft, drugs, etc.... Rehabilitation, not life
You believe all murder is immoral? Every instance of someone beating another is immoral?
@@syguy3599 Murder is immoral. But there's a difference, just because you kill someone doesn't make it murder
@@joeweaver1004 you think the state should be able to KILL it’s citizens? No.
@@joeweaver1004
Treason and crimes against the state?
The inmate over 100 years old actually is getting better care than if he were in a nursing home.
Ironically some of these elderly prisoners would be better taken care of in prison than on the outside.
I find that difficult to believe.
I wonder if they are treated better there than at a lot of nursing homes.
Who is going to pay for a nursing home if they get out?
@@lisajeter9511 Or they would result in self medicating, homeless in the street as MOST end up. So yeah, I think some are better off inside especially with no family to care for them.
@@HisLittleGirlAbandonedOne Not necessarily. I see vids of elderly being abused all over the U.S via news in these places. I only hope those are isolated cases but there's just too many reports out there.
The point is these men were young at one point and did heinous acts. I'm sure their victim's would've liked to grow old...
Ch G+ Your comments assume they are all murderers. Don't be stupid, in order to pretend you have a point. Part of the outrage is that in the same society, where people serve many years for relatively minor offenses, many Supremacists get to walk free, simply because they committed murder "in service" to a city/state agency. Pretty sure THEIR victims would've liked to grow old; or in some cases, at least make it to their teens!!!
As someone who was raped by the justice system, not all these cats did what they “say” 😘😘😘
Cherish G One women of put in for self defense for fucks sake.
No, the point is that we are a country that is 20 trillion dollars in debt and cannot afford to house these people
Cherish G True but we must forgive
One thing that occurs to me is "release them to what"? Nobody is going to want to take care of most of them.
And is society supposed to care about them? Fine then, release them. The majority are murderers anyway, so let them die on the outside at no cost to the decent people who DON'T go to prison.
The state would still be burdened with them, cuz they'd end up in nursing homes. I say, just keep them where they're at.
Sadie Smiles you don’t know what they did to their victims.
Exactly,, they will be release to a society they have not paid into social security or retirement , to be a further drain on society! You have college students that cannot afford to attend college, you have military members that cannot get housing or health care. You have a government that is afraid to hand out the death sentence. You cannot "fix" everyone you just can't. I really don't feel sorry for these people.
@Sadie Smiles no more heartless than the acts that got these guys in the slammer in the first place!
They are getting 3 meals a day, a roof over their head and free medical care. Many children in America don’t even get that.
50 is not elderly ... 60 is not elderly .... 70 is the start of being "elderly." 🙄
Many don’t live 100 yrs. You really only make t to 75 maybe 80 if you take care of yourself half of that is 35/40. 70 is elderly my guy.
Danny------ yep...... 70 is the Youth of old age and the old age of Youth..
Depends on what kind of shape ur in. Some 50yo are in bad shape and some 70yo are in great shape. All depends, bro. Genetics and lifestyle are a huge factor.
U a stupid lost yt little boy
Let me guess: you're older than 50?
Having had my brother brutally murdered in his sleep. I can honestly say that no. These people didn't give thier victims any choice.
@ThoughtCrime just become someone is old does not make them capable of commuting another crime, just last month a 65 year old man was released from a local prison because of covid concerns, he then proceeded to go to his ex wife’s house and shot her twice in the head, along with her new husband and their 2 children. This was literally just down the street from me and I heard the damn shots when it happened. The guys back in prison but he was already in previously for murder. Most people don’t change.
The only choice they should get is to be put down once they're old enough. Even then that's a mercy.
@ThoughtCrime That is a good argument but as the gentlemen below commented that an elderly man was released because of covid concerns and then murdered someone else. It is a shame that these types of people have made a choice of taking another persons life but it is what it is. We as humans are taught these things and there needs to be consequences for their actions. Yes it is at taxpayers expense but we pay for a ton of other useless things.
@ThoughtCrime I have worked with elderly people at a nursing home and I can tell you that feebleness doesn't mean they cannot do harm. I was in the ER after an elderly woman attacked me.
@@nicolebuchanan229 ditto! I have been put on my knees several times by gut punches or kicks. I've had handfuls of hair snatched out. I've had at least a dozen black eyes and one concussion with 18 stitches from having my head slammed into rhe dinning table. That's not even close to all of it. Not counting what I've seen done to the others. They may look harmless.
Being elderly is no excuse for parole. It’s called life in prison for a reason.
kill them then, they're just draining resources
@@sockysol9599 death penalty is more expensive than life in prison. Hell its more expensive to be on death row than life in prison.
@@hellofaname how is it taking care of some old farts rotting away less expensive? just hang them/shoot them and be done with it
@@hellofaname how? Just letal injection and boom youre done
@@OLGA-io1kp the legal bologna that comes with giving someone the death penalty costs a ton
Watching the documentary, I feel as if they are expecting us to feel some sort of sympathy for these prisoners. This is what an actual life sentence looks like. These are people paying the price for the heinous crimes they’ve committed.
bs there not expecting us to do anything its just a doco, u opinionated so n so !
Life sentence is a moronic, superstitious punishment. You're wasting money just to cause even more suffering for basically no reason.
No the taxpayers are paying for their crimes and "mistakes" a prisoner who is locked up at 30 and has a life sentence costs taxpayers more than 1.8 million per prisoner (not including Healthcare when they get older) there is over 55,000 people with a life sentence that's 99,000,000,000$ just in life sentences that dosent count people who received 25-100 year plus sentence that adds millions of people (death row prisoners are the most expensive costing taxpayers 3-8 million dollars) per person most of them spend over 20 years in the court fighting their sentence. The "war on drugs" back in the 1980s when Regan introduced it probably cost the taxpayers in excess of 10 billion between court / prisons and jails/ people that were locked up / still to this day there are people that were locked up in the 80s 90s 00s that got 20 plus year sentences for drug related crimes which is just crazy and cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars over a 30/40 year span. Just like the 3x strike law that created so many people getting 25 plus year sentences even for non violent crimes and that floods the prison system with people that shouldnt be there and crates overcrowding and funding issues especially when you have a prison for 3000 people and you shove 5000-6000 in there and you have people sleeping on the floor in boats
@KratomFlavoredAdidas agreed if you received life you should just be executed in the morning.
@@cameron3991Is it ok if call you mommy?
Videos like these should be shown in every high school in the country
This video should be shown in elementary through high schools to show exactly the result of criminal activity when a person is young.
Kids need to know this as soon as possible the earlier the better
I agree
Brock Stapleton Awesome...🙄
@Brock Stapleton America got the most crooks! Look a Trump.
berry divo that makes to much sense berry. I believe the government wants to make as many felons as they can in order to take away rights given to us in the constitution such as the 2nd amendment. The constitution says it shall not be infringed but they do it anyway.
I only feel sorry for the innocent people who have gone into prison for a crime they did not commit.
That DOES happen, and especially in New Mexico!!!
China is really bad , there is a prison camp there that sends your entire family if your a criminal. I mean wife,morher,. Children,. Infants , etc
Yes.
Whats sad is there is alot of people who were wrongfully arrested are cleared of all charges and is found innocent and the correct suspect arrested but cannot come home because they picked up assualt charges from the arrest against a police officer while trying to express their innocence, but I feel bad for the ones who assaulted or killed an inmate trying to extort them and defended their selves but now has to serve 10 to 20yrs from the offense. Just sad.
@@DennisWilliams-nf2gn that's beyond sad, it HEARTbreaking.
My empathy for these inmates is the same they felt for their victims!
Sociopath detected
AGREED
You know nuance exists right? Every crime is different. But good job exposing yourself as a vengeful sociopath that doesn't give a shit about rehabilitation. Enjoy your dysfunctional prison system.
Amen, it's life without parole for a reason
Which inmates are you talking about? Are all inmates the same?
Getting old in jail is a scary situation but being murdered and or sexually assaulted as well being robbed is another so it’s hard for me to feel anything for these imates
At least they are getting a chance to grow old something they didn't give to their victims.
yea cus everyone killed someone to get in prison...
@@ByFujiHD I think he is meaning for the murderers .Everyone knows that rapists go to jail among lots of others. You are deliberately being obtuse. Welcome to the internet though right
@@mikerandall8289 I'm sure some are non violent criminals. And I'd also bet that drug charges etc. We're penalized incredibly heavy for inmates back then.
@@raritica8409 tell me about it, people get life for CBD oil in Dubai !
@@mikerandall8289 another reason to avoid Dubai then
Anyone that has murdered, raped, molested children, etc. Deserve to be exactly there. I don't care about how old they are or their disabilities.
Exactly
Aleia Le'Gare yup
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASSES --- YOU SHOULD KNOW THE REST.
@Adonis Freys tut tut tut
its clear that the people who have done these kind of crimes have been abused and are sick. no one should ever go through any of this. if laws were in effect to chemicaly & physicaly castrate rapists, we would have fewer re-offenders. Or certainly think twice before offending when the law will cut their balls off!
I’m a trial clerk. I’ll never forget when I saw a 70 year old man sentenced to 20 years for a DUI murder. Other than this offense he had lived a great life , served in the military, took care of parents and family, served his community by volunteering for various charities. His only offense was a DUI when he was like 21. Now, he’ll die in there. No one wins. Really sad.
I shared a room in the hospital with a elderly prisoner that was in this category who had a stroke. I was in an accident and transported to a local hospital. I ended up in a room with a guy, chained up in the bed who had a prison guard with him, he had very slurred and semi-coherent speech, and it was obvious that he was invalent. He was unable to walk, they had to bathe him in the bed. Later when he was discharged, two other guards came in and they strip-searched him (spread your cheeks and all), apparently rolling him around on the bed, they searched his diaper. All behind the curtain for me, which I appreciated. You can tell the guards were just following a transfer procedure by rote, just doing their job. I only saw him for a second when they wheeled him out, this 90lb scrawny, skeleton looking guy. It was a very strange experience. I don't know I have mixed feelings about it all. The guy probably did something really terrible for all I know.
No matter how badass you are in life, old age will get you!
Yes
I plan on living forever. So far so good.
FATHER TIME WILL ALWAYS REMAIN UNDEFEATED ⏰
Everytime
I’m feeling my age now 😒 Cut down about 12 trees today, cut them all up and stacked em. Man, I’m not young anymore. I can’t move...but I’m 33!
When they grow old, they finally feel what their victims where feeling... Powerless, afraid and alone. Seems about right.
happyboss777 i agree
And what dumbass might that be? I certainly didn't say anything about them being murderers. They could be serial rapist or armed robbers for all I care, victimizers get what they deserve. Asswipe.
happyboss777 lmao
Yall do know that ppl who have never comitted crimes also grow old and get sick smh
If this was Norway Plutarcho Hill would have been out of prison in about 1958.
Something to keep in mind - these elderly, medically dependent inmates will not be received into a nursing home. For liability sake, nursing homes do not accept residents who have a felony conviction. So where are they going to go - especially those who do not have family or anyone to care for them?
Yep, the streets & more burden on society.
ALL YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO SEE THIS.
Imagine some of these guys being In there since the late 1940s-50s imagine how it’d feel to get out to literally see an entire different world
I think they see glimpses on TV throughout the decades
Imagine what crimes they'd have committed since the 1950s
Culture shock
They probs want to go back to jail as they wouldn't be able to cope with how the world is today especially since its rapidly changing
Shawshank Redemption
there are homeless veterans on the street and the government is spending 70k on each inmate per year. Great job america!!!!
MOST ARE DRUG ADDICTS.VETERANS STATUS DOESNT MEAN YOU GET A FREE PASS.WHEN I CAME OUT OF THE MILITARY IT DIDNT TAKE ME LONG TO FIND OUT,IT MEANS NOTHING .
If those "homeless veterans" got off the drugs and/or alcohol, they'd be more than capable of taking care of themselves. Until they make that choice, there's nothing we can do for them. Under our laws, even the mentally ill can't be helped until they themselves seek treatment.
If you're homeless, it's your own fault.
If it's too expensive to hold those old prisoners, just line them up and shoot them all. Bullets are cheap.
Yes this country is warped and ass backwards
A friend of mine was around 80 when he was sentenced to prison. If he did what he was convicted of, and he was guilty of at least some of it, he deserved every day he did there, regardless of his age. He died a year or two after he was released.
No sympathy for them whatsoever. They knew what they was doing and they took someone's family member away from them. I can't understand why these people are even allowed to keep on breathing. An eye for an eye.
You are right!! No pity 🙁
Their victims deserved "compassion, dignity and respect" too! Think about that for a minute. Growing old doesn't make them less guilty of the crime! 😖
I agree with you 100% they should die there for the horrible crimes they have committed , They created this for themselves no one else. SO die there. also its better to keep these types 100 years inside then let them out to kill more people.
Spoken like a couple of individuals who've never felt remorse.
But 66 years? Dying slowly :/ your not actually teaching/rehabilitating people to be civilised your just locking them up and leaving them to dye slowly
You lock them up to keep them up away from the public but these elderly people aren't capable of much if they were to get released
Guilt can't be paid of by endless imprisonment. Once you turn 75, you're physically harmless
“A lot of them will never get out alive”
Isn’t that kind of the point?
It’s just sad and that the US isn’t thinking about its people, they are forgotten people and their care is expensive. The US under Republicans has suffered. US should be more like Europe
It shouldn't be for most.
You shouldn't lose your entire life for selling dope or having some on you. I do not believe murders, rapist, and child molesters deserve to ever be free.
But more petty crimes are punished worse than those at times.
@@0IIIIII Past 65 their care is expensive regardless and paid for by the goverment, whether they're in prison or not.
Also keep in mind Europe prosecuted war criminals that were in their 80s and 90s.
Lol
@@reubensandwich9249 late reply but we prosecuted them for being **war** criminals. War is bad enough but comitting crimes such as ethnic cleansing and attacking innocent people is just too heinous of a crime.
Waiting to die in prison after committing heinous crimes is a fate worse than death. Living your entire life in a cage, with no family, no hope of ever getting out is terrifying. Death needs to come slow for these people, through natural causes. The death penalty is the easy way out in my opinion, plus innocent people have been executed which is a huge miscarriage of justice.
It doesnt take a criminology degree to understand that the precipitous drop in crime since the 90s is because offenders finally started getting locked up. The rights and safety of the general public are more important....keep it that way.
He said elderly inmates should be freed because they are "harmless" you Know who also was harmless their victims.
whyisthisnottyping I agree. The elderly man was 86 years old when he killed two women. Harmless my arse!
That’s a strawman. How do you know how harmful/harmless any of the victims were? If I murder a murderer, I’ve still done something wrong but the victim wasn’t harmless.
He is big killer
No excuse
whyisthisnottyping girl.
Did anybody catch the contradiction? Dude said that they're too old to hurt anybody, yet that 100 year old dude killed 2 women when he was 80! They're still dangerous, don't let anyone fool you.
That’s just one person not all of them are evil
@@deshawn1801 so what gotta do your time
My ex father in law is 70 and tried to Murder the Deputy serving him a Restraining Order. He's going to die in prison.
@@reachingcoldmountainbeforeyou yea sad ending
@@deshawn1801 That Oklahoma prison, ONLY houses criminals convicted of violent offenses. Don’t let these old dudes fool you. They are criminals who hurt someone.
Are we supposed to feel sorry for these elderly inmates? They made their choices and now have to live with the consequences. If they die in prison, it’s their own fault.
“Because they’re harmless”
Um have you ever worked in a nursing home??
You said what was on my mind. I would go home daily with new bruises and markings from them attacking. I even had to get tested from MRSA because a resident attacked me who had it and clawed me. One event told me that they would kill me if they could. Elderly aren't as feeble as people like to make them out.
I got bitten, slapped, punched, spat on. I even had one woman throw poo at me, old people are nuts 🤪
The only time I had to go to emerg was when an 86 yr old post op patient went squirly on me and two others. We had bites and scratches.
Yep, the elderly present more of a problem than in a mental hospital where I've worked
True that
I am a nurse and I worked at a state owned hospital for 13 years. When an inmate needed to be in the hospital, they came to my facility. We had a fully locked prison ward, but when an inmate needed ICU or speciality care like chemo, neuro, cardiac, or specialty nursing, they would be transferred and would have 1 or 2 guards with them at all times when off the prison ward. In the ICU, many times I took care of these patients who were in comas and on life support and yet they had to have a guard at the bedside and be shackled to the bed. Out of the ICU, I took care of many inmates who were alert and awake, and I would interact with them. It was against policy for nurses to know what the inmates were convicted of, but sometimes the guards would tell a nurse if they asked. I didnt want to know, and I didnt care. To me, that person was my patient. As long as they treated me with respect, I would give them the high quality nursing care I was trained to give. Now if they were disrespectful, that didnt mean I would give them substandard care, but I would not be likely to sneak into the kitchens at 2 am to get them some extra pudding, or get them a soda instead of water if they were thirsty.
What surprised me was how polite, kind, and grateful the inmates were when I took care of them. To get a treat of pudding or ice cream at 2am was just not something they were used to. I cared for them without judgement, without duress, and with their dignity and comfort in mind. They would always say thank you to me. They never got mad at me, even if what I was doing hurt or I had to say no to a request because it was against medical orders. I had them tell me time and time again that they were not used to being treated like a human being instead of a number. Sometimes they cried with me, and some of them died because it was their time. They were not allowed visitors, and for several of my inmates, I was the person who was with them when they died because there was no one else. I understand both sides of this argument, but I just wanted to share my point of view and story. Thank you.
Yes same here. I looked after a prisoner in ICU who was brain dead. His organs were up for harvesting. He was shackled to the bed. On a ventillator etc & 2 guards all the way to OR! Bazaar situation😞
Joe Joseph sure you are
There is no reason to keep them for life after 65 years old...i know they did wrong. But come on. Life. No way.
Thank you for taking care of them
Joe Joseph Your Not A Nurse At All Joe So Stop It
Strength and size used to rule the land but the fun equalized the playing field. No matter how old, killing someone again is just a trigger pull away.
Regardless of your thoughts on crime and punishment in America, this was a truly amazing documentary. I was riveted.
The 100 yo man, murdered 2 women when he was in his 80s, he's done a little over 20 years, no, he's not served a lifetime. At a 100 yrs old, he'll be fine where he is, and justice is served.
Yes Ma'am, agreed. These are heinous murderers who belong behind bars. No one seems at all concerned about the lack of compassion and dignity these inmates showed for their victims and their victims' families.
Well, the "lock them up and throw away the key" people certainly got what they wanted. Except safety and peace of mind in their own lives. And a belief in a better future in America, both for themselves and their kids. They didn't got that.
Sherman Parker died in prison at the same age in 2010.
It should work as a deterrent
@A L -he killed two women. He can rot
I just hope none of them were wrongfully convicted and actually deserve to be in here
@I don’t exist For tax and insurance purposes I think it is about nuance. You can have compassion for victims of crime and still believe that the current system is incredibly broken in many ways.
@I don’t exist For tax and insurance purposes care to elaborate? I'm genuinly interested in where you are coming from.
@I don’t exist For tax and insurance purposes I am not arguing weather there are people who deserve to be in prison.There are still many other issues that need to be addressed.
How u doing Lisa Daniso?
anthony jones I’m great and you
When people say you'll rot in jail, THIS is what they're envisioning.
You commit the crime you gotta do the time, regardless of how old and frail you get in the end . . That is what Justice looks like coldhearted and mean just like their victims felt about them.
101 years old... Let him out? Go where? He's more like getting better care in prison than in a extended care facilities
It’s interesting that he has made it to triple digits while most people on the outside die much earlier, between 80 and 90 if you’re lucky. Dude is 101 and still able to chew solid foods. Guess the controlled environment can extend life for some.
Serve his whole sentence.. he did the crime..
I just can't believe he shot 2 women at 82, like what happened there?
If they were family members, he's better taken care of in prison.
What does it say about American system if the old people get better taken Care of in your rotten prison system then on the outside? Wow you Got a shitty life system like china has not much diffrent there
I would rather die then live in custody
Holy shit murder charge from 1947. That really put it into perspective
Govt is feeding them. Great job
My grandparents were born that year and I'm 26
Let'em rot. You kill, you need to stay in for life
@@danielholt6741 emotional revenge doesn't solve anything. Can't take anybody serious that wants a civilized society and wants punishment as revenge, rather, punishment as a detterent for crime.
not that i dont understand people that feel like that.... but we need to focus our taxpayer money on helping people that need help, reduce crime and homelessness, and abuse, and if you can help somebody in prison become a good person and give them freedom that is admirable if its possible
And how about the victims?
They are still dead and they are not gonna wake up anymore unlike those prisoners
If they are released because of their age, where would they go? We’d still have to pay for their care. A sad situation all around.
No fuckin where is where they go. Homeless and dementia addled. Kill me please.
It cost $70,000 to Loco them up a year but only give old people who are free 22k a year to live on ? That’s what’s wrong with America. Greed and carelessness
I love the idea of teaching younger inmates to work as caregivers for the older, sick ones.
Yeah but at five dollars a month?
I been in prison. Younger inmates steal their pain medication. They may as well of died alone in a ditch.
@@jesuschrist6298 Well that would be irresponsible to put them in charge of meds. To say the least.
@@AURORATHEANIMATOR there never in charge of any meds. They extort the old guys with intemadation . So the old guys fake taking it and pass it on. They got enough problems.
@@jesuschrist6298 awhhh, I didn't even think about that. How sad. I believe u 💯
The first man interviewed is 86 years old and 66 years of his life was spent in prison. Imagine being in prison since the age of 20 😳
Your entire life is gone
Like the life of the person they killed.
I know a person who’s doing 40 years & was arrested at 17. What a waste .
Good!!👍
That's bullshit. Life long sentences for stuff like three strikes drug offences is barbaric, nothing else. Reintegration and rehab should be the norm, not 'revenge'.
They deserve as much compassion as they showed their victims
Imagine being in your early 20s and being sent to prison for maybe 50 or 60 years and then you get released when you’re 70 or 80 years old. Could you even adjust to the outside world?! For some people, it would be too much to handle at that age!!
“Having cancer in jail and not seeing my family IS SCARY!”
You know what else is scary? GETTING MURDERED.
👍
not really death is a gift compared to lonelyness death is better option
@@furcor8299 lol emo much?
@@mrdemann702 not rlly just the truth death is quick, and honestly less painfull than 2+ years of lonelyness... that why if i was ever to get revenge i wouldnt kill id force them to live forever some how
@@furcor8299 lol you whiny tween.
I wish all innocent homeless and elderly people may get proper treatment like those Inmates..🙏
You said it....jail is better after a while.....if one no longer want to have alcohol and other drugs...jail sounds fine after 75
They want us to feel bad for them for what that's what it means life in prison we saw on another program they have TV in their room playing video games it's a bunch of bulshit
They feed and give healthcare to those they intend to execute, and prevent them from committing suicide ? Why prevent suicide if the end goal is death anyways?
Because it’s about revenge not justice.
AGREE you got it right there x
The filthy homeless chose to be on drugs, unemployment. I.m.o they deserve nothing.
i am impressed by the fact that all these elderly and disabled inmates still speak more corherently than the president does.
You mean trump. He could end up here without makeup and burgers.
@jucat60 we're talking about Biden. Dont pretend as if you don't know.
Both ex and current president
@@jucat60I don’t like trump one bit. But he makes more sense then the clown 🤡 that’s in office now.
"No I don't need to be here, I need to be at home on the farm."
broke my heart
he broke many hearts.
For who to take care of you 😢
It’s easy to tell he regrets what he did but for selfish reasons seemingly
Sadly, even if they were released they'd likely be placed in senior centers; another prison...
Remember what they are, just a bunch of murders, rapists, and violent criminals. When they were younger they would take advantage of anyone nice.
But for the seniors who worked and were good citizens, they don't deserve to live like shit. I don't care about violent criminals.
Its pretty bad in there ,...that aint no way to live...nothing is what you tbink it is....seniors assisted living centers is a much ,much,much easier place to live...despite all the bad things you hear.....nurses and staff are actually good people who love their job....where as correctional officers are mostly an uneducated useful idiot whos only job requirements are to count to 60 ( without a cheat sheet) and more than likely disgruntled because their bosses are ass-holes....
You ever been in one I have worked 45 years in elderly centres never seen abuse they get well fed well looked after loved by the staff this is the UK so where ever you live don't tar us with the same brush think before you speak
@@MrBigtime1986 There is no such thing as being a rapist. The justice system is not for judging people but judging actions.
The food is better in a nursing home.
Very hard for me to feel sorry about a murderer locked up for life. You growing older doesn't magically change the past or the severity of your action. You're not just locked up because you are a threat but also proportionate to what you did.
People are getting life for defending themselves and a plant America is a shithole compared to third world countries.
The older they are, the longer the sentences and the severity of their crimes
One more reason to impose the death penalty
@@toddlevin Then you will grow old being vindictive and vengeful. I'm sure your god will look favorably at that when it's your turn.
@@jahmanborneo1343 What about the child molesters that raped and murdered children? Just because they did that when they were younger gives them a pass now?
It’s very true what Red said to Andy Dufresne in Shawshank redemption when he said “inmates, at first, hate the walls that block them from the outside world. After a while they get used to them and when enough time passes, its gets so they depend on them, to keep them safe!”
My dad was in jail for attempted murder. He got 25 years. He was due to be released in 2017 and actually died 59 days before he was suppose to get out.
He apparently had lung cancer and didn’t even know. He was having problems and was suppose to be getting further medical tests. He ended up choking on his own blood at 4:23 am and pronounced dead at 5:03 am.
I hope he asked for forgiveness and found G*d!
As for my mom she has suffered the most physical pain! Alot of health problems and constantly having more by the day. My siblings and I have suffered the mental and emotional pain.
I just hope to be released from all the emotional and mental pain from this.
Only Jesus can save you ❤❤
Lol I love laughing at retards like you
God don’t exist fool lol
My uncle was murdered when I was 15,I’m 71 now and I still think about it. The man who did it served 7 years and was back out.
@@albertmcfry6322there’s never any justice! I know it don’t bring your loved one back but they deserve to be locked up for life!!
When you kill someone and your sentence is life, guess what. You're gonna get old in prison until you die. That's what the sentence means.
Humans have a tendency to look at things in an out of sight out of mind point of view.
Source Dasher the point of prison is to reform the prisoners, not trap them for life. Most EU countries have much better prison reform and that time is enough to reform these killers. America not so much.
Source Dasher what would you call soldiers killing people on the battlefield? Because that is murder. But are soldiers are let to walk free. Regardless of context it’s murder, just justified murder to you. It is people like you who forget what the purpose of prison is.
Source Dasher Source Dasher your argument fell apart when you started threatening and insulting me. If you cannot have a civil discussion on a topic then don’t discuss it. That being said calling all murders psychopaths is a generalization and premeditated murder is different from in the moment murder, and sentences are different. There are plenty of cases where someone killed another person in the heat of the moment and felt genuine remorse. There are plenty of murders who have changed their lives after being released. By generalizing you are missing the bigger picture of crime. Prison is for reform. Serial killers and terrorist are the only people that by default get life on life sentences.
@@unostopcardxd7199 I worked for almost 30 years in the criminal justice system. The folks who commit these crimes already know there are consequences. As the old saying goes, "if you do the crime, you do the time." A major problem today is the lack of a moral compass. So many of the prisoners I've dealt with were beyond rehabilitation and they far outnumbered the ones that could be rehab'd.
The elderly "uncle" who molested me was far from helpless. I've been married 19years now to a wonderful man and I still wake up screaming in the night.
Me too dear, me too 😕
@@sherry866 hugs🤗
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Horrible. I’m so sorry that happened to you.
Im sorry to hear that Fam, I hope that one day you can be in peace.
Even if you release them they will only end up in an old people’s facility costing the same amount, so they might as well stay right where they are, life is life in my book.
Absolutely awesome Documentary.
Lots of times when victims give their impact statements, they say they want the person that hurt them to "rot in jail," or "die in jail." That's what's happening. Sure, you see these old guys and it's easy to feel sorry for them. Then you realize they chopped someone up in pieces, or killed a kid or something awful, and it gets harder to feel sorry. Maybe if they didn't hurt anyone when they committed their crime, I could see letting them out when they're old and sick. But, if they murdered someone, that changes things. After all, their victim didn't even have the chance to grow old.
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fuck you guys. must being republicans. fuck yourselves
I agree. Look in some south America countries where prison sentences for pedos or even serial killers are limited to something like 15-25 years. I'd have to first know what crime the old and suffering inmate committed and then base my empathy / sympathy on that. If he raped and murdered a 10 yo girl then I'm not going to feel any sympathy for him.
Maybe if the United States wasn't such a messed up place..
You have no idea what these guys are in for, they could be in there for non violent offenses like drugs. Yeah, the extremely violent ones, the psychopaths, child molesters should never get out. The situation is rarely ever black and white however, and painting all criminals with the same brush is intellectually lazy and ignorant.
Remember that these guys have life sentences for murder.... Not stealing beans.
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Nate Murdoch and some are in and innocent and some for having pot. Just because we have laws doesn’t make them right or justice. Mandatory sentencing is disgusting.
oh really? I didn't know prisons only hold murderers
Quinton Riley they now are debtors prisons too.
Ide kill for some beans right now
Coming from a guy who’s done a few years and have spoken to many elderly people in lockup you shouldn’t judge them. Many of them have no family no source of income no medical care, I talked to many older people in there who committed crimes just so they could be fed and cared for. Nonviolent crimes that carry years are so common with these guys, it’s a damn shame we have people committing crimes at that age to just survive.
Oh look, the criminal is telling people to feel sorry for criminals.
No.
It’s pretty crazy how many people have no empathy for other humans, people who happen to be on the other path of life
These people are in prison because they perpetrated heinous crimes against others. I have zero sympathy. I've also worked with convicted felons and homeless. I've never heard them say I committed a crime to get food and housing.
@@sandrataylor8966 And thus you are part of the reason why our country spends billions each year on prisons, have horrible conditions and horrible rehabilitation, and 80% reconviction rate. Yes, keep hating criminals and keep praising the system which cares nothing about its people and only about making the rich richer.
There people are not serving life sentences for non violent crime
These inmates are probably getting better care treatment than if they were outside.
"She believes everyone should be able to die with dignity." Exactly. Now tell that to their victims...oh wait....
Shut the he'll up
Gary Mcguckin it’s not a excuse everybody is jumping to conclusions
@leah keyworth There all criminals hence why there dying in jail doesnt take a genius to figure out they obviously did something like rape murder to be in there at that age or they robbed that loaf of bread and clotheslined a cop to escape on there 80th birthday.
They will all die there for some reason or another. Technically your right it's a medical ward there will be people from the jail convicted of minor crimes being treated but old age and ill health will get you a early release on compassion unless your crime is heinous 'murder' 'rape'
If we show an equal absence of morality then we're no better than them.!
@@peterj.f.blackwood-davis7840 very well said my friend. I agree 💯
Honestly that inmate orderly did a better job of caring for the old man than many of the regular orderlies I've seen.
And CNAs
I was a janitor. I seen that the porters didnt want to work. They didnt do their jobs. There was an old man that never showered and he mentally wasn't all the way there. I gave him a bath and he went crazy on me. He was a very funny guy. This guy in the documentary is exceptional. Very rare to see inmates care enough.
He was being recorded….
@@mitchmoore44 you can tell he does it well on the regular though
Anyone who works in this kind of environment is truly dedicated to the job. An orderly here could easily find a job in many "easier" facilities. He's here because he wants to be there.
I wonder if he is a former inmate himself and was able to find a successful path in life and then help the people who he could have become. As many commentors have noted, these inmates are most likely getting better services in prison than they would at other state run facilities. These men have no family left willing to care for them if they have anyone at all.
Life without parole should mean just that..just because a person is a particular age, they are still alive and should be behind bars until THEIR life is over...
Just because you're old doesn't mean you should get out of prison
TBH, they deserve their sentence. Also, how would they live in the real world? They are what is called institutionalized. People who are paroled and still young enough to work can’t seem to make it. As was said by others, their victims and their families received life sentences. Justice must be served and at least they are taken care of and receive medical care however lacking. It’s still better than their victims received and they knew what they were doing and the risks.
In Australia there has been a spate of prisoners on parole who murder a woman within two weeks, this has forced a review of parole procedures, the government didn’t want to do this review and the parole board didn’t want their decisions made public. The returned parolees piss of the remaining prisoners who are waiting for parole and might have to jump through more hoops.
@@darylcheshire1618 agree
They look like they’re getting better care than a lot of nursing homes in this country. Sad but true
That's where our tax dollars are going
Not surprised. They can use other prisoners as essentially free labour and aren't subject to the same economic constraints as in the free world.
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Patently false. Everyone who's never been locked up always has to run their shit horn about how "prisoners got it made". Probably wouldn't be able to handle one day in population.
Yup, and a nursing home is about $5,000 a month. Tax payers pay for these people.
This video is a reminder "if you can't do the time dont do the crime"
Is that right fred
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Ignorance. See Jessica Kent and her latest short.
Exactly!
ok boomer
Getting old doesn't suddenly make you a good person. Getting old doesn't give you immunity to consequences. Getting old doesn't reverse the damage that you have done. Many of their victims were never given the opportunity to get old.
Imagine that there’s just so many elderly everywhere including boomers and not enough younger people to care for all of these people. The repercussions of their parents having 8-15 children in families years ago. 🤦♀️ These people still hurt someone they might be old now but I don’t feel sorry for them. Regardless of the condition their in now you killed someone where was their human rights.
These convicts receive better care than the average elderly on the outside.
I dont care i still rather to be outside if i ever get to that age.
Maybe
No, not the average. Some, yes of course just like there’s some kids treated better in foster care than with their natural parents. Good and bad everywhere
Right, people getting "Free" Master degrees, while young people in college debt ups their Asses and can't work enough to pay it off and "our" those who work taxes are paying for a Criminal to get one....Something just doesn't add up.
You are so right, what did they do to get life in prision? what did there victim get? They are getting better care than older people now and how to pay for it!!!. Where would they go? to the nursing home? to a family member? no stay where you are and finish your sentence.
This is what “life” in prison means.
Why not let them out to suffer on skid row? No caregivers there.
Ditto!!
HiAnn i no this is elderly prison. There is way worse then this
HiAnn i not in all countries life sentences are usually not actually life in other places AMERICA IS JAIL CRAY
@@xanlysphynx8839 that's because our jails are privately owned. Everything is about profit here, because capitalism.
It might sound crazy, but this jail actually seems peaceful.
I Hope Someday People Can Forgive The Offenders & Let Them Out When They Only Have A Couple Of Months Left , It Would Be A Better World If We Can Show Mercery On People That Didn't Show Mercery
Mercery?
Clearly you are not reading the comments posted by these village idiots.
Plus they lack critical thinking skills.
Morons.
This is how it is when you get life without parole. You die in prison. This part of your sentence.
I wonder what happens when a person dies for like a minute or two and comes back to life.
Interesting question Nicole
They go back to their cell where they belong.
@@nicolevasquez2342 there was a case like this I studied in law school. They had to remain in prison.
I see alot of comments here say.."The victims sure would've liked to grow old with their loved ones" and I agree.
But some of you need to realize they're not all inside for murder.
So what. Murder or whatever. You do the crime you do the time. Sorry their old, sorry their sick. But it happens to everyone. Why show the compassion when our homeless vets aren't shown any??
If you hurt someone else's child .u get what u deserve! Yup! Life! Damn right!
I see your hallelujah and raise you an amen well said and I'm sure god is going to handle this we can trust him look what he gave us a good President but I will say well said and I know he will look into it stay bless
@@captainmarvel9610 those vets victims wanted to grow old too. Fuck off
Muder is the extreme case, they are still criminals, they have still left behind victims. Rapists, child molesters the list at is endless.
This is the best place for them. Just do your best. Enjoy your time, you earned it. St.Paul,Minnesota.
Well done Mr. Larry, I’m glad you got out and are trying to help, and Miss Phyllis is a saint.
we may be tempted to have some empathy with these detainees, but let's not forget how much suffering their horrible crimes first caused!
They're not all in there for violent crimes.
They got convicted, what more do the alleged victims want?!
@@shooterjenkins7089 after you get convicted then what? Go home...
@@tanbee6022 That's what these so called victims need to do.
@@shooterjenkins7089 can you tell me what's your definition of convicted? I don't know the definition.
They crying because they killed someone and think they should catch a break . That dead person isn’t catching one.
@@aadityabhetuwal5990 drug traffickers usually kill people.
Bad behavior like exposing yourself to a child.
If someone is in jail for drugs it's usually because they either didn't learn their lesson or they have a long history of criminal activity.
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
@@aadityabhetuwal5990 until they do something to one of your family members then you will care.
@@aadityabhetuwal5990 no one is following nobody some of us are speaking from pain we felt you don't have a family member that was taken away from you so young i don't give a danm they can rot in jail for all i care those who are actual murders!
@@missprettyschannel that doesn’t give anyone the right to talk down on someone they are still humans at the end of the day heal snd move on from your trauma I’m sorry for the loss for everyone deserves second chances some of these people have first time offenses
@@aadityabhetuwal5990 okay? You act like drug trafficking isn’t just as bad as murder itself. You’re supplying narcotics to people who go on to overdose. Lmfao. Fuck them all. Hope these evildoers rot in hell.
That a felon with "no one to pick them up" gets spoon fed while his free counterpart lays on a sidewalk somewhere is an outrage.
This does NOT make me feel sorry for old prisoners. It makes me angry about how we treat our free elders.
It's very sad, but there are elderly people suffering without these healthcare services, who didn't take someone's life or commit a violent crime. The cost of housing inmates is a crime . Big business.
Damn tht 100 year old dude killed 2 women at 82 years old lol wtf , thts crazy
Yeah so he should stay there...they're not innocent.. (we hope)..
@michael mooney what is ur question
I need to know more about his crime. 82 years old killing people. I’m so curious 🤨
And then he still has the guts to say he doesn't think he should be in prison. That he should be on his farm. WTH. A true psychopath.
Yea
Imagine how different and alien the world must seem between 1948 and 2021.
Reminds me of the scene on L.I.F.E when Claude had a chance to drive mister around and actually seen the time change from the 20’s to 70’s pretty scary 😦
Seatbelts didn't become mandatory until 1968.
I wonder if 60-70 years from now, someone goes out and interviews all the school shooters from our past decade. What will they be like in their elderly years, after spending virtually their entire lives behind bars?
70k-100k a year per individual to keep them alive and honor their LIFELONG punishment is insane. That price is being paid by society (US) even though we don’t know any of these people or their crimes they’re expenses are coming out of our income in the form of taxation. I say make em serve 40-50 MAX and release em. Life isn’t even the same after 10 years I can only imagine 60+
The law has no age restriction, and life without parole means just that.
Hang EM high!
@Olzick Montfort Actually.... laws have rather stringent age restrictions, and less stringent applications of law.
The law has plenty of age restrictions.
Pretty sure he ment upper age restrictions guys
Nathan Bean Yeah, he probably did mean upper age but it’s still worth correcting since we do heinous things to young teens who are incarcerated.
My brother was murdered at age 24 and the murderer is on the loose because he's rich and can hire a good lawyer. This is justice in Brazil.
Thats the same anywhere worldwide* I was in a cell with someone serving the same crimes as me i got probation while he got 2 years in jail because i had a lawyer and he had a public defender. Everything is about the money top to bottom* its sad but the truth* there was a famous NFL player 5-10 years ago who had 5-6 DUI’s and still had his license because he had a muli-million doller lawyer. It all comes down to the money 💰
May you brother rest in peace. And I hope you will find justice some day!
:( I'm so sorry.. May he have justice..
The top 1% can rot.
Just because someone escapes justice on earth does not mean they escape the trial of his life.
*Very well done*
*Excellent.👀. documentary*
We are born & we die. We make choices as soon as we are able. It doesn't matter age.. you do the crime you do the time. I feel sorry for the victims that are still alive and possibly disabled or paralyzed due to what they did to them. People that aren't in jail are suffering too.
Amen!
At least they have somebody to take care of them unlike many millions of homeless people out there in America
There are plenty of people with a roof over their head who are disabled or mentally ill who do not get the care they need either.
Rtb boone can’t take care of everyone.
Which is why we need to get the wall built! Too many illegals, and the democrats want to take care of them before they do our own!
Exactly, on the streets, Homeless, Mentally ill and Veterans begging for food etc. while Inmates get Food, shelter & healthcare. hair cuts dental care WTF??
Now with the corona virus they won't be able to get close to them.
I haven’t heard a single person say im sorry for what I did
That's not what this documentary is about though. I'm sure if they were asked questions enabling them to express regret, they all would.
They are only sorry that they got caught.
Shurla Ann Davidson Well if you have to ask something like that the answer is going to be bullshit. If they really felt remorse just the cameras being there would be their golden opportunity to say “I’m sorry for what I did” if they really felt it.
GeorgeBonez You have to remember these inmates are old, and most of them senile and out of their minds. Hell, I bet most don’t even know or remember where they are, and the few that do remember something, they have no idea why they are there. Makes sense?
Too busy feeling sorry for themselves.
Being released back into society after so long being incarcerated reminds me of the Shawshank redemption movie.
So after being in prison, no job, no income, sick,elderly or both get released and then what? Where do they go? Who takes care of them? They are probablly getting better care for free in prison than they would outside..