Working with local addicts in recovery has made me hate the parole system. The way people are treated is absolutely insane. I had a guy get a violation because he was in a car accident and missed his parole appointment.
I worked on call one morning and missed my probation appt because the PO was closing early and I was busy making the money to pay them so they decided to start drug testing me once a week like I had an extra $35 a week to pay them on top of the $45 per month that just went up from $35. They forced me to live out of my car to pay them. I'm lucky because many others just became homeless with warrants and lost their jobs.
@@broodypie2216it is absolutely insane to me that you have to pay them for that. I mean I guess I’m not that surprised because it’s the government/police system but Jesus Christ that’s awful. I hope you’ve gotten out of that system and have been able to stay out. 🫂
Reminder that social services had been gutted in every area across the board which is why we all need to be volunteering and running for progressive change for everyone
Vote against sending military aid/troops abroad to focus more on American needs locally. Blue and White (Zionist colony) gets billions of US funding yearly and currently has free healthcare.
I'm in the UK and the first time I went to jail, thinking how grateful I was to not have anything to do with the American justice system and prisons. We literally don't pay a penny for anything and bail is based only on ur crime, situation and criminal history. I've been under the poverty line my whole life, I would have been screwed 😒
@@joshjoshinson3452 I think those depressing dungeons would have scared me straight before the trauma numbing addiction started lol hopefully anyway 😬🤷♀️
@@joshjoshinson3452you’ve committed so many crimes everyday that you don’t know is one would it be okay for a officer to compile all of them and make you go to prison for years for nothing
Come to NJ our bail was reformed in 2017 so no more cash bail/bond. You go in front of a judge within 48 hours and he decides (based on several factors) if you can be released or not. If you get released you may need an ankle monitor until sentencing.
@@ericdunthorne1981 for many people incarcerated in the U.S., jobs behind bars are done under the threat of penalty - aka if someone refuses to work, they're sent to solitary confinement nationwide, most incarcerated workers - forced or voluntary, depending on where they're locked up - are paid little or nothing at all. this labor can range from fighting wildfires to assembling desks for schoolchildren to agriculture work that results in products at grocery stores or fast food restaurants
If you think this is a rare example, it's not. After working for a few years as a substance use counselor (before burning out spectacularly) I learned beyond just from my own experience that the system is broken and does not give any grace those with addiction problems
These vids always remind me of the Michael Falk reporter from The Onion. Dude has a similar face and the quick speaking with "basic" questions had me expecting he was about to be very excited to get denied by a parole board. Just adds another layer to why I enjoy it!
Please don't defend the murderer (Jake Wideman). He plead guilty to killing a 16-year-old, and was paroled. It was on him to not violate the parole agreement. If "victims' rights" were as powerful as you are claiming, wouldn't the murderer have _not_ been paroled. I am looking for a shred of logic here.
@@dant.3505 Yeah I guess every single action in the world is dumb because it won't fix problems in the literal nano second a law or somesuch is passed. You're so smart and handsome and I totally don't think you're some 10 year old with a undeveloped frontal cortex.
I liked chris at Washington Post, but the Marshall Project is such a better organization to work for. Like switching from the empire to the rebel alliance, well done.
No, that's not what they said. They said that parole officers have the power to determine who stays inside or out of jail and then the other person who is himself replied that they are able to do this and that they sometimes have more power then even judges or juries. This would actually be true. He did not at any point say that the people who are released on parole are free. They are just out of prison which is true.
@@blizzardwizard8318, so they wouldn't actually have more power than the judges or juries. In fact, the decision to send someone back to jail for a parole violation would just be "returning them to their rightful sentence", wouldn't it? They do not have the power to add time to the original sentence or convict the person of another crime, do they?
@@trevorholpt5009 Bail and parole reform have given repeat offenders numerous opportunities to do harm when they should be locked up. I don’t care about some outlier case where someone should have been treated more leniently when there are thousands of people being victimized by people let out early or not held before trail. What about Christian Valdez? He violated his parole by committing assault with a deadly weapon, should have been attempted murder, after committing this same crime at least three times previously. He was allowed to remain on parole. He just pushed his girlfriend onto subway tracks causing both her feet to be severed. Over incarceration is a hideous myth. Should be be in for smoking pot? No. But do we let our violent offenders early because of people like you? Yes. That’s more important. Also, I’m definitely smarter than you.
@@trevorholpt5009, it's odd and confusing that you refer to _his_ worldview as "simple". Critical thinking would make one evaluate how our complex system works and how sentences are carried out before making such a comment as yours. Please wear a helmet. Life is hard.
@@curtisjohnson2433 So what? Just because other countries are worse doesn't make what happens in the US good. We still have people being exploited by private enterprise for profit. That's immoral even if the people did break the law. Plus, given how bais and vengeful people in law enforcement can be, it's a fair bet many of those people are either innocent or over-charged because of their race and economic position.
Child molester sits rotting in prison. Parole board: Hey now-he’s been on his best behavior for 2 years- let’s let this nice man out. Child molester: hee hee hee. yes. Let me out. I’m really such a “nice guy”. His Family: Yes let him out. He’s such a nice guy! He always was a nice guy. He was falsely accused by that lousy kid! 5Months later: Cop; So it’s you again, huh? Nice guy my ass-Back to prison! 24 children with ruined lives. Because for every one incident that gets discovered there’s a whole lot out there where confused and frightened-powerless children didn’t know what to do. Parole boards are important for cases where the judge has been crazy harsh for election purposes…but please keep men who harm children locked up-They aren’t being “good” or “nice”. They are waiting for their next opportunity-that’s all. And they fantasize about it every single day.
Working with local addicts in recovery has made me hate the parole system. The way people are treated is absolutely insane. I had a guy get a violation because he was in a car accident and missed his parole appointment.
I worked on call one morning and missed my probation appt because the PO was closing early and I was busy making the money to pay them so they decided to start drug testing me once a week like I had an extra $35 a week to pay them on top of the $45 per month that just went up from $35. They forced me to live out of my car to pay them. I'm lucky because many others just became homeless with warrants and lost their jobs.
@@broodypie2216it is absolutely insane to me that you have to pay them for that. I mean I guess I’m not that surprised because it’s the government/police system but Jesus Christ that’s awful. I hope you’ve gotten out of that system and have been able to stay out. 🫂
Reminder that social services had been gutted in every area across the board which is why we all need to be volunteering and running for progressive change for everyone
Vote against sending military aid/troops abroad to focus more on American needs locally. Blue and White (Zionist colony) gets billions of US funding yearly and currently has free healthcare.
@@AllieAlllove the delulu hunty
@@juliusdauksys2183put up or shut up, troll.
I'm in the UK and the first time I went to jail, thinking how grateful I was to not have anything to do with the American justice system and prisons. We literally don't pay a penny for anything and bail is based only on ur crime, situation and criminal history. I've been under the poverty line my whole life, I would have been screwed 😒
@@joshjoshinson3452 I think those depressing dungeons would have scared me straight before the trauma numbing addiction started lol hopefully anyway 😬🤷♀️
@@joshjoshinson3452you’ve committed so many crimes everyday that you don’t know is one would it be okay for a officer to compile all of them and make you go to prison for years for nothing
@@joshjoshinson3452us state local and federal penal code is so fucking expansive the average citizen will commit a misdemeanor every 15 minutes
@@joshjoshinson3452 bullshit.
Come to NJ our bail was reformed in 2017 so no more cash bail/bond. You go in front of a judge within 48 hours and he decides (based on several factors) if you can be released or not. If you get released you may need an ankle monitor until sentencing.
Just about every problem in America can either be traced back to slavery or Ronald Reagan.
They should have just left them where they were
Ok I hate Reagan but the war on drugs was a Nixon thing
Yeah c'mon what the guy above me said, there's plenty of blame for tricky Nick as well.
You should read about the "business plot". They may have failed to overthrow the president, but they didn't stop plotting.
@@rebeccakravitz7711True, but while Reagan didn't start it, he did escalate it.
They say that's the list, but it is not. The parole board doesn't take into account anything, they decide on their own
Why would they let theree slave workforce go if they could keep them working.
What work are prisoners forced to do?
@@ericdunthorne1981 Whatever work the private companies who the prisons sell them to tell them to do. That's how private prisons make their money.
@@ericdunthorne1981they are punished for not doing hard manual labor for 30c an hour
@@ericdunthorne1981 for many people incarcerated in the U.S., jobs behind bars are done under the threat of penalty - aka if someone refuses to work, they're sent to solitary confinement
nationwide, most incarcerated workers - forced or voluntary, depending on where they're locked up - are paid little or nothing at all. this labor can range from fighting wildfires to assembling desks for schoolchildren to agriculture work that results in products at grocery stores or fast food restaurants
facts
If you think this is a rare example, it's not. After working for a few years as a substance use counselor (before burning out spectacularly) I learned beyond just from my own experience that the system is broken and does not give any grace those with addiction problems
The guy is a murderer, who was actually paroled. He violated his parole and was rightfully returned to prison. Nothing more needs to be said.
That's really interesting. And nowwww I must read a bunch about this topic
These vids always remind me of the Michael Falk reporter from The Onion. Dude has a similar face and the quick speaking with "basic" questions had me expecting he was about to be very excited to get denied by a parole board. Just adds another layer to why I enjoy it!
He gets to stack things!
Not "technically". He _did_ violate his parole.
I imagine for-profit prisons don't help the situation.
Dont forget the American prison slavery system
Correction: it became more profitable to put them back in prison. It’s just modern day forced labor for pennies on the dollar.
Please don't defend the murderer (Jake Wideman). He plead guilty to killing a 16-year-old, and was paroled. It was on him to not violate the parole agreement.
If "victims' rights" were as powerful as you are claiming, wouldn't the murderer have _not_ been paroled. I am looking for a shred of logic here.
The US prison system is extremely messed up, either go full El Salvador or full Finland. This muddy middle ground doesn't work at all.
"We should copy a far more expensive per prisoner system from a country with a much lower crime rate." Nah. We need a better middle ground.
@@notablediscomfort You're missing how the system can create lower crime rates. That sort of comparison is just faulty and circular.
Let's... uh, let's not go full El Salvadore. 🙈 Finland sounds much better.
@@8xottox8 could maybe reduce crime rate a few percent in ten or thirty years or so. Maybe.
@@dant.3505 Yeah I guess every single action in the world is dumb because it won't fix problems in the literal nano second a law or somesuch is passed. You're so smart and handsome and I totally don't think you're some 10 year old with a undeveloped frontal cortex.
They don't
And those boards are super corrupt.
So, a "super corrupt" board allows him to be paroled? Explain your logic here?
I liked chris at Washington Post, but the Marshall Project is such a better organization to work for. Like switching from the empire to the rebel alliance, well done.
Not only did they realize that it was easier to just toss them back in prison they also realized that it was far more lucrative to do so.
If you were put in jail (prison is long term). And you didn't understand incarnation. Then the system is not the problem.
They literally can't do more than judges and juries can do. You aren't free when on parole. Stop making up lies.
Ya ever had the pleasure of being in the system?
directly loving and supporting someone whos being violated by it?
No, that's not what they said.
They said that parole officers have the power to determine who stays inside or out of jail and then the other person who is himself replied that they are able to do this and that they sometimes have more power then even judges or juries.
This would actually be true.
He did not at any point say that the people who are released on parole are free.
They are just out of prison which is true.
@@blizzardwizard8318, so they wouldn't actually have more power than the judges or juries. In fact, the decision to send someone back to jail for a parole violation would just be "returning them to their rightful sentence", wouldn't it?
They do not have the power to add time to the original sentence or convict the person of another crime, do they?
This is Russian propaganda.
AWEEEEE people who commit crimes have consequences??? Big world make struggle hard!!!!
It would actually be kind of nice to have a world view as simple as yours. Don’t have to do any of the hard stuff like “critical thinking”. Lol.
@@trevorholpt5009 Bail and parole reform have given repeat offenders numerous opportunities to do harm when they should be locked up. I don’t care about some outlier case where someone should have been treated more leniently when there are thousands of people being victimized by people let out early or not held before trail.
What about Christian Valdez? He violated his parole by committing assault with a deadly weapon, should have been attempted murder, after committing this same crime at least three times previously. He was allowed to remain on parole. He just pushed his girlfriend onto subway tracks causing both her feet to be severed.
Over incarceration is a hideous myth. Should be be in for smoking pot? No. But do we let our violent offenders early because of people like you? Yes. That’s more important.
Also, I’m definitely smarter than you.
@@trevorholpt5009, it's odd and confusing that you refer to _his_ worldview as "simple". Critical thinking would make one evaluate how our complex system works and how sentences are carried out before making such a comment as yours.
Please wear a helmet. Life is hard.
Don't break a law that you know will put you in prison. Just sayin
Always choosing terrible examples
have you considered that these examples should never happen ever?
Sorry, but any example of capitalist dystopias shouldn't exist in the 21st century USA.
How, exactly, are these examples terrible?
@@curtisjohnson2433 Curtis you live in the most incarcerated country on the planet lol
@@curtisjohnson2433 So what? Just because other countries are worse doesn't make what happens in the US good. We still have people being exploited by private enterprise for profit. That's immoral even if the people did break the law. Plus, given how bais and vengeful people in law enforcement can be, it's a fair bet many of those people are either innocent or over-charged because of their race and economic position.
I hate channels like this always feels soulless
So you hate learning about how our country works?
Child molester sits rotting in prison.
Parole board: Hey now-he’s been on his best behavior for 2 years- let’s let this nice man out.
Child molester: hee hee hee. yes. Let me out. I’m really such a “nice guy”.
His Family: Yes let him out. He’s such a nice guy! He always was a nice guy. He was falsely accused by that lousy kid!
5Months later:
Cop; So it’s you again, huh? Nice guy my ass-Back to prison!
24 children with ruined lives.
Because for every one incident that gets discovered there’s a whole lot out there where confused and frightened-powerless children didn’t know what to do.
Parole boards are important for cases where the judge has been crazy harsh for election purposes…but please keep men who harm children locked up-They aren’t being “good” or “nice”. They are waiting for their next opportunity-that’s all. And they fantasize about it every single day.
Not all of them.
I appreciate the coverage on this stuff but the wording you use seems deliberately biased.