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  • Should you hire a prison consultant to help you prepare for life behind bars? In the USA, this is becoming more and more common as charged individuals look towards their first incarceration experience.
    ‘How to Prepare for Prison’ focuses on the lives of three vastly different people who are steeling themselves against the daunting prospect of serving prison sentences for the very first time. Shot over three years, the film captures their growing psychological trauma as their children and families face poverty and social shame, and the individuals charged face their fears about violence in prison and whether or not they can survive the loss of freedom. All three experience protracted waits for their trials and, whether they’ve really done the crime or not, feel the enormous power of the law.
    The film goes beyond the notion of guilt or innocence. By offering an intimate look at the lives and states of mind of those awaiting judgement-filled with regret, defiance and stark fear-it deepens our understanding of the legal system and cultural ideas about crime and punishment. The stakes are high. Lives are changed forever.
    This film was first released in 2016.
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Komentáře • 145

  • @GenXBiker
    @GenXBiker Před 2 lety +27

    I don't understand a first time offender taking less than $1000 getting anything more than probation. That is a waste of taxpayer money and an injustice to society.

  • @schuckit5300
    @schuckit5300 Před 2 lety +40

    I really don’t feel sorry for the woman who stole $950,000 and then cried about losing her house……. I wonder how she paid for the house

    • @potocatepetl
      @potocatepetl Před 2 lety +6

      She cried about losing everything, not just the house. She ruined her life at a young age... And not only hers; her partner's, her parents', her victim's. etc. Sometimes a stupid mistake/action influences your entire life. And it is good for eberyone to see this video to realise that not only killing someone is a crime and has nasty consequencies (at least in the US, in most Europe the jail time for non-violent crimes is short and safe).

    • @MrJeronimooooooooooo
      @MrJeronimooooooooooo Před 2 lety +7

      @@potocatepetl well it’s not like this woman took money only once, no sympathy from me

    • @marycampeau9378
      @marycampeau9378 Před 2 lety +12

      i feel sorry for her dog

    • @asiasmaster
      @asiasmaster Před 2 lety

      @@marycampeau9378 🐶😔

    • @takeonemusic5537
      @takeonemusic5537 Před 2 lety +2

      doesn't make her nessercerily a bad person, BUT a very stupid one...sometimes desperate situations make people take desperate or very stupid measures sometimes .people DO make mistakes!

  • @taniagudka1966
    @taniagudka1966 Před 2 lety +17

    Another fantastic documentary!!!

  • @jonlouis2582
    @jonlouis2582 Před 2 lety +15

    My heart really goes out to the families, and the very sad defense attorneys. This was a really well done documentary. Kudos to the D.P.

  • @nikkikidd8428
    @nikkikidd8428 Před 2 lety +5

    The thing about prison is that the people you really need to worry about is not the loud, aggressive people, it’s the quiet ones that sit back and watch and assess everything and everyone that are the real threat..With the loud ones it’s what you see is what you get. As for Courtney, her size can be an advantage and a disadvantage. Her crime is the type that everyone will want to know about and have her explain how to do it because it was quite a bit of money involved. She will run the risk of becoming indebted to someone that will pretend to help her and then want to use her as an enforcer due to her size. I wish that learns how to defend herself physically prior to being sentenced so she can keep her head down and not get sucked into the manipulation so she can do her time and come out a better person

  • @mbt9820mpp
    @mbt9820mpp Před 2 lety +13

    I don’t feel sorry that she lost everything for stealing $950K. She was greedy and that caught up with her. She doesn’t even seem repentant. She sounds like she could do it again.

    • @danhemming6624
      @danhemming6624 Před 2 lety +1

      Yet if she was a multi millionaire, how would your answer differ?

    • @alphaomega1351
      @alphaomega1351 Před 2 lety +2

      @@danhemming6624
      It would be okay of course and worse case they'd be sentenced to camp snoopy for a week or two.
      There are two systems in the USA 🇺🇸. One for the rich and connected. The other for everyone else. 😶

    • @danhemming6624
      @danhemming6624 Před 2 lety

      @@alphaomega1351 It's not like it blatant though. You know that your cover is slipping, it's when social commentators are talking about it. Whoops, the staff can see me, stop looking at me.

  • @prophetba
    @prophetba Před 2 lety +6

    Jeez….Demario cannot sing….I wish him well….don’t get me wrong…IJS 🙄😬🤭😑

  • @stephaniewoodson7655
    @stephaniewoodson7655 Před 11 měsíci

    Excellent documentary.

  • @cynthiadavid5282
    @cynthiadavid5282 Před 2 lety

    Very good video

  • @mimisvida6264
    @mimisvida6264 Před 2 lety +14

    I feel bad for the little boy taking pictures of his toys to sell to pay for bills and a mortgage. Idk how old he is but worrying about something like that is to heavy foy a child to carry.

    • @Shann381
      @Shann381 Před 2 lety +1

      I love that you said this bc I came for the comments to see if anyone else was upset by that lol. I'm over here crying like an asshole over his strength and innocence

    • @danhemming6624
      @danhemming6624 Před 2 lety

      So imagine going to school and wondering what of yours, your mum will give away, before you get home? I did that for years. My mother gave away 70% of my stuff.

    • @mimisvida6264
      @mimisvida6264 Před 2 lety +1

      @@danhemming6624 I don't think I would be ok mentally.

    • @danhemming6624
      @danhemming6624 Před 2 lety +1

      @@mimisvida6264 I got so used to it that I had no option. Don't let Social Workers reproduce.

    • @mimisvida6264
      @mimisvida6264 Před 2 lety +1

      @@danhemming6624 I'm so sorry you went through yhis

  • @BillyG563
    @BillyG563 Před 2 lety +1

    Brilliant.

  • @amc5926
    @amc5926 Před 2 lety +12

    soooo 25 minutes in and no one seems to acknowledge any remorse or recognize that they DID WRONG. still making excuses, still minimizing their actions ...."things just got out of hand", "I'm just stuck on an island...." i was "just stealing a purse"....."i only strangled them a little bit".. like they are just victims of circumstance! pathetic. they are bummed they got caught that's all.

    • @danhemming6624
      @danhemming6624 Před 2 lety

      Everybody's bummed when they get caught. No matter the crime.

    • @IsabellaFrank2
      @IsabellaFrank2 Před 2 lety +4

      People repeatedly harassed you for being who you are. You finally defend yourself and then you are arrested?! But they can continue to bully people? I would not be remorseful either. I would be pissed.

    • @IsabellaFrank2
      @IsabellaFrank2 Před 2 lety +2

      Who becomes a better person because of prison? No one.

    • @brettb8825
      @brettb8825 Před 9 měsíci

      Not the point. It is to remove them from society so they can't hurt others. @@IsabellaFrank2

    • @brettb8825
      @brettb8825 Před 9 měsíci

      Glad you noticed this too. It was about "look how prison will affect ME."

  • @donnamczesty921
    @donnamczesty921 Před 2 lety

    Excellent

  • @awilliams4957
    @awilliams4957 Před rokem +2

    Really hope they find the strength to get through,and when they return to continue and forgive themselves for the mistakes they have made,more important to seek forgiveness from yourselve,than it is to seek forgiveness from others,we all make mistakes❤❤❤❤

  • @lujzalujzalujza
    @lujzalujzalujza Před 2 lety +5

    Ok, let’s get ready for jail!

  • @twstf8905
    @twstf8905 Před 2 lety +30

    Prison for marijuana.
    Shameful. Every single one of them should be released immediately.

    • @Maria.9094
      @Maria.9094 Před 2 lety +1

      Except the woman who stole $950k from her employer. She deserves prison for stealing that amount of money.

    • @alphaomega1351
      @alphaomega1351 Před 2 lety

      Well since he didn't give my friends a discount, he got what he deserved. 😶

    • @wonderful-wafwaf
      @wonderful-wafwaf Před 2 lety

      Weed is a disgusting drug. NO DIFFERENT TO HEROIN. In fact worse IMO

  • @dddeadlift
    @dddeadlift Před 2 lety

    well done.

  • @JailGuide
    @JailGuide Před 2 lety +10

    Damn. Burrell talking about having to crawl into the shower. You wouldn't want to walk into any prison shower with a hazmat suit on. I feel for that guy, the floors in private spaces are absolutely disgusting. Simply horrible what he had to endure

    • @jeep19
      @jeep19 Před 2 lety +3

      You can bet that musthaphfruqr didn't rob anybody else...😭🤣🤨

    • @alphaomega1351
      @alphaomega1351 Před 2 lety

      He dropped the soap 🧼 😳!!! That's what really happened!!!!!! 😶

    • @nikkikidd8428
      @nikkikidd8428 Před 2 lety

      @jeep19 You are dead wrong on that one. I wonder how much his court case/trial, lawyers fee and incarceration cost the American taxpayers? Seems more like he robbed the taxpayers for 14 years lol. Oh and let’s not forget about his medical bills

  • @FletcherFinance
    @FletcherFinance Před 2 lety +5

    If she can steal $950,000 then she can learn to survive.

    • @potocatepetl
      @potocatepetl Před 2 lety

      You are jocking, right? To steal, you need to be able to write and forge a signature or have basic computer knowledge and work at the "right" place. That helps you nothing in american prisons....

    • @FletcherFinance
      @FletcherFinance Před 2 lety

      @@potocatepetl She will learn or she will suffer the consequences of not learning. Its obvious she can learn illegal skills to steal. Surely she can do the same to survive in prison. If not, good riddance to bad rubbish.

  • @damdamdamdumdidum
    @damdamdamdumdidum Před 2 lety +1

    31:08 - The US needs more people with this point of view.

  • @Nadia..J
    @Nadia..J Před 2 lety +8

    Which always proves that money crimes are far, far worse and far more important than hurting someone physically. Someone can bash me, throw me against a wall, choke me - but sure to get less prison time than someone who stole money!

    • @danhemming6624
      @danhemming6624 Před 2 lety +2

      Unless you're rich already. Then nothing happens but a fine.

  • @takeonemusic5537
    @takeonemusic5537 Před 2 lety +1

    Federal Prison Consultants: very good idea!!

  • @robertcombs55
    @robertcombs55 Před 5 měsíci +1

    My tour of duty in Vietnam; was simply a Year in Prison.

  • @carlostanner5453
    @carlostanner5453 Před 2 lety +2

    Got here early

  • @tonyb9185
    @tonyb9185 Před 2 lety +16

    Crying 😢 because you got caught for taking all that money,
    No thought of the person she took the money from....

    • @fbmimpy
      @fbmimpy Před 2 lety

      That's no pocket change... Darn near a million dollars...

    • @jonlouis2582
      @jonlouis2582 Před 2 lety

      Harsh.

  • @mynock250
    @mynock250 Před 2 lety +2

    Not a single one of them had any remorse.

  • @user-dl2jf8ir4w
    @user-dl2jf8ir4w Před 8 měsíci

    So hearting that the youngest boy tires to sell toys to help his dad in jail😢

  • @debisybesma5855
    @debisybesma5855 Před 2 lety +4

    sooo----do you watch this BEFORE or AFTER reading-----"prison for dummies"---asking for a friend...

  • @wastedwarrior1045
    @wastedwarrior1045 Před rokem +1

    Poor😢Peanut

  • @omadjourney
    @omadjourney Před 2 lety +8

    I don't feel sorry for that thief of a woman,I really hate people who steal when the rest of us have to face our problems head on and try to make it through the day without stealing!!!

  • @edwinwilkes4015
    @edwinwilkes4015 Před 2 lety +2

    This is ridiculous. Painting these criminals by letting them just lie and lie and lie “that was the extent of my criminal life” let me tell you people out there watching this. This wasn’t his first time robbing some poor old lady. And if he would’ve gotten away with it then it could have been your mom or your grandma getting robbed next. The other black guy STRANGLED A WOMAN!?! Dude was clearly at a party. Then tries to say it was A HATE CRIME??!? What the actual heck is this nonsense. Then the big tall white girl stole a million dollars. Didn’t get hardly any time.
    DONT FEEL SORRY FOR THESE CRIMINALS
    And we gonna keep locking ‘‘em up as long the law is the law.

  • @ShannonDavis322
    @ShannonDavis322 Před 2 lety +5

    Demario cracked me up when he said he wanted to be the first openly gay man to be President. That's saying a lot.

    • @merrymeditation
      @merrymeditation Před 11 měsíci

      I laughed too but then realized with slow horror that here in present day clown world, he has a good shot.

  • @justinthompson5193
    @justinthompson5193 Před rokem

    And then you see this piece full happy person sitting on a bench outside the court room and you forget about all the stigmas

  • @microgaze
    @microgaze Před 2 lety +2

    lots to unpack here... first off... Prison in Canada vs. US..... no comparison - Canadian prisons are like country clubs compared to corrections in the USA... The lady who embezzled close to a million: then sourced a "consultant" for prison readiness... Gimme a break....

  • @simoncquach
    @simoncquach Před 2 lety +13

    Imagine living in a world where there are consequences for your actions.

    • @darjuz96
      @darjuz96 Před 2 lety +4

      I think is that not about having a consequences, but how the penitentiary system works, and how is broken is it, an environment that is more likely that make people more dangerous, with a high recidive rate, and cause in some case mental illnes or mental bias that istitutionalize or make a person more violent or unable to live in a society outside when released and will end to live emarginated (and the "he pay" more what condemned) with a serious possibility what commit crime and enter again into the system

  • @IsabellaFrank2
    @IsabellaFrank2 Před 2 lety +3

    Who becomes a better person because of prison? No one.

  • @Blattzz802
    @Blattzz802 Před 2 lety +3

    USA...? Didn't realize Canada was a part of the US.

    • @TheCanadiangirl4
      @TheCanadiangirl4 Před 2 lety

      Yeah, I was a bit shocked by that too. It's really irresponsible of them to try to use cases from both countries.

    • @bakielh229
      @bakielh229 Před 5 měsíci

      @@TheCanadiangirl4 they are not different enough to warrant a distinction

  • @mikewatte4478
    @mikewatte4478 Před 2 lety

    32.04 looks and sounds like matt Damon

  • @curiousboy88
    @curiousboy88 Před 2 lety

    I didn't even know that Prison Consultants were a thing.

    • @lymarie1974
      @lymarie1974 Před 2 lety +1

      There are many on CZcams

    • @bakielh229
      @bakielh229 Před 5 měsíci

      Sounds like something that would only exist in America

  • @dwy9808
    @dwy9808 Před 2 lety +2

    53:00 that judge has some serious issues ..... it seems like he hates the lawyer or the defendant but it sounds cruel when he talks

    • @merrymeditation
      @merrymeditation Před 11 měsíci +1

      lol, i suspect he has to deal with this guy a lot, and he's prob pretty annoying

  • @corndog624
    @corndog624 Před 2 lety +5

    I wonder if jails do summer camp, for people to try out.

    • @PurdueAlum01
      @PurdueAlum01 Před 2 lety

      They do for juveniles...like a scary boot camp to try and scare them straight before they commit a real crime.

  • @injusticeanywherethreatens4810
    @injusticeanywherethreatens4810 Před 8 měsíci +1

    We gotta stop funding the backend of the prison system and start funding things like universal mental health care, universal housing , etc for all law obeying , tax paying adults. It's. So. Easy.

  • @freyasdottirx5894
    @freyasdottirx5894 Před 2 lety +6

    The simple solution is to not be a POS criminal.

  • @lifelong5425
    @lifelong5425 Před 2 lety +4

    Although they all regret their actions, they pay the price for what they involved themselves....some of them, an instant changed their life, the others let it go too far ...What was hard to accept was the Black man in the wheelchair being dehumanized by the system...made to crawl....America, that was inhumanity at a level unfathomable, no matter his crime.

  • @ahleahhook9791
    @ahleahhook9791 Před 2 lety +3

    5 years for embezzlement and fraud ...40 for stealing a purse. yea the system isn't rigged or anyhingg

    • @merrymeditation
      @merrymeditation Před 11 měsíci

      No one on earth believes that a first time offender got 40 years for merely "stealing a purse". I am thinking we didn't get the full story on that one ;) However, I loved his attitude at the end. Grateful to be free and never taking it for granted; sounds good to me.

  • @donaldrusk3558
    @donaldrusk3558 Před 2 lety +1

    How you steal a million m be confused you getting in trouble 🤔

  • @tedkhan8422
    @tedkhan8422 Před 2 lety +1

    😳

  • @ItsNoelMulkey
    @ItsNoelMulkey Před 2 lety +1

    Such a waist. For freaking weed man.

  • @ashdiddy6728
    @ashdiddy6728 Před 2 lety +1

    I wish these people had BETTER lawyers. Smh.

  • @johnthorpe1349
    @johnthorpe1349 Před 2 lety

    What a fuckin thing 4 your Lawyer 2 say I would fire him really quick!!!🤬🤬🖕

  • @mynock250
    @mynock250 Před 2 lety +2

    Great documentary, I however don’t feel sorry for any i of them.

  • @troyelliott390
    @troyelliott390 Před 2 lety

  • @wonderful-wafwaf
    @wonderful-wafwaf Před 2 lety

    That guy shouldn't of grown weed man

  • @alphaomega1351
    @alphaomega1351 Před 2 lety +1

    Jail/Prison is cool 😎! Free housing, meals, recreation and you get to hang out with your buddies all day. Yeah!!! 😶

  • @Unknown_Ooh
    @Unknown_Ooh Před 2 lety

    Another re-upload that multiple other docu channels have already uploaded

    • @MoAli-wm4of
      @MoAli-wm4of Před 2 lety +1

      Your Complaining about free content lol .. pay for hbo starz or other paid services and get fresh docs you haven't seen

  • @mikewatte4478
    @mikewatte4478 Před 2 lety

    Note to self
    Don't snatch purses in usa

  • @triggerhappy8872
    @triggerhappy8872 Před 2 lety +8

    So glad Demario didn’t go to prison, they would’ve hurt him in that place he ain’t built for prison.. & the dude in the wheelchair WTF 😳 14yrs , they didn’t him dirty.. & at the end he says he’s happy to be alive?? I’m able bodied & life is shit hope i get cancer but to young yet lols

    • @potocatepetl
      @potocatepetl Před 2 lety +3

      I agree in the case of Demario...but I am not so sure he will stay out of jail. Him and his mother justify way too much what he did and that is dangerous.

    • @wonderful-wafwaf
      @wonderful-wafwaf Před 2 lety

      Could it be because they are black by any chance? You're racist

    • @merrymeditation
      @merrymeditation Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@potocatepetl I wish we had an update, I wouldn't be surprised to hear he murdered a woman in the future.

    • @bakielh229
      @bakielh229 Před 5 měsíci

      @@potocatepetl he's a narcissist, guy literally has a "biography" where he says he enjoys listening to his own voice and wants to be the president... The judge ordering him mental counseling is a very good decision imo.

  • @takecareofyrshoes
    @takecareofyrshoes Před 2 lety

    omfg they grew marijuana?
    if you moved to michigan, you can posses it legally and buy marijuana from the dispensary if over 21.

    • @madelynferez
      @madelynferez Před 2 lety

      Only 10 years ago in MI it was a huge deal. Glad it has changed.

    • @takecareofyrshoes
      @takecareofyrshoes Před 2 lety

      @@madelynferez it was over 10 years ago. in 2010-ish the state passed a medicinal law. you could legally be prescribed marijuana by a doctor.

    • @neversaygoodluck
      @neversaygoodluck Před 2 lety

      He doesn't even need to move. He's in Canada, where it's now legal to buy if you are over 19.

  • @famousbowl9926
    @famousbowl9926 Před 2 lety

    Haha! Squares!

  • @b_to_the_b
    @b_to_the_b Před 2 lety

    Always get the Kosher or Halal meals

    • @famousbowl9926
      @famousbowl9926 Před 2 lety

      They give you a test to screen out the fakes like you.. have you even been to jail? Lol

  • @Abbittibbi
    @Abbittibbi Před 2 lety

    Prison, jail, penitenciary, 2000 years+ of the history of mankind. Nothing have changed. Hint, hint, hint...

  • @Chris_STR
    @Chris_STR Před 2 lety

    Joe might wanna go to the can his wife annoying me lol

  • @ernestoleuraarizonaarizona8066

    🔴✝️Psalm 146-7 He upholds the cause of the oppressed, and gives food to the hungry, The Lord SETS PRISIONERS FREE. ✝️🔴 In Jesus Christ. Amen.

  • @twstf8905
    @twstf8905 Před 2 lety +1

    Stealing 900 and some thousand dollars, from your employer or whatever, yeah you should go to prison.
    Marijuana or defending yourself against hate motivated bullies? Maybe a little jail and probation, but Marijuana is largely legal or at least decriminalized in most States nowadays, and standing up to Bullies, those are nowhere NEAR in the same game, let alone the same ballpark.
    I don't have much sympathy for thieves, clearly lol especially those who then make excuses and whine about "kissing their career goodbye, that they worked SO hard to get."
    The only thing worse than a thief is an entitled, privileged thief who still, after being caught and convicted, (meaning the charges have already been proven beyond a reasonable doubt in a Court of Law,) and is awaiting sentencing, still wants to make excuses, trying to justify it.
    Like, "I had to steal, I wasn't making as much as I was spending, and had to dig my way out of a hole!" and is now crying because the consequences are coming, when she could have just not lived in so much comfort and luxury, buying a house, etc., when living within her means, although it would have meant going without certain luxuries and meant spending within her means or being in debt a little longer, she could have avoided prison entirely like the rest of us have to.
    That's called an "HONEST living." Know what I mean?!
    It really makes her look pathetic.
    "High rates of incarceration have spawned a cottage industry of Prison Consultants." It said lol "These Consultants teach people how to survive in Prison."
    Maybe she should have invested in the "cottage industry" of "financial responsibility," or "money management." Instead lol you know, Consultants who teach people how to survive without feeling like stealing is a worthwhile alternative to begin with!
    It's not "high rates of incarceration," man, it's; "high rates of people thinking they're entitled to just take whatever they want."
    STEALING what they haven't earned, for whatever reason or excuse, free of any consequences.
    If you don't believe me, just listen to Lee. (The guy in the wheelchair.)
    Edit; I feel for DeMario, he was just trying to do what every parent teaches their child to do, and stand up for himself, and she eventually even admitted to blowing things out of proportion to the Police, even if he did take it a little too far, he definitely doesn't deserve Prison time.
    (I'm just sayin' ✌)

    • @TheCanadiangirl4
      @TheCanadiangirl4 Před 2 lety

      These are two different systems. The woman who stole 900,000 is in the Cdn system while the the kid defending himself is in the US judicial system.

  • @mah7961
    @mah7961 Před 9 měsíci

    quite honestly these people should be very grateful that they live in a western country that has Due process of law. The idea that you are innocent until proven guilty. the right of a fair and impartial trial. the right to a speedy trial, 5th amendment and 4th amendment protections. Ability to seek legal counsel and appeals process etc. As there are many countries around the world that have no Due process or even protections. Especially with countries that have 99% conviction rates. where you are guilty until proven innocent. Where they can hold you in prison for years before you even see a judge.

    • @bakielh229
      @bakielh229 Před 5 měsíci

      This is delusional, it's not 1940s anymore, the rest of the world is a good place to live, America is a third world police state hellhole. But keep being grateful for it, you live in your own bubble.

  • @vestaosto
    @vestaosto Před 2 lety +3

    I was shocked that she put her dog to sleep.

    • @asiasmaster
      @asiasmaster Před 2 lety

      🐶😪

    • @landonp629
      @landonp629 Před 2 lety +3

      I didn't get that from the show -- when did it say she put her do got sleep?

    • @vestaosto
      @vestaosto Před 2 lety

      @@landonp629 It wasn't said explicitly. But she is weeping at the door while someone is there to pick up the dog, and that person didn't seem to be delighted (if you adopt a dog, you probably would have a smile on your face), so I think that's what happened.