Women In Prison (1974) | American TV Report

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  • čas přidán 5. 05. 2019
  • Examines the condition of women in prisons. Shows how women are often treated brutally in prison and explores plans which put women offenders under community surveillance rather than behind bars. Originally shared At archive.org I do not own the rights. Shared for historical purposes.
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  • @kimjohnson8471
    @kimjohnson8471 Před 4 lety +178

    The Sister at the beginning looks so beat down and defeated by life. She'd be an old woman now. I pray she found peace.😔

    • @tracistrickland647
      @tracistrickland647 Před rokem +7

      Amen 🙏

    • @blondie7389
      @blondie7389 Před rokem +5

      So true 🙏🏽

    • @thetruth125
      @thetruth125 Před 11 měsíci +8

      That’s when God can step in and he will get the TOTAL GLORY 🥲 In your most broken state and despair! He comes in like a flood and turn that thing around and show people Who is God 🧐The lord STRONG 💪🏾 & Mighty!!! MIGHTY in BATTLE 🙏🏾🙌🏾❤️

    • @kimjohnson8471
      @kimjohnson8471 Před 11 měsíci +3

      @@thetruth125 Praise be to the Lord of Lords and King of kings!

    • @jhenelle8605
      @jhenelle8605 Před 11 měsíci +6

      Yea I hope she got peace

  • @amberlinmchugh8115
    @amberlinmchugh8115 Před 5 lety +84

    Still the same problem. You can train convicted criminals to do all types of "good jobs " but no one will hire them with the criminal record

    • @Gapeaches77able
      @Gapeaches77able Před 4 lety +6

      Amberlin McHugh Don’t put yourself in that position in the first place.

    • @troizkatzenberg7308
      @troizkatzenberg7308 Před 4 lety +7

      @@Gapeaches77able Not true,there are judges,lawyers, doctor's &nurses,etc that have criminal backgrounds&are EMPLOYED WITHIN THEIR PROFESSION.PPL get their backgrounds expunged, however,the FBI WIL KEEP UR INFO IN THEIR DATA SYSTEM. It's unfortunate that many criminals are not aware of their rights. Ppl nake mistakes, serve their time,and should be given their second chance at life. Now if you are a hardened criminal, committing murders or other heinous crimes, no expungement will be allowed.

    • @thisislaflaretv5250
      @thisislaflaretv5250 Před 4 lety +3

      @@Gapeaches77able Sounds real Christian. So since it says in Isaiah that The Most High created good and evil he has alot to answer

    • @lalachka101
      @lalachka101 Před 4 lety +7

      @@Gapeaches77able anyone can end up there. Besides, most are there for drugs, it's easy to say "don't do drugs but it doesn't work that way. You won't understand unless you've been there.
      Another whole lot is there for prostitution. These are women that were fucked from birth: bad families, molestation, other issues that make them vulnerable to pimps.
      So, get over your righteous self.

    • @lalachka101
      @lalachka101 Před 3 lety +2

      @Julie Patrick you obviously can't understand even the simple things I said to reply with such a dumb cliche. Live in your world, it's safer that way. Thinking hurts.

  • @viralbuthow000
    @viralbuthow000 Před 5 lety +161

    Love footage from the 70s. But shit, 10-20 for assault?

    • @rucianapollard4057
      @rucianapollard4057 Před 4 lety +4

      I was thinking the same freaking thing!!!! That's a lot of time!!!

    • @garlandsmth
      @garlandsmth Před 4 lety +4

      Aint nothing change

    • @shab3134
      @shab3134 Před 2 lety +5

      How much time do our (black culture) recieve in the present...do you think things have changed 🤔 😳. No!

    • @sergeantbee2503
      @sergeantbee2503 Před rokem +1

      Extreme yes, but the victims scars from being assaulted will last for a life time.

    • @themookshit
      @themookshit Před 7 dny

      @@garlandsmth 🤣

  • @rosalindhampton24
    @rosalindhampton24 Před 5 lety +172

    "The more things change the more they stay the same"

    • @traciemartin3785
      @traciemartin3785 Před 5 lety +2

      @Rosalind Hampton So true. 💔🙏

    • @TheOlskool4ever
      @TheOlskool4ever Před 5 lety +2

      Except for the change in clothes, 2019 is no different than 1974.

    • @mel3760
      @mel3760 Před 5 lety +2

      Rosalind Hampton exactly! People didn’t follow rules back then and they’ve gotten worse

    • @diaellis8739
      @diaellis8739 Před 4 lety

      P

    • @aquariangirl71
      @aquariangirl71 Před 3 lety

      @Rosalind Hampton- You ain’t never lied!

  • @carter7937
    @carter7937 Před 4 lety +137

    It has been 45 years since this video was published yet we STILL have the same problems in our prisons. 🤔

  • @emancipateyourselffromment3659

    Brother, where do you find all this old stuff? These are treasures. Hold tight to them. It is a bout to get rocky up in this joint. Slavery by any other name is still slavery.

    • @nowdid
      @nowdid Před 5 lety +17

      "Brother where do you find all this old stuff" I remember seeing this lying down on my granny's living room floor. Female prison movies were very popular in the 70's. Must have been some kind of fetish. Reelblack surprises me with the stuff they find.

    • @emancipateyourselffromment3659
      @emancipateyourselffromment3659 Před 5 lety +4

      @@nowdid Great channel.

    • @traciemartin3785
      @traciemartin3785 Před 5 lety +3

      @EmancipateYourselfFromMentalSlavery So true!

    • @sassycappie4926
      @sassycappie4926 Před 5 lety

      Devonte Huntley 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @tom11zz884
      @tom11zz884 Před 5 lety +1

      AMEN!

  • @daynasafranek7807
    @daynasafranek7807 Před rokem +53

    I was born in 1974 and seeing this is strange to think that these women were/are my mother’s age and she will be 80 next year. Crazy to imagine these women as older women. I hope that these women had lives they were able to move on with after prison.

  • @Riogi
    @Riogi Před 5 lety +66

    I love watching and learning from these types of shows. Thank you very much for sharing so much with all of us.

  • @CandyBarr77
    @CandyBarr77 Před 5 lety +232

    These are some of the most beautiful black women I have seen in a long time. On a totally different note, I see a huge difference in black women now to then. From the way they spoke to the way they looked. We have changed drastically and not for the better.

    • @tonybelleo1895
      @tonybelleo1895 Před 5 lety +49

      Yes....and they all was so natural.. No fake hair.. No all tats everywhere... Just real women.. In a real woman state...

    • @M5StAr.2.0
      @M5StAr.2.0 Před 5 lety +33

      I agree! Natural beautys and intelligent conversation and you can understand evry word that they say

    • @M5StAr.2.0
      @M5StAr.2.0 Před 5 lety +5

      @Happy Growing yes indeed!

    • @CB-nk7vb
      @CB-nk7vb Před 5 lety +8

      ikr!!!!😍☹️ makes me wanna go back....

    • @ericapullum5491
      @ericapullum5491 Před 4 lety +14

      But when I black woman do you naturally black man start saying every black woman don’t look right wtf what more do you want from me

  • @ronaldbrown4678
    @ronaldbrown4678 Před 5 lety +116

    These are the most beautiful black woman I have seen in a long time the women's back then was natural beautiful today they look totally different from the woman's back then

    • @mprecous0bitch323
      @mprecous0bitch323 Před 5 lety +4

      Amen

    • @stevenmcgee3131
      @stevenmcgee3131 Před 4 lety +7

      Ronald Brown:That ain't nothing but the truth they was soo "Beautiful" .

    • @richk320
      @richk320 Před 4 lety +3

      Ronald Brown -Say it again!

    • @franknitty9954
      @franknitty9954 Před 4 lety +13

      Today woman are brainwashed by the media to think they have to alter their looks with weave make up surgery etc this was the black power pride era. These women even in prison loved themselves and took care of themselves better than the women of today.

    • @richk320
      @richk320 Před 4 lety +1

      frank nitty -Yes Sir!!!

  • @rubychew6535
    @rubychew6535 Před 4 lety +51

    The prison doesn't help with their mental and emotional needs.

    • @elinderfler9358
      @elinderfler9358 Před 4 lety

      They just medicate them to keep control. So what happened when they were released, hmm?

    • @rubinturner8233
      @rubinturner8233 Před 4 lety +1

      It's a prison!

  • @journeytocloud9
    @journeytocloud9 Před 5 lety +241

    Such a shame. Naturally beautiful black women who ended up in a place like this. I understand jail is punishment for doing a crime but this looks more like a mental institution, they kept them doped up! Makes me wonder who the real criminals are - the prisoners or the wardens and staff of the prisons. The “nurses” look crazy!

    • @traciemartin3785
      @traciemartin3785 Před 5 lety +2

      @NikkiiDior Preach!

    • @phreezzo8975
      @phreezzo8975 Před 5 lety +14

      So True Lady. This Is Why We Need Our Own Continent Of Africa For Nubian People And Our Own Laws And Rules We Are Very Different From The European Culture.

    • @jenniferwilcox9759
      @jenniferwilcox9759 Před 4 lety +8

      "Naturally beautiful black women who ended up in a place like this"? You posted an incomplete sentence, which makes it hard to understand what you mean. Are you implying it's unfair to have "naturally beautiful black women" in jail? Would it be better to "artificially, ugly black women"? What's beauty got to do with it?

    • @KATIA95
      @KATIA95 Před 4 lety +7

      What does it matter if they are beautiful or not, they’re criminals and should be punished

    • @KATIA95
      @KATIA95 Před 4 lety +5

      jorge alberto ospna i said that because i hate when u people say to the women they are beatiful, they don’t deserve that, but if it was a men u say he should be killed or things like that, just because is man, I HATE THAT STUPID PEOPLE!!!! U won’t find comments to the male inmates that they are awesome and they don’t deserve that

  • @sanchez73day36
    @sanchez73day36 Před 5 lety +107

    The narrator said it right mostly brown and black smh

    • @sassycappie4926
      @sassycappie4926 Před 5 lety +20

      sanchez ortiz That’s who they choose to arrest.

    • @journeytocloud9
      @journeytocloud9 Před 5 lety +19

      Oh the irony. Still to this day, mostly brown and black smh.

    • @user-zm9yc2kb8x
      @user-zm9yc2kb8x Před 5 lety

      n nothing has changed..some ppl like jail..they only get respect inside..

    • @nwhy406
      @nwhy406 Před 5 lety +1

      Yeah that caught my attention as well smh

    • @nickj3513
      @nickj3513 Před 5 lety +4

      No I see some whites in there!!!!

  • @latonyawhite7351
    @latonyawhite7351 Před 4 lety +19

    Hello Everyone, I'm 47years old, I have been incarcerated twice, however, by the GRACE OF MY HEAVENLY FATHER, I WAS NEVER, HARMED, I WAS VERY WELL TAKEN, CARE IF.🤗🤗

    • @latonyawhite7351
      @latonyawhite7351 Před 4 lety +1

      THANKYOU, SO MUCH, BECAUSE AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME, I FELT UNLOVED.🤗🤗✊

    • @latonyawhite7351
      @latonyawhite7351 Před 4 lety +1

      Thankyou so much Queen B, I, truly appreciate your response, I Love you for Free ❤️.

  • @thekaerichtexas
    @thekaerichtexas Před 4 lety +41

    I love prison docs. I don't think ive ever seen one this old. This is awesome!!!

  • @reginahill4369
    @reginahill4369 Před 4 lety +44

    Did you all see how the sergeant changed her whole disposition when the media challenged her about trying to embarrass someone ? The devil came out of her at the end.( And I quote) these are the rules. The sergeant was a bully probably dead now. It tried to bargain her way into heaven which will never happen

  • @thegrandcanyonisegypt2489
    @thegrandcanyonisegypt2489 Před 5 lety +85

    wonder how they were treated after this
    that warden seemed like a 😈
    everyone was so naturally skinny ..no GMO🤓

    • @emergematic9048
      @emergematic9048 Před 4 lety +1

      BG Before Gmos And the invention of super fast foods my sista! Actually I reacted to fast I see you listed GMOS

    • @areguapiri
      @areguapiri Před 4 lety +1

      People just did not eat like pigs 24 hours a day, like nowadays.

    • @Richard-xo2uv
      @Richard-xo2uv Před 2 lety +1

      Everyone is not eating like pigs, I know people who overeat and stay skinny and other who eat far less but gain weight. Tells me it's more how your body processes what's in the food, i.e. sugars etc

  • @KellieEverts--conductsNightTra

    TAKE CHILDREN AWAY FROM MOTHER - CRUELEST THING YOU CAN DO. YOU BETTER PROVE SHE CAN'T TAKE CARE OF THE CHILD ONCE SHE'S OUT. FOSTER HOMES OFTEN HAVE MEN WHO SEXUALLY ABUSE KIDS - THIS HAPPENS A LOT, I HAVE HEARD MANY PEOPLE TELL ME. HOW IS THAT BETTER THAN TAKING THE CHILD FROM ITS MOTHER IN PRISON?

    • @bethmackins2433
      @bethmackins2433 Před rokem +1

      Yea men AND WOMEN who sexually and physically abuse kids. (The amount of foster ‘mums’ who have ended up murdering a foster child that has been taken off a mother is unreal)

  • @bryantmungo3123
    @bryantmungo3123 Před 5 lety +41

    DAMN !!!, i was born in 1971, so i was 3 years old in 1974, and i didnt know what the hell was going on in the World at that time., lol............... All i knew was CARTOONS , TOYS and going to MCDONALDS with my Parents in 74 !!!! :D

    • @Moon11067
      @Moon11067 Před 4 lety +3

      I was born in 73.' Can't remember most my childhood during the 70's.

    • @kingwyse6327
      @kingwyse6327 Před 4 lety

      Word..My mom was born 73 and pops was born in 70

    • @louise-yo7kz
      @louise-yo7kz Před 3 lety

      So was I @Bryant Mungo

  • @Moon11067
    @Moon11067 Před 4 lety +53

    Those afro's. Lord, they are a sight to behold.

    • @angeldorsey3335
      @angeldorsey3335 Před 2 lety

      ..... IT'S CALLED A NATURAL!...I HOPE U R NOT AN AFRICAN AMERICAN SAYING THAT... I'M GONNA PRETEND I DIDN'T C UR COMMENT......

    • @shab3134
      @shab3134 Před 2 lety

      @@angeldorsey3335 Agreed...read my comment to him

    • @shab3134
      @shab3134 Před 2 lety +1

      ...and beautiful! Absolutely beautiful afros on our beautiful ladies!

    • @angeldorsey3335
      @angeldorsey3335 Před 2 lety

      @@shab3134 OKAY.....B.L.A.K....FACTZ!😎😎

  • @LisaSimpsonsHomegirl
    @LisaSimpsonsHomegirl Před 5 lety +65

    I wish they could find these women today to see how they're doing. I'm pretty sure some of them are deceased, but you never know.

    • @LinwoodPowell
      @LinwoodPowell Před 5 lety +25

      A lot of them probably never made it out of the 80s....cocaine/crack era had yet to come when this was filmed

    • @kingwyse6327
      @kingwyse6327 Před 4 lety +1

      @rxp56 word

    • @bumpyjohnson_3rd973
      @bumpyjohnson_3rd973 Před 3 lety +5

      @@LinwoodPowell you hit it right on the head with that I think the crack cocaine what's the best left hook systemic racism gave black folks

    • @jeanhawkins8642
      @jeanhawkins8642 Před rokem +1

      It's been 50 yrs..... I'm sure they are no longer living

  • @KellieEverts--conductsNightTra

    THEY TAKE AWAY YOUR DIGNITY & SELF RESPECT. HOW WILL THAT HELP YOU WHEN YOU GET OUT?

  • @monicdavis6150
    @monicdavis6150 Před 4 lety +24

    I wonder how the rest of life went for these women.

  • @rochellekeels8466
    @rochellekeels8466 Před 4 lety +28

    That Afro is beautiful

  • @godblessthechild9428
    @godblessthechild9428 Před 3 lety +46

    I've always noticed that people in positions of authority and power, power trip and are tyrants who seem to enjoy asserting themselves in overly aggressive ways and always speak to people as if they are less than human. You can exert your authority without bullying people or talking down to them. Not everyone in jail or prison are bad people or crazy. More times than not, people take on those jobs just because they desire to be aggressive and bullies, look at how cops treat citizens (children included)

    • @markant9534
      @markant9534 Před 2 lety +4

      On large plantations, the person who directed the daily work of the slaves was the overseer, usually a white man but occasionally an enslaved black man-a "driver"-promoted to the position by his master. ... Of white overseers, former slaves relate harsh memories.

    • @markant9534
      @markant9534 Před 2 lety +3

      They were called bushers on the plantations in Jamaica, Bob Marley`s white father was a busher but he disowned Marley becaus he didn`t want people to know he had a biracial child.

    • @sarahstrong7174
      @sarahstrong7174 Před rokem +3

      People with Narcissitic Personality Disorder will seek jobs which give them access to vulnerable people.

  • @crystalhogan9362
    @crystalhogan9362 Před 4 lety +51

    wonder where these women are now in 2019

  • @HatianHurricane
    @HatianHurricane Před 5 lety +32

    IT'S SAD BUT NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @nutznchocolates56
    @nutznchocolates56 Před 5 lety +47

    That woman in the red Mary Dellinger looks like she just came from a lynching remind me that teacher that was wearing a pink in the Harry Potter movie

    • @williamnorman2591
      @williamnorman2591 Před 4 lety +4

      She's more like John Dillinger they like that control they have none at home u can tell the way

    • @louise-yo7kz
      @louise-yo7kz Před 3 lety +1

      Delores Umbrage

  • @ethelparis2255
    @ethelparis2255 Před 4 lety +46

    my daughter was in prison recently and she was traumatized with just being their they gave her medication it made her gain weight and she was like a zombie I was glad when she got off

  • @RahaRo11
    @RahaRo11 Před 5 lety +138

    Soo sad. Systematic slavery. Brought tears to my eyes. For real

    • @8v71buses
      @8v71buses Před 5 lety

      Wow you sound like a very optimistic person @Silverbreaker

    • @8v71buses
      @8v71buses Před 5 lety +1

      Silverbreaker That explains a lot. Also it’s “I am” not iam and the word negative actually ends with an e and not the letter v lol 😂

    • @rubinturner8233
      @rubinturner8233 Před 4 lety +5

      DO NOT COMMIT CRIME. DONT GET IMPRISONED. I GUESS THATS TOO MUCH TO ASK AND TOO HARD.

    • @bigdee11000
      @bigdee11000 Před 3 lety +3

      Prison, 20th/21st century PLANTATIONS...!

    • @briangardner8522
      @briangardner8522 Před 3 lety

      @@rubinturner8233 SHUT UP YOU SILLY WOZZOL

  • @stmarquies4377
    @stmarquies4377 Před 5 lety +69

    The employees looks more old and stressed out in the face the the inmates

    • @bettywilliams9633
      @bettywilliams9633 Před 5 lety +6

      St. Marquez you are so right,why are they looking worse than the inmates

    • @rubyhouston5513
      @rubyhouston5513 Před 4 lety

      @@bettywilliams9633 Because the inmates don't do hard work, except for drinking, drugging and stealing.

    • @areguapiri
      @areguapiri Před 4 lety +7

      Working in a prison will wear out your mind and body over the years. It is not worth it. Even public school teachers look bad because of the daily bad behavior they have to deal with.

    • @rudolphvalentinowhite7490
      @rudolphvalentinowhite7490 Před 2 lety +1

      Because they are the true evil criminals. They just didn’t get caught or had powerful family and friends.

  • @tily5939
    @tily5939 Před 4 lety +22

    How did Mary get manslaughter but not real prison time? Did she really kill her drunk husband or was it self defense?

  • @tonybelleo1895
    @tonybelleo1895 Před 5 lety +58

    Wow... The same story... Black and brown...

    • @candycesaturday7218
      @candycesaturday7218 Před 5 lety +1

      Living With Ericka yup

    • @LawrinMaxwellsmpc500
      @LawrinMaxwellsmpc500 Před 4 lety +3

      @Teddy Meen exactly let Hispanics worry about their own issues because they never aligned themselves with us only against us just like the whites

    • @janet.oboutte1349
      @janet.oboutte1349 Před 4 lety +1

      @@LawrinMaxwellsmpc500 Blacks are their own Enemy don't act like niggas and people might like you

  • @Riogi
    @Riogi Před 5 lety +87

    The ladies incarcerated are so beautiful! If only they had a chance, help and real direction from those who truly cared.

    • @traciemartin3785
      @traciemartin3785 Před 5 lety +3

      @Riogi So true. It's rare that truly happens in certain areas, though-poor areas.

    • @taneekasmith5782
      @taneekasmith5782 Před 5 lety +3

      Its starts with yourself6

    • @taneekasmith5782
      @taneekasmith5782 Před 5 lety

      Dont let people put you in jail in your own home

    • @jamesarchie5631
      @jamesarchie5631 Před 5 lety

      Riogi at least u care enough to speak out about wat u c

    • @emergematic9048
      @emergematic9048 Před 4 lety +1

      Your yet another CZcams super star I've seen you in comment sections all over chow!

  • @danellewalker6879
    @danellewalker6879 Před 3 lety +83

    I was a Correctional Officer in a all mental prison for men in Mississippi and it was absolutely crazy. Some of the officers, unit managers, lieutenant, captains etc., were very mean and did horrible things. They do treat the prisoners as cattle, slaves, unhuman etc. It was a depressing job. I felt like I was doing time with them. 12 to 16 hour shifts. I was also on the swat team and it would be times we were just called in to harass inmates for nothing

    • @crystalmason829
      @crystalmason829 Před 2 lety +8

      They pay well my friends in New York are also correctional officers....that was their only motivation for showing up to work...that check. But yes it's like you're doing the time with them very stressful place especially for women in corrections the courage and the strength much respect 🙏 💪

    • @brianub9694
      @brianub9694 Před 2 lety +2

      So is that why you don't do it now my brother

    • @jasmineburnett8452
      @jasmineburnett8452 Před rokem +3

      Unfortunately I was incarcerated for a short time and I said that to one of the CEOs that she was doing time with us because she practically lived there with us

    • @lindahenry7017
      @lindahenry7017 Před rokem +2

      My oldest nephew was a Correctional Officer as well the stories he told were horrible as well as dangerous. I was so relieved when he left he served for 10 years. Thank God you weren't hurt while you were there. 😭😭😭

    • @queenisrael8158
      @queenisrael8158 Před rokem +3

      I know some of the guards are horrible people cause they would turn their back when some of the inmates getting rape are attack , I know the disgusting stories cause some of my family use to work as a guard! The guards are horrible then some of the inmates!!

  • @oleskool1031
    @oleskool1031 Před 4 lety +12

    Why did the guard have to say, "Hear's your JAIL clothes"? Inhumane robot ass guards... And she did not need to spray her... black people don't generally get lice.

  • @lashaisrael2151
    @lashaisrael2151 Před 5 lety +22

    Thank you for posting! Keep em coming💕

  • @stevenmcgee6076
    @stevenmcgee6076 Před 5 lety +51

    21:29 BEAUTIFUL the one with that Afro.♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

    • @candycesaturday7218
      @candycesaturday7218 Před 5 lety +7

      Steven Mcgee yes she was a baddy..lol

    • @Moon11067
      @Moon11067 Před 4 lety +7

      Yes, that afro was on point. I now wear my hair in an afro. I can't wait for it to get bigger.

    • @jamespercell5306
      @jamespercell5306 Před 3 lety

      The light woman

    • @datguy1569
      @datguy1569 Před 3 lety +2

      Who are you telling I call her "Big Red" she's gorgeous. 👍

  • @lenasharmaine8296
    @lenasharmaine8296 Před 4 lety +85

    23:07-24:40 pissed me all the way off. How degrading of another woman to humiliate another woman like that! 🤬🤬🤬😡

    • @snacksized_biteme7473
      @snacksized_biteme7473 Před 4 lety +3

      Exactly 🙌👏👏👏

    • @telyje
      @telyje Před 4 lety +11

      Did u see that nasty dirty smirk she had on her face...omg I wanted 2 smack the dog crap out of her

    • @Lynn-zx3th
      @Lynn-zx3th Před 4 lety +6

      MontanaR1 Yes so degrading & so disgusting to treat another human being like that.

    • @henryjamison7105
      @henryjamison7105 Před 4 lety +2

      word

    • @dsd7004
      @dsd7004 Před 4 lety +1

      u think it easy to work in a jail. lack of privacy is a given, what sort of system do you propose?

  • @RandyTheWildHorse
    @RandyTheWildHorse Před 4 lety +23

    You can tell the nurse with the cat's eye glasses loves to pass the pills starting at 16:31

    • @rosemiller8590
      @rosemiller8590 Před 3 lety +8

      She probably take most of them herself.

    • @xanlysphynx8839
      @xanlysphynx8839 Před 3 lety +1

      They dont do that anymore cause of addicts I heard they don't even like giving ibuprofen out cause of addicts these days

  • @wannef980
    @wannef980 Před 5 lety +16

    I can tell you RIGHT NOW. No way in the hell I could've taken that type of job!

  • @deeks1970
    @deeks1970 Před 5 lety +38

    What in the world did they spray her with after she took her shower?

  • @caylamorris5097
    @caylamorris5097 Před 4 lety +12

    No shortage of pills...heart-breaking

  • @ckdub2
    @ckdub2 Před 4 lety +10

    This prison system seems like a nursery school in comparison to the modern day prisons in the last 20 or 30 years

  • @straieraswift5785
    @straieraswift5785 Před 4 lety +18

    Babies in prison. The saddest thing ever.

    • @martamurawska6179
      @martamurawska6179 Před rokem

      not sorry please baby is next criminalist genetic infect from bad mather

  • @destressfrlyf843
    @destressfrlyf843 Před 5 lety +38

    That sistah's afro (Terri Walker). . . . . Speaks beauty & power

  • @mikelclark9723
    @mikelclark9723 Před 4 lety +20

    This came out the year I was born it's definitely a treasure 💙 the system is designed to break you

    • @martamurawska6179
      @martamurawska6179 Před rokem

      who have strong character never can nobody nothing breke you weak mind loser always

  • @Gapeaches77able
    @Gapeaches77able Před 4 lety +22

    They had some big, beautiful afros.

  • @oleskool1031
    @oleskool1031 Před 4 lety +12

    The warden looks like Bram Stoker's Dracula.

  • @nickj3513
    @nickj3513 Před 5 lety +19

    Women prisoners seemed calm and mature!!!!

    • @mel3760
      @mel3760 Před 5 lety +2

      nick j mature people obey laws

    • @marquitashiver6141
      @marquitashiver6141 Před 5 lety +1

      @@mel3760 Shit happens

    • @emilycurtis8256
      @emilycurtis8256 Před 5 měsíci

      @@mel3760you’d probably love to be a toxic ass correctional officer huh?

  • @magenta13
    @magenta13 Před 4 lety +18

    I can't even tell these women are "narcotics" users. They look good. Prison now and prison then , like night day.

    • @johnmoran1317
      @johnmoran1317 Před 3 lety

      magenta-fortunately the insane war on drugs is gradually ending..Before 1914 all drugs in in usa were legal,and the country did not collapse.

    • @nicoleali9532
      @nicoleali9532 Před 11 měsíci +2

      I was thinking the same thing about narcotics
      Maybe they were selling narcotics

  • @karenperkins106
    @karenperkins106 Před 4 lety +15

    I Wonder If Any Of These Women Still In Prison????

  • @malcolmgreene8830
    @malcolmgreene8830 Před 4 lety +12

    That's basically slavery going on in there that has to be another form of slavery going on in that jail

  • @tyshondrabarnes7631
    @tyshondrabarnes7631 Před 5 lety +37

    reelblack" Keep Exposing Truth

  • @courtneyraiyn-eshaiyn7815
    @courtneyraiyn-eshaiyn7815 Před 4 lety +15

    They gave out Valium and Seroquel?! Holy cow man that stuff will get you higher than a kite. What were they thinking?!

    • @courtneyraiyn-eshaiyn7815
      @courtneyraiyn-eshaiyn7815 Před 4 lety +3

      @sara Allison aka Miss true Freeman I was on 600 mg once bc my psychiatrist was trying to help my insomnia. If you take a high enough dose it will make you hallucinate which happened to me. Had to go to ER and flush it out. I had been on 50 mg prior then 100 and so on but I went to 600 too quick for my body. I was hallucinating and crawling around on the floor like a drunkard yet unable to sleep bc my skin was crawling. I'd say with a high enough dose not used to it. But everyone is different. I personally never touched it again. Not even at a low dose. Too scared.

    • @rhondmarcus7515
      @rhondmarcus7515 Před 11 měsíci

      Salt shaker from tubberware

  • @romega951
    @romega951 Před 5 lety +19

    This was a very good report on prisons now look at where we are in 2019, one woman said we don't need to build any more prisons for non-violent inmates-ha we are overflowing with prisons...

  • @loveanpeace4eva
    @loveanpeace4eva Před 4 lety +44

    Very well done documentary! One of the best I've seen. The older ones are so raw...so real. I pray all these women are free today.🙏

    • @martamurawska6179
      @martamurawska6179 Před rokem

      criminal is criminal guity shult shame breathe infect all speace air world bad exaple is pleace where shuld go jail

  • @candybrown9395
    @candybrown9395 Před 4 lety +11

    At least I could say the prison was clean back then and they have beds to sleep on. These prison today is nasty and and dirty . They have to sleep on the floor it's very sad

    • @kingwyse6327
      @kingwyse6327 Před 4 lety +2

      Prison always been nasty even when it look clean

  • @koolkev2020able
    @koolkev2020able Před 4 lety +13

    This is truely heartbreaking. 😢

    • @martamurawska6179
      @martamurawska6179 Před rokem

      not really just clarity fact black is more risick criminal than white woman

  • @chiffonsmith1892
    @chiffonsmith1892 Před 4 lety +9

    When the lady was walking in line. The lady with the pink blouse dress& pants on looked like ARETHA FRANKLIN 🌹 Look like The Blues Brothers was about to start 🎸🎤. These Lady's ❤️ are Beautiful

  • @beverlyboo9075
    @beverlyboo9075 Před 4 lety +10

    Just like I stopped drinking because I couldn't afford it out here, I also would stop smoking because I couldn't afford it in there. There is no way I would do all that hard work and waste my money on a carton of cigs.

  • @ychanan36
    @ychanan36 Před 4 lety +11

    Isaiah 42:22 Kjv
    “But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.”
    King James Version (KJV)

    • @tunikacooper3389
      @tunikacooper3389 Před 3 lety +2

      Shole is I remember a lot of scripture about today..TMH is on his way 🤲🏽

  • @mamacoffee181
    @mamacoffee181 Před 4 lety +10

    16:53 she look evil and everything she said was evil.

  • @chick-fil-agal2264
    @chick-fil-agal2264 Před 4 lety +37

    Sounds like US school system.

    • @anthonyz7023
      @anthonyz7023 Před 4 lety

      @Chick-fil-A gal, czcams.com/video/9xpOvNqV8SQ/video.html
      fast forward ---->> 1:24:42
      Dumbing down of US education. Mind Control. Check it out.
      p.s chick-fil-A is yummy, lines are sooo long. peace

  • @katherinea.williams3044
    @katherinea.williams3044 Před 5 lety +48

    Jail is never fun, but cigarettes AND Valium? UNHEARD OF, nowadays.
    I wonder what these women would think of jail today, where people are treated as cattle; I’m sure they were treated as such back then as well.
    And the time doesn’t seem to fit the crimes in this video. And unfortunately, I think that has to do with race and society in general back then

    • @conniemoore1786
      @conniemoore1786 Před 5 lety

      OMG you're actually WOKE💯no offense tho

    • @katherinea.williams3044
      @katherinea.williams3044 Před 5 lety

      Connie Moore What do you mean?

    • @ashtonevans2427
      @ashtonevans2427 Před 5 lety +3

      Not just back then but the same today and it hasn't changed.

    • @katherinea.williams3044
      @katherinea.williams3044 Před 5 lety +1

      Ashton Evans I couldn’t concur more. While I see little tweaks that show a minor difference (or major- take away my Valium & I’m a dead woman), it’s unfortunately fundamentally the same.

    • @edieselentertainment
      @edieselentertainment Před 5 lety +6

      Today also, the global system of white supremacy hasn't stopped.

  • @gingerbaker4390
    @gingerbaker4390 Před 3 lety +5

    If i was in prison, I would just read. I would join the library. Once you know English and maths, you can't go wrong in life.

  • @SuperflySister
    @SuperflySister Před 5 lety +11

    A very good documentary it’s even relevant for today. Thanks for sharing

  • @davidfoley3510
    @davidfoley3510 Před 3 lety +8

    That was very interesting. Those women were no fools. Thanks reelblack.

  • @jessaca
    @jessaca Před 4 lety +15

    All them damn pills🥴

  • @marcirathbone8998
    @marcirathbone8998 Před 4 lety +10

    Atleast the inmates got to smoke back then and a legit bed to sleep on things have changed a whole lot since then

    • @dodsonlatanya7143
      @dodsonlatanya7143 Před 2 lety +1

      Reading your statement, I'm 98.5% sure u missed or ignored the entire point of this documentary.

  • @filliusawusi6174
    @filliusawusi6174 Před 4 lety +8

    Wonder how many of these ladies made it to 2020..? Value my Freedom Like I Value my Life.. Unfortunately tomorrow is Promised to no one.. Be Careful out there folks..

  • @JacklinTerry-Lathan
    @JacklinTerry-Lathan Před 4 lety +7

    Mass incarceration for women appears to have not changed much, especially for women of color. A womens needs are not being addressed, they are paying the price by being incarcerated, and so are we, but when does the rehabilitation, and family healing start? The children suffer and get caught in the system when there are no safety nets. This cycle is vicious. Lord help us all.

  • @leighburton832
    @leighburton832 Před rokem +5

    Did anyone notice that almost all the prisoners had combed hair that was well kept?

  • @ninorcairam
    @ninorcairam Před 3 lety +3

    That figure of 80,000 female prisoners cited in this program is now at 220,000.

  • @novemberday8277
    @novemberday8277 Před 3 lety +7

    I wish we knew what became of these women after the documentary.

  • @godzbody2432
    @godzbody2432 Před 5 lety +52

    That afro on the light sister mean o my

    • @katrinalewis6543
      @katrinalewis6543 Před 5 lety +4

      Calvin Purnell... Yes!!!

    • @Msboochie2
      @Msboochie2 Před 5 lety +16

      Plus the way she carries herself, regal. Like she could be a queen if she wasn’t in prison.

    • @Moon11067
      @Moon11067 Před 4 lety +5

      Yes, it was fierce.

    • @wisdomfisher1701
      @wisdomfisher1701 Před 4 lety +5

      Yes, it was 🔥

  • @615BlackBarbie
    @615BlackBarbie Před 4 lety +5

    The jail wasn't so loud and rowdy then.

  • @jonileviness9706
    @jonileviness9706 Před 3 lety +4

    80,000 women incarcerated in 1974 231,000 women and girls 2018

  • @kenphillips9904
    @kenphillips9904 Před 3 lety +4

    Why are they smiling at the female prisoners pain and suffering? The lady embarrassed about soiling herself is not funny.

  • @arimasmemphis4061
    @arimasmemphis4061 Před 4 lety +13

    "Turn around and show me the bottom of your feet...One at a time". Lmao... She's standing up in the shower, was it really necessary to add the last part?

    • @myway5536
      @myway5536 Před 4 lety

      Shiiiiiiiiit I knew a young fella that kept a sharp paper clip in the calcium builds on the bottom of his feet

    • @myway5536
      @myway5536 Před 3 lety

      @@Thorium_Th huh

  • @jameslomenzo1139
    @jameslomenzo1139 Před rokem +11

    rich people will never end up like this, its when you have no money and family.

  • @kaylao.3326
    @kaylao.3326 Před 5 lety +45

    Wow prison was so different back then

  • @cristyluv1205
    @cristyluv1205 Před 5 lety +85

    The CO’s still looked like women. Today they all want to emulate men.

    • @naveenzaidi627
      @naveenzaidi627 Před 5 lety +17

      Wearing pants doesn't mean they want to be a "man". There is a reason why CO's are required to wear pants and tie their hair up into pony tails or buns. For one, when there are prison riots or general fights how do you expect a CO to intervene with a skirt on and heels??? As for the hair, it is easier to pull hair and put the person in a headlock when the hair is down, whereas when your hair is tied it decreases the chances of being grabbed and put into a headlock. If a male CO had long hair they would have him do the same or have it cut. Nothing to do with emulating men, its just rules to keep female CO's safe.

    • @rasshabaka7606
      @rasshabaka7606 Před 4 lety +2

      Slavery was legal in amerikkka way back in the day,that was before the prison industrial complex--now a days.

    • @areguapiri
      @areguapiri Před 4 lety +4

      America has the most unfeminine women in the world nowadays.

    • @torinowens6103
      @torinowens6103 Před 4 lety +3

      Hell the Black women today period want to be men! SMH 1love

    • @bebespeaks7827
      @bebespeaks7827 Před 4 lety +3

      No, they emulate men by competing “how obnoxiously Butch can I dress and sculpt and appear? To look like a man with no testosterone?” Contest. That butch lesbian corrections officer look just kills me and makes me feel blinded. I ain’t a hater on gays, I just don’t see the point in looking like Obnoxious Butch Intentionally. I’d rather look away. Thank god ive never been in jail or prison.

  • @articulatemadness
    @articulatemadness Před 4 lety +30

    Sad thing about this piece is that the piece failed to discuss why these women got put in these positions in the first place. There needed to be a connection between the financial inequality and the laws that makes regular folks criminals (not talking about the murderers, just everybody else).
    Other thing is, these women were shameful of being in jail. The Prison Industrial Complex has since privatized and gotten into the business of glorifying prison so much people love bragging about going to jail as if it were a resume booster.
    On another note, I wonder now how many women are in jail for non-violent, non-criminal offenses (like traffic violations, homelessness, debt, etc.) It would be interesting to see that and the stats that Ava Duveray pointed out that women are being incarcerated almost six times as much as men.

    • @daynasafranek7807
      @daynasafranek7807 Před rokem +2

      Debt is not a crime in the US and Debtors Prison is long gone, but I see your point. They should have mentioned why they were there. They looked like they were all depressed and miserable in the “best” prisons.

    • @articulatemadness
      @articulatemadness Před rokem +1

      @@daynasafranek7807 Debt IS a crime in certain states. Owe on child support, a debt, and you will be in jail. TX is the first state to put people in jail for owing on student loans.

    • @AR-hn9mr
      @AR-hn9mr Před rokem +3

      @@articulatemadness seriously?

    • @eligreg99
      @eligreg99 Před 11 měsíci

      I don’t think women are being locked up more than men. That’s a lie

  • @dono8721
    @dono8721 Před 5 lety +17

    Was that some kind of cancer causing spray

    • @TaiJ-Aird
      @TaiJ-Aird Před 4 lety +2

      I was thinking the same thing ..what is in that spray 🤔

    • @265hemi7
      @265hemi7 Před 3 lety +1

      All of these prisoners would be at least in the mid 60's age range now at a minimum ! Who knows how many are still alive or not ?

    • @angelathomas1962
      @angelathomas1962 Před 3 lety

      😂😂😂

  • @kingkwaduleach9088
    @kingkwaduleach9088 Před 5 lety +6

    Most of the women are died are in there late 60s. It sad back then and today.

  • @JustMe327
    @JustMe327 Před 3 lety +15

    God bless those ladies. Depending on how old they was in 1974 their 60 + to 80 + years old now. 10:45

  • @vickiehughes6998
    @vickiehughes6998 Před 3 lety +4

    Enjoy all your movies and documentary keep bringing them 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

  • @emergematic9048
    @emergematic9048 Před 4 lety +9

    This must be from the sixties I was conceived in 1973 and this looks older than that

  • @bumpyjohnson_3rd973
    @bumpyjohnson_3rd973 Před 3 lety +6

    I'm peeping this they refer to lesbianism as homosexuality

  • @allthingstravon21
    @allthingstravon21 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Most of these women have to be between 80-100 years old by now. I pray they found peace and serenity over the years in this one life we get

  • @hectorg3288
    @hectorg3288 Před 4 lety +5

    Damn that Red Bone with the Afro is Beautiful she like the Beyonce of LA County

    • @hectorg3288
      @hectorg3288 Před 4 lety +1

      Oh yeah she beautiful to didn't make it that far geash you don't have to go black panther on me

  • @pamelaclary5869
    @pamelaclary5869 Před 5 lety +18

    So basically they teach these women to have low self esteem

  • @Lynn-zx3th
    @Lynn-zx3th Před 4 lety +4

    Is nobody gonna talk about those little dresses they have to wear? WTF!

  • @rochellekeels8466
    @rochellekeels8466 Před 4 lety +9

    It all rolls over to the next generation

  • @KellieEverts--conductsNightTra

    THEY TREAT YOU LIKE SHIT. YOU CAN'T CONGREGATE OR TALK IN GROUPS. YOU CAN'T BE FRIENDLY. YOU CAN'T LOOK AT ANOTHER PERSON TOO LONG. YOU CAN'T GROOM ONE ANOTHER. YOU CAN'T TOUCH ONE ANOTHER. THEY HAVE ALL KINDS OF PUNISHMENT FOR BREAKING THEIR PETTY RULES. THEY DEMORALIZE PEOPLE. THIS IS ABUSE.

  • @redred9382
    @redred9382 Před 4 lety +7

    Wow 8/19 im here and nothing changed but hairstyles. Nothing is new under the sun, my Grandma would say.

  • @kristonjones2201
    @kristonjones2201 Před 3 lety +8

    The part that get me was, "pull your pants down and show me".....W. I. T . A . F. was wrong with that warden.
    *Inmate: I just started my monthly, I need to go to my room
    *Guard: Pull your pants down and show me
    *Inmate: No, it's private
    *Guard: Do what I said
    *Inmate: No!!!!!!
    *Guard: Okay, you can go, but you're getting a write-up for insubordination
    *Warden: "Gleefully with a maniacal smirk, it's a rule. I know it's embarrassing, I would be embarrassed. IT'S A RULE!!!!

    • @angelathomas1962
      @angelathomas1962 Před 3 lety +1

      Freaks is what that is

    • @bethmackins2433
      @bethmackins2433 Před rokem

      Yea the way she said of course it’s embarrassing, it wouldn’t be normal if she wasn’t embarrassed about her privates’
      Using ‘it’s a rule’ as an excuse to humiliate her, fucking jobsworth.

  • @deanguando1335
    @deanguando1335 Před 5 lety +28

    The wages for the jobs are criminal.

    • @officetechtyping
      @officetechtyping Před 5 lety +3

      And they remain largely the same. See Angola State Prison. V

  • @cjohnson7187
    @cjohnson7187 Před 5 lety +8

    Still disproportions between race and what is available to them once they have served their time. Utterly sickening.