Juvenile Lifers in Pennsylvania

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  • čas přidán 29. 09. 2019
  • In 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it is unconstitutional to sentence a juvenile to a mandatory life without parole sentence. This changed everything for Pennsylvania’s juvenile lifer population, who now got a second chance at freedom. Learn about the more than 500 juvenile lifers in Pennsylvania’s corrections system and how this ruling changed their lives and led to many of them being released.

Komentáře • 28

  • @dmlebeau8547
    @dmlebeau8547 Před rokem +3

    In 2008 I wrote and pushed for Higher Education in Prison after leaving prison and entering College at Edinboro University. I hope in some way I helped the men I left behind at SCI Coal Township in some way.

  • @ejburton610
    @ejburton610 Před 3 lety +11

    Spending the rest of your life in an institution just sounds crazy to me

  • @WeisserStolz1
    @WeisserStolz1 Před rokem +2

    Did 7 years, SCI Greene. Crazy place.

  • @josephmichalcewiz1160
    @josephmichalcewiz1160 Před 2 lety +4

    Where can I get information about support groups near Philadelphia for juvenile Lifers released on Parole?

  • @jacquelinetorres6851
    @jacquelinetorres6851 Před rokem +1

    I would like to support juvenile lifers and being in involved in an organization!!

  • @ScottishT.Warriorman
    @ScottishT.Warriorman Před 3 měsíci

    Don't forget about programs that focus on mental health and substance addiction as well. Two of the biggest issues in the correctional system today.

  • @jeffreysmith8772
    @jeffreysmith8772 Před 2 lety +1

    Would love to see SCI crescent State institution in PA

  • @reginaldhaines6767
    @reginaldhaines6767 Před 3 lety +1

    Mothers in Charge is committed to helping these men Reunify with family and Community.

  • @Youraveragedemon-n3r
    @Youraveragedemon-n3r Před 2 měsíci

    6:53 Shout out to my old drug counselor he was the first light skin guy with the glasses, he was my drug counselor in north philly really Great guy, he got his college diploma while on the inside just for something to do and it ended up paying off after he got out.

  • @bunkerboy-hf4xh
    @bunkerboy-hf4xh Před 4 lety +3

    Prison should be work based from the start. There's to much sitting. The mind gets use to it.

    • @j.legacyfambrough3966
      @j.legacyfambrough3966 Před 3 lety +3

      There isn't as much sitting as you may think.

    • @shawnmartin9112
      @shawnmartin9112 Před 3 lety +1

      @Daniel Smith facts. Was inmate Sci frackville. You are to work. If you chose not to it goes against you getting parole. People love to talk unless you been in there.

    • @shawnmartin9112
      @shawnmartin9112 Před 3 lety +2

      @@j.legacyfambrough3966 facts been there.

  • @junitocrespo1641
    @junitocrespo1641 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Abolish Parole is the best thing we can do in PA. It doesn’t work. It’s a waste of billions of dollars. In a mostly democratic state, you will definitely find, once investigated, that the state of Pennsylvania keep inmates in prison because they’re a steady cash flow for the private sectors and those who invest in these places. Parole need to ‘em and flat sentences should be reinstated.

  • @shamirwilliams2325
    @shamirwilliams2325 Před 4 lety +6

    worst system ever

  • @jacquelinetorres6851
    @jacquelinetorres6851 Před rokem +1

    I really think lifers deserve a second chance. As we all do need second chances!!!

    • @kabeblak3606
      @kabeblak3606 Před rokem +4

      Depends on the circumstances. Never for killing random unknown innocent people. Never for killing kids. Some things don't get a do over

    • @kyshac81
      @kyshac81 Před rokem +1

      What you are seeing are people who were out of control and had to go to prison to be disciplined. These people need prison to learn discipline.

  • @mhermit
    @mhermit Před 2 měsíci +1

    Victims could not be reached for comment.

  • @christophercooper6737
    @christophercooper6737 Před 2 lety +1

    That’s al bs prison made me heart less it make u a animal

  • @michaelzane1912
    @michaelzane1912 Před 3 lety +5

    Listen you know right from wrong at the age of 11 12 13 14 15. don't let these people out on our streets they did a crime they need to pay for it with their life take a life get a life sentence

    • @cadespencer6320
      @cadespencer6320 Před 3 lety +11

      they may know right from wrong but they are especially wreckless, impulsive, vulnerable to peer pressure and have a far greater capacity to change than adult offenders, so they should not have to spend the rest of their lives in prison

    • @werdlyfe9577
      @werdlyfe9577 Před rokem +3

      So youre the same person that you were when you were 11 12 13 14 15 years old?

    • @Pietro-ni6ow
      @Pietro-ni6ow Před 28 dny

      ​@@werdlyfe9577 the life they took never had a chance...why should they.

  • @themysterycook7320
    @themysterycook7320 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Land of the free & home of the braVE in full evidence here. NOT!!!