Why Inmates Act Out In Solitary Confinement | Stephen's Story | FRONTLINE

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  • @frontline
    @frontline  5 років тому +129

    Watch the full film “Solitary Nation” here: to.pbs.org/2HnLWgc

    • @SueyCODM
      @SueyCODM 4 роки тому +2

      FRONTLINE PBS | Official, ok

    • @leejganderson7827
      @leejganderson7827 3 роки тому +1

      😀🍀🌟✌️😀🍀🌟✌️
      By the way.
      What was the answers to the questions.....
      That the doctor gave them...???

  • @berly9397
    @berly9397 9 років тому +6385

    I have a question: If you cause them to lose their sanity, how will they contribute to society when they leave?

    • @berly9397
      @berly9397 8 років тому +124

      ***** true. Actually they make a lot of money from these prisons.

    • @o.g.benderdonedat1897
      @o.g.benderdonedat1897 8 років тому +101

      this country isn't concerned about what will happen upon release. This country has both the means & cash flow to properly help people who's mistakes land them in correctional facility's everywhere. In this land it's all about$$$$, Not ending recidivism. The correction centers make to much $$$ to help end people's problems, it's much easier to call people names, animals& such, rather than deal with WE AS HUMANS & SOCIETY has FAILED THE HUMAN RACE overall. It's really sad when we live in the so called greatest country yet we poop on our own,while judging other's crucially...

    • @berly9397
      @berly9397 8 років тому +7

      O.G. Ben Der Done Dat some people can't be healed but even they should be treated well but not return to live in society. I agree. It would be a much more difficult question to ask: what is society doing wrong, and how are they creating criminals.

    • @o.g.benderdonedat1897
      @o.g.benderdonedat1897 8 років тому +10

      Berly
      Agreed some people need to be caged. Countless others can be helped however, it's much more profitable to lock people up. And what society doesn't understand is those doctors in there most are rejects in the working world. Either malpractice or inability to perform lead then to correctionals. So the so called help is only their for the pay check, every now & again someone will care here & there. At the end of the day WE AS A SOCIETY can do so much more.
      BERLY
      I APPRECIATE your positive feed back

    • @berly9397
      @berly9397 8 років тому +6

      ***** that is really sad that they feel like they need to ask a stranger for advice and its also risky because who knows what's on the other side, But this does not create criminals. A couple raising children alone is also probably a new thing, in the past their were villages and communities.

  • @rileighchristine_
    @rileighchristine_ 4 роки тому +2768

    This dude acts out so he can talk to this psychologist and get some NORMAL human interaction!

    • @rileighchristine_
      @rileighchristine_ 4 роки тому +13

      HITZONE86 💯🤔

    • @rileighchristine_
      @rileighchristine_ 4 роки тому +128

      The psychologist is the only one who humanizes him

    • @DRUGRELIGIONENTTV09
      @DRUGRELIGIONENTTV09 4 роки тому +17

      You hit that nail on the head

    • @taylorb972
      @taylorb972 4 роки тому +24

      I've had similar conversations with inmates as a correctional officer. The entire point of a correctional officer's job is to promote positive change in offender behavior. Offenders have to want to change though. You cant force them to change.

    • @calebbrown3818
      @calebbrown3818 4 роки тому +1

      RIRI BABY he’s mentally ill

  • @banandababa
    @banandababa 9 років тому +3069

    How do they expect to put someone in isolation for years LITERALLY leading them to madness and insanity and then expect them to go out into the real world and not cause a crime? Crazy system

    • @liquidbullet5
      @liquidbullet5 8 років тому +76

      +Maya How do you expect to keep someone in general population that constantly preys on others and attacks them?
      I think there should be a nation wide revamp in rehabilitating the inmates in isolation, but they should stay in isolation if they earned their place there. They have put themselves in a prison inside of a prison because of their constant terrible decisions and dangers to others. You earn your place in solitary.

    • @truth2972
      @truth2972 7 років тому +8

      Maia they don't expect anything. They just deal with what they have to deal with.

    • @gracytoyschultz4416
      @gracytoyschultz4416 6 років тому +9

      liquidbullet5 people need human contact.

    • @boosieparson3894
      @boosieparson3894 6 років тому +19

      @@liquidbullet5 sounds about white

    • @danayeallen4912
      @danayeallen4912 5 років тому +18

      When u commit the crime. You must do the time. Prison is not a bed of roses.

  • @prmad0nna
    @prmad0nna 4 роки тому +106

    That guy who was talking to him like an actual human being and not beating him down for being honest about what he was going to do is so kind we need more like him in the world

  • @freshafro7098
    @freshafro7098 5 років тому +1625

    Prison should be for murderers, rapists..or any form of physical harm. Everybody els need therapy. And real rehabilitation.

    • @alexojideagu
      @alexojideagu 5 років тому +77

      armed robbery causes mental scars to the victims, and sometimes physical harm too.

    • @ibelieve2779
      @ibelieve2779 5 років тому +8

      Bullshit, they should be tougher in prison it's to easy to do the time

    • @rigoo8328
      @rigoo8328 5 років тому +75

      @@ibelieve2779 you wouldnt even last 90 days in stfu

    • @peterstefan6900
      @peterstefan6900 5 років тому +3

      *and robbery

    • @eastsidedin4234
      @eastsidedin4234 5 років тому +13

      @Sir Thomas Grover armed robbery is 5yrs max if someone gets out and there is no rehabilitation he just gonna go back and harm more ppl cause that's all he/she knows

  • @HealthyAndrew
    @HealthyAndrew 7 років тому +3334

    God bless that psychologist . He's a real hero

    • @mistylottmann5787
      @mistylottmann5787 7 років тому +49

      HealthyAndrew I completey agree. Coming from someone whose been to jail and prison unfortunately

    • @billclinton1018
      @billclinton1018 6 років тому +14

      HealthyAndrew the system needs more people like him

    • @torjackson428
      @torjackson428 6 років тому +7

      @young boxing yea been locked up definitely need more people like him sometimes they just need a mf who care

    • @kylejacob5529
      @kylejacob5529 6 років тому +3

      +VCres1000 no way in hell

    • @traciemartin3785
      @traciemartin3785 6 років тому +5

      Amen. We need more like him-people who ACTUALLY care and don't judge by outer appearances, just as God does. ❤😊

  • @thanksforwatching4867
    @thanksforwatching4867 9 років тому +5659

    i clicked on this video because i thought he had an lsd tablet on his tongue...i was wrong

    • @thanksforwatching4867
      @thanksforwatching4867 8 років тому +75

      yeah i think so, thats what it looks like

    • @Akkodha-
      @Akkodha- 7 років тому +24

      Thanks For Watching same here 😂

    • @djsb5760
      @djsb5760 7 років тому +219

      fuck me too. I thought he was gonna be tripping balls in there haha. but no.

    • @wagwan584
      @wagwan584 7 років тому +30

      Tab not tablet.

    • @grunjy6857
      @grunjy6857 7 років тому +130

      I wonder what tab is short for? Tablet. But if you wanted to actually be right its called a blotter. Or you could just not really care what people call it.

  • @Techyhelpandiostips
    @Techyhelpandiostips 6 років тому +647

    I can tell that guy wants a father figure

    • @slimeballsos
      @slimeballsos 4 роки тому +28

      Needs

    • @dbailey45th94
      @dbailey45th94 4 роки тому +8

      @@slimeballsos nah he wants one you can tell he changed his whole shit when that psychiatrist actually showed he cared and if he had a Dad he wouldn't be in that mess. That's the cause of most gangbanging criminals lack of trust, love, and parents who actually love them

    • @belliotrungy9107
      @belliotrungy9107 4 роки тому +3

      You confine anybody long enough they will regress. Growing up means greater autonomy and responsibility. Those cells are cribs for adults they will turn into children. The psychologist treats them like high schoolers instead and gives them homework. I'd love it too. People are barely handling quarantine lol.

    • @Orange_pumpkin3753
      @Orange_pumpkin3753 4 роки тому +3

      @David Sturgeon Well, since you posted your opinion I'm posting mine. You know nothing about him besides one 9 minute video. You're assuming way too much.

    • @AusDenBergen
      @AusDenBergen 3 роки тому

      @@slimeballsos took the bait

  • @jaygonzalez8575
    @jaygonzalez8575 5 років тому +788

    🤣😂 he said im finna pick up some cocaine and ima hustle.
    Lmaoo
    Well,atleast hes honest!

    • @Lonelyahk30
      @Lonelyahk30 4 роки тому +2

      U crazy LOL

    • @KenLuciano300
      @KenLuciano300 4 роки тому +4

      Jay Gonzalez don q was trippin before the fame

    • @princessannabelle4524
      @princessannabelle4524 4 роки тому +1

      Its hard to help out a drug addict it can not only ruin their life and reputation but anyone else that was involved or knew him before his life went off track.
      It is vital that these prisoners get fed as much as i hate some of them there still human beings that need help. Somebody has to do it.

    • @kriswa.9449
      @kriswa.9449 4 роки тому

      Fuck bro that was damn straight smh 😭💔🤣

    • @duckclub8605
      @duckclub8605 4 роки тому +1

      He's a druggy. You look like a druggy too loser.

  • @kaileekelly5603
    @kaileekelly5603 4 роки тому +47

    I love to see the inmates smile it makes me happy that someone is actually connecting with them

    • @tobe3940
      @tobe3940 3 роки тому +4

      I mean I get it that you have a kind heart and probably assume everyone is like yourself but ... um ... maybe try being a bit more realistic? I mean ... some of these men and their sick heads are the reason why many innocent souls are no longer with us and many innocent lives were made to suffer and no longer can smile or connect to others by these men. THOSE kind of inmates for sure don't deserve to ever be smiling again.

    • @kerrinedelman2930
      @kerrinedelman2930 Рік тому

      me too

  • @catherinerothe7629
    @catherinerothe7629 6 років тому +456

    You treat someone like a animal, they will act like a animal. Why don't these guards ask him if he is OK.

    • @jessicamedina407
      @jessicamedina407 5 років тому +39

      Because they dgaf

    • @davidth.o.g.2229
      @davidth.o.g.2229 4 роки тому +8

      I'm sure some do, but there does have to be a line kept up as its a dangerous place. We're all animals, some of us bite, the problem with a place like that is that they've proven (assuming they're guilty) that they break the rules about biting

    • @yogabbagabba9145
      @yogabbagabba9145 4 роки тому +2

      Because those guards are shitty people, who lack compassion.

    • @Karmafuzion
      @Karmafuzion 4 роки тому +4

      From day one the guards are told that inmates are all pieces of shit and they'd kill them and their families if they had the chance. True. The guards see inmates as lower than rats . at least in the state of Illinois, staff can be written up and even fired if they're being too kind to inmates

    • @kennethhager7564
      @kennethhager7564 3 роки тому

      They act like animals to get on solitary

  • @codywebb8773
    @codywebb8773 9 років тому +2011

    I've been out for almost 4 years. I haven't committed any other crimes. I work full time and am raising my 11 month old son. If it wasnt for some of the corrections officers and psychologists I would have most likely been back to prison. a lot of the effort was on my part,but there is a chance for rehabilitation.

    • @truth2972
      @truth2972 7 років тому +43

      Cody Webb yeah its called make good choices. It's interesting that you credit the corrections officers and prison psychologist for the choices you are making on your own. One of the keys to staying out of prison is understanding that it is a choice to go there in the first place.

    • @darcandelaria
      @darcandelaria 7 років тому +28

      Happy for you! wow never heard anyone say if it wasn't for the officers? im shocked! I've been out since 2003 i give all the glory to God because nothing inside those walls changed me -NOTHING- so glad it helped you though because that's how it should be.

    • @TylerVossler
      @TylerVossler 7 років тому +20

      I'm sure you have an amazing story that should be shared!
      So happy for you and your new life.
      God bless

    • @erindekeyz
      @erindekeyz 7 років тому +3

      Cody Webb were you kept in solitary confinement during the year before your release? I doubt it

    • @csb772
      @csb772 7 років тому +2

      ErisLee He was they have to keep all the gays there to protect them

  • @garaadle2429
    @garaadle2429 8 років тому +1132

    It is amazing how the Doctor managed to connect to the inmates.

    • @mikosvlogs2734
      @mikosvlogs2734 7 років тому +21

      Only for the cameras real prisoners dont get treated like this.

    • @andres132400
      @andres132400 6 років тому +14

      You have Never been inside a prison have you even the CO are shown how to talk to inmates. They tend to not get violent when you get them thinking. I have 175 inmates and there is a CO with a 40 person volunteer program. ive learned a lot of there names and regularly speak to them and promote pro-social behavior. The only thing i will say is its hard when you put lots of work into a guy and he ends up back at the prison some just don't want to work or get back into drugs.

    • @BAP3221
      @BAP3221 6 років тому +5

      Well listen to what Stephen said at the beginning. He said he needed someone to talk to. Clearly is his lonely and the psychologist helped him.

    • @stephainesmith9311
      @stephainesmith9311 5 років тому +1

      What connection because he's talking to him through plexiglass window a dog will pay attention to that

    • @deniawiseone95
      @deniawiseone95 5 років тому

      Stephaine Smith l tried not to laugh but lol

  • @_vicoliciousgambino8882
    @_vicoliciousgambino8882 5 років тому +461

    Most psychologists do it for the money but you can tell this man does it from the bottom of his heart !❣

    • @mandero6682
      @mandero6682 4 роки тому +5

      Sara Allison yea but a few use more hearts then currency

    • @Chironex_Fleckeri
      @Chironex_Fleckeri 4 роки тому +5

      He's not working for free

    • @Chironex_Fleckeri
      @Chironex_Fleckeri 4 роки тому +3

      @joyfulvulture You're thinking of a psychiatrist, which is a high paying profession. Usually higher than a GP

    • @Chironex_Fleckeri
      @Chironex_Fleckeri 4 роки тому +1

      @joyfulvulture Psychiatrists have BS, MD/DO, and four years residency on top of that plus an additional residency for subspecialties. It can take 12-14 years to become a psychiatrist. I would know. I'm in medical school right now...

    • @Chironex_Fleckeri
      @Chironex_Fleckeri 4 роки тому +2

      @joyfulvulture GP = general practitioner.
      Psychologists get a PsyD or PhD although some states accept a Masters in Psy. It is MUCH simpler to become a psychologist, although still difficult. Psychologists do not have prescriptive authority. They do not follow the medical model of mental health and therefore are not medical doctors.
      Hope you learned something.

  • @journeybeyondthesea
    @journeybeyondthesea 5 років тому +364

    That psychologist is amazing. God bless him ❤️

  • @yourgirlkate2482
    @yourgirlkate2482 9 років тому +2184

    the psychologist seems like one of the good guys

    • @BAP3221
      @BAP3221 6 років тому +29

      your girl kate that's their job. Lol. To keep people sane.

    • @alismith8930
      @alismith8930 6 років тому +8

      Bryan P some don’t keep you sane though. They make you worse than what you are already.

    • @lil.bar.
      @lil.bar. 6 років тому +1

      your girl kate fr

    • @christiannajarro1872
      @christiannajarro1872 5 років тому +1

      Marry me kate

    • @IvanLopez-dn7vs
      @IvanLopez-dn7vs 5 років тому +1

      @@BAP3221 fr they be forgetting these mfs do it for a check and half them really dont be giving a fuck period...and this just for tv...

  • @hectorhere5026
    @hectorhere5026 9 років тому +423

    wow that psychologist and the mentor are real heroes

  • @amy.gali13
    @amy.gali13 6 років тому +127

    The prison doctor is a champ for the way he connected with that prisoner and treated him as equal rather than inferior. Sometimes that small gesture of respect is all it takes to get a damaged soul who thinks theyve "heard it all before" to listen in a diff way. Hes prob the kind of doc who wishes he cld do more for these guys bc he doesnt think hes doing enough to make a difference when in reality, his approach has prob saved a few lives over the years. God bless you, good sir.

  • @mrsj0hns0n89
    @mrsj0hns0n89 4 роки тому +41

    This breaks my heart. My husband did about 5-6 years solitary out of 12.5, i have no idea how he made it through that. Breaks my heart, cant even bare to think about that time of our life. 💔

    • @draliene9640
      @draliene9640 4 роки тому +2

      Glenn Merrie Johnso i hope you both are living a happy life now

    • @tobe3940
      @tobe3940 3 роки тому +2

      Well I'm guessing he made it through by joyfully seeing how other inmates were so envious and jealous of him for him having a girl staying with him. That's like beyond any currency there. Not a lot of women (or people as in including gay men, whatever) stay or even get together with male inmates fam.

  • @rellzh5354
    @rellzh5354 5 років тому +184

    The Dr. Needs to run juvenile prisons.he can truly change young men

  • @kaboo2009
    @kaboo2009 8 років тому +390

    I was locked up before, I did 2 weeks in solitary confinement and totally lost my scruples just after the 4th day. 23 hours locked up in a box is not healthy to any human mind. I could just imagine the torture some inmates go through spending months even years in there. There was a man spent more than a decade in there.

    • @jacobburton3529
      @jacobburton3529 6 років тому +2

      Pembrook Sutherland people spend life wdym

    • @teagan410
      @teagan410 6 років тому +10

      Lindsey Shock don't be scared be happy show him some love

    • @michaelsimonetti2901
      @michaelsimonetti2901 5 років тому +76

      There is a man who spent 33 years in solitary on death row. He lost his mind, had strokes. Now they don't want to execute him because he doesn't even know why he's there. Fucking inhumane.

    • @matthewwilliams9288
      @matthewwilliams9288 5 років тому +2

      Well then you're pretty weak minded..... I spent 2.5 months in solitary confinement and it was 46 hours locked down and out for 2.
      And I'm just fine.

    • @gymbols4344
      @gymbols4344 5 років тому +8

      Pembrook Sutherland i was in something that call a wet cell for 2 weeks by myself I actually enjoy the time being in a cell by myself it’s just a mental thing

  • @indraforeva3311
    @indraforeva3311 6 років тому +67

    That Psyc is an Awesome human being. The world needs more of him. 💯

  • @alanmeires
    @alanmeires 8 років тому +303

    this young man needs help thats all.

    • @JorgeGeorgeD
      @JorgeGeorgeD 7 років тому +13

      He also needs to follow the rules.

    • @karma3770
      @karma3770 4 роки тому +1

      alexanderthegreat1999 no he needs help not death

    • @sassyqueen9739
      @sassyqueen9739 3 роки тому

      @@JorgeGeorgeD wtf it’s his birthday let him cover that thing with tissue

    • @sassyqueen9739
      @sassyqueen9739 3 роки тому

      @alexanderthegreat1999 no

  • @dammlouis954
    @dammlouis954 4 роки тому +35

    ‘I like a challenge but I also like to cheat’ 😂💀 this had me rollin

  • @zenmoneyhoney
    @zenmoneyhoney 4 роки тому +25

    He was just happy to be talking to him that’s love 💯🍃

  • @travis1190
    @travis1190 7 років тому +253

    WE NEED HIM IN EVERY PRISON.!! he is such a great guy..

    • @stephainesmith9311
      @stephainesmith9311 5 років тому +3

      Just doing his job so he can be paid he can care less about these people in jail systemic

    • @awar-bb5ru
      @awar-bb5ru 5 років тому +1

      Stephanie smith, you know not everyone is like that, I'm not saying you're are wrong, I'm just saying that's an assumption and your opinion based off of your life experiences. travis11 may be right and you may be the wrong one, you don't know.

    • @lastnamegordon3893
      @lastnamegordon3893 4 роки тому +1

      Stephaine Smith they study a lot and do a lot of analyzing of people. I’d imagine he cares once in a while.

    • @ToquzOghuzKhaganatekhan
      @ToquzOghuzKhaganatekhan 3 роки тому

      He loves his mom

  • @eleanorsvenson2958
    @eleanorsvenson2958 6 років тому +97

    I love the empathy of the psychiatrist. I really do. We all need to be treated like
    Human beings. All of us.

  • @mimi19921
    @mimi19921 9 років тому +299

    You're in a cell by yourself, nothing to do, bored ermm who wouldn't ACT UP. Maybe if they had something to occupy their time, things may be better. Find it really crazy, there so quick to diagnose you with mental problems if you don't comply, they need to understand they want attention and this seems the only way to do it, acting crazy! Because acting in this way gets Officers, Officials etc talking to you, if you don't make noise it doesn't seem like you're heard in confinement.

    • @phiz4842
      @phiz4842 5 років тому +3

      my first crappy video Billy what in the fuck did I just read at 3am

    • @lastnamegordon3893
      @lastnamegordon3893 4 роки тому +1

      Meesh A well let’s not forget he got himself into solitary

    • @jackmorgan8931
      @jackmorgan8931 4 роки тому

      @@JohnDavis-im1oy
      Yeah, just a year later, I know, but....
      But you really did say "it" all in the fewest words possible: "...if there's anything inside of you. Few people have anything, that's all
      "
      Bravo!

    • @nomadnickbikehobo9598
      @nomadnickbikehobo9598 4 роки тому +2

      It's supposed to be punishment... Not stimulating... The problem is that they're treated too well, and they have far too many rights in prison... It should be soo bad that they don't ever want to go back... The problem is that they get hot meals, warm showers and clean beds... They should shower in horse piss. Their cells should be refrigerated in winter and heated in summer. Their food should be moldy, and their drinking water should contain a percentage of pool acid. They should get handfuls of ciggerettes every morning and bottles of whiskey every night... I'm sick of seeing inmates get out of the joint and look 20 years younger than anyone their own age... They're treated too well and they're taken care of too well in prison...

    • @mimi19921
      @mimi19921 4 роки тому +1

      @@nomadnickbikehobo9598 wow the way you’re describing, they should be treated like animals, people are still humans and humans make mistake. They have human rights, prison is not a luxury at all, we all know that... mattress are thin, cells dirty and food not good at all!

  • @zachzahn2567
    @zachzahn2567 3 роки тому +13

    The way his facial expressions changed when he was actually talking to someone and getting some real advice is so amazing. You can tell he is a good man that was stripped of his humanity for a ROBBERY CHARGE. Don’t get me wrong I think solitary is necessary but only for the people that are legit crazy or harm other inmates.
    Also this physiologist is such a great dude, every prison should have one of him

  • @koynicole4824
    @koynicole4824 6 років тому +102

    “It’s very healthy to struggle” that’s a word Dr. Bannish 👏🏽

    • @YoungNaija
      @YoungNaija 4 роки тому

      Koy Nicole yea the video cool but you hella cute

    • @babydolljones77
      @babydolljones77 4 роки тому

      No, it's a sentence.

  • @jackbrittton
    @jackbrittton 7 років тому +723

    I believe that Stephen is a great person on the inside

    • @itsssyahantas4955
      @itsssyahantas4955 6 років тому +7

      Jack Britton he an amazing person on both side he just choose to try and prove that he can also be tuff to other ik it not him ik it hurts him also

    • @mridgafwytowell1210
      @mridgafwytowell1210 6 років тому +15

      Ur comment is very nice. Thanks for the kind words

    • @wut462
      @wut462 5 років тому +9

      He is they showed us him praying at beginning so he is probably a good guy

    • @samanthalea8553
      @samanthalea8553 5 років тому +12

      Yungk 808 he’s being out of prison for 3 years now.

    • @samanthalea8553
      @samanthalea8553 5 років тому +4

      Yungk 808 I can tell u to stfu again lmao. I just changed my comment. Nd I actually care so fuck you

  • @jupiterreynolds3496
    @jupiterreynolds3496 6 років тому +69

    i thought he was going into solitary confinement to do acid lmao

  • @columbusohio72
    @columbusohio72 9 років тому +377

    Sent from solitary to the street??? Damn prison system jeopardizes all the citizens that the cons run into!!

    • @BAP3221
      @BAP3221 6 років тому

      columbusohio72 read the end. He went back to prison again after for a year. Lol.

    • @jkillvril4614
      @jkillvril4614 6 років тому +19

      columbusohio72 I've met people with no records that are more dangerous than some felons I know .

    • @keithen8708
      @keithen8708 6 років тому +1

      @@jkillvril4614 shut your rat soup eating ass up

    • @asho345
      @asho345 5 років тому +1

      You are absolutely right. A prison system that doesn't involve rehabilitation is a danger to the lives of regular citizens who have done nothing wrong.

    • @conora.1192
      @conora.1192 3 роки тому

      Sent straight from solitary to the street, and then wound up back in prison for assaulting someone. This is the Department of "Corrections" at work. Does nothing to correct.

  • @dalasmommy5246
    @dalasmommy5246 5 років тому +80

    I want to give that man a hug. That’s all he needed in my eyes:(

  • @alejandrosantos1879
    @alejandrosantos1879 4 роки тому +12

    Big props to this psychologists, this man is actually passionate about his profession.

  • @DaJukes
    @DaJukes 8 років тому +158

    Original
    "the issue isn't these people.. its the society they live in. he is a product of his environment and capitalism benefits from this system of self destruction in many ways."
    Updated
    "this opinion was held without actually researching very much. 5 years later I've looked into the topic a lot more and read many studies about behavior genetics and how much our environment actually effects us. I've come to the understanding that we have no free will and we are the products of our genetics + environment. our genes are who we are and make decisions based on environmental stimuli. so when you break it down and you put people in genetic groups you'll find that "these people" are genetically more likely to have violent behavior and have questionable morals compared to other genetic groups. our genes determine literally everything about who we are and what we will likely become. our environment will give our genes decisions to make but in the end its our genes/ancestors behaviors that will determine our potential outcome. it is not by chance that asians and whites have such powerful societies while "these people" barely have anything and can't even maintain the infrastructure others have left them. "

    • @truth2972
      @truth2972 7 років тому +6

      Jason Horton we all make our own choices.

    • @DaJukes
      @DaJukes 7 років тому +9

      in a way that isn't true. science believes we are deterministic, thus environment is the ultimate factor to ones behavior. but we are also capable of rewiring our brains based on new experiences. his environment normalized certain behavior's which lead to prison.
      so, is it really his fault? yes and no. should he be locked up? yes, he is dangerous. but, people like him can be avoided if society was for the people and not for profit.

    • @truth2972
      @truth2972 7 років тому +1

      Jason Horton that was an excellent comment. Beautifully objective and undeniably true. How refreshing. Few people are able to think like that for some reason. Able to see the truth behind our reality.

    • @truth2972
      @truth2972 7 років тому +1

      Jason Horton the problem I have with this person and people like him is that it is also the truth that no one cares about his circumstances or reasons so the bottom line is it is up to him/us to make decent choices. And there is a moment before any action (as intelligent sentient beings) when we all have the chance to choose. The nasty part is that young people are ignorant so by the time they figure out they have made bad choices they have already ruined their lives.

    • @SPACEMONKEY288
      @SPACEMONKEY288 6 років тому

      La Gom you need to look into the venus project, its like you're saying. a system for the people, there is no money, no economics its a resource based economy that is automated and set up to create a better environment for the planet and the people. the designer was a brilliant scientist/ psychologist that believed the environment shapes human behavior and if you put people out to fend for themselves they will seek opportunity at every cost. basically the structure to capitalism.
      not trying to dog capitalism it may have worked when there wasnt as many people but know there are to many people and the idea of taking advantage of the environment and people for profits and advantage on others is having terrible draw backs on the planet and our people. there is a far better way and i believe sticking to a system like this will end us or put us in a very poor place.
      look into the venus project its a awesome proposal to most of the worlds problems.

  • @geodude7116
    @geodude7116 4 роки тому +48

    Probably the first time in their life they had a true father figure.

  • @alexandria4401
    @alexandria4401 7 років тому +42

    That psychologist is amazing

  • @napben2192
    @napben2192 5 років тому +9

    Sollitary confinement is like burying someone alive in a grave . Can you imagine the inflicted terror to these inmates no matter how dangereous they are , but only smart human contact & dialogue with them can change their paths from evils to normal beings .

  • @jacobwatts1824
    @jacobwatts1824 4 роки тому +5

    Everyone’s talking bout how the prisons be and what that shits like but can we just get a praise of appreciation for the kind hearted psychiatrist dude who spends time in his day bettering the lives of the people who are struggling the most

  • @winky1571
    @winky1571 6 років тому +12

    My nephew went crazy in Solitary confinement he was in solitary confinement for six years straight now he lives in a mad house and it’s a crying shame what they do to these people or for the love of money God doesn’t sleep every dog has their day

  • @locke3862
    @locke3862 4 роки тому +46

    Look at his eyes when he talks to the psychologist. Just look at them

  • @Stoolie33
    @Stoolie33 9 років тому +629

    At least they will join society and won't harm anyone.

    • @Stoolie33
      @Stoolie33 9 років тому +111

      DRRRRRRR I was being sarcastic

    • @rilorobinson7685
      @rilorobinson7685 7 років тому +12

      Fuck society

    • @rilorobinson7685
      @rilorobinson7685 7 років тому +13

      Society doesn’t care about anybody

    • @Shaggg504
      @Shaggg504 6 років тому +4

      Rilo Robinson creep

    • @BAP3221
      @BAP3221 6 років тому +4

      I'm scared at the fact that it says he is nearing the end of a 5 year sentence...

  • @mohodeh5142
    @mohodeh5142 4 роки тому +9

    Broken homes and single parents is the main source of all these problems in america ... it's a very underrated problem... shout out to all the single mothers striving to take care of their children

    • @tobe3940
      @tobe3940 3 роки тому

      FR. Like a lot of these punk little felons cling on the "I don't have a dad and that's I'm so messed up" lie that totally basically disregards their poor moms and it's total BS and only said for them to run away from responsibility. No one needs a father to know how to be decent responsible human being. If anything the last person to learn those from would be their responsible more than likely addicted fathers. Their mothers tho can easily be used as their examples, striving for their kids, staying by their dysfunctional useless sons, trying hard to keep the family's head above the water even in extremely difficult situations and doing their best for their kids to have better lives than them. They can learn responsibility and being decent and committed from their poor moms. If they didn't have a mom they'd be balling their eyes out crying for real that time.

  • @alcopoco8025
    @alcopoco8025 4 роки тому +2

    Seeing this dude praying his Salah reminded me that it was dhur time so I ran and fell face down postrating to my lord. May Allah reward you for the reminder my brother.

  • @foreverblessed8084
    @foreverblessed8084 6 років тому +12

    Thanks for that man that is actually trying to help these men and care for them .

  • @Made_in_Rome
    @Made_in_Rome 3 роки тому +5

    I went to jail and was locked in solitary confinement for 3 days...I almost went crazy..I wrapped my hands in towels and was literally boxing the walls to keep my mind busy. It's absolute torture to be locked in there for months or years. I truly believe you come out worst than what you were before.

  • @cottoncandyred5552
    @cottoncandyred5552 5 років тому +6

    Though he’s a little socially awkward, from being locked in solitary confinement the physiologist is a sweet heart for still giving him a chance

  • @Omo21000
    @Omo21000 5 років тому +150

    Damn how casual he is talking about self harm 😢😢

  • @reno173
    @reno173 8 років тому +285

    Watching this makes me think ... Damn if I keep hanging out wit these ppl I hang out wit Imma end up in juvenile hall like the rest of my friends

    • @thatfishbreeder
      @thatfishbreeder 7 років тому +28

      Big Lip Chris damn man. it's good to hear that you know the people you hang out with aren't good for you. stay out of that shit man. give yourself the path on life to succeed that you know you deserve. get on that grind man

    • @truth2972
      @truth2972 7 років тому +4

      Big Lip Chris of course. Everything in life is a choice. Everything. You decide what your life will be. Think for yourself like it sounds like you are doing. Decide what you want for yourself.

    • @aevan104
      @aevan104 6 років тому +2

      Your turned around or you gone downhill. It's been 2 years give us an update

    • @donnymfdogg
      @donnymfdogg 6 років тому +2

      Big Lip Chris you ok brotha?!?!?

    • @shahshah3909
      @shahshah3909 6 років тому

      Big Lip Chris you can be my friend

  • @Spright91
    @Spright91 4 роки тому +4

    how can expect these guys to keep their humanity in an environment like this. Thats one guy whos keeping these guys from going off the deep end.

  • @truman5838
    @truman5838 5 років тому +16

    The more intelligent you're the harder it is to be all alone in solitary.

    • @basil8420
      @basil8420 4 роки тому +3

      It's the opposite.

    • @rowanmelton7643
      @rowanmelton7643 3 роки тому +1

      @@basil8420 Well it is and it isn't. It's harder in one way because you need more mental stimulation. However it's easier in another since you find yourself with more engaging company (yourself)

    • @basil8420
      @basil8420 3 роки тому +1

      @@rowanmelton7643 agreed!

  • @h1man99
    @h1man99 2 роки тому +2

    We need more Dr's like this. This guy is an amazing human being. These guys need love and respect and to be treated like human beings in order to rehabilitate.

  • @HonkeyKong54
    @HonkeyKong54 10 місяців тому +1

    The dude was so happy to be talking to anyone. Solitary is torture.

  • @pharoone1065
    @pharoone1065 5 років тому +6

    People get institutionalized if they spend too much time behind bars. Jails and prisons NEED to be more about recovery and helping each individual to grow and do better in life

  • @ToneTunez
    @ToneTunez 3 роки тому +9

    Look how happy he is when talking to the phycologist... ):
    He just needs real human interaction.

  • @Homeschoolsw6
    @Homeschoolsw6 5 років тому +6

    If you have to ask "Why Inmates Act Out "... then you're a robot.

  • @hatednyc
    @hatednyc 2 роки тому +1

    He’s never done a crossword puzzle of any sort in his entire life. Please.

  • @nyafisher10
    @nyafisher10 5 років тому +13

    God bless this man, look at the difference he made!

    • @marioleonvargas7903
      @marioleonvargas7903 2 роки тому

      He was doing god's work but what do you mean by "look at all the difference he made!"
      Stephen still went back after being released!

  • @wtfmario
    @wtfmario 4 роки тому +17

    God bless the psychologist.

  • @applesandpears
    @applesandpears 5 років тому +3

    I feel like going in solitary must feel like mentally going down a completely blacked out water slide where you can’t see anything but you know you’re going down fast and gonna fly out at the end, and then there’s the fear of drowning.

  • @youtubecommentator9650
    @youtubecommentator9650 4 роки тому +7

    Nice to see he prays. He has some type of anchor.

  • @francoiscamara9383
    @francoiscamara9383 8 місяців тому +1

    All he really needed was a father that was there to show him structure and discipline, like most of us. you can tell by the look in his eyes when he was lectured.

  • @burnthecandleatbothendz
    @burnthecandleatbothendz 3 роки тому +1

    I'm a huge introvert I'd love solitary ,but when I'm drunk I drunk dial everyone in my contacts everytime

  • @mineduck3050
    @mineduck3050 5 років тому +4

    I did time in solitary. It takes more than mental strength, it takes spiritual strength, just to be ok. It's warped, but like this kid shows you, some people are beyond control and the morality to behave.

  • @paulpenjueli5021
    @paulpenjueli5021 9 років тому +98

    It is darn sad to find brothers and sisters inside whom needs caring and nurture in what is mssing and that is Love. I have just started in the Prison Ministry with the SDA basically when asked if I can assist 3 brothers and sister whom have found themselves on the otherside. Have visited them, prayed and listerned to their stories, laughed and shared the Answer to all the Problems we all face in Life and that is JESUS CHRIST, even Stephen Kirkley can be helped and I mean completely, for I also was a lost and hopeless case that could have found myself in dangerous situations because being a rebel is what satisfies the darker side in us even when we know the result. You know sometimes, the simplest solutions is just listerning and caring for these 'harderned' ones without even judging them and I genuine Love and Care not for show can break down the 'hardest' of all people down to the easiest people one can face. I cannot do this on my own but In the Great and Loving GOD that I Serve, JESUS CHRIST. I hope my brothers and sisters near to Stephen are readind and watching these footages can get up and take the 'challenge'. Fear nothing and doubt nothing for the LORD need us to touch souls that no-one cares and I mean 'Truely Cares' GOD Bless.

    • @almesticared850
      @almesticared850 9 років тому +2

      Tell um

    • @Kimmie102990
      @Kimmie102990 9 років тому +2

      Paul Penjueli 100% agree!!!!!! So shall it be

    • @Mike-jm3fb
      @Mike-jm3fb 9 років тому +2

      Paul Penjueli Amen brother. LOVE is the only answer.

    • @english1midlands
      @english1midlands 9 років тому +2

      Paul Penjueli It has nothing to do with Jesus Christ and everything to do with yourself.Its you that's helped them,your gods done nothing.

    • @paulpenjueli5021
      @paulpenjueli5021 9 років тому +1

      Sad bro, it has everything to do GOD, without there can be no peace. Man can do everything on their own and it will prove to be a difficult task coz in GOD is true Wisdom and Perfect Love. One can have the all the degrees in the world but will be meaningless and 'total foolishness' because in the end it's just you, yourself and no-one else. It will all be for 'money' and in that bro, I work for nothing but for the 'Glory of the LORD. GOD Bless.

  • @ryansoprano5858
    @ryansoprano5858 4 роки тому +5

    Almost made me cry thinking it is his birthday and he has to spend it alone all day.

    • @tobe3940
      @tobe3940 3 роки тому

      How do you know he isn't the reason why some innocent one out there will never get to have a birthday tho? He is in there for a reason, right? What if he's a rapist or a murderer or some pedophile or animal abuser?

  • @prsee5969
    @prsee5969 4 роки тому +1

    This psychologist deserves so much praise I can’t put it in words. I hope this psychologist gets noticed by someone who can really make him shine. He needs to be the rule of thumb so to speak, across this nation who’s justice system is a massive failure. He could fix a small portion.

  • @loriedney2330
    @loriedney2330 3 роки тому +2

    Everyone needs human, and personal contact. God bless this man. 🙏❤🙏

  • @sharydahs9372
    @sharydahs9372 4 роки тому +5

    MY BLACK AZZ BEEN OUTTA PRISON SINCE 2013 FROM DOING 2 1/2 YRS.....ITS 2020....WITH THAT BEING SAID...."LORD I THANK YOU" ❤🤞🏾💋

  • @matty00926
    @matty00926 8 років тому +28

    There has to be solitary confinement for the worst of the worst. It is not legally or morally permissible to put the baddest bunch of the apples in with the rest who are just trying to do their time in relative peace. The prison is responsible for the safety of their staff and inmates. Solitary confinement should not be used as a routine punishment or compliance tool though, there has to be a better way to manage MOST of the problem inmates.

    • @truth2972
      @truth2972 7 років тому +2

      Matthew L yeah you could tell them to go stand in a corner. These are people who can't be reasoned with. They've decided not to follow the rules. What do you do with someone who won't listen? Sometimes there just aren't any good solutions so you employ the most effective solution.

  • @FalconMidget
    @FalconMidget 8 років тому +116

    We need more Dr Banish and less Donald Trump

  • @onetruekeeper
    @onetruekeeper 3 роки тому +2

    Locking people up solves nothing since they will eventually return to society in worse shape than before. Prisons do not change criminals for the better. Criminals should be given only two forms of punishment. Paying a fine for non violent crimes similar to a misdemeanor or execution for all others.

  • @truthmane1018
    @truthmane1018 3 роки тому +2

    A real dude for treating people like they deserve to be treated. Them dudes really enjoy talking to him.

  • @Kam-it1hq
    @Kam-it1hq 4 роки тому +4

    0:44 he didn’t know what to say cuz he didn’t have a reason for cutting himself. He does it because he got so bored‼️

  • @yungblikk2440
    @yungblikk2440 4 роки тому +11

    He got that blade from 1 of the guards they wanted him to kill himself

  • @isaiahmartinez3350
    @isaiahmartinez3350 9 років тому +6

    its sad to see this kid, because as someone who started dealing with depression and anxiety disorder starting when i was a teenager and growimg up around fucked up shit, I identify with this kid, he's mentally scard now from all his pain, but I could see if god put him in a better environment with more support, he would strive and not wanna kill himself, because ive experienced that to, and being locked up like he was for oding and almost bleeding to death

  • @simononeill2914
    @simononeill2914 4 роки тому +1

    Seems like a very smart Doctor and not burned out at all.

  • @JLYT2024
    @JLYT2024 3 роки тому +2

    "Cause today is my birthday and this is a way to celebrate"
    Brutal but reality is, dude is bored lmao

  • @octavioussmiley306
    @octavioussmiley306 6 років тому +105

    How this man get multiple razor blades in solitary confinement?

    • @parimabartender
      @parimabartender 5 років тому +16

      In the butthole. I intentionally picked a fight in prison to smuggle suboxone into seg and was paid very well for it

    • @miraclelove9388
      @miraclelove9388 5 років тому +9

      Octavious Talbot the police can bring it in and give it to the inmates

    • @supaplayer123
      @supaplayer123 5 років тому +4

      David Miscaviage how did u give it to inmates once in seg ?

    • @parimabartender
      @parimabartender 5 років тому +4

      @@supaplayer123 fish line

    • @tracetassie4637
      @tracetassie4637 4 роки тому +2

      Razor from before he broke up and hid in his mouth or one was already in the cell

  • @matthewcrissy4641
    @matthewcrissy4641 7 років тому +63

    Dr. Bannish is amazing

    • @stephainesmith9311
      @stephainesmith9311 5 років тому

      What's so amazing how about this dr. Banner, people are put into solitary confinement and are literally losing their mind because of it, he's just doing his job so he can get paid and go home. He can care less about these people in jail he's amazing to you and you only

    • @matthewcrissy4641
      @matthewcrissy4641 5 років тому

      @@stephainesmith9311
      Yes he is doing his job, but that doesn't mean he only cares about the money. Some prisoners need to be kept separated from other inmates, maybe not for long periods of time but they do in certain circumstances. For all that it's worth, Dr. Bannish connected very well with the inmates and showed real compassion, his subjects even expressed that multiple times. Try and look at the bright side

    • @awar-bb5ru
      @awar-bb5ru 5 років тому

      Stephanie smith, jesus are you on every post about this Dr. get a life, I responded to one earlier but since then have seen like five more of your comments all saying the same thing. you are just the kind of person that someone would get tired of helping, no wonder you have personal vendetta about Dr. Bannish.

  • @amazingman63
    @amazingman63 6 років тому +14

    Prison dehumanizes it solves nothing

  • @johnlegend3081
    @johnlegend3081 3 роки тому +1

    Doctor speaks his language.

  • @jukio02
    @jukio02 3 роки тому +2

    America likes to talk about other countries human rights, but look at the way they treat their prisons, like cattle. Don't get me wrong, these people deserve to be locked up, but some of these punishments seem cruel and unusual to me.

  • @kevinkarzel4936
    @kevinkarzel4936 7 років тому +41

    It's funny how his sentence is ending and he's doing these kinds of things! You would believe that this man would be happy to be getting out but little do people know is the scariest part of doing time is being released. It's so easy to live in the prison system and there's no housing for these men when they get out and little employment opportunity available for felons, little family support... this guy is afraid of the responsibilities of being a free felon! It's sad

    • @eternalyfeful
      @eternalyfeful 5 років тому +6

      There's a word for what you're saying, it's called INSTITUTIONALIZED.

    • @Yomamatitts
      @Yomamatitts 5 років тому

      Darius Lovehall not exactly. I’ve did time in jail not prison. You can cope on both sides, well most of us can. But when you spend 23 hours a day in a cell, I’m telling you brother it does something to your mind.

  • @sufferyetgain
    @sufferyetgain 5 років тому +8

    0:03 he just gon close his mouth like he don’t care about swallowing it

    • @eeshaqasim3110
      @eeshaqasim3110 4 роки тому

      Ok your in solitary conifinement for 23 hours a day for nearly a decade would you care if yu swalloed it it would only mean u get help

  • @ssmgent7445
    @ssmgent7445 6 років тому +27

    Free the real💯if you aint every been behind them walls you wouldn't understand period Free everybody I wouldn't wish this on nobody not even my worst enemy.

    • @vlonecat4352
      @vlonecat4352 4 роки тому +3

      fax bro

    • @janeadams5112
      @janeadams5112 4 роки тому +2

      Real 💯

    • @sassyqueen9739
      @sassyqueen9739 3 роки тому +1

      Killers and rapers and abusers deserve this but may I ask what did he do to go through that

    • @cliccclacc6561
      @cliccclacc6561 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah free the rapists, murderers, thieves, and dope pushers so the rest of us can kill them off for good.

  • @fatdog2020
    @fatdog2020 5 років тому +2

    He says nobody's helping him but when he gonna help himself. Nobodies gonna love you like you love yourself.

  • @icebergslim1872
    @icebergslim1872 3 роки тому +2

    Subtitles for this is like a magical spell being casted out of a wand at a rather long-winded point.

  • @jontaewilliamson4261
    @jontaewilliamson4261 4 роки тому +5

    That dude seems like he just want someone to listen and talk to.

  • @ruvimbonyandoro9689
    @ruvimbonyandoro9689 6 років тому +7

    Well I mean if the justice system treats them like animals that’s what they will become

  • @moaden021
    @moaden021 5 років тому +5

    “I got a couple buried”
    Hood tactics 😂

  • @ILOVEFRIES-q2y
    @ILOVEFRIES-q2y 2 роки тому +1

    i’m only in the beginning of the video, and honestly they treat this young man worse than how i would treat my dog.
    i seriously hope he’s able to stay free and go back in society. he’s a lost soul who needs some help, not an animal.

  • @joannax1610
    @joannax1610 4 роки тому +2

    Did anyone feel so disappointed in Steven when it said he was back inside?? I heard myself say oh no Steven 😂

  • @suavetheghost
    @suavetheghost 5 років тому +7

    Legend say he still selling coke 😂

  • @peachespeaches4770
    @peachespeaches4770 5 років тому +42

    Jesus is the only way 🌈💖🦄

    • @stephainesmith9311
      @stephainesmith9311 5 років тому +1

      I am also a God loving soul, but the reality is the prophecy of the Bible has to be fulfilled and you can call on Jesus for comfort but that's it

    • @socallawrence
      @socallawrence 5 років тому +1

      Yes ! The truth and the life

    • @shreddabgofficial
      @shreddabgofficial 5 років тому +1

      No its not

    • @wuhantuna6088
      @wuhantuna6088 4 роки тому

      @FuckYou your a moron...am I right?

    • @MsJelly-ps4cv
      @MsJelly-ps4cv 4 роки тому

      Yesss🙏🏾🙏🏾

  • @rayleengale6516
    @rayleengale6516 8 років тому +15

    Criminals/prisoners should not be tortured while serving their sentence.

    • @truth2972
      @truth2972 7 років тому +1

      Rayleen Mace no they shouldn't, but what do you do with an inmate who refuses to follow the rules? Inmates who end up in supermax prisons are incorrigible, violent, dangerous individuals. I believe that most of the inmates in these prisons either by nurture or nature are sociopathic - that is they lack the ability to empathize with other living things. They are emotionally deaf.

    • @truth2972
      @truth2972 3 роки тому

      @@birdie331 problem is you can't fix a damaged brain.

    • @truth2972
      @truth2972 3 роки тому

      @@birdie331 Truly Sociopathic people and psychopathic people lack the neural connections in their brains to be able to feel true empathy. It's why they can butcher people. It comes from a lack of social and emotional nurturing as children when the brain forms those neural pathways. That can't be fixed.
      Now other criminals that suffer from schizophrenia or other potentially dangerous mental conditions may be treatable but only so long as they take their medication. God help the unlucky S.O.B. that is around them when they don't take their meds and suffer a psychotic episode. I guess that person is just S.O.L. ?

  • @dahinkinsfamvlog5278
    @dahinkinsfamvlog5278 4 роки тому +1

    I’ve worked as a correctional officer before 3 years!!! Now the military!!!! Dude was really talking stupid I use to always ask my inmates what is your main purpose of being here if you got kids and a good family at home. Most of them had no answer at all. You gotta wanna change if you a real man!!!!!

  • @Notorious_G.O.D_76
    @Notorious_G.O.D_76 4 роки тому +1

    America's Prisons arent what it cracked up to be. You in a box 23 hours a day. Rec time for good behavior. 1 shower a week...time in the yard......i dont believe prison is for every law violator. I mean i wouldn't place a person who stole ice cream out a store and lump him up with a stone cold murderers. I think the infrastructure should change a bit. Meaning light offenders should be placed in a special housing unit with hours of therapy and a in house work programs, mandatory education, trade experience work programs. Locking someone in solidarity for days months and years will do more damage than good. That would make the sharpest & smartest inmates go literally insane & go mad. I know some may rebuttal this and say " Well Dont Do The Crime If You Cant Do The Time Jack".....easy said than done...Lets remember everybody whos locked down arent criminals. Some are really innocent and either was sentence unfairly by a bias jury or that person took a bad plea deal inspite of there innocents took a lesser sentence but mind you is innocent. Then there's injustice cases.....like your Mumia Abu Jamal's in the world. Face lengthy sentences do to there political views & civil rights activisms that may land them in prison.