Our criminal justice system focuses so orthodoxically on how to lock people for years instead of how to keep them out successfully! - so well said.

It's simple. All you got to do is get the criminals out of congress and out of the court system.

"The opportunities have to outweigh the obstacles" love that.

There's a reason the U.S has the highest prison population. Prisoners are profitable, especially in private prisons. Not to mention profits have been used to sway prosecutors or judges to convict those of non violent or low-grade crimes and have them subjected to harsh punishment, such as the Kids For Cash Scandal. I don't know about federal prison, but private prisons are especially brutal in dehumanizing prisoners and juveniles as young as 13. Their goal isn't to rehabilitate inmates, but to generate and maintain the highest profits through them. They do this by cutting costs, such as security, food, and healthcare and generating arbitrary laws and rule to get more convicted. They have driven the mass incarceration in the U.S sky high, harming families, communities and state governments. With the stocks booming since Trump won the election, private prisons around the country will be opening their gates for immigrants, and then closing them forever. U.S corporations have been financially exploiting anything they see as profitable, but this should be off limits. It basically says that your very lives and futures aren't as important as the money they can make off of you. The whole "don't do the crime if you can't do the time," idea means absolutely nothing in these circumstances. They'll find any excuse to put you away.

Prosecutors and cops that lie, falsify evidence, supress exculpatory evidence must be held accountable for their crimes.

It's time for a change. Thank you!

You are on the right trak it is the one way to go go greatings from the netherlands. Sorry for my bad english

Perfect

There is man in Tampa, FL that is prisoner in his own land because of the judge didn't want to look at the evidence and no one cares even the news. If anyone knows a good attorney please let us know. The justice in this country has a problem, how do you fix that so the judges can't do that to other people just for lies?

I think that using the Grinch at the end was silly. Overall, I agree that our criminal justice system needs a big update.

Need more training and re-entry programs. Low level trade schools so that ppl can earn a living when the get out. Sheet rockers, landscapers, roofers, concrete laborers, road crew. We are at a major labor shortage in this country and prisons are full. Major problem. I used to sell drugs for money. Now I hustle carpentry.

My son 20yo was hit by someone on two different controlled substances that are contraindicated for being prescribed together or for driving while on them, the driver was on the phone and drove into the oncoming lane and hit my son an army reservist on his way home from work on his motorcycle. She, the white driver ,who grew up in the area was not charged with a felony or DUI despite the toxicology showing both drugs present in the system. The officer told me "Your son is no angle I could hear him speeding from the barracks" sight unseen and knowing nothing of motorcycles and muffler systems and stating how he hates motorcycles. According to PA state law, this should have been an automatic felony when you cause serious injury. My son was life-flighted to a trauma hospital and had 14 surgeries to save his life and his leg and has permanent disfigurement, infection and injury. Wayne County Pa did not give access to victim assistance as the person quit and the DA never charged the driver or spoke to my son about his account and nor did the State police. Have my son's rights been violated? and certainly, the police officer and DA have extremely unprofessional conduct in both the law and enforcement as well with possible discrimination and clear bias. Who do I contact?

For most things in our universe, there is cause and effect. But for some strange reason here in America, we choose blame-aggregation over devising solutions to the issues we face now-a-days. And I truly believe that is because we are yoked under a monetary system that "we the people" neither own or control. Everything after that is a result of it's machinations over us. It has us at each other throats on a daily basis for the exclusive benefit of the elite 1% or so. The criminal justice system in America isn't broken. It's hopelessly rigged and fixed.

This is what the we call in the retail space “opportunity” and this appears to be one of the most long-standing and turbulent issues in America. It affects those who are disenfranchised most; people of color and the poor. We MUST resolve this for a prosperous future and I hope with all my being to someday be a part of the solution. It’s even more flooring that this is the second comment on a Ted Talk. More people need to be aware of the system that hurts so many. The odds are stacked and we must be the generation that ends this cyclical repetition of harm to those who are the least likely to have a safety net. If you want change, come together. Those who are caught in the system can not reach upward social mobility. We must come together to transform this cruel justice system entrenched with racism and disenfranchisement. Please. If you read this, and if you care for your fellow man, do what you can to lead tomorrow into a prosperous day where equality is just and the justice system shifts its M.O. from one of partiality, to one of fairness and true justice for all of its citizens.

I'm actually working on a criminals justice project for class now listening to opposing views of the system I would like to enter this career to make a difference but hope that wont make me an outcast

the fact that this video only has 84k views and 174 comments, implicates that the american criminal justice system is unlikely to change for decades to come. "they deserve to be locked up" is what most of y'all will say. it's sad.

criminal justice system is broken in florida

Prevention is better than rehabilitation

Focus needs to Shift from giving publicity to the criminals and punishing them to Helping the Victims of crime & giving an attentive ear to the Victims instead.

We need to adopt the concept of restorative justice used in Norway. In Nordic prisons, criminals are sent to prison as punishment, they aren't sent there to be punished. They view the loss of freedom experienced while incarcerated as sufficient punishment. We also need to begin looking more closely at diversion programs that keep criminals out of prison, so we can lower prison populations and improve quality of life for those deemed a true threat to public safety. That means more access to a wider variety of rehabilitative programs. Unfortunately, none of this will ever change until we are able to vastly change how our society views criminality.

Nothing will ever change as long as people are making money,off of filling the prisons. There will never truly be forgiveness towards prisoners to be able to reintegrate back into society. The system will always want to punish offenders and pretty much always be branded outcast. Not only does the system need to change as well as society but also the work force needs to change their policies as well. I'm fighting to prove my innocence on my charges and am praying with all I have left that as my first offense I won't be sent away nor branded. Yet everything I see and read on my charges. Nobody will ever truly let me reintegrate into society should I get convicted and serve my time. No matter how many programs are made throughout the country to assist people with records, nobody in Indiana nor those who are getting rich off of people in prison will ever truly want even a first time offender to be reintegrate back into society, and will always be punished long after serving the debt to society. I've broken down so much because all I can see is every opportunity I was struggling before to make now reduced to almost nothing. All I have is my delivery driving job and am trying to take each day as a step towards rebuilding my life before I'm possibly convicted. Yet still all I see is no true hope for me because society and the system will never change to allow people in my situation to reintegrate back into society. It's all about money and people getting richer off of making people in prison always go back.

I like the message. However, I believe we shouldn’t use prisons for punishment. We should only use prisons for society’s safety. Let’s find a different solution for those considered not a threat to society. Most people want reparations anyways. Also, Albert Einstein didn’t say that insanity quote. So saying that Albert Einstein said that over and over again is insane lol.

This video is 3 years old. Words are nice but they don't fix thing unless put into action. The progress being made in CA is not coming from you or the system, it is coming from the people who are fighting. Transformation does not happen over night, you are correct, but the system can destroy an innocent persons life over night. You continue to treat people like animals and expect them to leave prison as productive humans? It is the department of corrections, not the department of punishment. Punishment does not correct, punishment is punitive. You can start with getting rid of all of your mandatory minimums but of course, you do not want to do that because prosecutors like you have to surrender your power back to the judge where it should be. Stop incarcerating people hundreds of miles away from their family support unit. Visitation and family support is absolutely key to support and rehabilitation. If you want true change in your system let go of this tough on crime nonsense and start being smart on crime. Look at the prison system in Norway, Germany, Sweden. They actually work. The recidivism rate is around 20%. The US holds at around 80%. What we are doing does not work! It never had and it never will. But people like you have our society believing that those system are too cushy, too soft. Our society believes that prison has to be horrible and dangerous, that we need to make it as bad as possible so that people do not want to go back. A blood lusty society who believes that torture and treating people like animals is the answer. But we have to care about what works and our methods don't. Change does not begin with the individual, it begins with system. You just said that what profoundly changes a person is someone who cares about them. I agree that is true so stop making it so difficult for families and loves ones to to offer that support.

Please our Father in Spirit help us All, guide us so we may not get lost or even get tempted, keep you and me us all from bribery. All these I ask in the name of our lord Jesus amen.

Something needs to be done to speed up trials and judgements. 4-5 years is ridiculous, a year at the most Is what it should be at the most.

How about the dismal IQ problem of IQ average 84 in prison and the born psychopaths who are human predators?

lots of hot air ...usa has most people incarcerated in the world

It’s called criminal justice for a reason..

Dessert.

If premise is correct why are everyone in govt and especially judicial police system practicing criminals

Hey that’s Gavin Newson at 9:01

Here in Pasco County Florida Dishonorable Judge Alicia Polk has put a burden on my family which has cost us financial loss, depression and frustration. With her biased abuse of power the state Florida has completely failed to hold her accountable for poor decision making in trials. At what point do we the people actually get justice with a broken system?

Stop the never ending supply of unwanted and abused children. Address the problem of people creating children that they are not qualified to raise.

I say before we judge other's for the way they are take the time to judge ourselves for the way we are because if we are wrong in our own ways there will be no Justice in the judgement we pass on other's,if everyone believe in this action America and the rest of the world will be better.

I do not completely agree with him because a person can fake transformation for parole and trusting every criminal hoping that they will change and lead a just life after been convicted is a fallacy. It might be a excellent theory but my dear friend it need to be implemented, which is a impossible task because every person and their thought process is different.

I know so many people who were innocent but took a deal bc they wanted to be home.

Though his name was Robert Baratheon... kind of disappointed now.

What?

Ok so serious conversation here… did he just suggest transformation but didn’t actually clearly define any way to do that or what we can do to the system itself. From what I got out of it is he suggests that we create some kind of system that gives opportunities to criminals but didn’t suggest anything as far as an actual answer… he is basically saying that the system need to be reformed but gives no suggestions on how

release the non violent inmates sentenced for minor crimes you charlatan

i disagree with punishment

Good speech, but nothing will happen.

NO WAY TO FIX SLO COUNTY AND ITS FALLACIOUS ACTIVITIES,

If you have money you'll never see a jail

Expelled for bad behavior? Given 3 chances to work with parents to keep you in school? Given a fair hearing? AND YOU STILL ARE ACCUSED OF DISRUPTING THE CLASSROOM, THEN YOU PROBABLY ARE GUILTY. In the old days (maybe 30 years ago) DELINQUENT CHILDREN WERE NOT ALLOWED TO CAUSE VIOLENCE OR HINDER THE EDUCATION OF OTHERS. If the parents could not control their behavior THEY WENT TO THE BAD BOYS HOME UNTIL THEY WERE AT LEAST 18. That home PROTECTED them from street predators, provided some education, and KEPT THEM ALIVE. I SAID ALIVE TO SEE ANOTHER DAY, INSTEAD OF DYING ON THE STREETS BY THE THOUSANDS IN THE OBAMA ERA. Thank you President Trump. A dead child is just dead. A LIVE child protected by a group home LIVES TO GROW UP AND SEE ANOTHER DAY.

I didn't see any Mexican's in the audience...

Glad President Trump has recognized these serious issues and is working to fix these problems for our society!

Check out Governor Newsom in the crowd lol

What kind of powder does ivanka use to get into court?

Good people don’t generally go to prison... repeat offenders on serious crimes are bad people plain and simple... not worthy of rehabilitation

I see woke people as screamers flailing their arms hysterically with drool running down the side of their mouth.

8:27 Charlie Puthy

Slavery never ended it evolved.

Ted diskrimination

America is a Christian sick Jail!!! USA is a big Jail. Martin Luther King was a Man with two Faces!!!

I hope Trump begins major reforms on the police and prisons during his 2nd term.

This is what the we call in the retail space “opportunity” and this appears to be one of the most long-standing and turbulent issues in America. It affects those who are disenfranchised most; people of color and the poor. We MUST resolve this for a prosperous future and I hope with all my being to someday be a part of the solution. It’s even more flooring that this is the second comment on a Ted Talk. More people need to be aware of the system that hurts so many. The odds are stacked and we must be the generation that ends this cyclical repetition of harm to those who are the least likely to have a safety net. If you want change, come together. Those who are caught in the system can not reach upward social mobility. We must come together to transform this cruel justice system entrenched with racism and disenfranchisement. Please. If you read this, and if you care for your fellow man, do what you can to lead tomorrow into a prosperous day where equality is just and the justice system shifts its M.O. from one of partiality, to one of fairness and true justice for all of its citizens.

For most things in our universe, there is cause and effect. But for some strange reason here in America, we choose blame-aggregation over devising solutions to the issues we face now-a-days. And I truly believe that is because we are yoked under a monetary system that "we the people" neither own or control. Everything after that is a result of it's machinations over us. It has us at each other throats on a daily basis for the exclusive benefit of the elite 1% or so. The criminal justice system in America isn't broken. It's hopelessly rigged and fixed.