Kids In Prison Then & Now: Life In An Isolation Cell 23/7. Where Are Damone & Robert Now?

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10 ай бұрын

In this video we look back at the cases of teenagers Damone and Robert as they were spending their first years inside a maximum-security adult prison. Both Damone and Robert were in the prison's Segregation unit, where they were locked down 23 hours a day, 7 days a week. As prison guards leashed the boys with a leather strap and walked them to a holding cell, we interviewed the boys through the cell cuffport and asked how they were surviving isolation, what landed them in prison in the first place, their family history, and ultimately, what they hoped for their futures. We then see updates on the boys 13 years later, and find out if the hopes and dreams they told us about as teenagers turned into reality once they were adults.
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@kristy3041 9 ай бұрын

There’s always someone badder than you. He talks like he isn’t a bully and how he wanted to go to adult block but in reality he’s going to learn the hard way that everyone has to mind someone.

@bmore4377 3 ай бұрын

Yep that sounds about white

@joycewright5386 9 ай бұрын

“I’m a really nice person. It’s just the things I do to get what I gotta get” That tells me everything.

@addie_is_me 9 ай бұрын

In this case, I think you are right, but I have heard that kind of thing from people who would benefit a lot if they had counselling or classes available to them.

@AnthonyGutierrez-pk4tq 9 ай бұрын

Nah he trynna play yall

@stst77 9 ай бұрын

Why does he think he needs $100 shoes? Someone needs to explain to him he doesn’t need expensive shoes. He needs to get his life together.

@addie_is_me 9 ай бұрын

It is very striking how they are given almost no rehabilitation in kids' prisons. Adults have more available. It never would have occurred to me that they don't make these kids go to school or a GED program, during the day or only get individual counselling in dire situations, I saw that from another of your Docs.

@CalamariProductions 9 ай бұрын

@addie_is_me - Thank you for commenting, and thank you for watching our docs. We should clarify that these 2 boys are in an adult prison because they were waived from the juvenile court system to the adult system. Unlike the juvenile facilities where more programs and educational services are offered, the adult system offers fewer opportunities. In this particular prison, kids under the age of 18 were all housed in a special cellblock called YIA (Youth Incarcerated as Adults). In that cellblock, the kids who were getting their GEDs did have school during the day, but Damone and Robert were no longer in that unit because they were sent to segregation after they got in fights on the cellblock. In Seg, there are zero opportunities to do anything but sit in a cell 23 hours a day, 7 days a week. We're not sure how anyone really survives it all. We appreciate you watching their story and taking the time to comment. We hope we helped explain things a little bit better.

@patriotmedia2388 9 ай бұрын

I can tell you as someone who served 10 years in Illinois DOC. They dont want to rehabilitate you and make no attempt to. Prisons are a business and they want to keep people locked up. At the time the system got 35k a year per inmate. They want people to stay in or reoffend so they come back. Inmates are nothing but cattle for profit. I made it cause i mentally choose to not because the system did anything to help me.

@jeromethomas5989 9 ай бұрын

When u say you're used to jail at 17 the system already broke you

@CalamariProductions 9 ай бұрын

@jeromethomas5989 - you have a good point there.

@kimharris7429 9 ай бұрын

These kids should pay for what they did but isolating for a long time just causes more issues that make it harder for them to be successful on the outside.

@CalamariProductions 9 ай бұрын

@kimharris7429 - yes, segregation/isolation only compounds the issues, especially when someone is in segregation for a long time. It's counterproductive, as you say.

@alexandrahall1886 9 ай бұрын

So sad these to have wasted their lives. Missing out on so much.

@hp2474 9 ай бұрын

50 & 45 years, very sad but I didn’t see a bright future for either of these kids when I first saw their videos. They didn’t even bother pretending to have learned a lesson and both struggled a lot imagining themselves doing something positive as adults. I doubt they ever saw another life as a true possibility

@CalamariProductions 9 ай бұрын

@hp2474 - Sadly, both boys had such chaos in their lives from early on that you're right -- envisioning a life with hope and opportunity seemed to be beyond their imagination or expectation. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

@mimi19921 9 ай бұрын

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with envisioning a better life for yourself, I would hope we all do. Sometimes speaking positivity does come into existence but it takes action too. From the beginning hearing their stories was clear they would face big hurdles. The boy smiled as he spoke about his family members in prison like he was proud 😢 instead of doing better for himself. So sad

@regulator302 9 ай бұрын

They want something nice without working hard to get it. Don’t blame anyone else for that.

@NickPhillips-yf2re 5 ай бұрын

Nah most these kids have been fucked around there whole life so who blames them I don’t

@DjJay 9 ай бұрын

Now thats what I call being Institutionalized since childhood. Aint no way either of them was not coming back. Got too comfortable with life behind bars

@cristyluv1205 6 ай бұрын

Sooooo, what happened to Damone??? This is the third video I’ve watched from this channel and now im hooked. Are there any updates on film???

@CalamariProductions 6 ай бұрын

@cristyluv1205 - Damone was released from prison following our first interview with him, but sadly was re-arrested in 2018 and convicted of attempted murder. He was sentenced to 50 years in prison. His projected release date is 2063.

@stst77 9 ай бұрын

The second guy throws a chair at someone and cuts the teacher’s wrist but says he isn’t violent? Also he said he went in juvie at 9 and LIKED it! He committed a crime to see his brother rather than going to visitation or calling him. There is something seriously wrong with this guy. He isn’t safe.

@Lil_ej14 9 ай бұрын

He was smiling when he was talking about the dude who 15 I think he up to some

@ahmad.tillery.1987 9 ай бұрын

Both stories are really sad it's a shame they couldn't get it together on the outside.

@CalamariProductions 9 ай бұрын

We had hoped that once they were out they would find some glimmer of hope and opportunity somewhere. Re-entry back into a community is hard enough--doing so after spending so much time in isolation and going back to the same environment that got them in trouble in the first place even more so.

@addie_is_me 9 ай бұрын

@@CalamariProductions What the hell is the point of the juvenile system??Just to warehouse them until they are old enough to join the adults?? Find some of these kids to report on who became lawyers or teachers, or something. You owe us that much, these are very sad! Lol

@jeromethomas5989 9 ай бұрын

@@CalamariProductions any updates on Justin woodrow

@cynthiadavid5282 9 ай бұрын

Sad there is a lot of times that there is no light at the end of the tunnel for these kids

@cynthiadavid5282 9 ай бұрын

A lot of them don't know any different

@annetteslife 9 ай бұрын

It kind of sucks that Robert's brother Kenneth Jr. was beginning to follow Robert's footsteps into a life of crime

@simmonssimmons4494 9 ай бұрын

Poor, kid, but if he had more guidance 🤔 geeze

@Mscavalli2 9 ай бұрын

My son was good I until he got with this girl at 17 and things started to happen ! He wanted to impress her . He was working at grocery store but that girl wanted him to pay for her nails , hair , eat out all the time! Since 2018 (18 years), he is been in jail about 7 times ! Chargers : stealing , resisting arrest , fight (bought a knife from someone who was bothering his girlfriend) and selling drugs. I bailed him out when he fist got arrested. Second my sister in law did bail him out. The seventh time , early 2021 and I spent $6,000 for him to to get out! Probations after probations but he never followed through ! He is now in prison (25 years old) for selling fentanyl. I am not going to visit him or send money for him! I bought him TV while in prison , sent clothes for him ( prison in Canada allow inmates to wear street clothes); I send money for his birthday and Christmas and that’s about it ! I am not going to be that mom who enables his kids for bad behaviour! Good thing he got himself a nice girlfriend before he went to prison . I have watched this documentary when it came out, thanks for the update .

@CalamariProductions 9 ай бұрын

We appreciate you watching and sharing your own story. It often helps others see they're not alone. Thank you!

@bellasunshine6949 9 ай бұрын

They are predators. Don't feel sad for them. Feel sad for the victims. The good kids that get bullied by these criminals.

@GorillaDolphin 8 ай бұрын

These were the type of kids that used to pick on me in highschool

@stst77 9 ай бұрын

“The things i do, i do to get what i got to get” now those are the words of an entitled criminal!

@lovesallanimals9948 9 ай бұрын

Thats why miles and colt made it, they stayed away from people like him. Just listen to him talk you know he's gonna do something worse

@CalamariProductions 9 ай бұрын

@lovesallanimals9948 - Interestingly, Miles and Colt were in the same Youth Unit cellblock as Damone and Robert when they were young teens (before Damone and Robert were sent to Segregation). We see many different types of kids when we film inside, and it's always great to see kids like Miles and Colt do so well once they're released. It's a really difficult road, both during and after life inside, and we always hope for the best. Thank you for watching their stories.

@teen5089 5 ай бұрын

Wow. With do support systems, Mentors, Mental health, guidance, life skills, direction, Jobs or Programs and these guys returning back into the Environment that is waiting /crime in 🤷🏿‍♀I don’t see these guys having a chance. you can’t Miss what you Never had. so it’s a set up to fail especially if your family is just as bad. 🤷🏿‍♀

@Babyboy783. 9 ай бұрын

Everyone hit the like button now now

@simmonssimmons4494 9 ай бұрын

When you thinking of committing a crime the demons in yo head has broken you. 🤔

@user-ti8qm7wp3t 9 ай бұрын

The black kids never have a chance from jump😢

@highpowerincontrol9731 4 ай бұрын

They do have a chance,,, and every race go through tough things in life it's not just a black kid thing, every one has free will and the mind to make right and wrong choices ,unfortunately they chose to do wrong