I watch these to stay grounded, thanks

Its crazy when u enter a facility that was made a long time ago its like you enter that time frame also

Many of those prisoners in that documentary already died and their sentences are still going on.

I grew up in Joliet... where my house was situated...which was next door to the Joliet Correction Center... I could see the lights of Stateville Correctional Center from my back porch.

Paul Jenkot (6:00 in) was sentenced to two life terms plus 199 years in 1936 for driving the car where two other parolees in the car shot and killed a police officer. While on trial for the murder, all three men tried to escape while being taken to court. Two sheriffs deputies were stabbed but survived and a bailiff was slugged. The three men were caught shortly thereafter. Jenkot and another inmate led uprisings in 1944 and 1946 where two guards were killed. They were called the "toughest inmates in Statesville". They were sent to solitary 1947 and remained until 1953 for telling the warden to his face they planned to kill him. When released, they refused to promise to be "good boys". He was previously sentenced in 1929 for burglary and larceny and paroled in 1935.

One inmate said he had a parole hearing in 33 years, and that year is 1983. That would put him in the year 1950 at the time of his interview. I was pretty sure this film predated 1960, now I know.

This warden was thinking waaaay ahead. Here we are in 2023, and we still have far more high security facilities than we need. 70 percent of our inmates are nonviolent low security folks. They belong working or learning or doing something that both benefits society and HOPEFULLY gives a better alternative then more crime.

20:06 Chester Otto Weger was released February 21, 2020 after 59 yrs in prison. Had to look him up and hes on wikipedia. Lol

Better behaved than present-day prisoners.

You stay dropping straight gems!

I remember going to see a close relative at Statesville when I was young . Riding that Blue Bird Bus..Damn!!

I love watching this video I seen it about 4 times already 🤔👍🏿👍🏿

thats what you call doing TIME!!. thank you for up load.

I did a little research and this is from 1961.

199 years and 2 life sentences. Boy they launched him into outer space

Illinois still has no parole- essentially they are about punishment and no reform. What's the purpose of giving them classes and taking the GED, learning any trades if you are doing a 40 year plus sentence in Illinois? the life expectancy of a man in US is 76.

I think they filmed "Bad Boys" at Stateville in the early '80's. Sean Penn, Esai Morales. Great movie.

This was a good documentary considering its age

I like when he says you can't go swimming because they don't have a swimming 🏊🤔

Well, the dude you murdered CAN'T see his family, CAN'T walk on green grass..no sympathy

Dam 3 men to a small ass cell

Hey Turnkey! I need a write out!

Shit b real back in day

The world of cant, he naild it. 🎯

Wow ... I couldn’t have been a criminal... NEVER.. jails are horrific.

You might feel bad but ,some of these guys did some horrible things .

Ol' Warden Whistler says ya can't whistle in your cell ehhhhh 😆

Wouldn't be half full if the killers went to the chair!

When they were in isolation they would get 2 ounces of beans and 1 piece of bread per day plus meat once a week? You could be there for 2 weeks? They must have lost a lot of weight !

24:47 1983? So video is from 1950? Cuz he said 33 years to see warden...

They told the guy at 10:48 seconds after he asked "when will I eat" and they said tomorrow :"(

I wonder will we ever see any footage from Menard or Pontiac

Not wasted my old friend is happier In this exact same prison

How quite is there compared to the modern time docs

Cut to UK jails today where we are sat getting stoned playing xbox...

Back then the guards would beat the crap out of you anytime they wanted, this was still going on in the 70s and I'm sure now with all the law suits not to many beatings take place

In Swahili.. Uhuru - Freedom

Damn Lou Gossett was locked up

I was gna say a lot of prisons remind me of alcatraz Island lol

their talking about CANTS well wtf are they expecting its PRISON not CLUB MED!!!!!!

18:38 lol!!! Yeah okay

At San Quentin a inmate is the key man

23:33 The Wardan can't say minimum

To think that THIS WASNT PUBLIC _NOT ENOUGH MEN watched to give up there freedon

I doubt that any of these inmate are still around .

*Those days prison rape was guaranteed*

Man it's not like that anymore in seg. Human rights people got all that changed. It's still a bad place to be but you do still have a few privileges

Just think everybody in this video is dead now thats alot of ppl

I’m glad I’m locked up in my prison and not this one

I’ve never seen three bunkbeds stacked on each other like that and any other prison in America at least

I was in segregation in the ville. This place is hell on earth

RIP Frank Cullotta he served time here in the 60’s

Did they say he had 199 years plus life plus 2 life sentences for one murder

They didnt have beds bk in the day crazy

Good ‘ol times! I really miss prison.

Home sweet home 🏠

The one guy who mentioned that he would be up for parole 33 years and said that it would be 1983! Now I'm not the best at math but 33 subtracted from 83 is 50 correct? Which would be 1950! So how is this from the 60's. 🤔

2021 most if not all these people are dead now

Shawshank

They talked too seriously back then :(

I didn't have my enough on my sidecgh.? heed tret frevor,! when I see U

Kind of reminds you of s concentration camp

This is there other way of surpression

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That place is a zoo now

They should bring back those type of prisons but they should be segregated ,Prisoners have too many rights today. need 23 hour a day lockup no talking ,and bring back martial law and death penalty allover North America.

At 20:19 the guy who murdered that woman was actually convicted of killing 3 and guess what hes still alive and free now! Oh I do not believe he did murdered these women!!!

many are innocent

Wow! This is crazy.