What it’s Like to Be a Mom in Prison | Woman with Gloria Steinem

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2 ай бұрын

The U.S. locks up more women than any other country. Most of them have children, who are 7 times more likely to end up in prison, creating a repeating cycle of incarceration.
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@birdflipper 2 ай бұрын

It is not possible to incarcerate the addict out of someone. It is a health issue, not criminal in nature.

@BiG_SorD 2 ай бұрын

I agree

@missy8106 2 ай бұрын

You also can’t force someone into treatment tho

@birdflipper 2 ай бұрын

@@missy8106 That's debatable as courts and fed up families do it all the time, but you're right in that people aren't going to quit until the pain of using becomes greater than the pain of stopping!

@MrBobbo18 2 ай бұрын

Drug use while pregnant is a crime and should be punished. It’s abuse. What percentage of crime is drug related? Is living with a drug addicted parent good for the kid? Should we just wait till the mom want to get clean while a helpless child lives in that chaotic environment?

@ghostsnwitches 2 ай бұрын

@@MrBobbo18 really helping with that chaotic environment by throwing the parent in jail lmao

@andrewroberts8959 2 ай бұрын

Shackling a woman who just had a c-section to a bed is absolutely crazy. Honestly, how far do they think she will get if she tried to escape?

@eligreg99 2 ай бұрын

Who cares. Men are shackled to the bed after surgery too. Get over it

@lokalkakan 2 ай бұрын

Don't underestimate a brave strong crackhead

@Eyecyhu 2 ай бұрын

@@lokalkakan you wack for that

@rayjones9819 2 ай бұрын

@@Eyecyhu😂

@stinkystu1 2 ай бұрын

Dont care. She is a criminal.

@dakotac180 2 ай бұрын

Anyone in prison for nonviolent drug offenses need to be rehabilitated not thrown in prison, the systems in this country are so backwards.

@seankenny1275 2 ай бұрын

Lmao

@loveline119 2 ай бұрын

you're right. addiction is a disease.

@railroadforest30 2 ай бұрын

Exactly

@Swerv0. 2 ай бұрын

@@seankenny1275people like you will never understand. And it’s people exactly like you that’s the reason it’s like that.

@dudeguybro 2 ай бұрын

@@Swerv0. If you see who they're subscribed to, it'll make more sense. You honestly can't even educate people like them because they'll only believe what they want to believe versus what's right in front of them. If Trump continued to push that 2+2=5, I'd wager at least half of his followers would begin to believe it's true. It's genuinely sad how weak-minded so many people are.

@martingreen6194 2 ай бұрын

People should start talking about the Industral Prison Complex. There is no interest in rehabilitation. Just storing people and receiving funding from the State for incarceration.

@Titbitist 2 ай бұрын

just dont do crime then

@artyparty_av 2 ай бұрын

@@TitbitistUsing a drug is not a crime. Remember what happened when we started arresting people en masse for alcohol? This kind of lazy public policy always a massive societal failure.

@shadowX9365 2 ай бұрын

Our system is clearly failing. The crackdown on prescription opioids led to fentanyl and look how that turned out; over100,000 dead from overdoses in 2022. And these deaths will continue to rise. People have used drugs ast long as humans have lived, and making them illegal does not stop anyone from using them, addict or not. I could buy drugs easier than I could alcohol before I was 21. If we don't try something different, then more people will die and more crime will happen. That "just say no" mentality was clearly a total fail, why not try a different approach.@@Titbitist

@jes6161 2 ай бұрын

⁠@@artyparty_avSo allowing drugs won’t lead to a ‘massive societal failure’?

@artyparty_av 2 ай бұрын

@@jes6161 Certainly not - since the drugs are already here wheter they are “allowed” or not. The policy that works best with drugs is damage control and rehabilitation - not incarcaration where they just are put into a drug rich environment filled with other addicts (absurd amounts of drugs in prison)

@persephone3309 2 ай бұрын

Those moments after your baby is born, you can never get it back and it is so precious. Your baby needs you, to feel you, smell you and just be with you. I really feel for women who miss out on this

@No1cares-sj5mi 2 ай бұрын

It sounds like her baby was taken straight to the NICU due to Angelica having poisoned the baby with lethal drugs the 9 months she was pregnant, 9 months of development the child will never get back. She also said she wanted to nurse the baby which would have put more drugs in the baby's system.

@ayela562 2 ай бұрын

It’s also critical for the healthy brain development of the infant.

@missbubu1611 2 ай бұрын

Education, financial literacy, generational addiction, unstable living conditions, unstable everything, trauma are all playing a part here.

@nunyadambusiness3530 2 ай бұрын

No matter how much Finanical Literacy you have, you can't budget with a low income, when everything is taken by Rent, Utilities, Groceries. And alot of these families started out in Middle Class, had a full on plan, wasn't just people randomly popping out kids. It's American Capitalism by design, corporations profit off of this.

@wtfdtreats 2 ай бұрын

No, their _freedom and equality_ is. fmnzm was a *mistake* 💊

@erindaniel4053 2 ай бұрын

@@nunyadambusiness3530Thank you! The idea of financial literacy is a facade. The blame should be placed on the Reagan administration and the so called, “War on Drugs,” which was truly a war on the black population and another apparatus of social control to be used to defer the remaining population into an internal rat race in fear of becoming un-employed. All of this is explained in “Golden Gulag,” by Ruth Wilson Gilmore

@advocacynaccountablity 2 ай бұрын

It's about poverty.

@Titbitist 2 ай бұрын

no one else can fix this but the person. but criminals usually dont want to change because its almost impossible to change a persons personality

@GabrielaCarbajalpwoblematique 2 ай бұрын

In Mexico, if mothers are pregnant and have to deliver in jail, the baby can stay til it turns 5 years old, then goes with a near relative or with the child protection system. I can't imagine for the women in the United States that you have to break that bond so soon. If things are broken, don't turn them to dust.

@SAFbikes 2 ай бұрын

In the United States if you let 5 year olds stay in prison AOC would stand in a parking lot and scream to the heavens

@dekev7503 2 ай бұрын

So punish the innocent child for the sins of their mother right?

@MontroseManifesto 2 ай бұрын

@@dekev7503those sinners were probably children in those same shoes, hence the perpetual cycle of crime and incarceration, we gotta try new ways of rehabilitating our own cause clearly the cycle isn’t helping, these people are still humans.

@kotaniyumiko 2 ай бұрын

@@dekev7503 a lot of times you can't even call it sins though, drugs are often a product of unfortunate life circumstances.

@mllee2008 2 ай бұрын

Head straight south and hop into Mexico 🎉🎉

@bigvoiceguy 2 ай бұрын

People are just obsessed with punishing people, even though all it does is keep the cycle going. It's idiotic and self-defeating. These people need treatment and support, not prison!

@PepsiMagt 2 ай бұрын

If punishment keeps The cycle going, then the punishment is not severe enough.

@DavidZ4-gg3dm 2 ай бұрын

But they prioritise drugs over their kids.

@antonioc.4237 2 ай бұрын

Lol you should wait for them outside of the prison and offer to take care of em. Do your part lol

@mythicXD 2 ай бұрын

Don't do the crime if you don't want to do the time, simple.

@bigvoiceguy 2 ай бұрын

You are all proving my point, and that is why things keep getting worse for everyone

@cloutdaze 2 ай бұрын

Angelica is so articulate and understands her emotions quite well. I hope she grows up to do great things and one day come to terms with everything. Such a sweet girl.

@edobwoy 13 күн бұрын

Children of mothers in prison are significantly likely to end up in prison than the children of men" It has already been proven by prison, school, college records that even children raised by single mothers in communities become less successful compared to single fathers. The problem started in 1980 as shown in the graph along the second wave feminism which debated gender inequalities and role of women in societies. Majority not "all" of those women in prison "chose" to be independent rather than be a wives which forced them to sell/use drugs. It's not a coincidence, feminism has and continues to DESTROY the societies. The traditional way worked well for CENTURIES despite a few problems which will always be there. You can't have 100% working system

@cloutdaze 11 күн бұрын

@@edobwoy There still exists children to defy the odds, and chalking kids up to statistics really just stifles them. In a perfect world, every child would have quality education and a good family life. Blaming the incarceration problems on feminism is a whole other level of crazy though. Becoming solely responsible for children because a guy wasn’t man enough to be a father isn’t just feminism. It’s an unfortunate reality, and while it’s easy to make base level assumptions about people you do not know.. try to remember if you’re man enough to walk a mile in their shoes. Which you probably are not, considering your obvious resentment.

@edobwoy 11 күн бұрын

@@cloutdaze what level of education have you attained? You can't be this ignorant. Research, studies and statistics are very important in finding answers to all problems. Only a fool will believe every situation is 100%. We make judgment based on "majority" basis. Whether you like or not, the traditional system of family which consisted of a father as the "leader" and "provider" in the household raised more stable children and even today, single fathers still bring better outcome than single mothers

@edobwoy 11 күн бұрын

@@cloutdaze so what if there are few children that defy the odds? Typical modern woman still want to argue while a professional asked to participate in the doc stated the outcome

@colindoherty1891 2 ай бұрын

Prison is no place for people suffering with addiction. For non violent crimes people need support to get to the root causes of their addiction and then help towards recovery

@ReshonBryant 2 ай бұрын

You do know tweakers can be violent right?🌝

@melissahall1699 2 ай бұрын

The cabals and evil government cause mass panic and chaos for some time. so make sure y'll protect yourselves and your finances more especially.

@gracewallin4954 2 ай бұрын

These satanic evil are going to make people suffer and force you to survive until they decide to flip the switch. You won't how you made such mistakes and it would've been too late.

@SarahConnell600 2 ай бұрын

Let's keep exposing the truth, many are just being brainwashed.

@emmadavis2058 2 ай бұрын

The (White Hat) authorities are not fooling around. it's all about putting a final nail in the coffin for "Money Laundering" and corrupt bad acts.

@AdellaDario 2 ай бұрын

The best thing is to prevent yourself from being one of their victims, that's why you need to get prepared before the imminent shutdown which will happen this year

@ruthroberts3121 2 ай бұрын

The QFS is a proposed future financial system that uses the principles of quantum computing to improve upon the current system

@DavidZ4-gg3dm 2 ай бұрын

Where are the fathers of the kids? They aren't seen or mentioned.

@Reeeeeee12345 2 ай бұрын

It's a gynocentric society. Men don't matter. Lmao

@chickendinner9255 2 ай бұрын

Leftists don’t like doing that

@archangelcharlie 2 ай бұрын

I think the focus was on the women in this doc but there is plenty of material on that topic too

@DavidZ4-gg3dm 2 ай бұрын

@@archangelcharlie I think the fathers aren't in their lives.

@razzaman9023 2 ай бұрын

@@DavidZ4-gg3dmPeople say this but a lot of single mothers try to use the children to manipulate the baby daddy and stop them from seeing them.

@koko-ew1kn 2 ай бұрын

Only 001% will understand how the drugs abusers feels like...locking them up makes it more abusive just for a piece of cake crime!! F it!!

@Titbitist 2 ай бұрын

people should just stop doing drugs and take responsibility for their lives and and have some self-respect. they only dont hurt themselves but people close to them and society as a whole. pathetic and selfish

@cptemilie 2 ай бұрын

@@Titbitist a lot of addicts become addicts when they’re young teens. You can’t expect a 15 year old to understand the life choices they are making when they have no guidance. Rehabilitation needs to be focused on instead of punishment Not to mention all of those who became addicts at the hand of their own doctors, back when they claimed painkillers like hydrocodone wasn’t addictive and prescribed it to anyone and everyone

@Betweoxwitegan 2 ай бұрын

@@cptemilieYou absolutely should have self awareness at 10, let alone 15 to know that harmful drugs=bad.

@cptemilie 2 ай бұрын

@@Betweoxwitegan that doesn’t always work! Lots of kids don’t have a good parental figure to teach them that stuff. And schools don’t do it well either, the DARE program failed which is why it’s no longer in school. It failed because police officers were the ones to deliver info on drugs instead of medical professionals or rehabilitation specialists. The program focused on fear mongering, it needs to focus on compassion and rehabilitation to be successful if it’s ever attempted again. And I’m not defending drug use, I’m against it. I’ve seen what it does to people. But I have compassion and don’t blame people for becoming addicted in the first place, I don’t care how it happened, and it isn’t always their fault.

@Betweoxwitegan 2 ай бұрын

@@cptemilie I think most know that harmful drugs=bad they just do it anyways to escape reality, they start at alcohol and then weed, moving onto more progressively damaging substances. That's how most programs work unfortunately, fear mongering via incompetent drones. I don't like the criminalisation of drugs, drugs that aren't that harmful should be legalized, like weed and harmful drugs like heroin should be decriminalised in favour of rehabilitation.

@savanahcurrie9176 2 ай бұрын

As much as i feel bad for the second mom, as someone who’s spent Time with children affected by drugs in the womb, it’s hard for me to have empathy for someone who was doing drugs while pregnant and left their young child home alone to get drugs ? I get addiction is a disease but i just can’t

@MrBobbo18 2 ай бұрын

You’re are not alone. Empathy for drug addiction is fine till it hurts the defenseless.

@courtdub3162 2 ай бұрын

Good thing she doesn’t need your empathy and she definitely doesn’t need your judgement.

@missdaydreamss 2 ай бұрын

The fact a mother is willing to choose drugs over their kid,should tell you that it's in fact a dangerous monstrous disease. It's obvious. Drugs don't care, it's a cycle of feeding itself, and in the end you can never fulfill it. Its easy to judge when you're not in their shoes

@marialourenco5181 2 ай бұрын

than you just dont understand truly that it is a disease.

@ginyutyut1614 2 ай бұрын

another example of the US putting profit over people. Yes, they committed a crime, but is the punishment fair? Why do we treat non-violent offenders so harshly, has this provided better outcomes for society? It always goes back to profit vs doing and making decisions that are best for society.

@DatingForRealYoutubeChannel 2 ай бұрын

It baffles me that prison is privatised in the USA.

@clambo7786 2 ай бұрын

yeah cant do t he time dont do the crime

@tylerlormand5644 2 ай бұрын

cant fight keep ya mouth shut@@clambo7786

@ginyutyut1614 2 ай бұрын

@@clambo7786 silly comment as the time almost always does not match the crime. And you know the 'time' is heavily influenced and lobbied for by these private prisons and companies that have a financial motive. Looking at these issues holistically and thinking long term is easily the best choice for society. It costs more long term now then it would to actually help address these root issues.

@tbird81 2 ай бұрын

Those are violent offenders! They're in prison because they make society worse when they're not in prison. Prisons are privatised as they are much more efficient, better run, and nicer to work at than government run places.

@brigidambuul621 19 күн бұрын

The best part of this is how it affirms the value of motherhood in society. So beautiful to see such powerful effects that come from mothers staying with their babies!

@sonofaurora666 2 ай бұрын

A lot of people on here are defending these women. I was a child who had a mom in prison most of my childhood and it affected me but I dnt blame anyone but my mom for the decisions she made. Yall need to start holding people accountable for the choices they make.

@TJR-ju8dj 2 ай бұрын

Theyre not defending the women..they're critical over the policies regarding pregnant mothers in the prison system..please watch the video in its entirety.

@sonofaurora666 2 ай бұрын

@@TJR-ju8dj im talking about the people in the comment section lol

@BiG_SorD 2 ай бұрын

They make money off of inmates.

@jeffmilligan 2 ай бұрын

Now compare that to the amount of fathers that are behind bars.

@deannanorris03 2 ай бұрын

you can look that up yourself tho

@buzzknudson5707 2 ай бұрын

both are abhorrent. in the US, the biggest crime these moms and dads commit is poverty

@randymarsh8974 2 ай бұрын

@@buzzknudson5707also addiction is a mental health issue. Not a criminal issue. Reagan’s war on drugs is a complete failure. And has just killed way more people. Then the drugs ever have.

@thongly5726 2 ай бұрын

Lol assuming those fathers even wanted they kids

@jackchop1576 2 ай бұрын

Ummm, this is a "no woman deserves to go to jail" video.

@nickf6447 2 ай бұрын

Mother in prison for having birth to a crack baby : they wont let me see my child

@davidivey9257 2 ай бұрын

Get off the crack

@kotaniyumiko 2 ай бұрын

oh please, most people aren't on drugs because they want to be. Also they wouldn't be able to do any damage to the kids not with guards literally everywhere

@rubberplantsandwich 2 ай бұрын

Lost the war on drugs!

@lianefehrle9921 2 ай бұрын

If our government would do this kind of help around all states our country would be a better place. Even giving the dads that are in jails the same way of taking care of their babies would help all families. Don’t lock up people that do minor drug offenses but put them in rehabs that cater to the needs of the individual that has drug addictions. Putting people in jail for petty crimes can lead to more problems than it can solve. There do needs to be some exceptions to different individuals that have a violent record that is attached to the crime or that of one who seems to have a mental health issue.

@advocacynaccountablity 2 ай бұрын

Investigate the legislation happening in your state, and who is voting on what bills. At state legislatures, bills to pass support programs for incarcerated mothers are being introduced - LOOK AT WHO VOTED THEM DOWN and volunteer to knock doors in the next election for the representatives and senators who are supporting these bills.

@tbird81 2 ай бұрын

Repeat from 2016.

@gringa978 2 ай бұрын

It says that in the description

@tbird81 2 ай бұрын

@@gringa978 This is for those who don't read the description, but do read low ranked comments.

@Gotrek-sk8rq 2 ай бұрын

It’s called cheap labor. There. The whole video summed up. A kid that gets 3 months for ‘running away’…we used to call it slavery. Now it’s ’rehabilitation’

@ciarandevaney385 2 ай бұрын

So sad, God bless them❤.

@bfp08 22 күн бұрын

Let be clear with out both parents a child is vulnerable to negativity but the fact that most men who don’t raise their young Puts the mother in a situation where she could lose contact her child makes it worse This is why I think single women irregardless on how they made the child are extremely important to the child existence Anyone thing the mother is not as important as the father is a fool in my eyes And this video proves it

@kgomotsosekonya9435 2 ай бұрын

I hope Angelica is ok, shes so mature for someone so young

@RisknBizkits 2 ай бұрын

11:10 did she say “DON’T FOLLOW ME ON THE FUQING BUS!!!” Or am I hearing things

@user-ll1nc2ru4t 2 ай бұрын

Okay I thought I was the only one!

@NamelessVoice808 2 ай бұрын

She said it. 🤫

@mamaredz9391 2 ай бұрын

The prison system in America is a BUSINESS, the ones making money from it WANT the cycle to continue....it's not about rehabilitation...money...the root of all evil

@annabanzon313 2 ай бұрын

TY 4 sharing

@razzaman9023 2 ай бұрын

How about don't commit a crime and you won't go to jail they should have thought about the consequences of their actions.

@stephanieanderson4315 2 ай бұрын

It's so much more than just don't commit a crime. Generational trauma is real. This documentary shows the truth.

@Drreamkid 2 ай бұрын

How about using your brain to think beyond a surface level and maybe systematic😮…..

@Drreamkid 2 ай бұрын

@@stephanieanderson4315exactly!!!

@razzaman9023 2 ай бұрын

@@Drreamkid how is it systematic when they go to prison based off their own actions

@Drreamkid 2 ай бұрын

@@razzaman9023 it’s clear that you didn’t watch the video and use your comprehension skills in 2024 due your research…

@UnfilteredAmerica 2 ай бұрын

Couldn’t imagine my mom being behind bars.

@Netti103 2 ай бұрын

It’s awful-my kids went through it with me for 60 days and it’s TRULY the most heartbreaking experience I’ve ever had.

@user-to2rf1rj5v 2 ай бұрын

The War On Some Drugs is pure evil

@CandiceMMartinez 2 ай бұрын

War on Drugs ended a while ago. I grew up during the War on Drugs. I remember it. That war ended during the Bush Administration. Nobody cares about drugs anymore.

@DavidZ4-gg3dm 2 ай бұрын

Why didn't they use contraception? Why bring kids into a situation that, even without imprisonment, is clearly going to be awful?

@ChauncyFatsack 2 ай бұрын

lmfao because kids equal money child support

@thongly5726 2 ай бұрын

So you agree that we should have widely available and free access to birth control and family planning resources? 😊

@DavidZ4-gg3dm 2 ай бұрын

@@thongly5726 Yes, definitely.

@triphophoney2981 2 ай бұрын

Because they're not exactly firing on all cylinders. They lack respect for themselves, so why expect them to behave responsibly?

@princesjasmyn 2 ай бұрын

@@thongly5726we already do. They’re prolly on Medicaid and birth control is free and yet they still chose not to use birth control.

@wehrmeister 2 ай бұрын

I do feel for the kids, but it's hard for me to feel for the mothers who freely made the decision to break the law, knowing it's implications.

@sierraraposa 2 ай бұрын

Addiction isn't a choice or decision, so

@wehrmeister 2 ай бұрын

@@sierraraposa Pretty easy way to avoid addiction, isn't there, so

@gooseguse 2 ай бұрын

I just hope we can focus on the actual reasons why these experiences are so prevalent instead of upholding the systems that create consequences of live like this.

@MrBobbo18 2 ай бұрын

Oh the baby not connected with mom in the first couple days could affect them? How about the drugs pumped into them through the mom? How about the years of neglect from a drug addicted mom? The feeling of neglect and insecurity the kids feel because they weren’t enough to make their mom stop drugs.

@Spoot1RHGL 2 ай бұрын

Maybe if you are using drugs while pregnant, your child needs to go into protective services?

@julieinthedesert420 2 ай бұрын

You gonna adopt the baby? No... then stfu

@bajorekjon 2 ай бұрын

Exactly. Even the worst foster home is better than being raised by an addict who's in and out of jail

@Ts_AubrieTaylor 2 ай бұрын

Now I want to see you guys interview all the victims of these mothers.

@bajorekjon 2 ай бұрын

Who is the victim of drug posession?

@BilboSwaggins999 2 ай бұрын

“We’re indifferent to the context of the stories being those crimes.”

@tokesa2753 2 ай бұрын

I have seen a lot of pregnant women come into the system and they give birth while incarcerated.

@gringa978 2 ай бұрын

💔

@advocacynaccountablity 2 ай бұрын

Functionally, they may be safer in jail than out in the streets, so strategically, that's not a terrible thing if their babies can stay with them while they receive support. That's *actual* rehabilitation.

@bajorekjon 2 ай бұрын

Whose fault is that? No one forced them to do drugs, commit crimes, and sleep around

@gringa978 2 ай бұрын

What a tear jerker 😢

@JR-mi8ry 2 ай бұрын

Blessed 🙌 you all

@charlesutley4539 2 ай бұрын

God bless the children ❤ Keep shining

@user-sw1yr8et1d 2 ай бұрын

Hoping this helps some be better mothers god bless all the babies

@rowdyryano 2 ай бұрын

No escape 😮.

@yogi4lyfe 2 ай бұрын

😢

@mele9131 2 ай бұрын

Beautiful mothers

@technum1 2 ай бұрын

Feel bad for Angelica. Such a beautiful girl. Why can’t we all just take care of our kids? Come on people look at children like Angelica, wouldn’t you do everything in your power to give her the best chance in life. I will pray for her future. Bless her.

@debi1451 2 ай бұрын

She is a little sweetie and seems wicked smart!.

@kotaniyumiko 2 ай бұрын

the prison industrial complex, I'll always be ashamed of it as an American

@annachristiansen-bt9sw 2 ай бұрын

The fact that we get free videos from VICE News on KZfaq is priceless; keeping the education and knowledge alive 🙏🙏🙏

@ShimaUta86 2 ай бұрын

I only feel bad for their kids.

@SatanSquad 2 ай бұрын

It's tough for a while. Then you learn to accept the fact your Mom is incarcerated and maybe one day she will be free.

@MrMlbfan6 2 ай бұрын

Undoubtedly feel bad for the kids . At the end of the day they know what they did

@user-tn6ph3ve3u 2 ай бұрын

Its always vice💀

@disvet-1ad291 2 ай бұрын

Vice on life support

@gorrilaunit99 2 ай бұрын

*Remember to use protection and pullout* Rip

@serenesrn3827 2 ай бұрын

Celibacy is the best .

@user-gd8du8yd5d 2 ай бұрын

Personal responsibility goes a long way

@advocacynaccountablity 2 ай бұрын

And yet we let drug manufacturers dole out addictive drugs without holding *them* responsible. Just the poor people should be held responsible for epidemic addiction, eh?

@user-gd8du8yd5d 2 ай бұрын

@@advocacynaccountablity is someone forcing the drugs down their throat? Seems like an active (bad) choice to take drugs. But hey, to each their own.

@luciannebeans6679 2 ай бұрын

Drug companies pay salespeople big bucks to pressure pharmacists to prescribe highly addictive drugs for minor pain. They are paid to create millions of addicts. I’d like these drug companies to learn a little responsibility.

@user-gd8du8yd5d 2 ай бұрын

@@luciannebeans6679 pharmacists don’t prescribe medicine. They fill orders prescribed by doctors. Also, the women featured in this documentary are likely addicted to street drugs (crack cocaine, meth, etc.) not doctor-prescribed medication. Again, personal responsibility goes a long way. The doses the doctors prescribe is very low and locally regulated - not enough to become addicted. It’s the people who keep coming back for more and complain of non-existent pain to get more medication.

@TheSuperScoot 2 ай бұрын

"He should've just obeyed the LAW!!!" shouted the man in the blue lives matter shirt while pointing at Jesus on the cross.

@SailorSlay 2 ай бұрын

I got the life of me can’t understand why running away is punished criminally. How is jail helping the child?

@alyssapaniccia4068 2 ай бұрын

I don’t understand these ppl u know ur in a bad place and stuff and u want to bring a kid into the mix smh

@charles5259 2 ай бұрын

Can't wait to see what wisdom vice has today

@freebie808 2 ай бұрын

DECRIMINALIZATION AND TAXATION OF STREET DRUGS

@kotaniyumiko 2 ай бұрын

Also wanna remind you all, the foster system is TERRIBLE. Utterly broken and underfunded; a lot of times the kids who get put in to end up on drugs or in a life of crime themselves because of all the trauma and abuse they go through. Truly a vicious, tragic cycle.

@Jo-the-fixer 2 ай бұрын

My dad kidnapped my mom and me and he got 30 years in the feds. He went to jail at the she of 50 and made it the whole 30. As we all know people don't change they only change their ways, yes i came up with that, and i don't speak to him anymore

@thisishannah_ 2 ай бұрын

The exact same for fathers incarcerated.

@rowdyryano 2 ай бұрын

My parent is and was a G in all regards in so many ways that can't be explained only lived

@ChauncyFatsack 2 ай бұрын

quit punk

@blobcsgo7190 2 ай бұрын

Would be nice to dedicate a few square blocks, try to make an entire sober living environment for released prisoners and their families. like a gated community almost but with shops and stuff also, no alcohol, but food and stuff

@DavidZ4-gg3dm 2 ай бұрын

Yes, but no-one would want such a community near them.

@remingtonrojas 2 ай бұрын

Even released prisoners do not want to live next to released prisoners

@blobcsgo7190 2 ай бұрын

Yea true @@remingtonrojas

@blobcsgo7190 2 ай бұрын

Yea @@DavidZ4-gg3dm

@Bettinasisrg 2 ай бұрын

Yes and it would save taxpayers too! Just single parents and have counselors and job services!

@maxwell2655 2 ай бұрын

@felixvelo 2 ай бұрын

Stupid people win stupid prizes. Choices.

@milenarose809 2 ай бұрын

unfortunately its not so simple, I hope you can gain some empathy

@user-vy1vk7df7n 2 ай бұрын

🎉❤ so serious

@thisaintsyourmomsaccount9693 2 ай бұрын

Sad….my daughter one of the woman

@max3eey 2 ай бұрын

Username

@user-ll1nc2ru4t 2 ай бұрын

@@max3eey 😂

@markbenjamin1703 2 ай бұрын

Then you failed her

@writerchik44 2 ай бұрын

I’m not going to have an ounce of remorse for a woman who CHOOSES to do drugs while pregnant and isn’t allowed time with that baby.

@advocacynaccountablity 2 ай бұрын

I used to be an absolutist thinker, too, but I grew up. Situations are rarely that simple. Wild guess here - you're Anti-Choice, yeah? "Protect the baby until it's popped out and then eff it." You do understand that the baby suffers immensely by taking it away from the mother? Pregnant people need support, not judgement. Your judgement is for your ego only.

@sierraraposa 2 ай бұрын

Thinking that drug addicts are choosing to use drugs shows you fundamentally lack understanding on what addiction is. I recommend you educate yourself in lieu of casting unintelligent and unhelpful judgement.

@ChristianneAnnette 2 ай бұрын

Exactly!

@Drreamkid 2 ай бұрын

@@sierraraposayup!

@Netti103 2 ай бұрын

I also used to think that way , then I grew up. NOBODY wants to be a drug addict!!! Nobody!!

2 ай бұрын

I'm a female and I was taught in school: :"Stay in school and don't do drugs" I recently bought a legal firearm that is used for self defense. I'm reconsidering for getting tubes tied permanently so I don't have to worry about being a mom. Career and health first.

@copethehagen 2 ай бұрын

I think fatherhood behind bars is the real epidemic. As a father my goal is to never leave my kids fatherless based on my actions.

@keishatorres1567 2 ай бұрын

Both are important but biologically not having a mother does some irreparable damage

@tylerlormand5644 2 ай бұрын

you can take care of a child from jail ......the one the win the angola rodeo do it every year

@thongly5726 2 ай бұрын

Funny because STATISTICALLY fathers more likely do not even show up to court to fight for custody 😂😂😂 MFs would rather go to prison than pay child support

@advocacynaccountablity 2 ай бұрын

That's *much* easier for some than for others. Same crimes, different sentences.

@876reality8 2 ай бұрын

@@keishatorres1567 that's not true as research would show fathers are more important in growing kids to be somebody in society as research as shown also that single fathers are capable of producing the same result or even better result than a two parent household while on the other hand single mothers continue to fail their kids and society 😢

@mjakabir 2 ай бұрын

🤗

@BradleyMontgomery-mc1nr 2 ай бұрын

Whatever. Can’t do the time, don’t do the crime. Mother or not!

@ahsnabdbdvsvvssm772 2 ай бұрын

I really feel for Jessica- what her daughter said about feeling a closer bond with her aunt than her mum would rlly hurt me. Drug addiction can sometimes happen to the best of us so it’s a shame

@jamaalg9906 2 ай бұрын

I know that place stank!

@joeramos4489 2 ай бұрын

smells like low tide

@13mrservon 2 ай бұрын

Weird, who would have thought committing crimes would land you behind bars? Regardless of gender. Equally rights and all 😂

@Netti103 2 ай бұрын

You are missing the point- it’s TRULY not that simple and you are punishing families making the cycle repeat. I got a DUI, did 60 days, missed my sons prom and high school graduation-the issue wasn’t getting behind the wheel drunk-it was mixing 2 prescriptions that I didn’t know would mess me up like that- sooo YES- I endangered society- , could have killed somebody, but the problem is did my son deserve me not being there, the SHAME of other parents asking where I was etc… it’s NOT as simple as people think.

@bajorekjon 2 ай бұрын

That's what feminism is really about... special treatment

@13mrservon 2 ай бұрын

@@Netti103 you got 60 days for a first time offense DUI only by a routine traffic stop? No car accident and property damage or other persons injured? Naaaaaahhh you're full of it girl. No way you got 60 days for a first offense 🤣

@9ethergoddess386 Ай бұрын

I feel like if folks really cared this world would be a better place. But it’s not it’s literally hell for most.. and those who don’t get affected by this would not understand..

@harajuka1barbz 2 ай бұрын

Breaks my heart

@coleengoodell7523 2 ай бұрын

The system is prisons for profit. None violent offenders are just a commodity. The illness is our society that too many are drugging themselves to deal with. "Where there is no vision, the people perish". When mininum wage hasn't risen in 14 years and was also way below any standard of living before that. Opportunities out of reach or unavailable to too many in our population. What goals can one set to achieve in a society where prosperity and on the job satisfaction is only granted to the few? Many jobs with little or no benefits, treating their workers like cogs in a wheel, easily replaced who see no gains themselves when the companies they are working for are seeing record profits? You ask me what dreams, hopes and excitement for the future too many don't have. That can often lead to checking out or getting into drugs and the sales of them. Yet the well connected get theirs without a problem. But instead of fixing this bottom line issues in our society, let's build more prisons for profit for investors and the greedy as children are living on the streets and mothers are incarcerated.

@speccogecko7296 2 ай бұрын

Children are the most impacted but least talked about victims of the war on drugs. Having an addiction shouldn’t take away your child’s right to a loving parent.

@tylerh866 2 ай бұрын

Thats alot of government aid right there 😂

@zwiz77 2 ай бұрын

The only person you need to get sober for is yourself if you do it for your kids you never get sober

@taraoladimeji981 2 ай бұрын

This breaks my heart

@rickgrimes7948 2 ай бұрын

Dislike because I hate the narrator

@ckrgksdkrak 2 ай бұрын

Dysgenics

@OneHappyCrazyPerson 2 ай бұрын

It’s the hard knock life la laa laa la laa la laa

@pedrohenriquerodrigues1281 2 ай бұрын

fist

@jorma41griefer 2 ай бұрын

@@angelodvornitzky767 😁😁

@SatanSquad 2 ай бұрын

Spock!

@dmmjsm 2 ай бұрын

lizard

@bullettoothjosh 2 ай бұрын

Gay for the stay 🏳️‍🌈

@conniehanses 2 ай бұрын

Gloria, you are absolutely correct. Thank you for your participation in this series. You are still the loudest most sensible voice in the room mam...💙🌎

@SquakingOfTheCrows 2 ай бұрын

wish vice would stop trying to recycle their old episodes & do better like it used to

@friday4557 2 ай бұрын

vice is bankrupt.

@SquakingOfTheCrows 2 ай бұрын

@@friday4557 Is it bc their content stopped being good, or? I hope they're getting $ with these old episodes they re-upload. Kind of embarrssing for them to show they're resorting to this lol

@Chief44 2 ай бұрын

when you commit crimes, you go to jail!!!!

@chad8101 2 ай бұрын

Who’s fault is getting arrested the government or the mothers?😊

2 ай бұрын

Mothers

@Allen667sjja 2 ай бұрын

Reproducing is not a “get out of jail free” card, I’m not sympathetic

@tylerlormand5644 2 ай бұрын

neither am pos like u feel safe online fukboi

@lilaeckitties7524 2 ай бұрын

11:10 that is abuse.

@jettj6088 2 ай бұрын

Angelica is such an articulate lovely young lady. AND she reads. Awesome. I hope she does incredibly well.

@sameerkulkarni5059 2 ай бұрын

Hear me out If you wanna stay free don't do crime. Simple isn't it?

@Netti103 2 ай бұрын

You truly don’t understand America do you??

@Titbitist 2 ай бұрын

i'd be so ashamed if my mother was a criminal. so pathetic to sink that low. stay away from drugs and take responsibility of you life, you only have one.