America's Chain Gang - 56 min documentary

6 April 2006
Chain gangs. A throwback to slavery or an appropriate punishment? This award winning documentary examines a growing trend in America -- the use of chain gangs to punish criminals. Outlawed over 30 years ago for being too inhumane, why is it that they are coming back? Introducing the chain gang of Alabama and the first ever all female chain gang, this film profiles the experiences of prisoners, jailers, governors and lawyers

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• Slavery
• Alabama
• Prison
• Jail
• Human
• rights
• Racism
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[Korozive1]

Is it really necesary to have the journeyman logo plastered across the screen for the whole videos duration?

[cobb864]

@mermaid30019 I hope that you fucking get framed for something you honest to god didn't do, get ten years, get put on a chain gang and when you are complaining how it sucks to the authorities and saying you are innocent I hope one of they looks you in the eyes and says: I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT SHIT when people say jail isn't easy. if you fucking stay of out trouble you won't be have to experience jail to begin with. Now, that kind of irony is the kind of shit I dream about. Bitch.

[harkriz415]

@elricoatl I wasn't referring to every black person, I said that is why black people will always be the majority of people in prison, not the total population.

[elricoatl]

@harkriz415 so because one black person says some dumb shit means that I, a black man, inherently agrees with him and shares the same likelyhood of being incarcerated? come on now thats just idiotic..thats like me saying because one whit person or whatever race says "I hate chineese people" that every person of that race hates chineese people..yes criminals should be punished but to act as if racism doesn't exist and is not a problem is just irresponsible.

[ass246111]

Journey man.tv across the screen I find it distracting.



[Southernjuggalo63]

@adambungle lol i guess u think us alabamians should put 5 star resteraunts for them treat them like its a hotel system newsflash the south is some of the poorest states in the united states therefore cant afford with the budget we have to give those jobs to non criminals so we have to make deal with what we have also to the black vs white ratio by this alone it shows more blacks commit crimes in alabama than whites of course u will scream racism or slavery cause your black orliberal

[realdealent100]

That aint slavery.its punishment.they did the crime.not the white gaurds.they wok for their living.dont cop out and sell drugs.

And genegenegene1.....how is he going to shoot his face off without it bein physically possible for him to pull the trigger?and its dumbass.not dumass you dumbass

[genegenegene1]

Dumass at 8:10 is gonna blow his face off

[adambungle]

NOTICE THEY ARE 99% BLACK and the guards are 99% white. Why not just bring back slavery and call it what it is

[adambungle]

Fuckin idiots, they got rid of chain gangs years ago because they didn't work then and they ain't gonna work now, in reduction of inmate re offending. Do your neighbourhood a favour and Kill a cop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[troublemakir]

I was going to watch this but then I saw that stupid fucking logo on the top of the screen and changed the channel. Fuck that is annoying, if you need to stick your stupid brand on shit do it in the damn corner of the screen. 

[harkriz415]

7:27 : This is why black people will ALWAYS be the majority of people in prisons. "It's a rush, it's cool to break the law."

Basically he's saying that he breaks the law for no necessary reason, he burned down an apartment complex in 2nd grade? Stole cars? There is no reason for doing this, but black people do it anyway, then complain about jail and complain how they have no money because they have no job because of their criminal records.