Prisoners Are People Too / Documentary Video

Produced by Squeaky Wheel/Buffalo Media Resources and Prisoners are People Too! as part of Squeaky Wheel's Channels: Stories from the Niagara Frontier program. Producer: Doug Ruffin
Keywords: prisons; community; documentary; activism. Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States

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[Guardianoftheunborn]

Thanks rosaryfilms. I guess it's easy to judge someone with a past criminal backround. Not all crininals choose to continue living in crime after being in prison.

[rosaryfilms]

Guardianoftheunborn, thank you very much for your comments!

[MrBiblia]

The way the "system" is designed, it seems that the government "invests" in people so that they can make a full return on every prisoner...in other words, prisons are NOT designed to "re-educate" anyone, but rather, to have them come BACK!

My prayers and praises to your ministry! I will be pastoring in Rochester starting in September. I want to help out!

[rosaryfilms]

MrBiblia, hello and thank you for your comments. We have merely posted the video. You should be able to google their contact information. Regards...

[MrSecretRabbit]

Rarely do people have the courage to stand up and say this sort of thing. For fear of being labeled as defending rapists and murders. Which is not the point at all.

Prisons are almost setup to abuse prisoners on purpose. And it's unfortunately common to see 1 prisoner get beaten up, raped, or even killed by other prisoners. Nevermind the whole "prison bitch" and hierarchy elements that frequently occur.

Separating the dangerous from society, and punishment, does not have to dehumanize them.

[rebeccawesome]

I wish more people could understand the message in this video.

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