Gang Intervention 1 (Steve Wilkos Show)

At the early age of thirteen Xavier McElrath-Bey was charged "as an adult" and was later convicted to serve a 25 year sentence in the Illinois Department of Corrections--for a gang related murder. While growing up in prison, Xavier matured and made major changes in his thinking and behavior--hoping to someday prevent others from making the same mistakes that he once made. During his incarceration he earned an Associate of Arts, an Associate of General Education, a Bachelor of Social Science and a certificate in Computer Technology and was inducted into the Franklin Honor Society for "outstanding scholarship". He also wrote short essays and articles for a magazine based in Texas, called Bajito Onda, promoting "peace in the hood". Xavier served 13 years in prison.

Upon his release, he was introduced to the Illinois Restorative Justice Initiative and he began speaking to youth and professionals in conferences, schools, universities and juvenile detention facilities—some of the places where he once resided. In 2006 Xavier McElrath-Bey graduated from Roosevelt University with a Master's of Human Services degree. Xavier also participated in the CAN-TV special "Restorative Justice in Action", and was featured on the Steve Wilkos Show—intervening in the lives of troubled youth. Currently he serves as a board member for the Community Justice for Youth Institute (CJYI), which helps to build the community's capacity to resolve youth crime and conflict through restorative practices.

Since his release he has worked for Ceasefire as an outreach worker; for Catholic Charities as a Street Intervention Specialist; and for Alternatives Inc. as the Juvenile Justice Diversion Coordinator. Currently, he proudly works for Northwestern Unversity as a Clinical Field Interviewer, as part of a longitudinal study of health needs, service utilization and outcomes of delinquent youth--which provides data needed to guide the development of future interventions

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[GhettoDynamiczInc]

@CaLiKuShSmOkEr420 yeah well its meant to be a gang prevention video and youre the only one that wanted to comment on some dumb shit thinkin you hard, ofcourse your hard...on youtube. fkn internet gangbanger, your just a straight hoe

[csbob2010]

These dudes that have spent a bunch of time in prison are fucking philosophers. They spend way too much time in their heads. Someone needs to go around and interview all these people and write a book on the meaning of life.

[Boricua3lions1985]

Wow, Xavier is such an inspiration. God bless him and his family.

[lanegturner]

@ZaieemSherazi ?

[ZaieemSherazi]

5:38 ?



[Ricoh6502]

@atianak I love being a nerd as well!

[PuNcHiieeTv]

he looks like Micheal jackson a bit

[kamdawg00]

I WOULD LIKE TO MEET XAVIER. JUST TO GIVE HIM DAPS FOR BEING A GREAT PERSON

[alenej86]

Xavier is FINEEEEE

[Sephirothlord]

@thunderbird1 What about marines? We're the only legal gang you could ever be apart of :P

[vcvfbcfgh]

hes sexy.

[tpeezyist]

this is what kirko bangz wud look like without ah record deal