Vanguard | December 02, 2008 | 11 comments

In-n-Out: 'Vanguard' Extra

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An interview with a prison OG who has spent have his lifetime going in and out of the system.

For more information watch the Vanguard episode, Getting Out Of Prison: http://current.com/items/89586411/getting_out_of_prison.htm
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11 comments // In-n-Out: 'Vanguard' Extra // Video

  • lvk104
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      lvk104  

    • Wishing you all the best. Your reporting is truly extraordinary, and I can't wait until you are able to do more.
      From the bottom of my heart, look within and your strength will carry you through this time.

    • 2 years ago
  • dhamby
  • motief1386
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      motief1386  

    • Prison blows, things people take for grant it on the outs you wouldn't believe. Like having a pen or pencil, or having a cushion to sit on. You'd be amazed the stupid things people are in prison for. I can't tell you how many guys in my wing were locked up for child support. Meanwhile their child support keeps piling up while they're locked up. Freedom is an amazing gift, don't mess it up!

    • 3 years ago
  • Drach
  • estee_arie
  • uglyghettokid
  • MycoJ
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      MycoJ  

    • The US sports a 60% - 70% recidivism rate.
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recidivism

      But then I read this.
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison

      As of 2006, it is estimated that at least 9.25 million people are currently imprisoned worldwide.

      It is believed that this number is likely to be much higher, in view of general under-reporting and a lack of data from various countries, especially authoritarian regimes.

      United States currently has the largest inmate population in the world, with more than 2½ million or more than one in a hundred adults in prison and jails.

      Although the United States represents less than 5% of the world's population, over 25% of the people incarcerated around the world are housed in the American prison system.

      Global Comparison Map.
      http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Prisoner_population_rate_UN_H...

      Federal government predicts one in eleven men will be incarcerated in his lifetime, one in four if he is black.

      The high proportion of prisoners in some developed countries is from various causes, but the attitude towards drug-taking plays a considerable part. In undeveloped countries, rates of incarceration are often lower, though this is not a rule.

      In general, such societies have less goods to steal and a more community based social system, with less judicial law-enforcement. Also their economies may not support the high cost of incarceration.

    • 3 years ago
  • middle_east
  • TabulaRasa
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      TabulaRasa  

    • What a misleading title. I was expecting burgers....

      Alright on a more serious note, I have heard this many times before seeing this vanguard, it's truly sad... but I mean it is the consequences of doing the crime... but that doesn't clean up the jails unfortunately.

    • 3 years ago
  • AtomUniverse1
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      AtomUniverse1  

    • With more than 2.3 million people behind bars, the United States leads the world in both the number and percentage of residents it incarcerates, (Washington Post) :[

    • 3 years ago
  • jason_knight

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