The Kids Serving 50+ Years For Murder (Prison Documentary) | Our Life
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Documentary focusing on some of America's youngest and most dangerous criminals. Indiana's Wabash Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison, is home to 40 teenagers serving terms for up to 65 years for murder, armed robbery and assault. In the state of Indiana, children as young as ten can be tried and sentenced for serious crimes within the adult criminal justice system. Their childhoods lost, these boys are fighting to come to terms with how just one moment of madness has completely devastated their young lives. Caught in a system that seems to work against them, what are their hopes for the future?
This film was first broadcast: 05 Aug 2014
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All Comments (21)
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I did 2 years for a gun charge. When I was in there this old head told me "When you get out get your life together and do good for yourself and family...if I see you back in here again I'll make it a living hell for you." Once I got out I went to tech school for welding and diesel automotive now I own my own shop. I still talk to him till this day and put money on his book so he's ok in there. Thanks for motivating me Mark and you'll have a job at my shop when you get out. šÆ And thanks for everything to dad love you more than words can ever explain.
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Documentaries like this should be used in every school to teach young teens early in life that their choices can have severe consequences.
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I worked 30+ years with kids like this. I LOVED it. Boys and girls. What I learned the most is one of the main things they want and need is to be listened to. I talked to them not at them. After some of them left the program, they continued to stay in contact with me. I loved that. Iām retired now, and I still think of ā my kidsā. I hope they still think about me. I believe they do. šā¤ļøš¹š
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I got locked up at 16 for robbery did 5 years . Im 27 now a journeyman carpenter , bought a house at 24 and havent went back . Met some of the greatest mentors in there , they helped me get my mind out the gutter , with the help of my wife , my kid and family .
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Sentencing a boy to 55 years for burglary, because an accomplice is killedā¦..that is the epitome of cruel and unusual punishment.
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Imagine we come to see this documentary sixty years later and see that there are still 5 years left
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I feel so bad for the kid who did the crime for his mum. Thatās a culture that was obviously expected in the family, at 15, what ur mum says is ur whole world. Thereās no way he could get out of that once his uncle shows up and says letās go.
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I can't imagine the psychological effects that prison has on young minds. You can't help but feel bad for these kids, even though they made poor choices in their young lives, it still sad to see them in there.
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āThe child who is not embraced by his village will burn it down to feel its warmthā -African proverb This fits so many of the situations they were put in
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āI understand why people hate me. I get it. I hate myself too.ā That hit me hard
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Kudos to the staff working with these kids trying to help them grow and rehabilitate.
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I hope they make a documentary when theyāre bouta come out. Wish them much peace and healing
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"Well this sucks" I would assume being beaten with a socket wrench and robbed probably sucks as well mate.
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Donāt take me wrong but being charged with murder without killing someone is plain crazy
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The sentences in America are crazy. Like 65 years wow.
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Iām having a hard time with life rn but watching this makes me think of life in a different way.
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The second murderer who says "I am 17 year old and charged with murder for 65 years." And than makes that face like "Yup, I can't believe it myself."
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As someone who is into true crime, I'm shocked and saddened at how much time some of these kids got compared to adult men who brutally raped and/or killed someone. There needs to be better intervention for these kids.
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32:50 55 years for robbing a house and being held responsible for the death of your friend is crazy
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Junior not knowing his dad was heartbreaking. Iāve had that moment myself. One day you have a dad and then you donāt and then you see them and they expect you to remember them. Like sir, you donāt even know me much less me know you. Iām a child whoās still developing important relationships and you expect ours NOT to change when youāve been a ghost? How?
