Comments by "Coleen Goodell" (@coleengoodell7523) on "No Second Chances: Inside Alabama’s Parole System" video.

  1. Not sure if it's going on everywhere, but these prisons for profit are exactly that. It's a money making industry and every person they get their hands on are a commodity. Once you're in the system, even when you do all of your time, being put on probation after your release is another trap to get you back. You can be taken back by doing things that other people are allowed to do. Like drink alcohol or if you miss a piss test, miss a meeting with your probation officer or are even late to a meeting. I'm sure there is more. I know this as I watched a friend's life completely destroyed by the system. A vietnam veteran who got caught smoking pot in a state where it is now legal. Unfortunately for my friend he passed away before the law changed. In addition, many southern states have insanely long sentences for first offenders of non-violent crimes. Prision rules can change on a dime and are also sometimes just a set-up for failure. Not to mention the dynamics or dangers of people who are in total control who abuse their power to abuse, torment, taunt and take advantage of whoever they may decide to target for whatever reason. Just as we are seeing here, these are sham parole hearings. They have absolutely no intention of granting parole and sit there in their high places looking down on their fellow human beings they see beneath them and shatter their hopes like it's nothing. The people on the board in this case apparently like their jobs, the pay, the job security and are allowed/required to disreguard the guidelines.
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