00:00 Sometimes the system swallows you up.
00:04 ♪ At the bottom, bottom ♪
00:07 All I see in the courtroom are victims.
00:09 Victims of dysfunctional families.
00:12 Victims of crimes.
00:14 Victims of systems.
00:16 In America, you are innocent until you're proven guilty.
00:22 They just kept saying, "You're not being charged with anything, but you're still going to jail."
00:26 Like I said, you're not guilty of anything right now.
00:28 You'll have your court date, and you'll be able to say your piece, okay?
00:31 The average length of stay awaiting trial is about six to eight months.
00:34 Now again, we just had a guy for four years.
00:36 This place don't care about humans.
00:41 I've had one visit from my lawyer in four and a half years.
00:45 I felt like it was no hope at all.
00:47 I've had a lot of problems with psychosis and hallucinations and, you know, wanting to commit suicide.
00:52 I could really lose it in here.
00:54 I spent three birthdays locked up.
00:57 [knocking]
00:58 You all right? You all want to eat?
01:00 It's difficult to tell a child that they're going to have to do more time in prison than they spend on this earth.
01:05 I'm going to be in prison for 25 years.
01:08 Oh, thanks, Phil.
01:09 We literally box kids up in cages and expect them to become better.
01:14 That makes no sense whatsoever.
01:16 I had a couple of college offers. Now I'm here.
01:20 They're trying to paint me like I'm just a monster.
01:23 The justice system itself is racist. It's classist. It's ableist.
01:28 We are hurting more people than we are helping.
01:32 What are you going to do?
01:34 What's it going to take to make it right?
01:36 [music]
01:41 [silence]
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