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@Gary_Youtube1

3 ай бұрын

See lar, I'm trying to get some of those cuf off shirts....they aren't in the shop area!

@Gary_Youtube1

3 ай бұрын

Man that justice center looks like a hotel stay! Germany looks better!

@Gary_Youtube1

3 ай бұрын

Man...if I just had a regular mattress and a private shower, plus that food pantry, I would have begged to stay, these guys aren't even sad or depressed to be there! Hey kudos to them.

@Gary_Youtube1

3 ай бұрын

I'd do great in Norway no.2! I'm a musician, so hell yeah

@Gary_Youtube1

3 ай бұрын

Nah lar id rather be in Norway no.2 more than Venezuela my man! It looks cleaner!

He is legit the prime story of going to a criminal to being the most kind and respectful person and always just puts a smile on people face when you see him tell stories and just smile

@angel221ify

Жыл бұрын

Im from Venezuela. My country is the worst country of South America in a lot of things and one of the most violent of the entire world. The prison in the Island or Margarita is a shame for all the Venezuelans. Those inmates are in control of the prison. They can get out of the prison and return whatever they want. They can kill people outside the prison, they can rape people outside the people, and they CAN RETURN SAFELY to the prison like the prison was some fuck@n hotel. Those inmates extort innocent people outside prison. There is a gang called "El tren de aragua" that controls those prisons. There are the PRANS (they called themselves like that) and they are the most violent killers in that prison and they are the rulers of that prison. All of that with the authorization of the Maduro's regime. The inmates are allowed to have cellphones inside the prison and text SMS and call people to extort them and to tell that if they don't pay them money, they are going to kill them and going to kill their families. I'm a fan of Larry Lawton, but this topic enraged me because my people of Venezuela are starving to death ( i am not, thankfully) and those animals/criminals are outside in the streets forcing us to return to our homes before 5:00 pm because they are the owners of the streets and police here are criminals too. READ THIS BEFORE TALK ABOUT VENEZUELA PRISON'S SYSTEM.

@TheCanadaBoose

Жыл бұрын

Think he was kind and respectful before too

The shooter in Norway that killed 77 people had the gall to complain to prison officials that he wanted a Playstation 3 instead of Playstation 2, and that Rayman Revolution was too much of a childish game for him to play.

@666Roadhouse

3 ай бұрын

well yeah to be fair im guessing he wants a FPS game

As a native Norwegian, I always have to defend why prisoners should have a high standard of living whenever people from other countries outside Europe ask me about it. Im super happy to hear that you understand exactly why we should treat prisoners like human beings and not as animals. Its not about not giving them punishment, taking away their freedom is punishment enough. Its about making them good people for when they get out, not just for us as members of society, but also from a socio economic perspective. Just take a number from earlier (somewhere bewteen 2010 and 2014 I cant remember) where recidivism rates in the US was up to 80% and in Norway was 20%. And most of the arguements i get back is "Well, what if a man murdered your entire family". Most of the crimes committed are not about a man murdering my entire family, its about people like junkies. And now take a junkie in either Norway or US. This person will cost society large sums of tax money through legal proceedings and free legal help from the state. They will cost money for insurance companies if they break or steal stuff to enforce their drug habits. If the person being stolen from doesnt have insurance, the cost will be directly from that person which sucks even more. If they overdose, they cost more tax money because EMT's have to revive them and give them beta blockers which cost money. They also cost money in time where police have to deal with them, and the police could spend more time catching people like murderers or rapists. Would you rather that the state try and rehabilitate that person, give them education and help, so that when they get out they can actually contribute to society? Or are you gonna punish them like animals and have them repeat the "do crime -> do time -> get out -> do crime -> do time" etc? And if a man kills my entire family, I would wish him dead. But if he doesnt die, when he gets out, I would hope that he was a functioning member of society and not murdering someones elses family.

@lawv804

Жыл бұрын

Does it not bother you that someone like Anders Brievik, who murdered 77 people, is being treated so well? It just doesn't seem like justice, and someone like that is beyond rehabilitation.

@planetaryg0

Жыл бұрын

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@lawv804i think people like that shouldn’t stop the rest of the population from being treated like human beings. also, the prison system shouldn’t be about “justice”, that’s counterproductive and doesn’t correct behaviour. a degree of punishment is part of rehabilitation but that shouldn’t be the main focus. finally, there are life sentences for those who can’t be rehabilitated (tho i think everyone can be rehabilitated to some degree)

@chevelle1

Жыл бұрын

@@lawv804then he needs mental help.

@aeway_

Жыл бұрын

​@@lawv804 he's not being treated like the guys in Bastøy. Brevik is in a secure facility that is more like a mental hospital with strict surveillance. It's nowhere as nice as any of these prisons lol.

@lawv804

Жыл бұрын

@AEWAY I honestly fell like I could travel to Norway and be a mass murderer and live the rest of my life better than the average Americen retiree.

i gotta be honest, larry lawton has to be the most wholesome ex prison inmate ive ever seen or heard about, and this video proved it immensely

@jonboatmorava9115

Жыл бұрын

Most ex prison inmates I know are like Larry, but society puts them in a different perspective.

@Abby_care_services

Жыл бұрын

Larry is doing a lot better then Joseph from after prison show

@angel221ify

Жыл бұрын

Im from Venezuela. My country is the worst country of South America in a lot of things and one of the most violent of the entire world. The prison in the Island or Margarita is a shame for all the Venezuelans. Those inmates are in control of the prison. They can get out of the prison and return whatever they want. They can kill people outside the prison, they can rape people outside the people, and they CAN RETURN SAFELY to the prison like the prison was some fuck@n hotel. Those inmates extort innocent people outside prison. There is a gang called "El tren de aragua" that controls those prisons. There are the PRANS (they called themselves like that) and they are the most violent killers in that prison and they are the rulers of that prison. All of that with the authorization of the Maduro's regime. The inmates are allowed to have cellphones inside the prison and text SMS and call people to extort them and to tell that if they don't pay them money, they are going to kill them and going to kill their families. I'm a fan of Larry Lawton, but this topic enraged me because my people of Venezuela are starving to death ( i am not, thankfully) and those animals/criminals are outside in the streets forcing us to return to our homes before 5:00 pm because they are the owners of the streets and police here are criminals too. READ THIS BEFORE TALK ABOUT VENEZUELA PRISON'S SYSTEM.

@CcSmokecC

Жыл бұрын

@@Abby_care_services hey man keep it positive, no need for that.

@Gary-su8sb

Жыл бұрын

I'd do time with Larry! I don't wanna be in the clink, but when I was in ccdc Las Vegas, there were some good dudes in there.

Larry you're a legend you went from being a criminal and a prisoner to one of the nicest and most respectful people I've ever watched in KZread

I love your videos man. I haven't watched you in like a year. The youtube algorithm hasn't recommended me any of your video in a long time. Just now I remembered your channel. It's a very good one.

Can you do a video of talking about how you would run a prison how the cells would be how isolated people would be like your ideal prison not for just comfort but for rehabilitation

@janecoe9407

11 ай бұрын

HE WOULD ALLOW CONJUGAL VISITS AND CHEFS ,OLOLOL.

I don't even know how I came across this man's channel but I can't stop watching. This guy is so genuine. He acknowledges he fucked up and had a bad past, but he did his time, isn't blaming anyone else for his past, and is making amends and helping others. Criminal history or not, you cant deny he's more of an upstanding citizen than most people without a history.

Finally something positive about prisons, instead of stabbings, dropping the soap and all kinds of violence

@tywinters9462

Жыл бұрын

The irony in that statement… “positive about prison” ain’t nothing positive about prison.

@mantis10_surf85

Жыл бұрын

I heard Raiford, San Quentin, Angola, and Pelican Bay are all lovely prisons 😮

@gavmorgan6432

Жыл бұрын

"Dropping the soap"........ pfffft

@purple_guy999yt

Жыл бұрын

The only reason I would drop the soap is for to throw it at a inmate who tries to stab me with a shiv

@Starmunchers22

Жыл бұрын

we need prison reform

I’m a new member here after discovering your channel a few days ago, and I was so excited to check out my first members-only video here. And this is a really interesting topic, too! We often hear from you about the most terrible prisons in the system, so it was a bit of a shock to see how different some of these are. I’m sure when you were in Atlanta, they would have laughed at the idea of letting you watch movies whenever you want! Thanks for the video, and keep on being you, Larry! You’re doing good work, and I am happy to be a small small part of it.

@hypercactus6489

Жыл бұрын

I feel like we in america get so caught up in our illusion of Justice in wanting prisoners to be “locked up to rot” that we often forget that we need to Rehabilitate people too. But people would rather ruin people’s lives over a mistake or bad situation, because those who aren’t in that kind of situation just feel that the convicted don’t deserve a chance to be better because “why don’t I get that chance when I haven’t done anything illegal??” It’s quite sad.

@angel221ify

Жыл бұрын

Im from Venezuela. My country is the worst country of South America in a lot of things and one of the most violent of the entire world. The prison in the Island or Margarita is a shame for all the Venezuelans. Those inmates are in control of the prison. They can get out of the prison and return whatever they want. They can kill people outside the prison, they can rape people outside the people, and they CAN RETURN SAFELY to the prison like the prison was some fuck@n hotel. Those inmates extort innocent people outside prison. There is a gang called "El tren de aragua" that controls those prisons. There are the PRANS (they called themselves like that) and they are the most violent killers in that prison and they are the rulers of that prison. All of that with the authorization of the Maduro's regime. The inmates are allowed to have cellphones inside the prison and text SMS and call people to extort them and to tell that if they don't pay them money, they are going to kill them and going to kill their families. I'm a fan of Larry Lawton, but this topic enraged me because my people of Venezuela are starving to death ( i am not, thankfully) and those animals/criminals are outside in the streets forcing us to return to our homes before 5:00 pm because they are the owners of the streets and police here are criminals too. READ THIS BEFORE TALK ABOUT VENEZUELA PRISON'S SYSTEM.

There is research in peer reviewed journals that shows a strong correlation between keeping family together and going strait after being in prison (UK slang for not commiting any further crimes). One thing I found interesting is that either in Norway or Sweden there is a prison where you are expected to do two jobs. One is cleaning etc, the other is education. What many forget is that prisons ae supposed to be about rehabilitation as well as punishment. The incarceration in itself is the punishment. Some of these guys in the prison mentioned did not know how to use a washing machine or hoover etc effectively. They get taught how to do that as well as the wall washing floor sweeping and associated tasks. The only place I have seen more spotless is a barracks when the inspection is due.Wish I could find those articles again but they were behind a paywall.

@deborahstollman6238

Жыл бұрын

Keeping families together will certainly help the children so they don’t end up in prison like their parent/s

@janecoe9407

11 ай бұрын

IN INDIANA USA THERE IS A PROGRAM WHERE FERMALE PRISONERS CAN KEEP THEOR BABIES IN PRISON WITH THEM FOR PEROOD OF TIME.

Man you gotta love Larry's enthusiasm and excitement for these videos. Always gets me pumped up when I come home from the gym to see a new upload. Shoutouts from Cali!

Just bought your book, looks like a great read, can’t wait to get it

You got it exactly right. The emphasis in Germany is threefold- 1. crime prevention (in the sense of giving youth many options for hobbies & activities, 6 weeks paid vacation per year and avoiding poverty through affordable healthcare, etc.) 2. deescalation when it seems a crime could happen at any moment and 3. rehabilitation if a crime is taken place. Having grown up in the US, my memory of it is that it's much more about scaring people into what would happen if they committed a crime- not about trying to show them why there are better options. Then it's all about punishiment, punishment, punishment once a crime has been commited.

Please make longer videos instead of so many Short's I enjoy watching long videos on KZread... I enjoy your content watching from Saskatchewan Canada 🤙

@LarryLawtonJewelThief

Жыл бұрын

We do twice a week

@LarryLawtonJewelThief

Жыл бұрын

Tomorrow a long video come out

Nice job on the videos. I really loved your series on your experience in the system too!

Great video Larry, love the energy!

I live in Japan. The prisons for the elderly, are elderly that are either on the street, or close to being on the street, have no one to assist them and cannot take care of themselves. The senior center is an apt description. They're basically harmless people whose lives suck in their declining years and the government has an obligation to help them.

Great video Larry love the content.

Love what you do Larry my dad was in and out of prisone and county Jail it is glad to hear your side of the story

Love your energy Larry. Keep up the good life!

Love your videos Larry. So inspiring to hear an ex inmate moving forward and succeeding the way you are!😅

Something that should never be forgotten or overlooked in regard to these, a gilded cage is still a cage.

There's a minimum security prison (dont remember where) but it introduced gardening for the inmates with 1 year or less. They grow the food to use in the kitchens and it seems to have a good impact on the prisoners who are able to experience the program.

@bobchurch6175

Жыл бұрын

At Angola they produced all of their own food including cattle. Then someone found out that inmates were eating prime beef and now they have to sell the good stuff and buy cutters and canners for the prisoners.

@janecoe9407

11 ай бұрын

WOW THAT IS COOL.

Brilliant channel, brilliant story telling and amazing goal, keep up the great work. I was Just wondering why our (Finland🇫🇮) pretty nice places weren't on that list....?

Great video Larry! :D

GREAT VIDEO!!

Really enjoyed this one for sure.

I don’t ever intend on committing crimes and being incarcerated but my son is my entire world and there isn’t anything I wouldn’t do for him and to be there for him. I’m willing to bet almost every prisoner able to have contact with their children more than just seeing them through thick glass will be on their BEST behavior. Recognizing the importance for both the prisoner and the child really shows that the focus is rehabilitation and not just dehumanizing and cause as much suffering as possible. Who would have thought.

@indestructible247

Жыл бұрын

maybe prisons should focus on rehabilitation but the prisoners should also feel the life outside was better

@jamesmansfield9276

Жыл бұрын

@@indestructible247 right?!?! ….what a wildddddd ideal🫠😵‍💫🤔 it’s almost like trying to rehabilitate/work on fixing peoples issues instead of treating them like animals until they turn into one, helps them not repeat their offenses?!?!

@robertcuratolo5339

Жыл бұрын

😒 This is utterly ridiculous this defeats the purpose giving this to murderers who committed high crime. Now if this low crime offenders then I am all for it. Everybody deserves second chance but not murderers they lost their liberties.

I love that you put education ahead of amenities and luxuries.

Fun video... Thanks for posting 😊

Seeing these prisons made me realize I've been living in one for a long time without realizing it

I just finished watching your top 10 worst, so this is refreshing.

thanks for sharing, I didnt know about this

hahaha the dance cracked me up! keep it up larry, amazing!

I really like this guy you can tell a hundred percent that he's a good person that did some bad mistakes you keep doing what your doing Larry 👍🏻👍🏻

Larry, It's time for you to write another book. This one should be an examination of how to build and run an American prison for high and medium security prisoners.

awesome video

This was a dam epic banger good video!!

Larry be getting his Pilaates in. Whens are you releasing your TV Dance Workout, i can tell you got them moves for a dance workout video! I loved how you started dancing at the end. LMAO

The word Nice and prison in the same sentence never thought I would see that. Anyways amazing video as always

Larry in Australia, in some of the old prisons here, inmates actually flood the bottom of the cell at night to keep out the scorching heat. I guess they probably do that in the states? Trouble is sometimes they leak into the cells on lower tiers.

Awesome video. Man, some of these prisoners are living better than me.

Love the ending lol. Larry loves life you can tell

Great video Larry! Are there statistics on how prisoners do once released? I’d like to compare these wonderful places to tougher prisons. I think this would be very interesting 😻

@bnhyg150

Жыл бұрын

I don't know how you'd go comparing but I have read various reports of recidivism rate in the Scandinavian countries is low compared to rest of Europe.

@deborahstollman6238

Жыл бұрын

@@bnhyg150 Thank you! I know violent crime in the US is very high and continues to get higher every year. Something needs to change!

I stayed in a pay to stay jail for a little bit. We could leave for work brought our own food and had a smoking room because it was a private jail. Plus we could go to doctor appointments and AA meetings. I want to say it costed me $100 a day to stay there and if you leave and don’t come back you are now considered a fugitive. I slept on the couch not the cell.

Biggest part of why prisoners are so violent is how their whole life has been. Treat someone like animals they gonna fight desperately like animals. Show kindness and most people can improve with hope coming out.

@lesterbronson2385

Жыл бұрын

Many evil prisoners would probably take kindness for weakness. Getting pampered after murdering or raping somebody shouldn’t exist

@moosehand8721

11 ай бұрын

@lesterbronson2385 I agree. Don't get me wrong There are some evil pos mthrfkrs in there that should have gotten the gallows a long time ago instead of doing time raping and stabbing other inmates. I'm not a bleeding heart sissy by any means. There's those that can be released then there's the ones that don't belong in the realm of the living.

Can you make a video on what to do if you’re falsely accused and imprisoned? From the perspective of someone who is not a criminal, what can they do to survive if they are surrounded by hardened criminals?

Keep up ur important work

Larry I love your style I'm hooked on your videos I've only been in jail once and it was for a DUI 25 years ago that was enough I'm a oussy

LoL larry great vlog and they aare treated with respect

For me the worst part would be the loss of freedom since I don't have many loved ones and probably never will again. I don't mean freedom in a Murica' way but the loss of choice. Like losing access to the internet, only being able to eat what I'm given when it's given to me even if it's good food, loss of access to hiking, climbing, fishing, choice of friends, even choice of clothing, etc...I need my brain stimulated or I start to go crazy. Crapping in a bucket around people? Meh... You get used to it pretty quick. But even most of the prisons on this list would drive me insane nearly immediately due to the loss of being able to do really whatever I want when I want.

It would be interesting if there was a prison that was kind like a hotel where there were cleaners and maybe even cooks and the prisoners worked those jobs and depending on how good of a job they would do they would get promoted to a better room so that the prisoners have to learn to be clean, etc and learn that working hard pays off in the end

@janecoe9407

11 ай бұрын

IN PRISONS IN USA THEY HAVE JOBS.

7:00 thsts the mouse you wouldn't mind in your cell 😂

what angers me the most is the fact that here in Poland, prison serve better food (quality and amount wise) that public healthcare systems when typically if you have been operated for example you get ridiculously low amount of food (its not issue of diet but lack of money for keeping the hospital canteen) :/

Halden prison in Norway also has its own radio station and grocery store as well

The dancing killed me

Larrys next t-shirt will be "Three prisoners can keep the rhythm if two are dancing"

”Three can keep a secret if two are dead.” I think I'm investing in some merch.

Nice dance moves, LL! (We gotta have fun, eh?)

Hi Larry, could u do a video on Joran van der Sloot, once we know more about the jail (I assume not prison) he is going to? Things like what is the jail like, what would it be like for him once he arrives, food, daily routine, risk of violence towards him and would he be in solitary confinement based on his profile, would he have interaction with other prisoners, etc. That would be great, thanks!

Hi larry love the videos im sorry if you have answered this question before but would you consider to be the best jobs in jails and vice versa

100 plus year ago there was family units in the Don Jail. Thankfully it stopped ages aggo.

I don’t know if you saw my comment but I was really hoping you’d do this video ❤️

"Three can keep a secret if two are dead." This is a Benjamin Franklin quote. Looking at the shirt you would think this is Larry Lawton quote.

Your a great guy Larry,from Eastlake Ohio

Thanks!

@Starmunchers22

Жыл бұрын

Ur a great person

Not all criminals are horrible people ! Nice to see some humanity

Makes a lot of sense when you think about it

Larry nice video, also are you going to do a full GTA V playthrough?

these prisoner live more luxuriously than 90% of working people in the world. Must be nice.

@thorham1346

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, not being free to go where you want is really nice indeed 🙄

I’ve noticed that they showed the same PlayStation and tv and the shower in a couple of the prisons lol the guy in the black jacket was in 3 different prisons with the shower 🤣🤣

yo you should totally do a video on Indian prisions

Nice video

Laugh out loud at 00:01:26 "Catholic priests, well they should be t the penitentiary". spontaneous and spot on.

Nothing like your experience

Anyone know the first jail in Phoenix that he showed? I can't find that anywhere.

Impossible to know without been there a long time which prison is the best.

Central prison in Cyprus is also one of the nicest prisons. It underwent a huge change under the new prison warden

I'm genuinely surprised to see that Sweden didn't make the list. I thought for sure it would be in the top five.

Here in Colorado they had or still have one where you can go out to Walmart and buy stuff or even work if I’m not mistaken. And yes it’s a DOC not a county jail

Larry Lawton ❤

I lost my dignity in the military when I had to use bathrooms that were literally just a bunch of toilets right next to each other in the middle of the room with no dividers whatsoever. That was one way to get closer to your comrades lol

Meanwhile in my studio apartment with one neighbor watching Fox News at peak volume and the other letting there dog bark continuously

I agree with you by the way on the fact that the prison system shouldn't have banned tobacco.

Larry, I agree that the United States’ prison complex is in shambles. It is broken. I will admit my ignorance at even attempting to conceive a solution to this massive problem. However, one belief I still hold is that criminals who have mens rea should face punishment first, rehabilitation second, varying on the effects of their crime.

@AhriHentai

Жыл бұрын

Losing their freedom is the punishment

@markadams5429

Жыл бұрын

I'm a bit torn. Losing your freedom is one thing but then being sent to club med is another.

Honorary mention: La Catedral from Pablo.

That Chinese pronunciation had me dying 😂

My friend in northern California, hes in jail there, you get to keep your cell phone, charger and limited internet wifi service, they dont have pay phones on the walls, he's in there for the next 8 months, i can call him and send money to his books. That alone helps him doing time! He can watch youtube, listen to music, text and everything. Looks like some jails get it.

A palate cleanser after that worst prisons video, some of these joints looked positively amazing! Just a minor correction from your #1 fan in Scotland - it's HIS majesty's prison these days, not her!

Hello Larry I love your videos they definitely help my realize how good I have it in life. Even when I watch when I'm going through stuff. I'm watching from up in CANADA. Up here we have a Dangerous Offender named Paul Bernardo he just got moved to Medium Security from Maximum. It's making major Headlines up here. I'll let you google it and would love to hear your thoughts. WARNING HIS CRIMES ARE DISTURBING to who ever Google's Him.

@janecoe9407

11 ай бұрын

TOOBHAD THEY DONT JUST GIVRE HIUN DEATH PENALTY.

A prison system that works in a Northern European culture, would be completely dysfunctional in USA.

How can you expect people to come out of prison rehabilitated when all they learned in prison was how to be a better criminal

you should see the prisons in norway and Sweden ..

2:23 Looks like an art museum

@FreedomRanger42069

Жыл бұрын

17:48 Looks like a resort😅

I can see why the prison in Venezuela could be better, but I would still argue the Norweigen prison is better because I reckon the re-offending rate afterwards is probably lower because they do more to focus on re-habilitation. I could be wrong though. Anyway great video!!

Hey Larry I think you might have overlooked one prison that I'm positive would have made this list if you knew about it! Check out the new prison in Nuuk Greenland

I'm genuinely curious, as a sort of follow up, what the rehabilitation rates for these prisons are. From a devil's advocate perspective, I'd not want to leave a prison like some of these. Hell they're easily better then some of the dorm rooms i've lived in.

From Canada.... being in prison there looks better than my future.... thats sad. I cant afford to live anymore, rent/housuing/EVERYTHING is going up so much