FL--Inmate secretly films prison life, footage then posted by Miami Herald

[?mysterian?]

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/special-reports/florida-prisons/article235623292.html

"Scott Whitney, inmate No. U21924, filmed a documentary on the Florida prison system and nobody knew.

At least the guards didn’t.

Over a period of years, the convicted drug trafficker used specially rigged, almost cartoonishly oversize eyeglasses fitted with hidden cameras and a hollowed-out Bible with a lens peeking through the O in HOLY to capture the gritty, ugly, violent world inside Martin Correctional Institution, one of Florida’s more notoriously dangerous prisons.


The video was smuggled out of the prison and given to the Miami Herald."<snip>

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...rded-film-shows-gruesome-reality-life-prison/

<snip>"For four years, the 34-year-old convicted drug trafficker captured daily life on contraband cameras at the Martin Correctional Institution. He smuggled footage dating back to 2017 out of the prison and titled the documentary “Behind Tha Barb Wire.” The video — given to the Miami Herald — allows the public to see with their own eyes the violence, rampant drug use and appalling conditions inside the prison."<snip>

 

[?mysterian?]

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/special-reports/florida-prisons/article235623292.html

<snip>"Whitney filmed men brawling or ready to swing locks at each other, inmates passed out on synthetic drugs, mold covering the walls of the kitchen like a coat of dark paint, easily accessible drugs smoked in plain view, makeshift knives traded for a few dollars’ worth of food and other scenes from daily life in a Florida prison."<snip>

 

[PaulR]

They're violent criminals. They're not going to stop being violent criminals when we put them in prison. At least society is protected from them.

 

[TristanP]

They're violent criminals. They're not going to stop being violent criminals when we put them in prison. At least society is protected from them.

That’s the spirit! Who cares about rehabilitation and human rights?!

 

[Woodland]

They're violent criminals. They're not going to stop being violent criminals when we put them in prison. At least society is protected from them.

Disagree with the last sentence. Imo, the vid explains much of the growing violence in the US. Especially what seems like random mass shootings by someone with a prior conviction and prison time.

When people that endure these conditions are turned loose after serving their sentence, what does one expect to happen?

 

[?mysterian?]

It's interesting to me (among other things) that Scott Whitney had (an) apparently contraband camera(s) in prison for four years and was able to film over that length of time without being caught by the guards.

 

[IceIce9]

They're violent criminals. They're not going to stop being violent criminals when we put them in prison. At least society is protected from them.

But then they are released back into society.

 

[margarita25]

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/special-reports/florida-prisons/article235623292.html

"Scott Whitney, inmate No. U21924, filmed a documentary on the Florida prison system and nobody knew.

At least the guards didn’t.

Over a period of years, the convicted drug trafficker used specially rigged, almost cartoonishly oversize eyeglasses fitted with hidden cameras and a hollowed-out Bible with a lens peeking through the O in HOLY to capture the gritty, ugly, violent world inside Martin Correctional Institution, one of Florida’s more notoriously dangerous prisons.


The video was smuggled out of the prison and given to the Miami Herald."<snip>

+++++++++++++++++++++++++

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...rded-film-shows-gruesome-reality-life-prison/

<snip>"For four years, the 34-year-old convicted drug trafficker captured daily life on contraband cameras at the Martin Correctional Institution. He smuggled footage dating back to 2017 out of the prison and titled the documentary “Behind Tha Barb Wire.” The video — given to the Miami Herald — allows the public to see with their own eyes the violence, rampant drug use and appalling conditions inside the prison."<snip>

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/special-reports/florida-prisons/article235623292.html

<snip>"Whitney filmed men brawling or ready to swing locks at each other, inmates passed out on synthetic drugs, mold covering the walls of the kitchen like a coat of dark paint, easily accessible drugs smoked in plain view, makeshift knives traded for a few dollars’ worth of food and other scenes from daily life in a Florida prison."<snip>

Very interesting!

 

[drama_farmer]

It's interesting to me (among other things) that Scott Whitney had (an) apparently contraband camera(s) in prison for four years and was able to film over that length of time without being caught by the guards.

I got the feeling that the guards are afraid of the inmates. They probably go out of their way to avoid contact and confrontation. I would guess that any kind of reform would need to include better management and training for those who are hired to live and work in those conditions. IMO

 

[wendybtn]

But then they are released back into society.

That's the error in the justice system. Releasing them at set dates despite their progress or lack thereof in rehabilitation.

 

[oceanstarryeyes]

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/special-reports/florida-prisons/article235623292.html

"Scott Whitney, inmate No. U21924, filmed a documentary on the Florida prison system and nobody knew.

At least the guards didn’t.

Over a period of years, the convicted drug trafficker used specially rigged, almost cartoonishly oversize eyeglasses fitted with hidden cameras and a hollowed-out Bible with a lens peeking through the O in HOLY to capture the gritty, ugly, violent world inside Martin Correctional Institution, one of Florida’s more notoriously dangerous prisons.


The video was smuggled out of the prison and given to the Miami Herald."<snip>

+++++++++++++++++++++++++

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...rded-film-shows-gruesome-reality-life-prison/

<snip>"For four years, the 34-year-old convicted drug trafficker captured daily life on contraband cameras at the Martin Correctional Institution. He smuggled footage dating back to 2017 out of the prison and titled the documentary “Behind Tha Barb Wire.” The video — given to the Miami Herald — allows the public to see with their own eyes the violence, rampant drug use and appalling conditions inside the prison."<snip>

WHO CARES?! It should be worst.
“violence, mold and crumbling conditions” just like the inmates caused on the outside but worst. They are living. Their victims are Dead.

 

[killarney rose]

It's not supposed to be Club Med....if you do the crime then....well, you know. How many of these problems are caused by the behavior of the prisoners? These are not choir boys, they are hardened, violent criminals. They are locked up for a reason.