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An app that helps incarcerated people stay connected to their families | Marcus Bullock
Visit to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more. Over his eight-year prison sentence, Marcus Bullock was sustained by his mother’s love — and by the daily letters and photos she sent of life on the outside. Years later, as an entrepreneur, Bullock asked himself: How can I…
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Samantha
November 8, 2019 at 10:32 pm
Ok. Have barely started to watch .. why is his stage so small?
mary kay
November 8, 2019 at 10:41 pm
Really why’d you go there
mary kay
November 8, 2019 at 10:54 pm
That’s so mean
mary kay
November 9, 2019 at 11:05 pm
Dont do this to me
ThePresentation010
November 8, 2019 at 11:06 pm
Why do blaqs support crime so much. No apps. Just lock up criminals. And use them for experiments and target practice I say.
Martha Patricia Puente de la Vega
November 8, 2019 at 11:32 pm
Only a Mother
Jeremy Kenny
November 9, 2019 at 1:08 am
At 13:30 he asserts theres a “need for criminal justice reform”, lets not lose sight of his admission that as a teenager, he aquired a gun, set out with intent, held the gun to an innocent strangers face, threatened his life then robbed him, stealing his car. . . . without jail time what are the odds on him graduating quickly to killing people ? I think it’s highly likely that jail time saved innocent lives, and probably saved his own life. Be much more virtuous for ex-cons to maybe make ammends to victims of crime rather than improve the lot of convicts.
DeoMachina
November 9, 2019 at 11:47 am
“People who escape jail time quickly become murderers”
Right sure Jeremy, not like there are decades of statistics showing that punitive jail increases the risk of reoffending or anything
It’s not like reformative justice has been a massive success anywhere else in the world
You fucking boomer
Alexandria Musick
November 10, 2019 at 5:04 pm
@DeoMachina That’s stupid…
How many criminals who don’t get jail sentences just give up and never commit a crime again?
Where are those statistics?
Cindy Phillips
November 9, 2019 at 3:27 am
This is brilliant!!!
Cindy Phillips
November 10, 2019 at 5:56 pm
@Alexandria Musick that’s a fair statement. But until they do, then the criminals who are actually paying for their crimes should be able to reach out to their families.
Cindy Phillips
November 10, 2019 at 5:57 pm
Within reason. There should be no contact for pedophiles in my opinion
Alexandria Musick
November 10, 2019 at 6:52 pm
@Cindy Phillips they can… don’t be stupid…
This guy just wants to have a prison Facebook and that’s a big no…
Cindy Phillips
November 11, 2019 at 6:03 am
@Alexandria Musick he already has it up. Try not to infantile your argument by name calling. You’re devaluing your argument.
Alexandria Musick
November 11, 2019 at 7:05 am
@Cindy Phillips valuing my argument with ad hominem is infantile…
ArualBlack
November 9, 2019 at 3:53 am
The title is so black mirror. Let’s see what it is
ArualBlack
November 9, 2019 at 4:01 am
Oops, i read incinerated instead of incarcerated :[
مطبخ بوسى
November 9, 2019 at 7:36 am
Hi possible follow love❤️💋
Naomasa Ii fan
November 9, 2019 at 7:36 am
Yeah more luxuries for criminals, it’s bad enough tax payer money pays for their deodorant and lotion. Its supposed to be a punishment not a retreat
Zayn Karisi
November 9, 2019 at 7:47 am
This is great and looks like a prosperous business idea for him.
Berlherm E
November 9, 2019 at 8:50 am
The fundamental argument against punishment and obviously against the death penalty (in french) :
Taylor Mann
November 9, 2019 at 9:12 am
This I ironic…I have a brother in prison…and I just told him I would send him random photos…
your comment might not work so please
November 9, 2019 at 2:50 pm
Did he kill the driver…. If no….. 8 years, daymmm.
Deathbyjustice 1975
November 9, 2019 at 2:54 pm
Second armed robbery in 2 nights .Stole multiple cars and burnt them out. Oh he was a crack dealer as well.
DeoMachina
November 9, 2019 at 6:37 pm
This is america.mp3
Jeremy Kenny
November 9, 2019 at 11:05 pm
Would you prefer if he killed the driver?
your comment might not work so please
November 9, 2019 at 2:55 pm
Love ur doing
Encyclopedia
November 9, 2019 at 3:05 pm
Anyone comes here to study English
전종인
November 9, 2019 at 3:52 pm
I have a question. Do incarcerated people ‘deserve’ to be connected with their families that much?
Just a pure curiosity. No means of offending anyone.
SARAH 1988
November 11, 2019 at 4:51 am
Prison should be a cage keeping bad guys in and innocent people safe. The rest is just extra. We should lose the extra.
Kay Ren
November 11, 2019 at 5:05 am
SARAH 1988 I’m guessing you are a correctional officer, or a DA ? Am I close? Just curious.
SARAH 1988
November 11, 2019 at 6:49 am
@Kay Ren what I mean by extra is like extra rules that are unneeded. Im a nurse
Albrecht Quincke
November 11, 2019 at 7:08 am
@SARAH 1988 But you are aware that incarcerating the bad guys forever doesn’t work, aren’t you? One day they return to society and without the “extra” more bad things will happen then.
Kay Ren
November 11, 2019 at 7:56 am
SARAH 1988 ohhh thanks for clarifying 💛
The Good Guy
November 9, 2019 at 4:29 pm
Hopefully something important can be done instead of this. Like bringing the death penalty for rape, murder, pedophiles….
Carolyn Grace
November 9, 2019 at 6:31 pm
Thank you so much for making a difference!!
Flying Up
November 9, 2019 at 7:47 pm
He x’ed you? Sir, why did you have a gun on you? Why would you use it to possibly injure another human being to begin with? Did your mother know you had a gun? No, nobody deserves connection with the outside world. This is what prison means. You are in PRISON. To connect you with everybody does nothing to change who we are. We have to do this. How about starting in our own neighborhood.
Deathbyjustice 1975
November 10, 2019 at 6:22 pm
@DeoMachina Couldn’t of put it any better myself👍
DeoMachina
November 10, 2019 at 6:32 pm
@Deathbyjustice 1975 Conservatism is a death cult
Deathbyjustice 1975
November 10, 2019 at 6:32 pm
@DeoMachina The three strike rule is now seen as outdated. The system is being reformed. Just not at your, let everybody free, nihilistic pace. You remind me of the occupy wall street folk.
Deathbyjustice 1975
November 10, 2019 at 6:39 pm
@DeoMachina Im sure it was liberals who brought in the 3 strike rule. But don’t worry Trumps a changing things. First step act, fair chance hiring. Just give him a little time my little anarchist.😉
Deathbyjustice 1975
November 10, 2019 at 7:19 pm
@DeoMachina In fact, you may want to check out Marcus Bullocks press conference at the White House with Trump. That was about prison reform. It was quite moving. I can feel a Seachange. How about you.
beverly fuller
November 10, 2019 at 3:02 am
God bless you Marcus.
Gladys Farmer Kitchen 8GladysWorld8
November 10, 2019 at 5:54 am
I love the photos with your mom, sister and niece. You have a lovely family and a mother very supportive. You are very lucky. Technology and apps are very helpful. Thanks for creating a very useful one.
Olando Anônimo
November 10, 2019 at 8:15 am
Makes me happy to hear that he turned his life around.
Alexandria Musick
November 10, 2019 at 4:51 pm
Sounds to me like the prison worked well on him then..
ASD43521
November 10, 2019 at 8:30 am
Is this person forgetting the fact that prisoners dont get phones?
Scott Summers
November 10, 2019 at 9:02 am
ASD43521 well actually inmates have the opportunity in many states to purchase tablets without wifi. They can connect it to kiosks and send and receive emails, music, books, etc. But all material is run through prison admin.
Alexandria Musick
November 10, 2019 at 4:44 pm
@Scott Summers So it’s already in effect in some places…
No need to axe for a new app then…
Alexandria Musick
November 10, 2019 at 4:47 pm
I agree that the sum of all human knowledge, a.k.a. the internet, should be available to people in prison.
But not social media and apps…
You don’t get rewarded for crimes.
SARAH 1988
November 11, 2019 at 4:46 am
Im gonna down load that app right now