Sterilisation For Freedom: The New Prison Policy You Need To See | Graham Elwood
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Channel: Graham Elwood · 2017 · News & Politics
Sterilisation For Freedom: The New Prison Policy You Need To See | Graham Elwood In this video, Graham Elwood examines a Truth Against the Machine report by Joshua Sager, submitted by Patreon supporter and Iraq veteran Rodney J. Graham, who discusses a controversial program in White County, Tennessee, where inmates are offered reduced prison sentences in exchange for permanent sterilisation (vasectomies or birth control implants). He analyses the ethics of medical coercion, eugenics, the opioid crisis, and the failure of the American prison-industrial complex to address root healthcare and addiction issues. ============================================================ ▶️ Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@GrahamElwoodOfficial?sub_confirmation=1 ============================================================ 🧊 See the Full Uncensored Investigation Here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/grahamelwood Rokfin: https://rokfin.com/grahamelwood 📺 New Comedy Special "Manifest It" on Apple TV: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/graham-elwood-manifest-it/umc.cmc.65wuzkrazdqspd2pu240x5chp 🤝 Support the Channel (We are demonetised!): 💳 Donate: https://www.grahamelwood.com/#support 💸 Venmo: https://venmo.com/graham-elwood 👑 Join YouTube Members: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX1rle36wIlP9ry8uidnCsA/join 👕 Merch: https://www.grahamelwood.com/shop/ 🪙 Crypto Support & Affiliates: 🟠 BTC: qzx00qv3cz8xur9ujyewgda3hnc03perpqp2rz7043 🔑 BTC (Alt): 3BWaUfZ3M57KaoWVpxpbKmMEyy9Ybw8vQV 🔷 ETH: 0xD970059f6c57B4f707E778Ba19d6586039b0BD0F 🦢 SwanBitcoin: SwanBitcoin.com/grahamelwood (We both get $10.) 💳 Crypto.com: https://referral.crypto.com/signup?_branch_match_id=766078563177305504 (We both get $25.) ============================================================ 📱 Connect & Listen: 🌐 Website: http://www.grahamelwood.com 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrahamElwoodComedy/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grahamelwood 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/grahamelwood 🎤 Live Tour Tickets: www.grahamelwood.com 🎧 Podcast: www.grahamelwood.com/#podcasts ============================================================ 📚 Sources & Further Reading: 1. Truth Against the Machine - Joshua Sager on Tennessee Inmate Sterilisation Program: https://truthagainstthemachine.com/ 2. White County Tennessee Jail – Inmate Medical Programs and Sentencing Guidelines: https://www.whitecountytn.gov/ 3. American Medical Association (AMA) - Addiction as a Disease and Prison Healthcare Standards: https://www.ama-assn.org/ ========================================== ✉️ For Sponsorships, Promotions, or Business Enquiries: [email protected] ========================================== In this video I discuss the following: ✅ Truth Against the Machine report by Joshua Sager on White County, Tennessee, jail sterilisation programmes ✅ Inmates trading reduced prison sentences for permanent sterilisation (vasectomies and birth control implants) ✅ The ethics of medical coercion, informed consent under duress, and historical eugenics parallels ✅ The opioid crisis, treating addiction as a health issue rather than a criminal one, and prison reform ✅ The systemic failures of the prison-industrial complex and the need for universal healthcare and education ✅ Supporting independent political commentary, investigative journalism, and channel growth via Patreon ⏳ Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction & Truth Against the Machine Report on Tennessee Inmate Sterilisation 01:30 - The White County Program: Trading Prison Sentences for Vasectomies and Birth Control 03:30 - Medical Ethics, Coercion Under Duress and Parallels to 20th-Century Eugenics 05:30 - The Opioid Epidemic, Addiction as a Health Crisis and Prison-Industrial Failures 07:15 - Universal Healthcare, Reproductive Rights, Comprehensive Education and Channel Wrap-Up ============================================================ ⚖️ Copyright Disclaimer: This channel may use some copyrighted materials without specific authorisation of the owner, but the contents used here fall under “fair use". Under the Copyright Disclaimer under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favour of fair use. If you have any issue, problem or query, feel free to mail us. ============================================================ 🛑 Anti-Piracy Warning: This content is copyrighted to Graham Elwood. Any unauthorised reproduction, redistribution, or re-upload of this material is strictly prohibited. Legal action will be taken against those who violate the copyright of the following material presented. #GrahamElwood #TennesseeInmates #SterilizationProgram #PrisonReform #PoliticalVigilante
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