जेल भी अपने आप में एक छोटी सी दुनिया है। बस फर्क इतना है कि यहाँ की समस्याएं बिल्कुल खुलकर सामने होती हैं, यहाँ हमें लोकतंत्र या पूंजीवाद द्वारा गढ़े गए झूठ के नकाब के साथ नहीं जीना पड़ता।

Jail is just another micro-society. It just happens that here, the problems are far more out in the open, we don't live with the facades of lies that democracy or capitalism creates for us.

Jail is just another micro-society. It just happens that here, the problems are far more out in the open, we don't live with the facades of lies that democracy or capitalism creates for us.

Topic Society & World Society
Tone: Cynical Sentiment: Mixed Type: Observation 92%

आप मानसिक विकारों से जूझ रहे लोगों को जेल में नहीं डाल सकते। आप ऐसा बिल्कुल नहीं कर सकते, और उन्हें वहाँ कैद नहीं रखा जाना चाहिए। उन्हें सुधारत्मक चिकित्सा (रिहैबिलिटेटिव थेरेपी) की जरूरत है।

You can't put people in jail for having mental disorders. You can't do that, and they should not be held there. They need rehabilitative therapy.

You can't put people in jail for having mental disorders. You can't do that, and they should not be held there. They need rehabilitative therapy.

Topic Health & Body Mental Health
Tone: Urgent Sentiment: Negative Type: Political 95%

हम तो बस यह समझने की कोशिश कर रहे हैं कि एक अच्छा नागरिक होना क्या है, लोकतंत्र में अपनी हिस्सेदारी निभाना क्या है, और वैश्विक परिप्रेक्ष्य में अमेरिकी नागरिक होने की जिम्मेदारी उठाने का हमारे लिए क्या मतलब है।

We're just trying to figure out what being a good citizen is, what participating in a democracy is, what taking responsibility for being an American citizen in a global context means to us.

We're just trying to figure out what being a good citizen is, what participating in a democracy is, what taking responsibility for being an American citizen in a global context means to us.

Topic Society & World Politics
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 95%

अब मुझे अपने घर से बाहर निकलने में भी डर लगने लगा है। अब मुझे न्यूयॉर्क शहर में कहीं भी अकेले रहने में बिल्कुल सुरक्षित महसूस नहीं होता।

I really don't feel good about leaving my house anymore. I don't feel really good about being anywhere in New York City alone anymore.

I really don't feel good about leaving my house anymore. I don't feel really good about being anywhere in New York City alone anymore.

Themes #Human Nature
Tone: Serious Sentiment: Negative Type: Reflection 95%

मुझे लगता है कि हम सभी को जल्द ही इस तरह से पेश आने की ज़रूरत है जैसे हम सिर्फ अधिकारों के ही नहीं, बल्कि कर्तव्यों के भी नागरिक हों।

I think in short order all of us need to act like we are citizens with not only rights, but also duties.

I think in short order all of us need to act like we are citizens with not only rights, but also duties.

Topic Society & World Society
Tone: Urgent Sentiment: Positive Type: Life Advice 95%

मैं राज्य के अत्याचार पर गुस्सा हो सकता हूँ, पर असल में इसका मतलब क्या है? खैर, यह जनता की ही मौन स्वीकृति है।

I can be all pissed off at the oppression of the state, but what does that really mean? Well, it's the tacit consent of a public.

I can be all pissed off at the oppression of the state, but what does that really mean? Well, it's the tacit consent of a public.

Topic Society & World Politics
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Negative Type: Reflection 95%

मुझे लगता है कि सच बोलकर और एक अच्छा नागरिक बनने की कोशिश करके, जाने-अनजाने मैं आग से खेल बैठा हूँ। और यह वाकई डरावना है।

I think that by telling the truth and by attempting to be a good citizen, somehow I've ended up playing with fire. And that's really scary.

I think that by telling the truth and by attempting to be a good citizen, somehow I've ended up playing with fire. And that's really scary.

Topic Knowledge & Learning Truth
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Mixed Type: Reflection 92%

मैं एकांत कारावास (सोलिटरी कन्फाइनमेंट) को खत्म करने पर चर्चा शुरू करना चाहता हूँ। मैं राइकीयर्स आइलैंड से 'एमओ विंग्स' को हटाने पर चर्चा शुरू करना चाहता हूँ—जहाँ 'एमओ' का मतलब मानसिक रूप से निगरानी में रहने वाला कैदी है—ताकि उन्हें मानसिक स्वास्थ्य संस्थानों में भेजा जा सके। आप मानसिक विकारों से पीड़ित लोगों को जेल में नहीं डाल सकते।

I would like to start a discussion about ending solitary confinement. I'd like to start a discussion about the removal of MO wings - an "MO" is a "Mental Observation" inmate - from Rikers Island, to be set up in mental health institutions. You can't put people in jail for having mental disorders.

I would like to start a discussion about ending solitary confinement. I'd like to start a discussion about the removal of MO wings - an "MO" is a "Mental Observation" inmate - from Rikers Island, to be set up in mental health institutions. You can't put people in jail for having mental disorders.

Topic Society & World Justice
Tone: Urgent Sentiment: Neutral Type: Thought-provoking 95%

खासकर अपनी नस्ल और विशेषाधिकार को देखते हुए, मैं एनवाईपीडी या पुलिस द्वारा नस्लीय आधार पर की जाने वाली हिंसा के बारे में पूरी तरह से कुछ नहीं कह सकता। यह एक ऐसा विषय है जिस पर मैं खुलकर बात नहीं कर सकता।

I cannot speak adequately, especially considering my race and my privilege, to the violence of the NYPD or the police in racial terms. That is something that I cannot speak adequately to.

I cannot speak adequately, especially considering my race and my privilege, to the violence of the NYPD or the police in racial terms. That is something that I cannot speak adequately to.

Topic Society & World Justice
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Reflection 95%

अगर कोई व्यक्ति असहज व्यवहार कर रहा है—यानी राइकीयर्स में खुश नहीं है—तो नियम के मुताबिक, जैसा कि मैं समझता हूँ और जेल अधिकारियों (COs) ने मुझे आधिकारिक या अनआधिकारिक रूप से बताया है, उस व्यक्ति को काबू में करने के लिए उस पर पेपर स्प्रे छिड़का जाता है।

If somebody is acting maladjusted - which means not happy to be at Rikers - the protocol, as I understand it and have been told by COs unofficially or officially, is to pepper spray that individual to sedate them.

If somebody is acting maladjusted - which means not happy to be at Rikers - the protocol, as I understand it and have been told by COs unofficially or officially, is to pepper spray that individual to sedate them.

Topic Society & World Justice
Tone: Cynical Sentiment: Negative Type: Observation 95%

मुझे लगता है कि जो कोई भी राइकीयर्स जाता है, उसे अपराधी मान लिया जाता है, यहाँ तक कि सिर्फ मिलने जाने वाले को भी। मैं वहाँ अपने दोस्तों से मिलने हर हफ्ते जाता हूँ। जब आप किसी अपराधी से मिलने जाते हैं, तो रिश्ते में आप भी अपराधी बन जाते हैं और आपके साथ भी वैसा ही बर्ताव किया जाता है।

I think any person who goes to Rikers is criminalized, even just for visiting. I go back every week to see my friends in there. When you go to see a criminal, you are by relation a criminal and subject to be treated like one.

I think any person who goes to Rikers is criminalized, even just for visiting. I go back every week to see my friends in there. When you go to see a criminal, you are by relation a criminal and subject to be treated like one.

Topic Society & World Justice
Tone: Cynical Sentiment: Negative Type: Observation 95%

मेरा शहर पूरी तरह से श्वेत लोगों का था और उन्होंने सेक्शन 8 हाउसिंग को बंद कर दिया क्योंकि वे नहीं चाहते थे कि अश्वेत लोग शहर में आकर बसें। और मुझे लगा कि यह गलत था—यह तो ज़ाहिर सी बात है।

My town was all-white and shut down Section 8 housing because they didn't want black people to move into the town. And I thought that was wrong - duh.

My town was all-white and shut down Section 8 housing because they didn't want black people to move into the town. And I thought that was wrong - duh.

Topic Society & World Justice
Tone: Serious Sentiment: Negative Type: Reflection 95%

मुझे लगता है कि सबसे बड़ा मोड़ तब आया जब मैंने छात्र राजनीतिक एक्शन क्लब ज्वाइन किया और इराक युद्ध के विरोध में अहिंसक सविनय अवज्ञा का अध्ययन करना शुरू किया। अटलांटा में बुश के खिलाफ हुआ पहला विरोध प्रदर्शन मेरे जीवन का पहला प्रदर्शन था, और जब मैं ग्यारहवीं कक्षा में था, तब मैंने स्कूल वॉकआउट कराने में मदद की थी। वह वाकई मेरे जीवन का एक बहुत ही निर्णायक पल था।

I think the big turning moment was when I joined the student political action club and started studying nonviolent civil disobedience in response to the Iraq War. The first anti-Bush protest in Atlanta was the first protest that I'd ever been to, and I helped organize the school walkout when I was a junior. It was a really solidifying moment.

I think the big turning moment was when I joined the student political action club and started studying nonviolent civil disobedience in response to the Iraq War. The first anti-Bush protest in Atlanta was the first protest that I'd ever been to, and I helped organize the school walkout when I was a junior. It was a really solidifying moment.

Topic Society Social Change Society & World
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 95%

जब मैं बच्चा था, तो मुझे महसूस होता था कि मेरी माँ कितना संघर्ष कर रही थीं; वे ट्रेलर पार्क में रहकर, दो बच्चों के साथ बारह-बारह घंटे काम करके साल के बारह हज़ार डॉलर कमाती थीं।

I had a sense that my mother was struggling, when I was a kid, working twelve hour days, making $12,000 a year with two kids in a trailer park.

I had a sense that my mother was struggling, when I was a kid, working twelve hour days, making $12,000 a year with two kids in a trailer park.

Topic Relationships & Love Family
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Mixed Type: Reflection 92%

मुझे ऐसा महसूस होता था कि वहाँ कोई राजनीतिक चर्चा ही नहीं थी। मुझे लगता था कि वहाँ सिर्फ मूल्यों का एक ही सेट था, और बाकी किसी भी विचार को गलत समझा जाता था; कम से कम बातचीत के लिए थोड़ी गुंजाइश तो होनी चाहिए।

I felt like there wasn't a political discourse. I felt like there was just one set of values, and any one set of values was wrong; that there should at least be room for conversation.

I felt like there wasn't a political discourse. I felt like there was just one set of values, and any one set of values was wrong; that there should at least be room for conversation.

Topic Society & World Politics
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Negative Type: Observation 95%