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By Marcus Hart, Host of The Transform U! Live Show
Publication Date: October 30, 2025
Marcus Hart
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Oak Creek, WI – 10/30/2025 – Lead: The U.S. justice system's obsession with a 60% failure rate (recidivism) is a deliberate "lie" designed to profit from failure, not promote rehabilitation. This is the central, explosive charge from a new episode of "The Transform U! Live Show." Host Marcus Hart, a combat veteran and journalist, and his guest Oswald Newbold, a criminal justice reformer who served 25 years on a life sentence, are challenging the entire framework of reform. Their argument: the system intentionally ignores the 40% who succeed because "success isn't profitable."
"We track the six [out of ten] who fail for decades," Newbold stated during the interview. "But what are the four doing that led to their success? We need to do more of what the four is doing and duplicate that... We don't never want to talk about the four."
This "6 vs. 4" paradigm, as Hart and Newbold frame it, suggests a systemic focus on managing a profitable failure cycle rather than engineering successful rehabilitation. The authority for their claims comes from raw, lived experience. Newbold, who was given a life sentence at 20, fought his case for 25 years from the prison law library.
"They gave me the title of inmate," Newbold said, rejecting the system's branding. "I never accepted the title of inmate... I knew I was a man, whether I was in prison [or] out here in a suit."
Hart, who has also navigated the criminal justice system and its permanent reputational damage, seconds this. "The fix is in," Hart said. "I remember being pulled over... the officer clearly could see my prior record, [triggering] profiling instincts... When criminal justice system rewards officers... it is an incentive to continue to fill the jails and prisons."
The discussion also dismantled the "classroom-to-prison pipeline," reframing it as an act of intentional negligence. "If you got a sophisticated enough program... to know how many jails or prisons to build [from test scores]," Newbold argued, "that means you also know what that child needs... If we know that... why wasn't that child given what they needed to prevent that?"
Both Hart and Newbold conclude that true reform will only come from abandoning "tired, useless research" on failure and actively duplicating the success templates of the 40% who win—a model Hart himself used to become a media network founder.
Transform U Media Network (TUMN) is a vertically integrated media and consulting firm that leverages Marcus Hart's authority to create and distribute high-impact content, positioning client experts as market leaders. It functions as a Media Strategy platform and IP engine. Host Marcus Hart is a Combat Veteran, Ordained Minister, and Journalist specializing in Mental Health, Society & Culture, and Business.
A combat veteran, ordained minister, and mental health journalist, Marcus Hart transforms lives through The Transform U! Live Show, Kinetic PE MIXX Show, Urban News Journal, and Marcus Hart Uncut. His services—Podcast Guest Booking, Publication Features, and Storytelling Coaching—empower veterans, urban hustlers, and hope-seekers to rise from chaos with faith-fueled solutions. Media Inquiries: For interviews, guest bookings, or additional information, contact info@marcus-hart.com (mailto:info@marcus-hart.com) or visit marcus-hart.com.
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