To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
If we look at Houston, which is a very
If we look at Houston, which is a very environmentally toxic place, we find that it has one of the highest levels of young men going to prison and also among the highest levels of illiteracy in the country.
The only difference between me and my
The only difference between me and my fellow actors is that I've spent more time in jail.
No matter how you seem to fatten on a
No matter how you seem to fatten on a crime, that can never be good for the bee which is bad for the hive.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
Vices are not crimes.
Vices are not crimes.
Taught from infancy that beauty is
Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
There are few better measures of the
There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.
There are only two places in the world
There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do?
What restrains us from killing is partly
What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor.
It is more dangerous that even a guilty
It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
Faults of the head are punished in this
Faults of the head are punished in this world, those of the heart in another; but as most of our vices are compound, so also is their punishment.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
Probably the only place where a man can
Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release.
If punishment reaches not the mind and
If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, shall be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare.
Since 1957, black people have
Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans in prison. They represent more than half the population of prisoners in the country, 55 percent of those on death row.
By noiselessly going to a prison a
By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.