Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.
The contagion of crime is like that of
The contagion of crime is like that of the plague. Criminals collected together corrupt each other; they are worse than ever when at the termination of their punishment they re-enter society.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
I was put into jail as I was going to
I was put into jail as I was going to the shoemaker's to get a shoe which was mended. When I was let out the next morning, I proceeded to finish my errand, and, having put on my mended shoe, joined a huckleberry party, who were impatient to put themselves under my conduct; and in half an hour -- for the horse was soon tackled -- was in the midst of a huckleberry field, on one of our highest hills, two miles off, and then the State was nowhere to be seen.
It is not at the table, but in prison,
It is not at the table, but in prison, that you learn who your true friends are.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on those who impose them.
Why would anyone expect him to come out
Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for three years, not Princeton.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
A man will be imprisoned in a room with
A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards, as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.
Any punishment that does not correct,
Any punishment that does not correct, that can merely rouse rebellion in whoever has to endure it, is a piece of gratuitous infamy which makes those who impose it more guilty in the eyes of humanity, good sense and reason, nay a hundred times more guilty than the victim on whom the punishment is inflicted.
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.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
History is full of people who went to
History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.
If two people fight on the street, whose
If two people fight on the street, whose fault is it? Who is the criminal? It is the government’s responsibility because the government has not educated the people to not make mistakes. The people have inadequate, incompetent education, so they make mistakes! It is such a fraud.
They took away my money, my family, and
They took away my money, my family, and my security. Why couldn't they destroy my ideas? We will question them in court tomorrow as we trigger The Revolution of all revolutions!
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
