They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on those who impose them.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
I am certain that nothing has done so
I am certain that nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
There are dreadful punishments enacted
There are dreadful punishments enacted against thieves; but it were much better to make such good provisions, by which every man might be put in a method how to live, and so to be preserved from the fatal necessity of stealing and dying for it.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
A country is in a bad state, which is
A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and where authority ought to interpose.
In prisons, those things withheld from
In prisons, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
Fast closed with double grills
Fast closed with double grills
And triple gates – the cell
To wicked souls is hell;
But to a mind that's innocent
'Tis only iron, wood and stone.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
The number of laws is constantly growing
The number of laws is constantly growing in all countries and, owing to this, what is called crime is very often not a crime at all, for it contains no element of violence or harm.
Oh who is that young sinner with the
Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrist? And what has he been after that they groan and shake their fists? And wherefore is he wearing such a conscience-stricken air? Oh they're taking him to prison for the colour of his hair.
Three hundred years ago a prisoner
Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: “It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity.”
While we have prisons it matters little
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
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.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
The refined punishments of the spiritual
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
The degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
