The worst prison is not of stone. It is
The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
When you are younger you get blamed for
When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.
We have initiated programs for re-entry
We have initiated programs for re-entry offenders, since some 500,000 to 600,000 offenders will come out of prison each year for the next three or four years. We want to have positive alternatives when they come back to the community.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
I was in prison, and you came unto me.
I was in prison, and you came unto me. Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
~(Jesus Christ) Matthew 25:36, 40
The degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
Organized crime in America takes in over
Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite a profitable sum, especially when one considers that the Mafia spends very little for office supplies.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
I don't like being famous - it is like a
I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
Mere factual innocence is no reason not
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.
While we have prisons it matters little
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
The refined punishments of the spiritual
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a complex figure and we should not look for easy answers with him. He was, strangely perhaps, against the death penalty, and he was never put in prison for murders or anything like that.
I wrote a million words in the first
I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.
