They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
To try to raise a son from inside the
To try to raise a son from inside the prison walls is a very difficult thing. But I want to say to the world my son at 16 was the one who tried the most to get me out of prison.
~Jim Bakker
It is the deed that teaches, not the
It is the deed that teaches, not the name we give it. Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their own kind.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
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.
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.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
Nothing can be more abhorrent to
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
The law does not pretend to punish
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
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.
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.
The idea that the sole aim of punishment
The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which is almost as dubious as the notion that poverty can be prevented.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
Definition, rationality, and structure
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
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.
The only effect of public punishment is
The only effect of public punishment is to show the rabble how bravely it can be borne; and that every one who hath lost a toe-nail hath suffered worse.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
We're in a war. People who blast some
We're in a war. People who blast some pot on a casual basis are guilty of treason.
It is certain that the study of human
It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
