I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit; But life, being weary of these worldly bars, Never lacks power to dismiss itself.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
A just chastisement may benefit a man,
A just chastisement may benefit a man, though it seldom does; but an unjust one changes all his blood to gall.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
Hanging was the worst use a man could be
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will, like them, only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful will easily break through them.
You utter a vow, or forge a signature,
You utter a vow, or forge a signature, and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman, or prison.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us,
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you, and perhaps, raise a force that will destroy you! We defy you! Do your worst!
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
To seek the redress of grievances by
To seek the redress of grievances by going to law, is like sheep running for shelter to a bramble bush.
It is hard, but it is excellent, to find
It is hard, but it is excellent, to find the right knowledge of when correction is necessary and when grace doth most avail.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
If you want total security, go to
If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking…is freedom.
We are prisoners of ideas.
We are prisoners of ideas.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages 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.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Women now have choices. They can be
Women now have choices. They can be married, not married, have a job, not have a job, be married with children, unmarried with children. Men have the same choice we've always had: work, or prison.
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.
