There are few better measures of the
There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.
It is more dangerous that even a guilty
It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
A Sunday school is a prison in which
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
In a civilized society, all crimes are
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
Our task must be to free ourselves from
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
The world itself is but a large prison,
The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
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.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
I am an expert of electricity. My father
I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison.
Fear can be like a prison. It is,
Fear can be like a prison. It is, however, a self made prison. Many are imprisoned by fear. No one else can liberate them from this prison. Others may inspire them but they must liberate themselves.
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.
Governments have tried to stop crime
Governments have tried to stop crime through punishment throughout the ages, but crime continued in the past punishment remains. Crime can only be stopped through a preventive approach in the schools. You teach the students Transcendental Meditation, and right away they’ll begin using their full brain physiology sensible and they will not get sidetracked into wrong things.
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 most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
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.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
Since 1957, black people have
Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans in prison. They represent more than half the population of prisoners in the country, 55 percent of those on death row.
