To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
Show me the prison, Show me the jail,
Show me the prison, Show me the jail, Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale. And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why And there, but for fortune, go you or I.
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.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
Any punishment that does not correct,
Any punishment that does not correct, that can merely rouse rebellion in whoever has to endure it, is a piece of gratuitous infamy which makes those who impose it more guilty in the eyes of humanity, good sense and reason, nay a hundred times more guilty than the victim on whom the punishment is inflicted.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
I know not whether laws be right, or
I know not whether laws be right, or whether laws be wrong; All that we know who lie in gaol is that the wall is strong; And that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
There's no greater threat to our
There's no greater threat to our independence, to our cherished freedoms and personal liberties than the continual, relentless injection of these insidious poisons into our system. We must decide whether we cherish independence from drugs, without which there is no freedom.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
If we were brought to trial for the
If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
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.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
He was a first-time nonviolent possible
He was a first-time nonviolent possible offender, ... And under the mandatory minimums, he was put in prison for 15 years. Not only does the punishment not fit the crime, but the mandatory minimums don't give judges any discretion to look at the background of the case, to read into the specifics of the case. I don't know a judge who really is in favor of the mandatory minimums.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
Whatever is worthy to be loved for
Whatever is worthy to be loved for anything is worthy of preservation. A wise and dispassionate legislator, if any such should ever arise among men, will not condemn to death him who has done or is likely to do more service than injury to society. Blocks and gibbets are the nearest objects with legislators, and their business is never with hopes or with virtues.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
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.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
