I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
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.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
Care should be taken that the punishment
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
The reformative effect of punishment is
The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.
I can tell you this on a stack of
I can tell you this on a stack of Bibles: prisons are archaic, brutal, unregenerative, overcrowded hell holes where the inmates are treated like animals with absolutely not one humane thought given to what they are going to do once they are released. You're an animal in a cage and you're treated like one.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
America is the land of the second chance
America is the land of the second chance – and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
On average, drug prisoners spend more
On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because of the overcrowding in prison caused by the Drug War.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
Three hundred years ago a prisoner
Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: “It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity.”
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
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.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
While we have prisons it matters little
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
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 power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
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
