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.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare this prison where I live unto the world; Shut up in the prison of their own consciences.
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.
No matter how you seem to fatten on a
No matter how you seem to fatten on a crime, that can never be good for the bee which is bad for the hive.
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.
Experts and the educated elite have
Experts and the educated elite have replaced what worked with what sounded good. Society was far more civilized before they took over our schools, prisons, welfare programs, police departments and courts. It's high time we ran these people out of our lives and went back to common sense.
There are only two places in the world
There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
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.
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.
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.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
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.
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.
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.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
