Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
Before we can diminish our sufferings
Before we can diminish our sufferings from the ill-controlled aggressive assaults of fellow citizens, we must renounce the philosophy of punishment, the obsolete, vengeful penal attitude. In its place we would seek a comprehensive, constructive social attitude - therapeutic in some instances, restraining in some instances, but preventive in its total social impact. In the last analysis this becomes a question of personal morals and values. No matter how glorified or how piously disguised, vengeance as a human motive must be personally repudiated by each and every one of us.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
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.
What restrains us from killing is partly
What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
The degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
Here the great art lies, to discern in
Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
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
The best situation of all, and one
The best situation of all, and one frequently utilized, is for jails and prisons to allow volunteer ministers of all faiths to enter prisons and offer their services to the inmates who want them. That way, the religious needs of inmates are met but without government funds being spent.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
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.
I just remember that disturbing feeling
I just remember that disturbing feeling of walking into that prison, the complete loss of privacy, the complete loss of stimulation, dignity.
Overlook our deeds, since you know that
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
When is conduct a crime, and when is a
When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When Somebody Up There -- a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator -- so decrees.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
It is impossible to go through life
It is impossible to go through life without trust: That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
We judge ourselves by what we feel
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
To try to raise a son from inside the
To try to raise a son from inside the prison walls is a very difficult thing. But I want to say to the world my son at 16 was the one who tried the most to get me out of prison.
~Jim Bakker
