In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
The refined punishments of the spiritual
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
I never saw a man who looked With such a
I never saw a man who looked With such a wistful eye Upon that little tent of blue Which prisoners call the sky.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
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.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
If two people fight on the street, whose
If two people fight on the street, whose fault is it? Who is the criminal? It is the government’s responsibility because the government has not educated the people to not make mistakes. The people have inadequate, incompetent education, so they make mistakes! It is such a fraud.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
If we look at Houston, which is a very
If we look at Houston, which is a very environmentally toxic place, we find that it has one of the highest levels of young men going to prison and also among the highest levels of illiteracy in the country.
A country is in a bad state, which is
A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and where authority ought to interpose.
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not
The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not free either. They keep returning to the same things.
One should respect public opinion
One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
Educate your children to self-control,
Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future lives and crimes to society.
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.
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on those who impose them.
