One crime is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
The degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
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.
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where evil is impossible because they are the crossroads of all the evil in the world. One cannot commit evil in hell.
I was put into jail as I was going to
I was put into jail as I was going to the shoemaker's to get a shoe which was mended. When I was let out the next morning, I proceeded to finish my errand, and, having put on my mended shoe, joined a huckleberry party, who were impatient to put themselves under my conduct; and in half an hour -- for the horse was soon tackled -- was in the midst of a huckleberry field, on one of our highest hills, two miles off, and then the State was nowhere to be seen.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
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.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
The only difference between me and my
The only difference between me and my fellow actors is that I've spent more time in jail.
It is certain that the study of human
It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.
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.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like.
One of the many lessons that one learns
One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.
The idea that the sole aim of punishment
The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which is almost as dubious as the notion that poverty can be prevented.
I am certain that nothing has done so
I am certain that nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
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.
