The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
We have initiated programs for re-entry
We have initiated programs for re-entry offenders, since some 500,000 to 600,000 offenders will come out of prison each year for the next three or four years. We want to have positive alternatives when they come back to the community.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
Taught from infancy that beauty is
Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
It is true you cannot eat freedom and
It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
Kill a man, and you are an assassin.
Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a God.
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
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
Hanging was the worst use a man could be
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
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.
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.
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.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
The degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
I know not whether laws be right, or
I know not whether laws be right, or whether laws be wrong; All that we know who lie in gaol is that the wall is strong; And that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long.
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.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
