Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do?
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
Concepts of justice must have hands and
Concepts of justice must have hands and feet to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and the lowest possible cost. That is the challenge to every lawyer and judge in America.
It is more dangerous that even a guilty
It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
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.
Definition, rationality, and structure
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
A just chastisement may benefit a man,
A just chastisement may benefit a man, though it seldom does; but an unjust one changes all his blood to gall.
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will, like them, only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful will easily break through them.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
It was only when I lay there on the
It was only when I lay there on the rotting prison straw that I sensed within myself the first stirrings of good. Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not between states nor between social classes nor between political parties, but right through every human heart, through all human hearts. And that is why I turn back to the years of my imprisonment and say, sometimes to the astonishment of those about me, bless you, prison, for having been a part of my life.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us,
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you, and perhaps, raise a force that will destroy you! We defy you! Do your worst!
If punishment reaches not the mind and
If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
To be in prison so long, it's difficult
To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.
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.
Forgiveness, that noblest of all
Forgiveness, that noblest of all self-denial, is a virtue which he alone who can practise in himself can willingly believe in another.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
By noiselessly going to a prison a
By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
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.
