It is hard, but it is excellent, to find
It is hard, but it is excellent, to find the right knowledge of when correction is necessary and when grace doth most avail.
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.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
The contagion of crime is like that of
The contagion of crime is like that of the plague. Criminals collected together corrupt each other; they are worse than ever when at the termination of their punishment they re-enter society.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
It is not at the table, but in prison,
It is not at the table, but in prison, that you learn who your true friends are.
Faults of the head are punished in this
Faults of the head are punished in this world, those of the heart in another; but as most of our vices are compound, so also is their punishment.
By noiselessly going to a prison a
By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
While crime is punished it yet
While crime is punished it yet increases.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
The world itself is but a large prison,
The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
In prisons, those things withheld from
In prisons, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all.
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.
Those magistrates who can prevent crime,
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
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.
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.
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.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
Federal prison, if you get any of it,
Federal prison, if you get any of it, you're going to have to do 85% of it. And the reason why I called it that is because I had a friend who got sent to the federal joint and his whole... it wasn't about him being in jail. He cried about the 85%.
