Steal goods and you’ll go to prison,
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison, steal lands and you are a king.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
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.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
Do not lay on the multitude the blame
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages 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.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
Any punishment that does not correct,
Any punishment that does not correct, that can merely rouse rebellion in whoever has to endure it, is a piece of gratuitous infamy which makes those who impose it more guilty in the eyes of humanity, good sense and reason, nay a hundred times more guilty than the victim on whom the punishment is inflicted.
When you are younger you get blamed for
When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.
To try to raise a son from inside the
To try to raise a son from inside the prison walls is a very difficult thing. But I want to say to the world my son at 16 was the one who tried the most to get me out of prison.
~Jim Bakker
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.
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.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
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.
The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
While crime is punished it yet
While crime is punished it yet increases.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
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.
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.
