The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
Governments have tried to stop crime
Governments have tried to stop crime through punishment throughout the ages, but crime continued in the past punishment remains. Crime can only be stopped through a preventive approach in the schools. You teach the students Transcendental Meditation, and right away they’ll begin using their full brain physiology sensible and they will not get sidetracked into wrong things.
The degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
Women have worked hard; starved in
Women have worked hard; starved in prison; given of their time and lives that we might sit in the House of Commons and take part in the legislating of this country.
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.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
Fear can be like a prison. It is,
Fear can be like a prison. It is, however, a self made prison. Many are imprisoned by fear. No one else can liberate them from this prison. Others may inspire them but they must liberate themselves.
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.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world; And, for because the world is populous, And here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it. Yet I'll hammer it out.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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.
In jail a man has no personality. He is
In jail a man has no personality. He is a minor disposal problem and a few entries on reports. Nobody cares who loves or hates him, what he looks like, what he did with his life. Nobody reacts to him unless he gives trouble. Nobody abuses him. All that is asked of him is that he go quietly to the right cell and remain quiet when he gets there. There is nothing to fight against, nothing to be mad at. The jailers are quiet men without animosity or sadism.
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.
A man will be imprisoned in a room with
A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards, as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
While we have prisons it matters little
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
