The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits 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.
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.
No man survives when freedom fails. The
No man survives when freedom fails. The best men rot in filthy jails, and those who cry 'appease, appease' are hanged by those they tried to please.
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.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
Mere factual innocence is no reason not
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
It is certain that the study of human
It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.
He was a first-time nonviolent possible
He was a first-time nonviolent possible offender, ... And under the mandatory minimums, he was put in prison for 15 years. Not only does the punishment not fit the crime, but the mandatory minimums don't give judges any discretion to look at the background of the case, to read into the specifics of the case. I don't know a judge who really is in favor of the mandatory minimums.
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
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?
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
It is safer that a bad man should not be
It is safer that a bad man should not be accused, than that he should be acquitted.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
America is the land of the second chance
America is the land of the second chance – and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.
When is conduct a crime, and when is a
When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When Somebody Up There -- a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator -- so decrees.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
