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 my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
One of the problems that the marijuana
One of the problems that the marijuana reform movement consistently faces is that everyone wants to talk about what marijuana does, but no one ever wants to look at what marijuana prohibition does. Marijuana never kicks down your door in the middle of the night. Marijuana never locks up sick and dying people, does not suppress medical research, does not peek in bedroom windows. Even if one takes every reefer madness allegation of the prohibitionists at face value, marijuana prohibition has done far more harm to far more people than marijuana ever could.
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where evil is impossible because they are the crossroads of all the evil in the world. One cannot commit evil in hell.
We are prisoners of ideas.
We are prisoners of ideas.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
I never told a victim story about my
I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
Every crime has, in the moment of its
Every crime has, in the moment of its perpetration, Its own avenging angel--dark misgiving, An ominous sinking at the inmost heart.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
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 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.
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.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
Definition, rationality, and structure
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
Fast closed with double grills
Fast closed with double grills
And triple gates – the cell
To wicked souls is hell;
But to a mind that's innocent
'Tis only iron, wood and stone.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
We shall not yield to violence. We shall
We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We shall never agree with sending people to prison for their convictions.
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.
