The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
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.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
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.
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.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude.
Women now have choices. They can be
Women now have choices. They can be married, not married, have a job, not have a job, be married with children, unmarried with children. Men have the same choice we've always had: work, or prison.
I wrote a million words in the first
I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
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.
There are few better measures of the
There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
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.
Concepts of justice must have hands and
Concepts of justice must have hands and feet to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and the lowest possible cost. That is the challenge to every lawyer and judge in America.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
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.
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch;
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
The number of laws is constantly growing
The number of laws is constantly growing in all countries and, owing to this, what is called crime is very often not a crime at all, for it contains no element of violence or harm.
There are only two places in the world
There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.
