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.
History is full of people who went to
History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.
Organized crime in America takes in over
Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite a profitable sum, especially when one considers that the Mafia spends very little for office supplies.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
There is no greater punishment of
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
I asked a man in prison once how he
I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
What restrains us from killing is partly
What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
The uneven impact of actual enforcement
The uneven impact of actual enforcement measures tends to mirror and reinforce more general patterns of discrimination (along socioeconomic, racial and ethnic, sexual, and perhaps generational lines) within the society. As a consequence, such enforcement (ineffective as it may be in producing conformity) almost certainly reinforces feelings of alienation already prevalent within major segments of the population.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
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.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
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 worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
Those magistrates who can prevent crime,
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
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.
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.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
