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.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
The torment of human frustration,
The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and 'mangled mind' leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.
To be in prison so long, it's difficult
To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
Forgiveness, that noblest of all
Forgiveness, that noblest of all self-denial, is a virtue which he alone who can practise in himself can willingly believe in another.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
I was put into jail as I was going to
I was put into jail as I was going to the shoemaker's to get a shoe which was mended. When I was let out the next morning, I proceeded to finish my errand, and, having put on my mended shoe, joined a huckleberry party, who were impatient to put themselves under my conduct; and in half an hour -- for the horse was soon tackled -- was in the midst of a huckleberry field, on one of our highest hills, two miles off, and then the State was nowhere to be seen.
The only difference between me and my
The only difference between me and my fellow actors is that I've spent more time in jail.
Oh who is that young sinner with the
Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrist? And what has he been after that they groan and shake their fists? And wherefore is he wearing such a conscience-stricken air? Oh they're taking him to prison for the colour of his hair.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
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.
The only effect of public punishment is
The only effect of public punishment is to show the rabble how bravely it can be borne; and that every one who hath lost a toe-nail hath suffered worse.
If you want total security, go to
If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking…is freedom.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
We who live in prison, and in whose
We who live in prison, and in whose lives there is no event but sorrow, have to measure time by throbs of pain, and the record of bitter moments.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
On average, drug prisoners spend more
On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because of the overcrowding in prison caused by the Drug War.
Definition, rationality, and structure
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
The world itself is but a large prison,
The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
Do not lay on the multitude the blame
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
