The penalty for laughing in a courtroom
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
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.
Three hundred years ago a prisoner
Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: “It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity.”
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
Here the great art lies, to discern in
Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
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.
You utter a vow, or forge a signature,
You utter a vow, or forge a signature, and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman, or prison.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
Overlook our deeds, since you know that
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
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?
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
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.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
