No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us,
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you, and perhaps, raise a force that will destroy you! We defy you! Do your worst!
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
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.
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.
The refined punishments of the spiritual
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will, like them, only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful will easily break through them.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit; But life, being weary of these worldly bars, Never lacks power to dismiss itself.
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.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
Law is merely the expression of the will
Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being, and therefore laws have no fixity, but shift from generation to generation.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
