Trial by jury itself, instead of being a
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, shall be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare.
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.
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.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a complex figure and we should not look for easy answers with him. He was, strangely perhaps, against the death penalty, and he was never put in prison for murders or anything like that.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
Hanging was the worst use a man could be
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
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.”
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
When the Nazis came for the communists,
When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.
Show me the prison, Show me the jail,
Show me the prison, Show me the jail, Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale. And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why And there, but for fortune, go you or I.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
Why would anyone expect him to come out
Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for three years, not Princeton.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
The reformative effect of punishment is
The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
Overlook our deeds, since you know that
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
In jail a man has no personality. He is
In jail a man has no personality. He is a minor disposal problem and a few entries on reports. Nobody cares who loves or hates him, what he looks like, what he did with his life. Nobody reacts to him unless he gives trouble. Nobody abuses him. All that is asked of him is that he go quietly to the right cell and remain quiet when he gets there. There is nothing to fight against, nothing to be mad at. The jailers are quiet men without animosity or sadism.
