I can tell you this on a stack of
I can tell you this on a stack of Bibles: prisons are archaic, brutal, unregenerative, overcrowded hell holes where the inmates are treated like animals with absolutely not one humane thought given to what they are going to do once they are released. You're an animal in a cage and you're treated like one.
Fast closed with double grills
Fast closed with double grills
And triple gates – the cell
To wicked souls is hell;
But to a mind that's innocent
'Tis only iron, wood and stone.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
It is safer that a bad man should not be
It is safer that a bad man should not be accused, than that he should be acquitted.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
Educate your children to self-control,
Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future lives and crimes to society.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
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?
It is certain that the study of human
It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.
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.
They took away my money, my family, and
They took away my money, my family, and my security. Why couldn't they destroy my ideas? We will question them in court tomorrow as we trigger The Revolution of all revolutions!
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
Fear can be like a prison. It is,
Fear can be like a prison. It is, however, a self made prison. Many are imprisoned by fear. No one else can liberate them from this prison. Others may inspire them but they must liberate themselves.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
To make punishments efficacious, two
To make punishments efficacious, two things are necessary. They must never be disproportioned to the offence, and they must be certain.
One of the many lessons that one learns
One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.
