Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
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?
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.
By noiselessly going to a prison a
By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.
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.
I never told a victim story about my
I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
Vices are not crimes.
Vices are not crimes.
A just chastisement may benefit a man,
A just chastisement may benefit a man, though it seldom does; but an unjust one changes all his blood to gall.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
There is no peace because the making of
There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
Every crime has, in the moment of its
Every crime has, in the moment of its perpetration, Its own avenging angel--dark misgiving, An ominous sinking at the inmost heart.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
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.
It is not at the table, but in prison,
It is not at the table, but in prison, that you learn who your true friends are.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
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.
