America is the land of the second chance
America is the land of the second chance – and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.
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.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
Nothing can be more abhorrent to
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
Since 1957, black people have
Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans in prison. They represent more than half the population of prisoners in the country, 55 percent of those on death row.
I am an expert of electricity. My father
I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison.
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.
The worst prison is not of stone. It is
The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world; And, for because the world is populous, And here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it. Yet I'll hammer it out.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
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?
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit better than to commit ordinary murder.
The refined punishments of the spiritual
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
No man survives when freedom fails. The
No man survives when freedom fails. The best men rot in filthy jails, and those who cry 'appease, appease' are hanged by those they tried to please.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison,
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison, steal lands and you are a king.
