The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
They were being driven to a prison,
They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors!
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
Those magistrates who can prevent crime,
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
Vices are not crimes.
Vices are not crimes.
The degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
And while God had work for Paul, he
And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide a keeper for their turn.
Every instance of a man's suffering the
Every instance of a man's suffering the penalty of the law is an instance of the failure of that penalty in effecting its purpose, which is to deter.
The world itself is but a large prison,
The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution.
Crime is a logical extension of the sort
Crime is a logical extension of the sort of behavior that often [is] considered perfectly respectable in legitimate business.
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.
In a civilized society, all crimes are
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
I never saw a man who looked With such a
I never saw a man who looked With such a wistful eye Upon that little tent of blue Which prisoners call the sky.
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.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
We're in a war. People who blast some
We're in a war. People who blast some pot on a casual basis are guilty of treason.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
There are dreadful punishments enacted
There are dreadful punishments enacted against thieves; but it were much better to make such good provisions, by which every man might be put in a method how to live, and so to be preserved from the fatal necessity of stealing and dying for 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?
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
