Care should be taken that the punishment
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.
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.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
The only effect of public punishment is
The only effect of public punishment is to show the rabble how bravely it can be borne; and that every one who hath lost a toe-nail hath suffered worse.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
It is true you cannot eat freedom and
It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.
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.
Definition, rationality, and structure
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
I just remember that disturbing feeling
I just remember that disturbing feeling of walking into that prison, the complete loss of privacy, the complete loss of stimulation, dignity.
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.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
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 best situation of all, and one
The best situation of all, and one frequently utilized, is for jails and prisons to allow volunteer ministers of all faiths to enter prisons and offer their services to the inmates who want them. That way, the religious needs of inmates are met but without government funds being spent.
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.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
He had drawn many a thousand of these
He had drawn many a thousand of these rations in prisons and camps, and though he'd never had an opportunity to weight them on scales, and although, being a man of timid nature, he knew no way of standing up for his rights, he, like every other prisoner, had discovered long ago that honest weight was never to be found in the bread-cutting. There was short weight in every ration. The only point was how short. So every day you took a look to soothe your soul - today, maybe, they haven't snitched any.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
