The contagion of crime is like that of
The contagion of crime is like that of the plague. Criminals collected together corrupt each other; they are worse than ever when at the termination of their punishment they re-enter society.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
On a planet that increasingly resembles
On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice is to plan a jail break.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
We who live in prison, and in whose
We who live in prison, and in whose lives there is no event but sorrow, have to measure time by throbs of pain, and the record of bitter moments.
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.
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.
Do not lay on the multitude the blame
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
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?
There are only two places in the world
There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.
The perfection of a thing consists in
The perfection of a thing consists in its essence; there are perfect criminals, as there are men of perfect probity.
The number of laws is constantly growing
The number of laws is constantly growing in all countries and, owing to this, what is called crime is very often not a crime at all, for it contains no element of violence or harm.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
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.
The refined punishments of the spiritual
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
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 degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
Taught from infancy that beauty is
Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
