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.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
I am certain that nothing has done so
I am certain that nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice.
I wrote a million words in the first
I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.
Intellectual despair results in neither
Intellectual despair results in neither weakness nor dreams, but in violence. It is only a matter of knowing how to give vent to one's rage; whether one only wants to wander like madmen around prisons, or whether one wants to overturn them.
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.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
Women now have choices. They can be
Women now have choices. They can be married, not married, have a job, not have a job, be married with children, unmarried with children. Men have the same choice we've always had: work, or prison.
Three hundred years ago a prisoner
Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: “It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity.”
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
I was in prison, and you came unto me.
I was in prison, and you came unto me. Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
~(Jesus Christ) Matthew 25:36, 40
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
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.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
When is conduct a crime, and when is a
When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When Somebody Up There -- a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator -- so decrees.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
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.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
