There are few better measures of the
There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
Oh who is that young sinner with the
Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrist? And what has he been after that they groan and shake their fists? And wherefore is he wearing such a conscience-stricken air? Oh they're taking him to prison for the colour of his hair.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
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 object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
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.
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
It is impossible to go through life
It is impossible to go through life without trust: That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
It is the deed that teaches, not the
It is the deed that teaches, not the name we give it. Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their own kind.
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.
It is more dangerous that even a guilty
It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
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.
Faults of the head are punished in this
Faults of the head are punished in this world, those of the heart in another; but as most of our vices are compound, so also is their punishment.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
