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.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
There's no greater threat to our
There's no greater threat to our independence, to our cherished freedoms and personal liberties than the continual, relentless injection of these insidious poisons into our system. We must decide whether we cherish independence from drugs, without which there is no freedom.
The degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
When the Nazis came for the communists,
When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
To try to raise a son from inside the
To try to raise a son from inside the prison walls is a very difficult thing. But I want to say to the world my son at 16 was the one who tried the most to get me out of prison.
~Jim Bakker
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
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.”
Women have worked hard; starved in
Women have worked hard; starved in prison; given of their time and lives that we might sit in the House of Commons and take part in the legislating of this country.
We have our own system, ... and
We have our own system, ... and journalists in our system are not put in prison for embarrassing the government by revealing things the government might not wish to have revealed. The important thing is that our system, under which journalists can write without fear or favor, should continue.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
I can tell you this on a stack of
I can tell you this on a stack of Bibles: prisons are archaic, brutal, unregenerative, overcrowded hell holes where the inmates are treated like animals with absolutely not one humane thought given to what they are going to do once they are released. You're an animal in a cage and you're treated like one.
Our task must be to free ourselves from
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
While we have prisons it matters little
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
Show me the prison, Show me the jail,
Show me the prison, Show me the jail, Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale. And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why And there, but for fortune, go you or I.
