On average, drug prisoners spend more
On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because of the overcrowding in prison caused by the Drug War.
History is full of people who went to
History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a complex figure and we should not look for easy answers with him. He was, strangely perhaps, against the death penalty, and he was never put in prison for murders or anything like that.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare this prison where I live unto the world; Shut up in the prison of their own consciences.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude.
The only difference between me and my
The only difference between me and my fellow actors is that I've spent more time in jail.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
And while God had work for Paul, he
And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide a keeper for their turn.
Any punishment that does not correct,
Any punishment that does not correct, that can merely rouse rebellion in whoever has to endure it, is a piece of gratuitous infamy which makes those who impose it more guilty in the eyes of humanity, good sense and reason, nay a hundred times more guilty than the victim on whom the punishment is inflicted.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
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.
Nothing can be more abhorrent to
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
Here the great art lies, to discern in
Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.
A Sunday school is a prison in which
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
While we have prisons it matters little
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
I never told a victim story about my
I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
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.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
While crime is punished it yet
While crime is punished it yet increases.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
