The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
No matter how you seem to fatten on a
No matter how you seem to fatten on a crime, that can never be good for the bee which is bad for the hive.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
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.
The law does not pretend to punish
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
I submit that an individual who breaks a
I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
The refined punishments of the spiritual
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude.
I sometimes wish that people would put a
I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
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.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like.
Whatever is worthy to be loved for
Whatever is worthy to be loved for anything is worthy of preservation. A wise and dispassionate legislator, if any such should ever arise among men, will not condemn to death him who has done or is likely to do more service than injury to society. Blocks and gibbets are the nearest objects with legislators, and their business is never with hopes or with virtues.
