I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
While crime is punished it yet
While crime is punished it yet increases.
It is not at the table, but in prison,
It is not at the table, but in prison, that you learn who your true friends are.
If we were brought to trial for the
If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
Definition, rationality, and structure
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
I know not whether laws be right, or
I know not whether laws be right, or whether laws be wrong; All that we know who lie in gaol is that the wall is strong; And that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long.
To be in prison so long, it's difficult
To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
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.
Educate your children to self-control,
Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future lives and crimes to society.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
The world itself is but a large prison,
The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world; And, for because the world is populous, And here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it. Yet I'll hammer it out.
I asked a man in prison once how he
I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
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.
The best situation of all, and one
The best situation of all, and one frequently utilized, is for jails and prisons to allow volunteer ministers of all faiths to enter prisons and offer their services to the inmates who want them. That way, the religious needs of inmates are met but without government funds being spent.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
The worst prison is not of stone. It is
The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
