I wrote a million words in the first
I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
Probably the only place where a man can
Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release.
Definition, rationality, and structure
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
To make punishments efficacious, two
To make punishments efficacious, two things are necessary. They must never be disproportioned to the offence, and they must be certain.
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.
If it's near dinner-time, the foreman
If it's near dinner-time, the foreman takes out his watch when the jury has retired, and says: "Dear me, gentlemen, ten minutes to five, I declare! I dine at five, gentlemen." "So do I," says everybody else, except two men who ought to have dined at three and seem more than half disposed to stand out in consequence. The foreman smiles, and puts up his watch:--"Well, gentlemen, what do we say, plaintiff or defendant, gentlemen?
Mere factual innocence is no reason not
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
There are only two places in the world
There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
The law does not pretend to punish
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
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.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
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.
A man will be imprisoned in a room with
A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards, as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
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 thoughts of a prisoner - they're not
The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not free either. They keep returning to the same things.
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.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
