Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
Women now have choices. They can be
Women now have choices. They can be married, not married, have a job, not have a job, be married with children, unmarried with children. Men have the same choice we've always had: work, or prison.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
We're in a war. People who blast some
We're in a war. People who blast some pot on a casual basis are guilty of treason.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
Care should be taken that the punishment
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch;
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
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.
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
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.
Every crime has, in the moment of its
Every crime has, in the moment of its perpetration, Its own avenging angel--dark misgiving, An ominous sinking at the inmost heart.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
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.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
Prison continues, on those who are
Prison continues, on those who are entrusted to it, a work begun elsewhere, which the whole of society pursues on each individual through innumerable mechanisms of discipline.
The contagion of crime is like that of
The contagion of crime is like that of the plague. Criminals collected together corrupt each other; they are worse than ever when at the termination of their punishment they re-enter society.
Definition, rationality, and structure
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
