The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
The uneven impact of actual enforcement measures tends to mirror and reinforce more general patterns of discrimination (along socioeconomic, racial and ethnic, sexual, and perhaps generational lines) within the society. As a consequence, such enforcement (ineffective as it may be in producing conformity) almost certainly reinforces feelings of alienation already prevalent within major segments of the population.
The perfection of a thing consists in its essence; there are perfect criminals, as there are men of perfect probity.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do?
While crime is punished it yet increases.
What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor.
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
Vices are not crimes.
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
A sick person is a prisoner.
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.
If we look at Houston, which is a very environmentally toxic place, we find that it has one of the highest levels of young men going to prison and also among the highest levels of illiteracy in the country.
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
