Too many people are suffering from severe behavioral health and substance use issues on our streets, which puts a strain on our… — London Breed Copy Share Image
The criminal justice system was strategically employed to force African Americans back into a system of extreme repression and control, a tactic… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Both my strong faith in the Lord - and a heartfelt concern for basic human rights - gives me a sense of… — Kay Ivey Copy Share Image
I think the clearest manifestation for anyone who doubts that racism and classism exist in America, all one need do is take… — Tim McDonald Copy Share Image
I represented many of these kids as they become young adults in the criminal justice system when I was a public defender.… — Matt Gonzalez Copy Share Image
At the federal level, I believe we should address inequality by reforming our criminal justice system and providing restorative justice to communities… — Raphael Warnock Copy Share Image
We need to keep making our streets safer and our criminal justice system fairer - our homeland more secure, our world more… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Whether or not we can save Lake Michigan, whether or not we can avoid a breakdown in our criminal justice system are… — Bill Scott Copy Share Image
In January 2013, I told the people in the Justice Department after the re-election that I wanted to focus on reforming the… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
The education justice movement and the prison justice movement have been operating separately in many places as though they're in silos. But… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
In order to ensure our criminal justice system is fair and equitable, my office is conducting an immediate assessment of every prosecution… — George Gascon Copy Share Image
I think one of the things that happens with, especially in the criminal justice system, is that the prosecutor is able to… — Isaac Wright Jr Copy Share Image
Our current criminal justice system has no provision for restorative justice, in which an offender confronts the damage they have done and… — Piper Kerman Copy Share Image
“How do you survive for years in prison? You don’t think about years, or months, or weeks. You think about today—how to… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
What we were most hoping to achieve with Shots Fired: empathy for all of the characters and conversations about our criminal justice… — Gina Prince-Bythewood Copy Share Image
These are young people who made mistakes that aren't that different than the mistakes I made and the mistakes that a lot… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Significant cuts to funding for the police, for the Crown Prosecution Service, for probation etc, have put the long-term viability of our… — Keir Starmer Copy Share Image
I think our criminal justice system has two problems. We have systematic problems and we have people problems. So if the hearts… — Maya Moore Copy Share Image
It's really important to me that the public have confidence in their criminal justice system. We don't operate very well if the… — Sally Yates Copy Share Image
It's just a fact that if you're a young African-American man and you do the same thing as a young white man,… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“No more self-defeating device could be discovered than the one society has developed in dealing with the criminal. It proclaims his career… — Frank Tannenbaum Copy Share Image
I think we need to rethink our ideas about what policing is and should be. I think we need to rethink our… — Don Winslow Copy Share Image
There can be racism in a system even if a particular episode of injustice is not a manifestation of that racism. Every… — James Forman, Jr Copy Share Image
Once brave politicians and others explain the war on drugs' true cost, the American people will scream for a cease-fire. Bring the… — Larry Elder Copy Share Image
People talk about Jim Crow as if it's dead. Jim Crow isn't gone. It's adjusted. Look at the disproportionate sentences meted out… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
I've written about illegal immigrants in the United States; I spent a year following migrant farm workers as they were harvesting. I've… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
If you're not thinking about the way systemic bias can be propagated through the criminal justice system or predictive policing, then it's… — Kate Crawford Copy Share Image
I think it's important to encourage young people to tell their own stories and to speak openly about their own experiences with… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Black people are dying in this country because we have a criminal justice system which is out of control, a system in… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
“The U.S. Supreme Court has called free will a “universal and persistent” foundation for our system of law, distinct from “a deterministic… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
The criminal justice system should have the authority to determine the immigration status of all criminals, regardless of race or ethnicity, and… — Susana Martinez Copy Share Image
“In the U.S. criminal justice system, someone accused of a crime cannot be convicted unless evidence demonstrates that person’s guilt “beyond a… — Victor Cheng Copy Share Image
I am convinced that, because the criminal justice system is run by humans, it is naturally subject to human error. There is… — Tom Price Copy Share Image
Prosecutorial misconduct is one of the most detrimental problems in our criminal justice system, because prosecutors are essentially the most powerful actors… — Maya Moore Copy Share Image
“I use the term "punishment bureaucracy" instead of "criminal justice system" because it is a more accurate and less deceptive way to… — Alec Karakatsanis Copy Share Image
There's no way you are going to get rid of the Second Amendment, there's no way you're going to get rid of… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
Our constitutionally-based criminal justice system places a high value on protecting the innocent. Among its central tenets is the idea that it… — Robert Shapiro Copy Share Image
The core civil liberty that underpins our American criminal justice system is the presumption of innocence. Every person enjoys this presumption long… — William Barr Copy Share Image
“One in three young African American men is currently under the control of the criminal justice system—in prison, in jail, on probation,… — michelle alexander Copy Share Image
The criminal justice system is accurately symbolized by a large sculpture that sits at the foot of the United States attorney's building:… — Jonathan Larson Copy Share Image
