We should not have drug laws or a court system that disproportionately punishes the black community. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
“Until 1988, one year of imprisonment had been the maximum for possession of any amount of any drug.” — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
We're already going down that path with illegal drug use and incarceration. I can't imagine it getting any worse. — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
“Joe closed his hand over the watch and it was still warm from his father's pocket, ticking against his palm like a… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
She was there through my incarceration I wanna show the nation my appreciation. — Shaggy Copy Share Image
We have to use incarceration to set people up on a path to stability, so they do not continue committing crimes when… — Wes Moore Copy Share Image
Criminal justice reformers prattle on about 'over-incarceration' in America when in fact our nation suffers from an under-incarceration problem. — Michael J. Knowles Copy Share Image
We have to deal with the way that race influences our criminal justice system. — Yance Ford Copy Share Image
Incarceration rates - especially black incarceration rates - have soared regardless of whether crime has been going up or down in any… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“If a deadly snake slithering around in a pre-school bit a child, would you box it up for a month as punishment,… — Edward M. Wolfe Copy Share Image
I've sentenced over 100 people, and supervised release, which is the kind of post-incarceration condition that judges ordinarily impose, is something that… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
There are more African Americans under correctional control, in prison or jail, on probation or parole, than were enslaved in 1850 a… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
My family never missed a visit in eight months, ever. I cried coming out. I didn't cry coming in. There's a big… — Foxy Brown Copy Share Image
One of the things about incarceration is that you're deprived. You lose all of your identity, and then its given back one… — Susan Burton Copy Share Image
“I understand now that the only time black people don't feel guilty is when we've actually done something wrong, because that relieves… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
“The Fulcrum is not the first institution to have learned an eternal truth of humankind: No need for guards when you can… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
For those who say that the war on drugs and the system of mass incarceration really isn't about race, I say there… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
We are all implicated when we allow other people to be mistreated. An absence of compassion can corrupt the decency of a… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
Just providing information about how bad things are, or the statistics and data on incarceration by themselves, does lead to more depression… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
The legalization of drugs, a proliferation of a public health approach to drug use and drug addition, a compassionate mental health system.… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
I actually believe that some residue of discrimination would lessen, because it's my view that there is a certain percentage of the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When young black men reach a certain age - whether or not there is incarceration in their families - they themselves are… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
In the United States, rising esteem for the military in uniform corresponds to the growing militarization of the society as a whole.… — Michael Hardt Copy Share Image
Of course in this age of colorblindness, a time when we have supposedly moved "beyond race," we as a nation would feel… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“In order to make this point, we need to talk about race openly and honestly. We must stop debating crime policy as… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“The process occurs in two stages. The first step is to grant law enforcement officials extraordinary discretion regarding whom to stop, search,… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“More African American adults are under correctional control today - in prison or jail, on probation or parole - than were enslaved… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“Incarceration is a sustained, lifetime lynching, meant to discard your soul and make a shell of you in plain life. Make you… — Junauda Petrus Copy Share Image
Incarceration didn't change me. In many ways, incarceration galvanized me. The totality of the experience helped me. — Roger Avary Copy Share Image
The greatest myth about mass incarceration is that it has been driven by crime and crime rates. It's just not true. — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Black crime rates fell more steeply than white crime rates, and now black incarceration is falling more steeply than white incarceration. — Kevin Drum Copy Share Image
I want to look at the community I came from and what role incarceration has played there. — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
In some cities such as Washington, DC, that 75 percent of young black men can expect to serve time in prison. — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Black people are more likely to be incarcerated than white people. That's just a fact and it's regrettable and it's got to… — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
“Where I grew up, women’s liberation was when you let a chick out of her cage for 15 minutes so she could… — John Rachel Copy Share Image
Our system of mass incarceration is better understood as a system of racial and social control than a system of crime prevention… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Incarceration didnt change me. In many ways, incarceration galvanized me. The totality of the experience helped me. — Roger Avary Copy Share Image
Illegal immigration costs taxpayers $45 billion a year in health care, education, and incarceration expenses. — Ric Keller Copy Share Image
There is no cost difference between incarceration and an Ivy League education; the main difference is curriculum. — Paul Hawken Copy Share Image
It makes a lot more sense for us to be investing in jobs and education rather than jails and incarceration. — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
