The USA has more people in prison that any other country, including countries with much larger populations. 13% of the population is… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
Never steal anything so small that you'll have to go to an unpleasant city jail for it instead of a minimum-security federal… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Being in prison for seven years was like being in an army that never drilled, never deployed, and only fought itself. — Raegan Butcher Copy Share Image
“The inmates made jokes about the chair, the way people always make jokes about things that frighten them but can't be gotten… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Prison is what really radicalized me most deeply. I remember thinking, my God, these people did things that were no worse than… — David Dellinger Copy Share Image
The vilest deeds like poison weeds Bloom well in prison air; It is only what is good in man That wastes and… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
America should be ashamed to say they have the best justice system in the world when, every day, race plays a part… — Anthony Ray Hinton Copy Share Image
“People look at us and see the poor and the mad, but they're looking at us through the bars of their cages.… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
The religious philosophy that they had adopted, in my opinion, was the only thing and is the only thing that can remove… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
What I did, you know, being away from my family, letting so many people down. I let myself down, not being out… — Michael Vick Copy Share Image
When it comes to inmates, we have boiled them down to just the few things we know about them - their crime,… — Uzo Aduba Copy Share Image
I loved WWE , but in the end, I was unhappy. It was just like planning an escape from a maximum security… — Cody Rhodes Copy Share Image
The requests started coming in from other prisoners all over the United States. And then the word got around. So I always… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
I'll tell you what I think is not okay. Have you ever seen that show on MSNBC, 'Lockup?' It's a reality show… — Seth MacFarlane Copy Share Image
“That’s the biggest danger of incarceration: you get used to it. It’s not the goon in the bathroom with a blade hidden… — Jacques Pauw Copy Share Image
By the end of the documentary [ '13th'], you really understand what prison is, what the prison industrial complex is, where this… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
I would have been content with still playing Inmate #1. I worked on every prison movie made, from 1985 to 1991. I… — Danny Trejo Copy Share Image
I won't perform in Cuba until there's no more Castro and there's a free Cuba. To me, Cuba's the biggest prison in… — Pitbull Copy Share Image
Christians talk as though goodness was their idea but good behavior doesn't have any religious origin. Our prisons are filled with the… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
I want to see prison numbers come down. We need better custody that cuts reoffending and crime. And we need to ensure… — David Lidington Copy Share Image
“They say to survive in prison you should love yourself, eat and read. Well I never loved myself, I didn’t care about… — Manolis Glezos Copy Share Image
Show me the prison, Show me the jail, Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale. And I'll show you a… — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
Some people are like a defeated warrior: they accept the defeat, go to work, go back home, watch TV silently. That is… — Burhan Sonmez Copy Share Image
As parenting declines, the need for policing increases. There will always be a shortage of police if there is a shortage of… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Nature with her wonders blinds and binds one still. There is no escape. I love her utterly through all time and times.… — Marion Dudley Cran Copy Share Image
People don't mind being in prison as long as no one else is free. But stage a jailbreak, and everybody else freaks… — William Deresiewicz Copy Share Image
When you go to jail, you are under the supervision of the state. You are housed with people who are criminals, so… — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
I think the reality of prison is you don't get anything unless you want it in there. Whatever happens to you in… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
“And I must smile and dance with this man, and say nothing, for he holds the key to the prison my life… — Victoria Lamb Copy Share Image
For me, it just doesn't make sense that somebody could be out the same day or not have to serve a day… — Ahmad Balshe Copy Share Image
Remember that you can pray any time, anywhere. Washing dishes, digging ditches, working in the office, in the shop, on the athletic… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
Only a prisoner who has been confined for long behind high walk can appreciate the extraordinary psychological value of these outside walks… — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
“...not with the Depression walking around outside the prison walls like a dangerous criminal, one that couldn't be caged as our charges… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“We havent´s escaped from our prison, we´ve just moved into a new one. And although there are countless places to hide, there´s… — Alexander Gordon Smith Copy Share Image
No prison can hold me; no hand or leg irons or steel locks can shackle me. No ropes or chains can keep… — Harry Houdini Copy Share Image
Prison has humbled me in a lot of ways, because when you go to prison, I became 11 R 2024 you know,… — Ja Rule Copy Share Image
Whenever my dad wasn't working, he'd take me along to pass out biblical tracts on street corners or in visits to the… — Tony Evans Copy Share Image
I don't do casinos or prisons; I like to do projects that enhance the lives of everyday people, like campus buildings, libraries,… — Philip Freelon Copy Share Image
If artists do see fields blue they are deranged, and should go to an asylum. If they only pretend to see them… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
People coming out of jail need a path back into society: access to a job, a place to live, supportive services. We've… — London Breed Copy Share Image
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