I think that some of today's focus on freedom of information and trans rights have a tendency to focus on the actions… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
I've reported in countries where leaders not only complain about a critical press, but also try to shut it down, throwing reporters… — Jonathan Karl Copy Share Image
However small we are, we should always fight for what we believe to be right. And I don’t mean fight with the… — Cressida Cowell Copy Share Image
“Her recoil confirmed the disgust Grant felt inside. Who was he kidding, trying to put Vladimir and Andrei behind bars? He was… — Jennifer Lane Copy Share Image
The prison-industrial complex employs millions of people directly and indirectly. Judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, prison guards, construction companies that build prisons, police,… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
The dark ages still reign over all humanity, and the depth and persistence of this domination are only now becoming clear. This… — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
... imprisonment itself, entailing loss of liberty, loss of citizenship, separation from family and loved ones, is punishment enough for most individuals,… — Mary B. Harris Copy Share Image
America should meet its obligations in the form of Social Security, Medicare, our ability to pay our military, legally binding legislation that… — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
We don't want to hurt anybody, kill anybody, build any prisons, or build police. We want to make it unnecessary for people… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
Truth is a pursuit, it's a quest. And proof is certainly in the pudding in this particular instance, because the film, and… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
Hitler had a police state of the first order. And those who showed any sign of being weak-kneed faced prison or often… — Rick Atkinson Copy Share Image
It's as if Japanese men, all to aware that deep inside they'd like to stomp Tokyo flat, breathe fire, and do truly… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I went back to work right away [after prison]. I was very lucky — a friend of mine created a job for… — Piper Kerman Copy Share Image
When one in three Black men are in prison, those larger systemic injustices become a part of what it means to love… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
If Americans actually have the conversation about our disastrous prison policies, we'll understand the trends all move in very dangerous directions: we… — Dahlia Lithwick Copy Share Image
You still owe me a million dollars." I'd presented him with a bill for proving his innocence and getting him freed from… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
Once somebody is known, it seems as though anybody anywhere can say anything about them. Whereas if I simply stopped someone in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We're all our own prisons, we are each all our own wardens and we do our own time. I can't judge anyone… — Charles Manson Copy Share Image
When people hear the term 'political prisoner,' especially on the Left, it becomes a kind of abstraction. Folks are aware of injustice,… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
I believe that being an actress or being involved in a movie has to be a life experience, otherwise why go for… — Juliette Binoche Copy Share Image
“I had a chance to read Monte Christo in prison once, too, but not to the end. I observed that while Dumas… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
Many times, I left the prison thinking, 'I'm smart. I can make it. I won't get caught up again.' But you get… — Susan Burton Copy Share Image
Kids are growing up in communities in which they see their loved ones cycling in and out of prison and in which… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Comeback records always worry me, especially when they're made by one of my heroes, and I'd heard stories about Gil Scott-Heron recently,… — Will Hermes Copy Share Image
Not many academics do labor education. Why not? The need is great. This is where the youth are so important. If faculty… — Michael Yates Copy Share Image
“outwardly calm as a marble Madonna, she is all the while exerting her passive stubborn strength against him. A prison does not… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I'd once been fascinated by his legend - all the stories I'd heard before I met him. Now I can feel that… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
Poor people, especially those of color, are worth nothing to corporations and private contractors if they are on the street. In jail… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
I hadn't worked for a year when I had my Prison Break audition and it was the easiest audition I've ever had.… — Wentworth Miller Copy Share Image
The fact is, when men carry the same ideals in their hearts, nothing can isolate them - neither prison walls nor the… — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
Every moment away from you feels like time spent in a sort of cell. I can think of nothing, dream of nothing,… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
The moral abhorrence of private prisons has been brought to our attention by courageous acts of investigative journalism, illuminating scholarship, and the… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
Jason Rezaian is finally headed home. He's the correspondent for The Washington Post who was held in Iran for a year and… — Renee Montagne Copy Share Image
In regeneration, the mind is enlightened in the knowledge of spiritual things... The will is renewed... The will is cured of its… — Thomas Boston Copy Share Image
“Which brings me to one more thing about the Sheridan FCI [prison]. After you make it through the metal detector, you re… — Jill Christman Copy Share Image
Three year sof unconditional MFN have not lead to any subtantial improvement in human rights, trade and nuclear proliferation practice of the… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
Also because few people were watching - aside from a healthy amount of incarcerated people, because M2 was offered in a lot… — Jancee Dunn Copy Share Image
In one sense, the Stanford prison study is more like a Greek drama than a traditional experiment, in that we have humanity,… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
It's not what you go through, but how that experience affects you. For some people, it could be a near car crash… — Brian Banks Copy Share Image
Why did God make me an outcast and a stranger in mine own house? The shades of the prison-house closed round about… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
![“I went back to work right away [after prison]. I was very lucky — a friend of mine created a job for me at his company. Most prisoners who come home face really significant challenges when it comes to finding work. It’s very, very hard for most people who have a criminal record to get a job. I…” quote by Piper Kerman](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/2ba/piper-kerman-8613_back-to-work_i-went-back-to-work-right-away-after-pri_2503972.jpg)
![“Which brings me to one more thing about the Sheridan FCI [prison]. After you make it through the metal detector, you re stamped on the flesh above your right thumb with ink visible only in the black light of the prison checkpoints. Then you wait in a holding area like a farm animal before the next…” quote by Jill Christman](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/9b1/jill-christman-65105_prison_which-brings-me-to-one-more-thing-about_2825264.jpg)
