“We're building prisons all over the world and calling them luxury condos.” — J.G. Ballard Copy Share Image
We should not have people in prisons and jails who aren't a violent threat. — Chesa Boudin Copy Share Image
Prisons should be co-ed because separate quarters are discriminatory. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
When the true criminals are running around free, the only honorable place for a decent human being is in prisons. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I lived in a kind of a middle class home, and I didn't really have a lot of experience with the justice… — Maya Moore Copy Share Image
There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison. — William Glasser Copy Share Image
'Lockup,' inside America's supersize prisons on MSNBC, is one of my favorite shows. I get a lot of my inspiration for Blair… — Stephanie Savage Copy Share Image
The U.S. prison system, over all, disproportionately affects black and brown people, but people of color are overrepresented to a greater degree… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
All prisons that have existed in our society to date put people away as no human being should ever be put away. — Barbara Deming Copy Share Image
Our prisons are very bad. When I was in Ikoyi prison, people were dying every day. They were carrying bodies out of… — Fela Kuti Copy Share Image
Kitsch is the most pernicious of all prisons. The bars are covered with the gold of simplistic, unreal feelings, so that you… — Pascal Mercier Copy Share Image
It is shocking how much a day-care center is like a prison. They both have security cameras with walled exercise yards. Prisons… — Lee Unkrich Copy Share Image
“...the court, as now constituted, would be meaningless without the jail which gives it its power. But if there is anything I… — Barbara Deming Copy Share Image
Gaza is often described as 'the world's largest open air prison' because no one is allowed to enter or leave. But that… — Banksy Copy Share Image
Too often reports have found that private jails and prisons are understaffed, have poor medical care, and have increased security risks, undermining… — Michelle Lujan Grisham Copy Share Image
And I see the - you know, when I go to the juvenile detention centers and prisons, I see people who can't… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
Until 1869, when they were banned, debtors' prisons were the great incinerators of British reputations. Those who were unable to pay their… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
Gitmo is everywhere in the world. We need to raise awareness of illegal prisons in Middle East, Asia, and Africa. This needs… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
You can look at the West Bank. Cities are like prisons. They can be closed quickly by the Israeli forces, and everything… — Hassan Nasrallah Copy Share Image
“Although a million black men can be found in prisons and jails, public acknowledgment of the role of the criminal justice system… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“There are prisons made of iron. There are prisons made of velvet. Lucian’s house had no bars, only warmth, taste, money, and… — Valon G Copy Share Image
In our society, we move people out of government. It's all operated by machines, meaning – not the people, just the products:… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
“Provisions for martial law and the institutions to implement a military dictatorship inside the U.S. affect all facets of our society. No… — Mae Brussell Copy Share Image
Since the late 1970's, the main focus of prisons has been punishment, not rehabilitation. It's hard to believe, but you would be… — James Fox Copy Share Image
In Western Australia, minerals are being dug up from Aboriginal land and shipped to China for a profit of a billion dollars… — John Pilger Copy Share Image
“But even if I know what governs their trajectory, if I know the rules of the movement of things and how things… — Eugène Ionesco Copy Share Image
“...Rusche and Kirchheimer relate the different systems of punishment with the systems of production within which they operate: thus, in a slave… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
I've spent a lot of time in prisons, first doing legal work and later, teaching. — Peter Orner Copy Share Image
Are the prisons overpopulated, or is the population over-imprisoned ? — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
