Prisons Quotes · Page 5

The United States is Fast Becoming One of the Biggest Open-Air Prisons on Earth

— Mumia Abu-Jamal

While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.

— George Bernard Shaw

“She hated prisons, whether it was in the dungeon or in the open air.”

— SIYA SEJAL

Eventually, there will not be enough prisons if there are not enough good homes.

— Neal A. Maxwell

There is nothing so confining as the prisons of our own perceptions.

— William Shakespeare

Our prisons are full of people who think they're Napoleon..or God.

— Ian Fleming

“Not all prisons are made of iron bars, some are made of feather beds.”

— Lois McMaster Bujold

“Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion”

— william blake

“It doesn't have to be that bad,' Chade said quietly. 'Most prisons are of our own making. A man makes his own…

— Robin Hobb

I don't think women's prisons are environments for dance routines, and I don't think mass murder is humorous.

— Natalie Merchant

Older prisoners are more expensive for prisons to house because they tend to require more health care over time.

— Clint Smith

School is a twelve-year jail sentence where bad habits are the only curriculum truly learned. I teach school and win awards doing…

— John Taylor Gatto

“All hells in this world are the prisons you make in your own heart; all battles must be fought there'," said Charlie.…

— Darren McKeeman

School is a twelve-year jail sentence where bad habits are the only curriculum truly learned.

— John Taylor Gatto

If a dad does his job, we don't need prisons, we don't need jails. That's what I saw growing up.

— Mike Singletary

Prisons are woefully ill-equipped for their current role as the nations primary mental health facilities.

— Jamie Fellner

“One of the most productive ways a government can spend money on the people is by building more prisons. That’s what makes…

— Jarod Kintz

Bastions of free-flowing discussion with civil exchange are the academic ideal. But during my time in academia, it became increasingly clear that…

— Kayleigh McEnany

They are trying to lock up as many of us up as possible to put us in penitentiaries for free labor. You…

— Eddie Griffin

It would probably surprise people how prevalent reading is in institutions - and the degree to which some states discourage reading by…

— George Pelecanos

I not only play at the prestigious classical concert halls like Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center, but also hospitals, churches, prisons, and…

— Ji-Hae Park

When children attend schools that place a greater value on discipline and security than on knowledge and intellectual development, they are attending…

— Angela Davis

The first point of contact for radicalisation is almost always a personal one. Prisons and universities, for example, tend to be easily…

— Maajid Nawaz

I am not saying people shouldn't be held accountable for terrible acts. But holding people in prisons does not necessarily make them…

— Eve Ensler

“Far from fading away, it appears that prisons are here to stay. And despite the unprecedented levels of incarceration in the African…

— Michelle Alexander

No funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons.

— Jerry Weller

As governor, I am not interested in building more prisons.

— Mike Parson

“prisons were built based on our third grade Iowa Basics test scores,”

— Mark O'Neal

The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages.

— Virginia Woolf

The way people are treated in them [prisons] is very similar to gulags.

— Jerry Brown

“We all have our own magnificent prisons, even the queen, I’d venture.”

— Fiona Davis

If every crime victim had to have perfect judgment, we could empty our prisons.

— Claire McCaskill

Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings…

— Angela Davis

The only thing that prisons demonstrably cure is heterosexuality.

— John D. MacDonald

We need to fight for free education and defund the prisons

— Chris Crass

Tribes must be our homes, not our prisons.

— Mark Driscoll

Surely, we've got a way that we can tinker with this system that shuttles our children from decrepit, underfunded schools to brand-new…

— Michelle Alexander

“Slavery was as customary as prisons are today. Few could imagine an ordered world without them.”

— Ibram X. Kendi

Dutch prisons are probably the most civilized you're going to find anywhere in the world.

— Paul Watson

Readers are bullied in schoolyards and in locker-rooms as much as in government offices and prisons.

— Alberto Manguel