--- title: "9 Locking People Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Locking People quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Locking People sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20e/sam-branson-36458_business_incarceration-has-become-a-business-it-i_1186467.jpg" --- > [Incarceration has become a business. It is in the interest of the police and the prisons to keep locking people up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-branson/incarceration-has-become-a-business-it-is-in-the-interest-of-the/) [Sam Branson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-branson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20e/sam-branson-36458_business_incarceration-has-become-a-business-it-i_1186467.jpg) > [The simple truth is that America is locking up too many people, for too long, and spending too much money on them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-kirk/the-simple-truth-is-that-america-is-locking-up-too-many-people-for/) [Charlie Kirk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-kirk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dc/charlie-kirk-5442_america_the-simple-truth-is-that-america-is-lock_1097334.jpg) > [It's time to stop locking people up for victimless crimes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-timpf/it-s-time-to-stop-locking-people-up-for-victimless-crimes/) [Kat Timpf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kat-timpf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/116/kat-timpf-6064_crime_it-s-time-to-stop-locking-people-up-for_469455.jpg) > [You can't just draw a veil of secrecy when you are locking people up. You have to do at least the minimum,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-fellner/you-can-t-just-draw-a-veil-of-secrecy-when-you-are-locking-people-up/) [Jamie Fellner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-fellner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed0/jamie-fellner-63987_acknowledge_you-can-t-just-draw-a-veil-of-secrecy-wh_903955.png) > [Locking people up without reducing the risk of them committing new crimes against new victims the minute they get out does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-clarke/locking-people-up-without-reducing-the-risk-of-them-committing-new/) [Kenneth Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9f/kenneth-clarke-14375_crime_locking-people-up-without-reducing-the-r_897169.png) > [Even if you see me with some pasta, I'm still strangling and arm-locking people at least five days a week and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-serra/even-if-you-see-me-with-some-pasta-i-m-still-strangling-and-arm/) [Matt Serra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-serra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e6/matt-serra-6052_days_even-if-you-see-me-with-some-pasta-i-m-s_1655277.jpg) > [There are some lines in the sand you just do not cross. Undermining basic civil liberties by locking people up for long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcdonnell/there-are-some-lines-in-the-sand-you-just-do-not-cross-undermining/) [John McDonnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcdonnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/990/john-mcdonnell-5730_civil-liberties_there-are-some-lines-in-the-sand-you-jus_499393.jpg) > [I'm not in favor of the death penalty. But I'm in favor of locking these people away in maximum security units where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grisham/i-m-not-in-favor-of-the-death-penalty-but-i-m-in-favor-of-locking/) [John Grisham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grisham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d88/john-grisham-974_cybersecurity_i-m-not-in-favor-of-the-death-penalty-bu_2132308.jpg) > [See, locking people up who present no real danger to society isn't just unfair to those people and those who love them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-timpf/see-locking-people-up-who-present-no-real-danger-to-society-isn-t/) [Kat Timpf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kat-timpf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79d/kat-timpf-6064_danger_see-locking-people-up-who-present-no-rea_711039.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/locking-people/#itemlist", "name": "Locking People Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Incarceration has become a business. 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