“Prison is the easiest way out for authority, as locks and keys are the warden's simplest tools. It does not require strong imagination or unusual ability to keep men in their cells.” — Lewis E. Lawes Copy Share Image
“Prison administration is concerned with this phase of procedure because of the generally accepted notion--in and out of prisons--that money can get away with anything. A most unwholesome influence when your objective is to kindle a proper respect for the… — Lewis E. Lawes Copy Share Image
“I accompanied him to the first aid clinic to look at the would-be suicide. He was unconscious. Nurses were already on the spot with… — Lewis E. Lawes Copy Share Image
“What Mr. Osborne did not see clearly was that prisoners are, actually, people who have quarreled with the law. That regardless of motivating forces… — Lewis E. Lawes Copy Share Image
“What is this thing Law that brands man with the indelible insignia of shame from which he can never escape? Law is the process… — Lewis E. Lawes Copy Share Image
“Since time began man has been struggling with the problem of behavior. In early days, when almost every human attribute had its counterpart in… — Lewis E. Lawes Copy Share Image
“He proceeded on the theory that confinement within the walls of the prison was punishment. That the law never intended to confine prisoners within… — Lewis E. Lawes Copy Share Image
“Prison is the easiest way out for authority, as locks and keys are the warden's simplest tools. It does not require strong imagination or… — Lewis E. Lawes Copy Share Image
“You've been with us a long time, Warden," he continued. "Have you ever found a man who really wants to be bad? Unconventional, yes.… — Lewis E. Lawes Copy Share Image
“Guidance rather than deterrence is the answer to crime. It is the only course that promises permanence. Prison walls must not be permitted to… — Lewis E. Lawes Copy Share Image
As if one crime of such nature, done by a single man, acting individually, can be expiated by a similar crime done by all… — Lewis E. Lawes Copy Share Image
“To Max the law did not inspire respect but fear. Whom men fear, they do not respect.” — Lewis E. Lawes Copy Share Image
“I am not afraid to die," he said. "We've all got to die. I've never had a headache, never had tuberculosis, or rheumatism, never… — Lewis E. Lawes Copy Share Image
“Prisoners resent being questioned about crime motives. That is why psychiatry and psychological treatment in prisons have accomplished little with prisoners. The trouble is… — Lewis E. Lawes Copy Share Image
“Yet it was Emerson who said that "I have never heard of a crime which I might not have committed.” — Lewis E. Lawes Copy Share Image
“The idea of having baseball games at Sing Sing and bringing in a high school team to play with the crooks at Sing Sing!… — Lewis E. Lawes Copy Share Image
