The Stanford prison experiment came out of class exercises in which I encouraged students to understand the dynamics of prison life. — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
The first day I walked into prison, and he slammed that door, I knew the magnitude of the decision that I made,… — Michael Vick Copy Share Image
California is now close to spending more on prisons than it does on higher education - surely the death warrant of a… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
The White House announced on Monday the Prime Minister of Australia will visit President Bush in September. We have a lot in… — Argus Hamilton Copy Share Image
[President Clinton] boasts about 186,000 people denied firearms under the Brady Law rules. The Brady Law has been in force for three… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
That there is also freedom in captivity, only a prisoner can claim. Coming from a prison guard, this statement would be blasphemy. — Friedrich Durrenmatt Copy Share Image
The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I have spent years representing victims of racial profiling and police brutality and investigating patterns of drug law enforcement in poor communities… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Whenever the offence inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigour of penal law is obliged to give way to the common… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
One of the incredible things about doing a show like this is that Jason Sudeikis has it all mapped out in his… — Phil Dunster Copy Share Image
I can tell you this on a stack of Bibles: prisons are archaic, brutal, unregenerative, overcrowded hell holes where the inmates are… — Jimmy Hoffa Copy Share Image
When Howard Marks came out of prison, years later, I met him at a concert in South Wales; I was a young… — Rhys Ifans Copy Share Image
Those who talk most about the blessings of marriage and the constancy of its vows are the very people who declare that… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
If you put a woman in prison for four years when she's young and make her pay her time in a horrible… — Kevin O'Leary Copy Share Image
The war on drugs causes other supplemental crimes to take place because of the original illegality of it. But then again, that's… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
It is very questionable, in my mind, how far we have the right to judge one of another, since there is born… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
You can imprison a man, but not an idea. You can exile a man, but not an idea. You can kill a… — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
Obviously this prison has been controversial ever since the first detainees arrived in Guantanamo more than 14 years ago. — Audie Cornish Copy Share Image
What the cops did to Rodney King was wrong, and the officers who beat him should be sent straight to prison. — Eazy-E Copy Share Image
“This shit about being fearless before death ain't got no quality. How could you say you were fearless about leaving the party,… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
Identity is a concept of our age that should be used very carefully. All types of identities, ethnic, national, religious, sexual or… — Murathan Mungan Copy Share Image
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door. — Stendhal Copy Share Image