“Some people are physically trapped behind metal bars while others are prisoners within their own closed minds...” — Ramona Matta Copy Share Image
Our prison population quintupled in a thirty year period of time. Not doubled or tripled - quintupled. We went from a prison… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Why should a man deliberately encircle his mind with needless prison walls. No man can reach highest excellence who puts limits to… — Arthur Desmond Copy Share Image
Could we chose to amend the rules of the game to create a society that values people over profits, life over pollution,… — Vicki Robin Copy Share Image
My friends in prison were mostly women more like myself: not historical figures who I did not relate to as peers, but… — Patricia McConnell Copy Share Image
I think it [Brexit] is wonderful.We've got to decide in this country who we are.We made a momentous decision.It's a bit like… — Rupert Murdoch Copy Share Image
There are areas of official life in the United States that are similar to Russia. For example: disbursement of protest, and the… — Nadezhda Tolokonnikova Copy Share Image
“[Prison] relieves us of the responsibility of seriously engaging with the problems of our society, especially those produced by racism and, increasingly,… — Angela Y. Davis Copy Share Image
Blake said that the body was the soul's prison unless the five senses are fully developed and open. He considered the senses… — Jim Morrison Copy Share Image
But then you say, Well, who makes the decision? Does the government make the decision? The reason this is such a national… — John H Richardson Copy Share Image
When Christians in free countries win a soul for Christ, the new believer may become a member of a quietly living church.… — Richard Wurmbrand Copy Share Image
One of the things about jail that's weird is that you're sent to a place where you're supposed to sit there and… — Lane Garrison Copy Share Image
It was really tough being in jail. It doesn't get much lower. You're in a filthy room. The food is terrible, and… — Jon Jones Copy Share Image
The fact that, in the United States, there are people serving ten-year prison terms for growing marijuana plants in their backyards while… — Mark Haskell Smith Copy Share Image
“Mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses are the prime reason that the U.S. prison population has ballooned since the 1980s to over… — Piper Kerman 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
I was in jail a couple of times, and I was probably heading back there for a long time. But martial arts… — Mark Hunt Copy Share Image
The four walls of paper are like a prison because every idea wants to spring out in all directions - everything is… — Ted Nelson Copy Share Image
You could have told me until you were blue in the face that I was on a road to destruction and the… — Joey Barton Copy Share Image
One thing about racing, a lot of times you'll get upset with someone, yet we live in confinement here. It's almost like… — Bob Baffert 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
Just about every year, Congress passes another crime bill - spending billions of dollars to build more prisons, to place more band-aids… — Carrie P. Meek Copy Share Image
I visited my father for the full ten years that he was in prison, so we already had a deep and loving… — Sam Sheppard Copy Share Image
Virtue is uncommon in all the classes of humanity; and I suppose it will scarcely be imagined more frequent in a prison… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
South African literature is a literature in bondage. It is a less-than-fully-human literature. It is exactly the kind of literature you would… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
“Prison education is a concept whose time has come. It is time to stop studying the issue and stop discoursing. It is… — Christopher Zoukis Copy Share Image
“How can a prisoner understand their punishment to have been worthwhile to anyone, when it's dealt in a way so offhand and… — Piper Kerman Copy Share Image
“what’s the point in threatening them with imprisonment if they break the terms of their parole? The threat has no meaning for… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
Well I certainly have learned and I hope I'm moving on and certainly two years of prison was a terrible punishment. — Jeffrey Archer Copy Share Image
I come from a place where to go to prison is like a rite of passage. It's something that you gain respect… — Ashley Walters Copy Share Image
Everybody knows that prison is not a good place for anyone, and nobody would feel proud to be there. But I'd like… — Mohammad Amir Copy Share Image
I loved 'Shantaram' by Gregory David Roberts, which is going to be made into a film. It's an amazing story about an… — Sacha Dhawan Copy Share Image
Whene'er with haggard eyes I view This dungeon that I'm rotting in, I think of those companions true Who studied with me… — George Canning Copy Share Image
I'd been in jail, and I'd been beat. I had been to a voter registration workshop, you know, to - they were… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
I didn't know how to deal with real life issues the right way as a humble human being until I was humbled… — Ryan Leaf Copy Share Image
Because a woman goes to prison doesn't mean she's a bad mom - doesn't mean that she shouldn't have her children. — Susan Burton Copy Share Image
I am used to Suge's behavior, most of our relationship was under the shadow of him being in and out of prison… — Michel'le Copy Share Image
We have real cliched ideas of what prison life is like. It is not a happy place. It's a desperate, sad situation. — Powers Boothe Copy Share Image
Prison is no hardship, really. I'm in the art room as an assistant to the tutor, and basically, I'm doing what I… — Rolf Harris Copy Share Image
“He reads every book in his home but it is not enough. The country boy craves stories. He devours every poem and… — Jennifer Lanthier Copy Share Image
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