Very few people in prison have voices that go beyond the wall. It's my job to do the work for them because… — Mumia Abu-Jamal Copy Share Image
A jury found former Enron sleezeballs Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling guilty of fraud and conspiracy. Ken Lay? That's not a good… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Prison walls are meant not only to keep convicts in, but to keep the would-be investigator out. — Jessica Mitford Copy Share Image
I think [Pablo Escobar] wasted an incredibly opportunity which was when he stayed at the prison he made, La Catedral. It was… — Juan Pablo Escobar Copy Share Image
“...the court, as now constituted, would be meaningless without the jail which gives it its power. But if there is anything I… — Barbara Deming Copy Share Image
I told the government I'd volunteer for prison, as long as it served the right purpose, — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Man is unique in creation because he has a sense of justice and truth. We spend billions of dollars each year to… — Ray Comfort Copy Share Image
Rehabilitation is such a tiny part of prison life, and I think that has to change. The funny thing is that there's… — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Copy Share Image
“Put two macho groups together and give the first desperation and numbers, and the second truncheons and protective clothing, and the result… — Alexander Masters Copy Share Image
People charged with drug offenses, though, are typically poor people of color. They are routinely charged with felonies and sent to prison. — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“Cage an eagle and it will bite at the wires, be they of iron or of gold.” — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
“Kennedy's issue didn't seem to be that she had been in jail, but that she had put on weight in jail. The… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
The prison-industrial complex employs millions of people directly and indirectly. Judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, prison guards, construction companies that build prisons, police,… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
'The prison' begins well before its doors. It begins as soon as you leave your house - and even before. — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
The crisis of democracy in the West is not the result of falling in love with another system. In Europe and America… — Ivan Krastev Copy Share Image
After the last notes of Gotterdammerung I felt as though I had been let out of prison. — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Copy Share Image
Illegal immigrants are using our resources, taking our jobs, filling our schools, our hospitals and our prisons, and we are paying for… — Dan Benishek Copy Share Image
I realized a school doesn't need a School Committee or Trustees or Governors or lumber or approved textbooks. All a school needs… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We've so, so fallen for the premise that only government can do certain things. But then when we get around to privatizing,… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
One may enter the literary parlor via just about any door, be it the prison door, the madhouse door, or the brothel… — Michael Ende Copy Share Image
At the age of 46, in my sixth prison term, it was the second prison I was in - California Rehabilitation Center.… — Susan Burton Copy Share Image