“I understand now that the only time black people don't feel guilty is when we've actually done something wrong, because that relieves… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
Don’t sanctuaries become prisons, and vice versa, foremost in the mind? — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
People from authoritarian, male-dominated, punitive families tend to vote for "strongman" leaders and for "hard" punitive policies (prisons, wars) rather than "soft"… — Riane Eisler Copy Share Image
Now that private prison companies have found that they can make a killing on mass incarceration, these private prison companies are now… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
It was easy to get wrapped up in some of the negative stuff, but obviously I chose not to. I didn't want… — Jermain Defoe Copy Share Image
The people resemble a wild beast, which, naturally fierce and accustomed to live in the woods, has been brought up, as it… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Any revolutionary agitation exacts enormous sacrifices, not so much in terms of prison sentences and years of incarceration - which have been… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
“The genius of the current caste system, and what most distinguishes it from its predecessors, is that it appears voluntary. People choose… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“You’re scaring the dog,” Trish pointed out. She rarely called me by name. They do that in prisoner of war camps, I’ve… — Garth Stein Copy Share Image
It is God's earth out of which man is taken. From it he has his body. His body belongs to his essential… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Individuals get caught up in the policy of their country. In prison, for instance, a warden or officer is not promoted if… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
When my daughter was born, I called her Ella Bella Mandela, because she was born the day after Mandela was released from… — Phil Daniels Copy Share Image
There's a lot of forces opposed to legalization marijuana, so I don't want to put the cart before the horse. It's looking… — John Buffalo Mailer Copy Share Image
When we mourn those who die young – those who have been robbed of time – we weep for lost joys. We… — Josephine Hart Copy Share Image
Anyone who has been to an English public school will always feel comparatively at home in prison. It is the people brought… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
Most crimes are sanctioned in some form or other when they take grand names. — Ouida Copy Share Image
And please, please, lets us put mental health back on the top of our national agenda, our prisons and our jails are… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Wherever there's a prison, for the most part, especially where there's Black people, it's overcrowded. I don't know who really gets out. — Terry McMillan Copy Share Image
“Abolition is not some disstant future but something we create in every moment when we say no to the traps of empire… — Eric A. Stanley Copy Share Image
And I just hope that I'm forgiven for carin bout how they livin and loanin a little money and keepin em outta… — Drake Copy Share Image
A prison is a cross section of society in which every human strain is clearly revealed. — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
Dayodhuam: I have heard the key Turn in the door once and turn once only We think of the key, each in… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
