Copaganda Quote by Alec Karakatsanis

“There is a gulf between the image and reality of the punishment bureaucracy. Copaganda creates that gulf. It is the system of government and…

— Alec Karakatsanis

“The first job of copaganda is to narrow our conception of threat. Rather than the bigger threats to our safety caused by people with…

— Alec Karakatsanis

“The entire genre of police procedurals mythologizes punishment bureaucrats and the allegedly sophisticated technologies they wield. And it's not just Hollywood--fictional copaganda planned and…

— Alec Karakatsanis

“Copaganda obscures the active role police play in doing bad things. Many people have criticized the police-invented term "officer-involved shooting" because it obscures who…

— Alec Karakatsanis

“This, not incidentally, is another perfect setting for deindividuation: on one side, the functionary behind a wall of security glass following a script laid…

— Nick Harkaway

“We must all accept responsibility for our actions, else the world becomes unlivable. Yet it would be a tremendous social advance if we made…

— Gabor Maté

I have heard that it was the perfection of the administration of criminal justice to take care that the punishment should come to few…

— Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

We must be particularly careful when we enact policies in response to a specific crime, a specific type of crime, or crime wave simply…

— Michelle Lujan Grisham

“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

Any legitimate system of criminal justice must first concern itself with justice. If just punishments also deter, rehabilitate, or protect, all the better.

— Michael J. Knowles

“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…

— Lewis E. Lawes

In addition to making sense and serving the needs of justice, rehabilitating prisoners and releasing them when they are ready can save taxpayers money.

— Charlie Kirk