Europe Quote by Andrew Heaton

Did you know there are more people behind bars for drug offenses in the United States than there are in prison for all crimes…

— Anonymous

“Prison is a still point in a turning world, and it is very easy to remain in the same place in jail while the…

— Nelson Mandela

“Aren't we all in varying degrees, captives in our own personal prisons, bound by our limiting habits?”

— Ruthy Alon

“The real point here, however, is not that innocent people are locked up. That has been true since penitentiaries first opened in America. The…

— Michelle Alexander

Today more Americans are imprisoned for drug offenses than for property crimes

— George Will

“Today, the United States has the highest rate of imprisonment of any nation in the world—possibly the highest rate in the history of any…

— David Cay Johnston

“The United States contains less than 5 percent of the world’s population but houses nearly a quarter of the world’s prisoners.”

— Gabor Maté

“The U.S. incarceration rate is the world’s highest and some nine to ten times that of many European countries. Almost 1 in 100 American…

— Joseph E. Stiglitz

“[Prison] relieves us of the responsibility of seriously engaging with the problems of our society, especially those produced by racism and, increasingly, global capitalism.”

— Angela Y. Davis

“Our prison population, in fact, is now the biggest in the history of human civilization. There are more people in the United States either…

— Matt Taibbi

“Worldwide, more men are raped in prisons each year than women outside”

— Adam Anderson

“Mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses are the prime reason that the U.S. prison population has ballooned since the 1980s to over 2.5 million…

— Piper Kerman