Crime Quote by Angela Davis

I've spent a lot of time in prisons, first doing legal work and later, teaching.

— Peter Orner

I have dedicated my career to advocating for a more equitable, humane criminal justice system.

— Eric Adams

As a prosecutor, I've been in prisons. I've had the opportunity to see what they're like in America.

— Tom Rooney

Over the course of my career, which is about 40 years, I've visited plenty of prisons and I know what they're like.

— Kate Mulgrew

When you're in prison, the progress of the outside world doesn't necessarily translate inside prison walls. You don't have any rights; it just doesn't…

— Samira Wiley

I'm both an artist / filmmaker and a human rights defender.

— Pamela Yates

I do a number of things working on human rights issues, prison recidivism rates, and then I also push and have worked a lot…

— Sam Brownback

Prison widens your circle of friends. In my stand-up, I can now talk about things that no one else has the right to touch.

— Craig Charles

Prison is where you promise yourself the right to live.

— Jack Kerouac

I've worked in the prison system for five years, and most of those folks in prison didn't have a direction.

— Stedman Graham

I am in the penitentiary. The only thing that I do is my time.

— Suge Knight

There are hundreds of prisons - sexual, political, cultural. But being a prisoner also gives you impetus.

— Gerald Stern