Abuse Quote by Anna Quindlen

Jail is just another micro-society. It just happens that here, the problems are far more out in the open, we don't live with the…

— Cecily McMillan

“The views of the Courts in regard to imprisonment have however undergone modification in the last ten years. Imprisonment is seen more and more…

— V.G. Hiemstra

Some studies have shown close to 70 percent of men who are in prison have one of two things in common: One, they can't…

— Joe Biden

“Imprisonment is the form of punishment which may detrimentally affect not only the offender but also his family and his employment and because of…

— P.W. Thirion

“I am convinced that imprisonment is a way of pretending to solve the problem of crime. It does nothing for the victims of crime,…

— Howard Zinn

“Having described the unprecedented scale of imprisonment in America, we may still ask: is America’s use of imprisonment really a justifiable (and effective) solution…

— David Cay Johnston

In an unjust society the only place for a just man is prison.

— Henry David Thoreau

The penal code deals with things like theft, false testimony, adultery, fornication, etc. and then there's the law of the state, the law of…

— Anjem Choudary

“Everyone in prison has an ideal of violence, murder. Beneath all relationships between prisoners is the ever-present fact of murder. It ultimately defines our…

— Jack Henry Abbott

Let us be clear. Prison works. It ensures that we are protected from murderers, muggers and rapists, and it makes many who are tempted…

— Michael Howard

“In late twentieth-century America, this "jurisprudence of lawlessness" is a bit out of (fate. While there is a vigorous victim-rights movement in our nation''…

— Richard Maxwell Brown

People coming out of jail need a path back into society: access to a job, a place to live, supportive services. We've seen what…

— London Breed