America Quote by Anthony Ray Hinton

It had long been true, and prisoners knew this better than anyone, that the poorer you were the more likely you were to end…

— Howard Zinn

“Understanding African American attitudes and actions on matters of crime and punishment requires that we pay careful attention to another topic that is often…

— James Forman Jr

Black people are more likely to be incarcerated than white people. That's just a fact and it's regrettable and it's got to change.

— Peter Hedges

“Prison presented a solution: jobs for whites, and warehousing for blacks. Mass incarceration “widened the income gap between white and black Americans,”

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

“The prisons in the United States had long been an extreme reflection of the American system itself: the stark life differences between rich and…

— Howard Zinn

Poor people, people of color - especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.

— Angela Davis

Poverty is like punishment for a crime you didn't commit.

— Eli Khamarov

It doesn't matter what color you are. Poverty is poverty. Inmates come from all walks of life. We have to make sure we look…

— David Fizdale

“Going into any prison is deeply confusing if you know anything about the racial demographics of America. The extreme overrepresentation of people of color,…

— Bryan Stevenson

“I understand now that the only time black people don't feel guilty is when we've actually done something wrong, because that relieves us of…

— Paul Beatty

What is crucial to your survival as a race is not the redistribution of power and wealth within the prison but rather the destruction…

— Daniel Quinn

If you're born in America with a black skin, you're born in prison, and the masses of black people in America today are beginning…

— Malcolm X