Lewis E. Lawes

“I accompanied him to the first aid clinic to look at the would-be suicide. He was unconscious. Nurses were already on the…

— Lewis E. Lawes

“What Mr. Osborne did not see clearly was that prisoners are, actually, people who have quarreled with the law. That regardless of…

— Lewis E. Lawes

“What is this thing Law that brands man with the indelible insignia of shame from which he can never escape? Law is…

— Lewis E. Lawes

“Since time began man has been struggling with the problem of behavior. In early days, when almost every human attribute had its…

— Lewis E. Lawes

Never give a man up until he has failed at something he likes.

— Lewis E. Lawes

“He proceeded on the theory that confinement within the walls of the prison was punishment. That the law never intended to confine…

— Lewis E. Lawes

“Prison is the easiest way out for authority, as locks and keys are the warden's simplest tools. It does not require strong…

— Lewis E. Lawes

“You've been with us a long time, Warden," he continued. "Have you ever found a man who really wants to be bad?…

— Lewis E. Lawes

“Guidance rather than deterrence is the answer to crime. It is the only course that promises permanence. Prison walls must not be…

— Lewis E. Lawes

As if one crime of such nature, done by a single man, acting individually, can be expiated by a similar crime done…

— Lewis E. Lawes

“To Max the law did not inspire respect but fear. Whom men fear, they do not respect.”

— Lewis E. Lawes

“I am not afraid to die," he said. "We've all got to die. I've never had a headache, never had tuberculosis, or…

— Lewis E. Lawes

“Prisoners resent being questioned about crime motives. That is why psychiatry and psychological treatment in prisons have accomplished little with prisoners. The…

— Lewis E. Lawes

“Yet it was Emerson who said that "I have never heard of a crime which I might not have committed.”

— Lewis E. Lawes

“The idea of having baseball games at Sing Sing and bringing in a high school team to play with the crooks at…

— Lewis E. Lawes

“The gentleman in charge of the Correspondence Courses was plainly doubtful about the prisoner of middle age who was anxious to enroll…

— Lewis E. Lawes

“Prison administration is concerned with this phase of procedure because of the generally accepted notion--in and out of prisons--that money can get…

— Lewis E. Lawes

“more law, more crime, more rules, more violations”

— Lewis E. Lawes

“Society's attitude toward crime and criminals is reflected by the laws on its statue books. As long as it views these problems…

— Lewis E. Lawes

Give vocational training to the manually minded, and the children's courts of the future will have less to do.

— Lewis E. Lawes