Peter Moskos

There's no straight line between closing the mental institutions and filling the prisons but there is some sort of relationship. And it's…

— Peter Moskos

Although I consider myself pretty liberal, I'm not against punishment. There's nothing wrong with punishing someone who has done something wrong. Or…

— Peter Moskos

I am very cynical. That is absolutely what police is doing. But you don't even have to be cynical. I mean, politicians…

— Peter Moskos

I don't think we can reduce the prison population now, so many of these people are damaged goods once they've spent much…

— Peter Moskos

I'm not fond of ideologies. I don't like it when people have answers before they know the question.

— Peter Moskos

I'm not a fan of the death penalty. At some level I think killing is wrong, but I don't have sympathy for…

— Peter Moskos

I say a few good things about Canada in the book, you know. Americans are weird, though. We refuse to look at…

— Peter Moskos

These 2.3 million prisoners, somehow we've convinced ourselves that's normal and rational, more prisoners than soldiers, more prisoners than China, more than…

— Peter Moskos

I find it weird that people who claim to speak for the prisoners basically want to keep them in cages all the…

— Peter Moskos

I know this in a way from my police background: the second you mention, "The system's racist," one-third of the country simply…

— Peter Moskos

If you're willing to give convicts time served and let them walk, why do you want to give them a criminal record?…

— Peter Moskos

When I talk to people the usual progression is, "Flogging's cruel and barbaric," moving very quickly to, "Only 10 lashes for five…

— Peter Moskos

The thing I wrote we ought to look to Canada for is the shorter sentences. I mean, the mess we're in here,…

— Peter Moskos

I think there is a lot of crime caused by desperation, and it doesn't mean that people commit crime because they're poor,…

— Peter Moskos

I would prefer to get lashed rather than go to prison.

— Peter Moskos