Building Quote by B. Traven

The prison, above all others, should be the most human of institutions.

— Eugene V. Debs

The prison is not the only institution that has posed complex challenges to the people who have lived with it and have become so…

— Angela Davis

Prison opened my eyes to so many things. It was a great time. I met interesting people. I got to understand the behaviour of…

— Jonathan King

It's not that prison makes you shed your abstract notions. On the contrary, it pares them down to their most succinct articulations. Prison is,…

— Joseph Brodsky

Prison is a recruitment center for the army of crime. That is what it achieves.

— Michel Foucault

“[Prison] relieves us of the responsibility of seriously engaging with the problems of our society, especially those produced by racism and, increasingly, global capitalism.”

— Angela Y. Davis

This Life Was Not Created To Be A Prison. It Was Designed To Be A Platform For Creativity And Expression That Is Colourful And…

— Pacifiersucker

Prison is not a place for humans. Period. It's just an animal house.

— Lil Boosie

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

— Gerald Stern

Everybody knows that prison is not a good place for anyone, and nobody would feel proud to be there. But I'd like to mention…

— Mohammad Amir

“Nothing about the daily workings of the prison system focuses its inhabitants’ attention on what life back on the outside, as a free citizen,…

— Piper Kerman

In the very progress of society, the prison has in the very nature of things undergone some improvement, but there are vast stretches yet…

— Eugene V. Debs