Humans Quote by Barbara Deming

Most prisons in this country are in the middle of nowhere, which makes it much easier for us all to throw those people away.…

— W. Kamau Bell

First of all, I didn't suggest that we should simply get rid of all prisons.

— Angela Davis

Unfortunately, prisons try very hard to make us inhuman and unreal by denying our image, and thus our existence, to the rest of the…

— Chelsea Manning

Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings…

— Angela Davis

Prisons where people can't even work is the worst punishment you can think of. And I don't think we should put all convicts in…

— Vladimir Putin

We should not have people in prisons and jails who aren't a violent threat.

— Chesa Boudin

Prisons are out of public sight, and most often out of mind. But the vast majority of prisoners will at some point leave jail…

— David Lidington

I know what it's like to be ignored, and I think that is the big problem about the prison system: These people are being…

— Lee Tergesen

Prisons are like the concentration camps of our time. So many go in and never come out, and primarily they're black and Latino.

— Lisa Bonet

I'm suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.

— Angela Davis

It's a monstrous idea to put people in prison and keep them there.

— Molly Ivins

Prisons do not disappear social problems, they disappear human beings. Homelessness, unemployment, drug addiction, mental illness, and illiteracy are only a few of the…

— Angela Davis