Man In Jail Quote by Barbara Deming

“The views of the Courts in regard to imprisonment have however undergone modification in the last ten years. Imprisonment is seen more and more…

— V.G. Hiemstra

“I am convinced that imprisonment is a way of pretending to solve the problem of crime. It does nothing for the victims of crime,…

— Howard Zinn

“He who has never tasted jail Lives well within the legal pale, While he who's served a heavy sentence Renews the racket, not repentance.”

— Ogden Nash

“There are many, many ways to be imprisoned. You don’t need fences, handcuffs, chains, or steel bars. Your heart or your own mind can…

— Cary Allen Stone

“...the court, as now constituted, would be meaningless without the jail which gives it its power. But if there is anything I have learned…

— Barbara Deming

Of course it can be said of jails, too, that they try - by punishing the troublesome - to deter others. No doubt, in…

— Barbara Deming

“Under a goverment which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison”

— Henry David Thoreau

“In the criminal law [...] imprisonment should be resorted to only after the most anxious consideration.”

— Pius Langa

My perception has changed from thinking if someone's in jail they're supposed to be, to there's a lot of factors that's not that simple.

— Maya Moore

“You will find that most prisons are forged in someone’s own mind. And they invariably possess the key to their release if they could…

— Jeff Wheeler

“Miranda warnings, written by the Supreme Court a long time ago, which require arresting officers to advise the suspect that, among other things, “anything…

— James Duane

“Can anyone be arrested for being such an asshole as him? Should they pass a law, legislate for just such things, make it a…

— Chassis Albuquerque