Criminals Quote by Bill Hicks

“Jails and prisons are unique medical ecosystems. Many of the people who end up there are already in shaky health from drug use, marginal…

— Maryn McKenna

We've got thousands and thousands of people in jail on minor drug violations and they really don't need to be in jail. They're people…

— Sonny Barger

You do not have to go to either criminalizing and throwing people in prison. I don't think you should do that for people who…

— Kevin Sabet

The issue is, you do not have to go to either criminalizing and throwing people in prison. I don't think you should do that…

— Kevin Sabet

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

“The real point here, however, is not that innocent people are locked up. That has been true since penitentiaries first opened in America. The…

— Michelle Alexander

Treatment is not now available for almost half of those who would benefit from it. Yet we are willing to build more and more…

— William F. Buckley, Jr

When you go to jail, you are under the supervision of the state. You are housed with people who are criminals, so that becomes…

— Carl Hart

You can't put people in jail for having mental disorders. You can't do that, and they should not be held there. They need rehabilitative…

— Cecily McMillan

By creating false environment of a war on drugs, and cruel and unusual punishment with these crimes, 50% of our U.S. population is in…

— Oliver Stone

People coming out of jail need a path back into society: access to a job, a place to live, supportive services. We've seen what…

— London Breed

“The critical point is that thousands of people are swept into the criminal justice system every year pursuant to the drug war without much…

— Michelle Alexander