Crime Quote by Bryant McGill

“Prison is a society cultivating psychological repression. Deceptive, the subservient appearance of its camouflage a rage boiling just beneath the surface.”

— Dwight E. Abbott

“In 2008, one in a hundred American adults was behind bars. Just what manner of people does our prison policy reveal us to be?”

— David Cay Johnston

“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

“[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

“Not all prisons have bars. You should know that better than anyone, Princess.”

— Amanda Hocking

“Secrets are the prisons we make for ourselves.”

— Joe Hill

“Of all the bars in the world, prison is the worst, followed closely by the ones that serve alcohol.”

— Jarod Kintz

“building prisons is our number one social program for young men.”

— Gavin de Becker

“Prison abolition is more than a politic, it’s a daily practice.”

— Shira Hassan

“Some people are physically trapped behind metal bars while others are prisoners within their own closed minds...”

— Ramona Matta

“Prison is a still point in a turning world, and it is very easy to remain in the same place in jail while the…

— Nelson Mandela

“One man's imagined community is another man's political prison.”

— Arjun Appadurai