Aids Quote by Carrie P. Meek

“Between 1990 and 2005, a new prison opened in the United States every ten days. Prison growth and the resulting “prison-industrial complex”—the business interests…

— Bryan Stevenson

Spending our tax dollars on actually preventing crimes, instead of pursuing death sentences after they've already been committed, will assure us we will have…

— Gil Garcetti

More prisons, more enforcement, effective death penalty.

— Jerry Weller

Let's stop wasting billions of dollars on prisons, which send people home who are too often less capable and more damaged than when they…

— Van Jones

The crime bill basically incentivized the prison system. There were quotas, mandatory minimums. You have to serve 85 percent of your time, so it…

— Malcolm Jenkins

I believe prisons have emerged as a new frontline in the fight against crime. The fact is, new technology and sophisticated approaches mean that…

— David Gauke

“The massive prison construction represents a commitment by our nation to plan for social failure by spending billions of dollars to lock up hundreds…

— Steven Donziger

America needs fewer laws, not more prisons.

— James Bovard

If we start treating addiction as a public health issue, with more compassion, and without the criminal element, our society will be better off…

— John Fetterman

Unless we address those that are leaving prisons, we can't begin to repair the damage of mass incarceration and make our communities whole and…

— Susan Burton

Let us be clear. Prison works. It ensures that we are protected from murderers, muggers and rapists, and it makes many who are tempted…

— Michael Howard

Or is it the mind state thats ill, creating crime rates to fill the new prisons the build.

— Talib Kweli