Books Quote by Chris Hayes

The criminal-justice system is, obviously, the sole source of racial tension in this country [USA] or the key institution to resolving the opportunity gap.…

— Barack Obama

“What this book intended to do - the only thing it is intended to do - is to stimulate a much-needed conversation about the…

— Michelle Alexander

“We have a racially based justice system that overpunishes, fails to rehabilitate, and doesn't make us safer.”

— Piper Kerman

America should be ashamed to say they have the best justice system in the world when, every day, race plays a part in who…

— Anthony Ray Hinton

“The announced function of the police, “to protect and serve the people,” becomes the grotesque caricature of protecting and preserving the interests of our…

— Joy James

“We have a system of terrorizing punishment meted out directly to more than two million people in prison and to another five million or…

— Mark Lewis Taylor

“In America, criminal justice policies have become a second line of defense, if you will, against individuals whose development has not been adequately fostered…

— David Cay Johnston

The issue of the American justice system is so much broader than any one party, or any area of the country, or any one…

— Chris Hayes

“I also believe that to truly win back that trust, criminal justice professionals like myself, together with Americans of all shapes, sizes, and colors,…

— Burke Strunsky

“It is not possible to write a relatively short book that explores all aspects of the phenomenon of mass incarceration and its implications for…

— Michelle Alexander

The criminal justice system in the United States is designed to do two things really well: to railroad black and brown bodies into prison,…

— Joy Reid

Much of the foundation of our criminal justice system is derived from slave patrols and was created when African Americans could still be bought,…

— Shaun King