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“There are an estimated 120,000 inmates in federal prisons who are grappling with being trapped behind bars, though they are not guilty of any…

— Colin Warner

“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

There are many innocent people in prison.

— Brian Banks

“In the federal system alone there were 90,000 prisoners locked up for drug offenses, compared with about 40,000 for violent crimes. A federal prisoner…

— Piper Kerman

“The percentage of drug arrests that result in prison sentences (rather than dismissal, community service, or probation) has quadrupled, resulting in a prison-building boom…

— Michelle Alexander

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

— Ramona Matta

“The majority of people who are in prison are there because society has failed them.”

— Angela Y. Davis

For reasons that have stunningly little to do with crime or crime rates, we, as a nation, have chosen to lock up more than…

— Michelle Alexander

All prisons are brimming over with innocence. It is those who cram their fellows into them, in the name of empty ideas, who are…

— Jean Anouilh

Most prisons in this country are in the middle of nowhere, which makes it much easier for us all to throw those people away.…

— W. Kamau Bell

Some prisons don't require bars to keep people locked inside. All it takes is their perception that they belong there.

— Lysa TerKeurst

“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