American Quote by Conrad Black

The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Many of those people deserve to be in prison; however, some of them…

— Rand Paul

“The U.S. incarceration rate is the world’s highest and some nine to ten times that of many European countries. Almost 1 in 100 American…

— Joseph E. Stiglitz

I was certainly naïve about the judicial system in America. There's a lot of people who are in prison who are innocent. The system…

— Sam Rockwell

There are many innocent people in prison.

— Brian Banks

Too many Americans go to too many prisons for far too long, and for no truly good law enforcement reason.

— Eric Holder

I don't think there's been a time in American history with more innocent people in prison.

— Bryan Stevenson

More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused as children.

— John Powell

But I really think it's a very unfortunate part of our judicial system and I would feel much, much better if more states would…

— John Paul Stevens

Today the United States has the highest prison population in the world, over 2.1 million people. ... We lock people up at a rate…

— Eve Ensler

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

I'm speaking for everyone who has ever been incarcerated, especially those who are innocent or have been overly charged.

— Isaac Wright Jr

“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