Aim Quote by Crispin Blunt

Prison is a recruitment center for the army of crime. That is what it achieves.

— Michel Foucault

Prisoners learn how to make do with less, and many of them want to take this ingenuity that they've learned to the outside ...…

— Jeff Smith

In addition to making sense and serving the needs of justice, rehabilitating prisoners and releasing them when they are ready can save taxpayers money.

— Charlie Kirk

Prison itself is a tremendous education in the need for patience and perseverance. It is above all a test of one's commitment.

— Nelson Mandela

There are hundreds of prisons - sexual, political, cultural. But being a prisoner also gives you impetus.

— Gerald Stern

The benefits of prison education go beyond lowering recidivism rates and increasing post-release employment. It can also rekindle a sense of purpose and confidence.

— Clint Smith

I went back to work right away [after prison]. I was very lucky — a friend of mine created a job for me at…

— Piper Kerman

Let's help those in prison maintain positive connections with their community. If we truly want re-entry to be successful, and we do, people need…

— J. B. Pritzker

“the rapid growth of a larger prison system creates an expanded and more powerful system of “correctional” administration, which tends to have self-perpetuating features.”

— David Cay Johnston

For me, prison is a necessary step towards achieving the right to self-determination.

— Jordi Cuixart

Prisons are needed only to provide the illusion that courts and police are effective. They're a kind of job insurance.

— Frank Herbert

“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