Continue Quote by Crispin Blunt

First of all, I didn't suggest that we should simply get rid of all prisons.

— Angela Davis

We must do better by offenders who are sent to prison to make them less likely to return.

— David Lidington

It's time to end the era of mass incarceration. We need a true national debate about how to reduce our prison population.

— Hillary Clinton

Shouldn't one of the goals of prison be getting as many of the inmates as possible back out into the world to be responsible…

— W. Kamau Bell

I want to see prison numbers come down. We need better custody that cuts reoffending and crime. And we need to ensure judges, magistrates…

— David Lidington

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

The real truth is, the number of convicts is too overwhelming for the means of proper and effectual punishment. I despair of any remedy…

— Robert Peel

It's a monstrous idea to put people in prison and keep them there.

— Molly Ivins

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

How come we never use prison, the failure of prison, as a reason not to give more prison? There's never a moment where we…

— James Forman, Jr

When two of every three people emerging from jail are rearrested and return to prison, it is clear our criminal justice system needs reform.

— Josh Shapiro

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