Crime Quote by David Cay Johnston

“The current social organization is a sophisticated lie and invisible prison without bars.”

— Bryant McGill

“Not all prisons have bars. You should know that better than anyone, Princess.”

— Amanda Hocking

“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 crime.”

— Colin Warner

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

— Ramona Matta

“[Prison] relieves us of the responsibility of seriously engaging with the problems of our society, especially those produced by racism and, increasingly, global capitalism.”

— Angela Y. Davis

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

— Angela Y. Davis

“Prison is quite literally a ghetto in the most classic sense of the world, a place where the U.S. government now puts not only…

— Piper Kerman

Justified by the war on drugs, the United States is in the midst of a prison binge made obvious by the fact that since…

— Henry Giroux

“Of all the bars in the world, prison is the worst, followed closely by the ones that serve alcohol.”

— Jarod Kintz

“Prison abolition is more than a politic, it’s a daily practice.”

— Shira Hassan

“We have been spending far more for prison institutions than for higher education in the last 20 years. What does that say about our…

— Christopher Zoukis

“Aren't we all in varying degrees, captives in our own personal prisons, bound by our limiting habits?”

— Ruthy Alon