Community Quote by David Gauke

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

There used to be very few women in prisons, but this changed with the introduction of the hudood laws.

— Asma Jahangir

Some studies have shown close to 70 percent of men who are in prison have one of two things in common: One, they can't…

— Joe Biden

“Longer sentences also build incarceration rates and create a chronic condition of social incapacitation for those imprisoned, as they face severe restrictions on their…

— David Cay Johnston

I think it's critically important for people to understand that this system of mass incarceration governs not just those who find themselves in prison…

— Michelle Alexander

“of the nearly 7.3 million people currently under correctional control, only 1.6 million are in prison.27 This caste system extends far beyond prison walls…

— Michelle Alexander

No funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons.

— Jerry Weller

“Mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses are the primary reason that the U.S. prison population has ballooned since the 1980s to over 2.5 million…

— Piper Kerman

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

“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

“Mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses are the prime reason that the U.S. prison population has ballooned since the 1980s to over 2.5 million…

— Piper Kerman

Because it would be too agonizing to cope with the possibility that anyone, including our selves, could become a prisoner, we tend to think…

— Angela Davis