Court Quote by Frank Herbert

It is a huge asset to law and order that serious or persistent criminals should be taken out of the society on which they…

— Ann Widdecombe

Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.

— Anonymous

Prisons are big businesses, which I hadn't realized. A lot of these name brand labels that we wear - they're using prison labor and…

— Da Brat

Incarceration has become a business. It is in the interest of the police and the prisons to keep locking people up.

— Sam Branson

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 more freedom is extended to business, the more prisons have to be built for those who suffer from that business.

— Eduardo Galeano

Prisons are called 'correctional facilities' because the goal is to correct the behavior that sent people there.

— Charlie Kirk

Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do?

— Jerry Brown

Prisons are universities of crime, maintained by the state.

— Peter Kropotkin

Not only are mandatory minimum laws overly punitive and discriminatory, but they're also expensive. Prison is not free. Governments, and ultimately taxpayers, bear the…

— Ralph Northam

America needs fewer laws, not more prisons.

— James Bovard

Some prisons don't require bars to keep people locked inside. All it takes is their perception that they belong there.

— Lysa TerKeurst