Quote by Gene Wolfe

“But in that grim world where everyone gnawed up whomever he could, where a human's life and conscience were bought for a ration of…

— Alexander Solschenizyn

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

— Shira Hassan

Due to the fact that I experienced personally the situation of a political prisoner, I have an historical commitment to all those that were…

— Dilma Rousseff

“[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

“[W]hen injustice, robbery, and inequity are not just individual but institutional, it's time to take a political stand.”

— Alisa Harris

“One of the most productive ways a government can spend money on the people is by building more prisons. That’s what makes the US…

— Jarod Kintz

“I know that imprisonment will be harder for me than it has ever been for anyone, filled with cowardly threats and hideous cruelty. But…

— Fidel Castro

“Prisoners have freedom of thought, but not freedom of action.”

— Open University

“Prison is a still point in a turning world, and it is very easy to remain in the same place in jail while the…

— Nelson Mandela

“There is nothing exceptional about today, except that today can be a day of new beginnings, of crossing lines in the sand, of deciding…

— Mike Erre

There is something deeply wrong with a political culture which only wants to talk about incarceration in the aftermath of a tragedy.

— Ash Sarkar

“We are all prisoners of our past. It shapes and defines us and can no more be forgotten than changed.”

— Leonard Goldberg