Athletic Quote by Jack Abramoff

After one has been in prison, it is the small things that one appreciates: being able to take a walk whenever one wants, going…

— Nelson Mandela

Prison is a crash course in the darker side of life. Few survive it without becoming a different person: more cynical, jaded, fearful, angry.…

— Peter McWilliams

In prison, you have to forget about the world on the outside. You have no Internet, no communications, and you're cut off from the…

— Charlie Shrem

What are people released from prison expected to do? How are they expected to survive? Can't get a job, locked out of housing, and…

— Michelle Alexander

Prisons function by isolating those of us who are incarcerated from any means of support other than those charged with keeping us imprisoned: first,…

— Chelsea Manning

There are hundreds of prisons - sexual, political, cultural. But being a prisoner also gives you impetus.

— Gerald Stern

“Prisons are about addictions. Most prisoners are casualties of their own habits. They have all created victims, some in cruel and callous ways, but…

— Stephen Reid

Routine is not a prison, but the way to freedom from time.

— May Sarton

Routine is not a prison, but the way into freedom from time.

— May Sarton

You can see how prison could affect some of the other guys that are there for longer than a year. Because eventually, it starts…

— Michael Sorrentino

To be a prisoner means to be defined as a member of a group for whom the rules of what can be done to…

— Catharine MacKinnon

When you go to jail, you are under the supervision of the state. You are housed with people who are criminals, so that becomes…

— Carl Hart