Quote by James Forman Jr

“Only prisoners were ever granted easy passage into a prison.”

— Scott Lynch

“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

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

— Ruthy Alon

“It is not possible for others to keep us prisoners if we want to be free”

— Mimi Novic

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

— Bryant McGill

“When people become prisoners of daily habits and happen to be hostages of choices, which they made in the past, but which they finally…

— Erik Pevernagie

“The US has the highest incarceration rate in the world. I don’t want to release the prisoners—I want to lease them. If they’re not…

— Jarod Kintz

“There was no continuity at all between the prison economy, including prison jobs, and the mainstream economy.”

— Piper Kerman

“We havent´s escaped from our prison, we´ve just moved into a new one. And although there are countless places to hide, there´s nowhere to…

— Alexander Gordon Smith

“...not with the Depression walking around outside the prison walls like a dangerous criminal, one that couldn't be caged as our charges were.”

— Stephen King

We rarely have good alternatives to offer to prison - that's our default.

— James Forman, Jr

How come we never use prison, the failure of prison, as a reason not to give more prison? There's never a moment where we…

— James Forman, Jr