Incarceration Quote by Jarod Kintz

We live in a country that talks about being the home of the brave and the land of the free, and we have the…

— Bryan Stevenson

“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

“Today, the United States has the highest rate of imprisonment of any nation in the world—possibly the highest rate in the history of any…

— David Cay Johnston

“Who leads the world in consumption? America! Who has more lawyers per capita? America! Who has the highest incarceration rate? America! What is the…

— Jarod Kintz

“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

“The United States contains less than 5 percent of the world’s population but houses nearly a quarter of the world’s prisoners.”

— Gabor Maté

“The price for freedom may be high, but the price that we pay for being imprisoned and cut off from the very root of…

— Queen Afua

“You are only free when you no longer need to prove your freedom”

— Nicholas C. Rossis

“Freedom’s an illusion. We all live in prisons of our own making.”

— Skye Warren

America, the self-described greatest nation on Earth, has the highest incarceration rate on the planet.

— W. Kamau Bell

“I am often impressed with those that admit their ignorance, for it is the first step towards breaking out of the prison called freedom.”

— Lionel Suggs

“The US has 5 percent of the world’s population, and 25 percent of the world’s prison population.”

— Shane Claiborne