Quote by Jon Ronson

“In the criminal law [...] imprisonment should be resorted to only after the most anxious consideration.”

— Pius Langa

“So if you say the word threat you can kill any prisoner under my control?” I”

— Nat Kozinn

“The views of the Courts in regard to imprisonment have however undergone modification in the last ten years. Imprisonment is seen more and more…

— V.G. Hiemstra

“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

“I am convinced that imprisonment is a way of pretending to solve the problem of crime. It does nothing for the victims of crime,…

— Howard Zinn

“Imprisonment is the form of punishment which may detrimentally affect not only the offender but also his family and his employment and because of…

— P.W. Thirion

“Playing the victim is like surrendering to self-imprisonment.”

— Cynthia Olmedo

“You're not my type for long-term imprisonment.”

— Suzanne Brockmann

“The judge says a dozen years and they are out in six. The rest of us get life with no parole.”

— Mark Sennen

“I like visiting people in prison. I can say whatever I want to them, and they can’t do anything about it.”

— Brandon Sanderson

“The police need to learn that repeatedly threatening to arrest a person that is fully compliant is going to make life harder for them…

— Steven Magee

“Yes, they manage to sound very reasonable to themselves as they talk of deterring others from crime; but the act of putting a man…

— Barbara Deming