Crime Quote by Joseph Brodsky

The formula for prison is a lack of space counterbalanced by a surplus of time. This is what really bothers you, that you can't…

— Joseph Brodsky

Sometimes the longer you are inside a prison, the harder it is to fathom what is possible beyond its walls.

— Suki Kim

Being incarcerated does not mean being devoid of the capacity to learn, grow, and think, and it's critical that prisons provide spaces where learning…

— Clint Smith

The lack of space and a growing prison population has strained resources and put pressure on all levels of the penal system.

— Elizabeth Flock

It's not that prison makes you shed your abstract notions. On the contrary, it pares them down to their most succinct articulations. Prison is,…

— Joseph Brodsky

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

Prison is a second-by-second assault on the soul, a day-to-day degradation of the self, an oppressive steel and brick umbrella that transforms seconds into…

— Mumia Abu-Jamal

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

Prisons are called 'correctional facilities' because the goal is to correct the behavior that sent people there.

— Charlie Kirk

Prison is, indeed, a translation of your metaphysics, ethics, sense of history and whatnot into the compact terms of your daily deportment.

— Joseph Brodsky

Listen, the conditions in prison as a whole - you're not sleeping in a comfortable bed, you're not eating good food, and this is…

— Michael Sorrentino

Prison, with its daily rhythm, with the transfer and the defense, does not leave any time; prison dissolves time: This is the principal form…

— Antonio Negri