Clear Quote by Kamala Harris

Let us be clear. Prison works. It ensures that we are protected from murderers, muggers and rapists, and it makes many who are tempted…

— Michael Howard

Shouldn't one of the goals of prison be getting as many of the inmates as possible back out into the world to be responsible…

— W. Kamau Bell

“Prison administration is concerned with this phase of procedure because of the generally accepted notion--in and out of prisons--that money can get away with…

— Lewis E. Lawes

Privatizing bits of the prison industry was a step in the right direction, but what we didn't have - until recently - were proper…

— Thomas Frank

“Even beyond private prison companies, a whole range of prison profiteers must be reckoned with if mass incarceration is to be undone, including phone…

— Michelle Alexander

The prison industrial complex is perhaps, at least domestically, the most striking example of us putting profit before people. It all stems from one…

— Eugene Jarecki

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

Let's stop wasting billions of dollars on prisons, which send people home who are too often less capable and more damaged than when they…

— Van Jones

We must do better by offenders who are sent to prison to make them less likely to return.

— David Lidington

“Between 1990 and 2005, a new prison opened in the United States every ten days. Prison growth and the resulting “prison-industrial complex”—the business interests…

— Bryan Stevenson

In addition to making sense and serving the needs of justice, rehabilitating prisoners and releasing them when they are ready can save taxpayers money.

— Charlie Kirk

I'm suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.

— Angela Davis