College Quote by Kevin Gates

I've taught in prison; I've counseled people... I've been arrested; I've been to the psychiatrist.

— John Waters

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

Do those serving life sentences deserve access to educational opportunities never having a future beyond bars? The answer is yes and necessitates that in-prison…

— Clint Smith

Unfortunately, the elimination of incentives such as parole, good time credits and funding for college courses, means that fewer inmates participate in and excel…

— Bobby Scott

Studies have shown that inmate participation in education, vocational and job training, prison work skills development, drug abuse, mental health and other treatment programs,…

— Bobby Scott

When you go to jail, you are under the supervision of the state. You are housed with people who are criminals, so that becomes…

— Carl Hart

I've spent a lot of time in prisons, first doing legal work and later, teaching.

— Peter Orner

While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is…

— Eugene V. Debs

Prisons are universities of crime, maintained by the state.

— Peter Kropotkin

There's a particular hierarchy in the prison - class distinctions, high-school cliques. You have to learn how to navigate.

— Laura Prepon

I'm not working-class: I come from the criminal classes.

— Peter O'Toole

You're in a situation where you have limited education opportunities, you don't have any money, you can't get a job; what are you going…

— Hill Harper