Decades Quote by Marc Lamont Hill

Private prison companies are now listed on the New York Stock exchange and are doing quite well in a time of economic recession (and…

— Michelle Alexander

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

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

I don't know whether it's the finest public housing in America or the crown jewel of the American penal system.

— William J. Clinton

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

Eventually, there will not be enough prisons if there are not enough good homes.

— Neal A. Maxwell

“The massive prison construction represents a commitment by our nation to plan for social failure by spending billions of dollars to lock up hundreds…

— Steven Donziger

“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

One of the reasons that so many people of color and poor people are in prison is that the deindustrialization of the economy has…

— Angela Davis

We're talking about a prison-industrial complex. We're talking about a war on drugs that's generating unprecedented levels of incarcerated folk. We're talking about dilapidated…

— Cornel West

There are numerous issues that governments used to deal with that they now no longer deal with to the same extent: Prisons have been…

— Mary Robinson

Prison is not a place for humans. Period. It's just an animal house.

— Lil Boosie