Crime Quote by Mason Cooley Download Open image “The prison is the state writ small.” — Mason Cooley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Crime Prison States Writing
Little information is published on prisons, it is one of the hidden regions of our social system, one of the dark zones of our… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
After one has been in prison, it is the small things that one appreciates: being able to take a walk whenever one wants, going… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“the rapid growth of a larger prison system creates an expanded and more powerful system of “correctional” administration, which tends to have self-perpetuating features.” — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
Federal prison, if you get any of it, you're going to have to do 85% of it. And the reason why I called it… — Mike Epps Copy Share Image
The prison was very important - as everywhere on earth. Everywhere the building of a prison is the first step in the organization of… — B. Traven Copy Share Image
The general public knows practically nothing about the prison and appears to be little concerned about how it is managed and how prisoners are… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
Prison is essentially a shortage of space made up for by a surplus of time; to an inmate, both are palpable. — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
Nostalgia keeps dissolving the ironic narratives in which I have contained my past. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Even the most abject have a sense of superiority based on powerful though undefined merits. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
My intentions go one way, my desires another. Thus I feel both self-indulgent and deprived. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
“Crime and punishment can be summed up in two classifications: there are bad people and there are people who get into bad situations. The… — Johnnie Dent Jr Copy Share Image
With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“The jailers, the Court, everyone in that building – it wasn’t about justice; it was about obedience and intimidation…about maintaining order. Fear accomplished that… — Jay Allan Copy Share Image
Taking notes while watching Forensic Files and Snapped. I don't want to make the same mistakes the criminals do! ;) — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Nations sometimes flourish by denying the crimes that brought them into being. Only when the original invasion, occupation, extermination or usurpation has been safely… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
“a crime to fell a tree and light it on fire, where coals of hardened shit warmed and stunk up homes,” — Hugh Howey Copy Share Image
A great read; an exciting, frightening account of organized crime today. But like all important works of nonfiction, it goes further… This book is… — Le Ly Hayslip Copy Share Image
If it comes to a question of law, the charges they brought against me - the Espionage Act - is called the quintessential political… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
