Voting rights Quote by Michelle Alexander

Granting formerly incarcerated individuals the right to vote tells them 'your voice matters.'

— Alex Padilla

“This is far from the norm in other countries—like Germany, for instance, which allows (and even encourages) prisoners to vote.”

— Michelle Alexander

“It is not possible for others to keep us prisoners if we want to be free”

— Mimi Novic

No one should be incarcerated for debt or squeezed for money they have no chance of getting their hands on.

— Barbara Ehrenreich

Why on earth would free people remain prisoners in a cage of absurd laws and regulation, with rigid constraints that humiliate the true needs…

— Matteo Salvini

“Prison abolition is more than a politic, it’s a daily practice.”

— Shira Hassan

There was a time that human rights was not even an issue in this country. Then prisoners' rights became an issue.

— Asma Jahangir

“We have created a new caste system that forces thousands of people into homelessness, bans them from living with their families and in their…

— Bryan Stevenson

Imprisoning convicted criminals for longer and longer periods sounds like an appealing and commonsense proposal to many people. After all, when lawbreakers are locked…

— Charlie Kirk

“Poverty and a lack of education are the tools used to manipulate their minds. They are in prison just like us, only their prison…

— Nigel Brennan

The formerly incarcerated - returning citizens - often face a cruel irony in America. Having paid their debt to society, too many are banned…

— Stacey Abrams

I know what it's like to be ignored, and I think that is the big problem about the prison system: These people are being…

— Lee Tergesen