Change Quote by Paul Watson

Jail is much easier on people who have nothing.

— Bernhard Goetz

“In the federal system alone there were 90,000 prisoners locked up for drug offenses, compared with about 40,000 for violent crimes. A federal prisoner…

— Piper Kerman

We keep a woman in prison for decade after decade at a cost of $60,000 a year, and then give them $200 when they…

— Susan Burton

People coming out of jail need a path back into society: access to a job, a place to live, supportive services. We've seen what…

— London Breed

My perception has changed from thinking if someone's in jail they're supposed to be, to there's a lot of factors that's not that simple.

— Maya Moore

The thing that happens is that politicians run on tough-on-crime rhetoric. You appeal to the public and say, 'Let's put more money into taller…

— Eugene Jarecki

Jail sucks all the way around.

— Xzibit

Jail is just another micro-society. It just happens that here, the problems are far more out in the open, we don't live with the…

— Cecily McMillan

People don't understand that you can actually lose your life going to jail. There's more violence in the jail-house than there is on the…

— Snoop Dogg

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

Jail is just the government's way of sending you to your room.

— Syzzer

People are released from prison so unprepared. They give you $200. We call it gate money. And you have to pay for a bus…

— Susan Burton