Able Quote by Peter Orner

After you have been incarcerated for so long, whatever story is told in the aftermath is beautiful.

— Rhys Ifans

My personal story is that my father was a heroin addict and a heroin dealer and has been in and out of prison my…

— Daniel Beaty

“Now picture that one day, a single prisoner is somehow freed … The familiar wall with its comforting shadows suddenly feels safer and saner than…

— Kevin L. Michel

My buddy tells me a lot of interesting stories about what goes on in prison - it just makes my head spin about what…

— Aaron Douglas

“I stared out the window, at the whitecapped mountains in the distance. It was strange, looking at them from the other side. A month…

— Charles Martin

I have much to say about the pain I've felt and seen inside of prison. It has been an eye-opening and harrowing experience.

— Lane Garrison

“I often find myself in a room full of strangers, and very often it’s a tough crowd. But I’m a master networker, so for…

— Jarod Kintz

“Talking to a prisoner under duress can be the most shameful thing a journalist will ever do. I stared at him, willing him to…

— Maziar Bahari

Prison has a universal fascination. It's a real-life horror story because, given the right set of circumstances, anyone could find themselves behind bars.

— Wentworth Miller

How do you think jail was?! I got face raped by a woman... and I think I may have liked it.

— Chelsea Handler

Don’t you think every face tells its own story? Like a book? More like a poem. If you study it long enough, you’ll soon…

— Gail Tsukiyama

“My eyes have adjusted to the colorlessness of living in a country like this But brutal to give the prisoner a window And every…

— Abeer Abdullah