"Instead, our system of "corrections" is about arm's-length……" — Piper Kerman
"Instead, our system of "corrections" is about arm's-length revenge and retribution, all day and all night. Then its overseers wonder why people leave prison more broken than when they went in."
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11 Quotes by Piper Kerman
Piper Kerman has 11 quotes on this site.
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When you are deep in misery, you reach out to those who can help, people who can understand.
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Do you have to find the evil in yourself in order to truly recognize it in the world?
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I knew that I would have to be brave. Not foolhardy, not in love with risk and danger, not making…
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If I could forgive, it meant I was a strong good person who could take responsibility for the path I…
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From a young age I had learned to get over--to cover my tracks emotionally, to hide or ignore my problems…
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Prison is quite literally a ghetto in the most classic sense of the word, a place where the U.S. government…
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I went back to work right away [after prison]. I was very lucky — a friend of mine created a…
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Our current criminal justice system has no provision for restorative justice, in which an offender confronts the damage they have…
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Very close by the CMS shops, hidden about a quarter mile away in the woods, was the prison's rifle range.…
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We were never friends. Not for a second. I loved you.
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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