"Very close by the CMS shops, hidden about……" — Piper Kerman
"Very close by the CMS shops, hidden about a quarter mile away in the woods, was the prison's rifle range. Correctional officers could spend quality time with their firearms down there, and the hammering of multiple rounds was typical background noise during our workdays. There was something unsettling about toiling away for a prison while listening to your jailers practice shooting you."
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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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Instead, our system of "corrections" is about arm's-length revenge and retribution, all day and all night. Then its overseers wonder…
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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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We were never friends. Not for a second. I loved you.
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