Half Quote by Selenis Leyva

I was always shocked in prison because it's a scary place. It's not natural to lock that many people up like that, in such…

— Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

The idea we have of prison is a scary place that also houses crazy people. And, to me, it was like, none of these…

— W. Kamau Bell

In terms of closing Rikers, we have to close Rikers, but we have to ensure that we're not just taking - that we're not…

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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

My dad had a retail business in Leavenworth, Kansas, and there's a whole bunch of prisons there, so it was a backdrop of my…

— Eric Stonestreet

A lot of those old, 19th-century sanitariums, mental institutions, there are a number of them left here, old prisons, things like that, Eastern State…

— Josh Gates

People in general have a preconceived idea of what prison is, from seeing documentaries or whatever.

— Laura Prepon

It was my first time in prison. I was there to volunteer with Defy Ventures, along with 500 teammates Tara Graham, Brian Wang, and…

— Christine Tsai

My worst memory is living through the 1989 riot in Huntingdon Prison.

— Nick Yarris

The greatest prison to live in, Is the fear of what other people? Think of YOU!

— Andrew Guzaldo

I actually worked with an organization called Drama Club that works with incarcerated teens and youth in a detention center and in Rikers Island,…

— Susan Kelechi Watson

I saw worse stuff inside prison than I ever saw in the streets.

— Bernard Hopkins