Bars Quote by Thomas Frank

For years, decades, the system has taught us to stay quiet. They've made us believe that those who take to the streets to speak…

— Bad Bunny

“In 2008, one in a hundred American adults was behind bars. Just what manner of people does our prison policy reveal us to be?”

— David Cay Johnston

Keeping them behind bars does little to reduce crime, but it does a lot to tear apart families, our prisons and our jails are…

— Hillary Clinton

Politics and public life are not for the faint of heart. It has been and always will be a noisy and cantankerous place.

— Charlie Baker

You have an electorate [in America] that wants to see people who are not tough on crime.

— Nat Hentoff

If Americans actually have the conversation about our disastrous prison policies, we'll understand the trends all move in very dangerous directions: we lock up…

— Dahlia Lithwick

Those who are quiet will always cause riots.

— Dr. Dre

I speak often with our law enforcement, both on the streets and those charged with keeping dangerous criminals secured behind bars.

— Nicole Malliotakis

For reasons that have stunningly little to do with crime or crime rates, we, as a nation, have chosen to lock up more than…

— Michelle Alexander

Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

We have an open society. No one will come and take me away for saying what I am saying. But they don't have to,…

— Jackson Browne

Defenders of the status quo will often try to mislead the public by saying, "Just look at our state prisons: nearly half of the…

— Michelle Alexander