Family Quote by Varg Vikernes

For children, the era of mass incarceration has meant a tremendous amount of family separation, broken homes, poverty, and a far, far greater level…

— Michelle Alexander

The generational cycle of people returning to prison has enormous, negative impacts on all Americans, especially the family members of incarcerated people.

— David Steward

I quickly learned that you don't have to be incarcerated by suffering, and that, in spite of the dysfunctional nature of your family, you…

— Sufjan Stevens

I feel that if I ever did adjust to prison, I could by that alone never adjust to society.

— Jack Abbott

I grew up in a family where my brother was in prison. My father was in prison.

— Yo Gotti

The fact that more than 50 percent of Americans have an immediate family member either currently or formerly incarcerated tells you a lot about…

— Chesa Boudin

Being a figurehead for those with family members in prison is somewhat new for me. Something I've discovered since my father's incarceration is that…

— Kambri Crews

I think most people have a general sense that when you're released from prison, life is hard, but, you know, if you work hard…

— Michelle Alexander

People who end up in our prisons tend to come from the most difficult backgrounds. They did not have the parental support as they…

— Chris Grayling

In prison, you have to forget about the world on the outside. You have no Internet, no communications, and you're cut off from the…

— Charlie Shrem

The past does not have to be your prison. You have a voice in your destiny. You have a say in your life. You…

— Max Lucado

There is a direct correlation between education, stable families and incarceration and crime.

— J. C. Watts