Continue Quote by Wes Moore

Incarceration has become a business. It is in the interest of the police and the prisons to keep locking people up.

— Sam Branson

Incarceration is supposed to keep the community safe from your behavior.

— Judy Sheindlin

I think it's critically important for people to understand that this system of mass incarceration governs not just those who find themselves in prison…

— Michelle Alexander

By incarcerating someone who is homeless or addicted or who suffers from mental health challenges, we only further destabilize that person and create situations…

— Chesa Boudin

Unless we address those that are leaving prisons, we can't begin to repair the damage of mass incarceration and make our communities whole and…

— Susan Burton

The U.S. incarceration binge is not tied to crime. It's a strategy to control the surplus population in a capitalist system that is breaking…

— Jerry Brown

We must do better by offenders who are sent to prison to make them less likely to return.

— David Lidington

Let's help those in prison maintain positive connections with their community. If we truly want re-entry to be successful, and we do, people need…

— J. B. Pritzker

What makes a lot of sense is that, while people are incarcerated, give them the tools they need to be able to have a…

— Valerie Jarrett

“Longer sentences also build incarceration rates and create a chronic condition of social incapacitation for those imprisoned, as they face severe restrictions on their…

— David Cay Johnston

Because prison sentences in America tend to be long, de-incarceration lags falling crime rates by a fair amount, but eventually it does catch up.

— Kevin Drum

Let us be clear. Prison works. It ensures that we are protected from murderers, muggers and rapists, and it makes many who are tempted…

— Michael Howard