“ The real purpose of the opposition is to minimize the amount of money the ruling party will have stolen from the people at the end of its term. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ I understand now that the only time black people don't feel guilty is when we've actually done something wrong, because that relieves us of the cognitive dissonance of being black and innocent, and in… Paul Beatty
“ Crime and punishment can be summed up in two classifications: there are bad people and there are people who get into bad situations. The lines for liberation and rehabilitation should first begin with… Johnnie Dent Jr.
“ I would suggest that the prisons I incessantly create are not designed to lock me in, rather they are designed to lock the world out. And the oddity is that either way, I am a prisoner who has sentenc… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ I am convinced that imprisonment is a way of pretending to solve the problem of crime. It does nothing for the victims of crime, but perpetuates the idea of retribution, thus maintaining the endless c… Howard Zinn
“ The notion that a vast gulf exists between "criminals" and those of us who have never served time in prison is a fiction created by the racial ideology that birthed mass incarceration, namely that the… Michelle Alexander
“ We have a choice. We can embrace our humanness, which means embracing our broken natures and the compassion that remains our best hope for healing. Or we can deny our brokenness, forswear compassion,… Bryan Stevenson
“ All these institutions [prisons] seemed purposely invented for the production of depravity and vice, condensed to such a degree that no other conditions could produce it, and for the spreading of this… Leo Tolstoy
“ Joe closed his hand over the watch and it was still warm from his father's pocket, ticking against his palm like a heart. Dennis Lehane
“ The prison inspector and the warders, though they had never understood or gone into the meaning of these dogmas and of all that went on in church, believed that they must believe, because the higher a… Leo Tolstoy
“ Ojiugo often asked, 'But are they treating you well? Are they treating you well?' as though the treatment was what mattered, rather than the blighted reality of it all, that he was in a holding center… Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“ If a deadly snake slithering around in a pre-school bit a child, would you box it up for a month as punishment, and then release it to prey upon the children once again? Edward M. Wolfe
“ Where I grew up, women’s liberation was when you let a chick out of her cage so she could stretch her legs for 15 minutes. John Rachel
“ Looks sure can be deceiving: not every ‘ugly’ person is a ‘bad’ person (or is guilty of whatever it is that they are accused of). Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ Where I grew up, women’s liberation was when you let a chick out of her cage for 15 minutes so she could stretch her legs. John Rachel
“ [C]ritics of Canadian securities regulators sometimes point out that a number of high-profile US securities cases have resulted in prison sentences for the offenders, while incarceration for Canadian… Paul Halpern
“ Proshka was a man of self-esteem. He considered himself a cut above the rest, and had a degree of personal pride. His spell in prison was a humiliating experience for him. No longer could he strut wit… Leo Tolstoy
“ Prison is designed to separate, isolate, and alienate you from everyone and everything. You're not allowed to do so much as touch your spouse, your parents, your children. The system does everything w… Damien Echols
“ Is it possible that my walls are specifically erected and intentionally reinforced out of the fear that God calls me to an existence without walls? And if this is so, do I realize that I am the warden… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Prison is designed to break one's spirit and destroy one's resolve. To do this, the authorities attempt to exploit every weakness, demolish every initiative, negate all signs of individuality--all wit… Nelson Mandela
