Top Jail Quotes
Jail Definition
(n.) A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
(v. t.) To imprison.
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
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justice, innocence, jail, prison, guilt, race relations, incarceration, justice system, blacks
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
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justice, racism, desperation, punishment, greed, poverty, jail, prison, retribution, homelessness