“ They were dealt with as in war, and they naturally employed the means that were used against them. Leo Tolstoy
“ I saw a lot of men die there. Most men. Do you know what killed them?”…”Despair,” said Finney. “They believed themselves to be prisoners. I lived with those men, ate the same maggot-infested food, sle… Louise Penny
“ Now to tell ya about our fellow inmates. Pay attention because there are a bunch of us an’ we each have a story. Jason Medina
“ Sometimes I doubt that anyone with a philosophical turn of mind is fit to judge anyone. He never comprehends the concept of guilt. Jack Henry Abbott
“ Instead of making prisoners out of our students, we ought to make students out of our prisoners. Paul W. Silver
“ There is nothing like scrubbing toilets for a living to make you question the choices you have made in life. Raegan Butcher
“ They kept me in a cage for too long because now every room I am standing in is just another cell. Raegan Butcher
“ We call our system the Department of Corrections, or simply Corrections, but correcting or any notion of rehabilitation has been largely thrown to the wayside in favor of punitive action through the r… Erika Camplin
“ Murderers — serving life sentences — were caring for their dying fellow inmates. Washing their bed-sore covered bodies, changing their diapers, holding their hands while they took their last breath. I… Lisa R. Cohen
“ I was always mortified.Didn't they know they were tying thier mothers to the ground? Weren't chains ashamed of their prisoners? Janet Fitch
“ For each man kills the thing he loves yet each man does not diehe does not die a death of shame on a day of dark disgracenor have a noose about his neck, nor a cloth upon his facenor drop feet foremos… Oscar Wilde
“ If you want to test cosmetics, why do it on some poor animal who hasn't done anything? They should use prisoners who have been convicted of murder or rape instead. So, rather than seeing if perfume ir… Ellen DeGeneres
“ People with anxiety and trust issues find themselves drawn to people of consistency because they feel safe with someone who is predictable. However, that doesn’t cure their problem. The anxious person… Shannon L. Alder
“ From warm meals, to daily exercise, to healthcare; one can't help but wonder how our society would be different if tended to the elderly as we do to our imprisoned. Steve Maraboli
“ 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
