“ All across America public libraries were, and are, being shut down, while prisons-with libraries-were, and are, being built. This has been a choice the American public has been making for over thirty… Avi Steinberg
“ [Prison] relieves us of the responsibility of seriously engaging with the problems of our society, especially those produced by racism and, increasingly, global capitalism. Angela Y. Davis
“ Christians talk as though goodness was their idea but good behavior doesn't have any religious origin. Our prisons are filled with the devout. Andy Rooney
