Quotes about Incarceration

Two men looked out from prison bars, One saw the mud, the other saw stars.

While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.

It is not the prisoners who need reformation, it is the prisons.

Liberation is not deliverance. A convict may leave prison behind but not his sentence.

The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.

You have young men of color in many communities who are more likely to end up in jail or in the criminal justice system than they are in a good job or in college. And, you know, part of my job, that I can do, I think, without any potential conflicts, is to get at those root causes.

The US has 5 percent of the world's population, and 25 percent of the world's prison population.

Nothing's wrong with going to jail for something you believe in. Remember, jail was made for people. Not horses.

Nothing's wrong with going to jail for something you believe in. Remember, jail was made for people. Not horses.

Unforgiveness denies the victim the possibility of parole and leaves them stuck in the prison of what was, incarcerating them in their trauma and relinquishing the chance to escape beyond the pain.

If you are born in America with a black skin, you're in prison

You don't have to go behind bars to be in jail in this country. If you are born in this country with black skin you are already in jail, you are already confined, you are already watched over by a warden who poses as your mayor and poses as your governor and poses as your President.