Quotes About Prison

Prison is, indeed, a translation of your metaphysics, ethics, sense of history and whatnot into the compact terms of your daily deportment.

I went into jail with absolutely no respect whatsoever for authority, and I came out with even less.

Home is where you are appreciated, safe and protected, creative, and where you are loved - not where you are put in prison.

In the hands of the ego, marriage is a prison. It is exclusive. It is a place where people are constantly reminded of their failures and limited by the energies of another person. It is rife with judgment and blame.

I attended college in prison. I was in jail, so there ain't no going to no classes. They have programs in certain facilities where you can earn good time, and then you get time taken off your sentence. But as far as going to classes, it's not like that. You study, and then an administrator gives you a test. I got a Master's in psychology.

My dad was assistant governor of the prison, so there were times when he would bring some of that discipline home. He was the enforcer, whereas my mother, who was a stay-at-home mum, was always the pacifier.

Oftentimes, when I was reporting on conflict somewhere in the world or prison or wherever I might be, I'd be struck by the fact that religious beliefs were sometimes transformative, sometimes a motivation for violence.

Whilst long prison sentences will always be right for those who commit the most serious crimes, particularly of a violent or sexual nature, the fact is that the vast majority of all offenders will at some point be released.

My experience and research has led me to the regrettable conclusion that our system of mass incarceration functions more like a caste system than a system of crime prevention or control.

When I was in the ring at the Olympics, it was my father's words that I was hearing, not the coaches'. 'I never listened to what the coaches said. I would call my father and he would give me advice from prison.

He who sells what isn't his'n, Must buy it back or go to prison.

Forgiveness is for yourself because it frees you. It lets you out of that prison you put yourself in.

Prison make you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.

Going to prison is like dying with your eyes open.

I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.

Our society spends a lot of money on prison bars. For the sake of our kids, let's invest in monkey bars.

I hated high school. It was a prison.

I got mail from a prison once.

No, I didn't hear about 'Live Aid.' I was in prison, and we were not allowed newspapers in prison.

Keeping a guy in prison costs 50,000 bucks a year. Executing one costs a couple million.

I think corporations are a whole lot different than people. I mean, I don't know a corporation would be put in prison. I do know people would be put in prison.

I just think it's so outrageous that fifteen years is the kind of minimum amount of time that any wrongfully convicted person spends in prison.

How does a nice Catholic girl end up going to prison for a year? It's crazy. I've made mistakes. I have to pay for those mistakes.

I loved to read books in the free world, and there was a lot of time to sit around and do nothing in prison. When you read, it opens up your mind; it helped us take our minds away from where we were.