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Prison System Quotes

... as recently as the mid-1970s, the most well-respected criminologists were predicting that the prison system would soon fade away. Prison did not deter crime significantly, many experts concluded. Those who had meaningful economic and social opportunities were unlikely to commit crimes regardless of the penalty, while those who went to prison were far more likely to commit crimes again in the future Picture Quote #1

Well, the terrible thing right now, and I don’t know the statistics, but there’s a growing concern in some communities about how rapidly people are sent from school to jail, how quickly they’re put into the criminal justice system. And of course the rapidly growing number of brown people, both men and women, in prison. And this is terrible Picture Quote #1

I want to be a figure for prison reform. I think that the criminal justice system is rotten Picture Quote #1

Many countries persecute their own citizens and intern them in prisons or concentration camps. Oppression is becoming more and more a part of the systems Picture Quote #1

When I was in prison, a Colombian drug lord, offered me $5 million in cash to manipulate a computer system so that he would be released. I turned him down Picture Quote #1

I know what it’s like to be ignored, and I think that is the big problem about the prison system: These people are being thrown away. There is no sense of rehabilitation. In some places, they are trying to do things. But, in most cases, it’s a holding cell Picture Quote #1

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I’ve probably been spit on more that any person alive outside of, I would say, a member of the prison system Picture Quote #1

I’m a prison abolitionist because the prison system as it is set up is just not working. It’s horrible Picture Quote #1

I’ve worked in the prison system for five years, and most of those folks in prison didn’t have a direction Picture Quote #1

I’ve worked in the prison system, on death row and maximum security. I did that work for six years. I’ve worked with some of the most difficult people in our society. Buddhism was accessible and helpful for these individuals Picture Quote #1

It must surely be a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit that even a small number of those men and women in the hell of the prison system survive it and hold on to their humanity Picture Quote #1

The prison system, inherently unjust and inhumane, is the ultimate expression of injustice and inhumanity in the society at large Picture Quote #1

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America is the greatest nation ever founded. The ideals are the greatest ever espoused in human history, and we just need the country to live up to them. But what I worry about are the 1 million black men in the prison system Picture Quote #1

Of the three official objects of our prison system: vengeance, deterrence, and reformation of the criminal, only one is achieved; and that is the one which is nakedly abominable Picture Quote #1

With Animal Factory you’d think that because it’s mostly interiors, you could shoot it anywhere. So we shot this in Philadelphia, and we had the cooperation of the prison system Picture Quote #1

Sorry you don’t believe in paying taxes or in the federal prison system that will soon house you Picture Quote #1

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... as recently as the mid-1970s, the most well-respected criminologists were predicting that the prison system would soon fade away. Prison did not deter crime significantly, many experts concluded. Those who had meaningful economic and social opportunities were unlikely to commit crimes regardless of the penalty, while those who went to prison were far more likely to commit crimes again in the future (Prison System Quotes) Well, the terrible thing right now, and I don’t know the statistics, but there’s a growing concern in some communities about how rapidly people are sent from school to jail, how quickly they’re put into the criminal justice system. And of course the rapidly growing number of brown people, both men and women, in prison. And this is terrible. (Prison System Quotes) I want to be a figure for prison reform. I think that the criminal justice system is rotten (Prison System Quotes) Many countries persecute their own citizens and intern them in prisons or concentration camps. Oppression is becoming more and more a part of the systems (Prison System Quotes) When I was in prison, a Colombian drug lord, offered me $5 million in cash to manipulate a computer system so that he would be released. I turned him down (Prison System Quotes) I know what it’s like to be ignored, and I think that is the big problem about the prison system: These people are being thrown away. There is no sense of rehabilitation. In some places, they are trying to do things. But, in most cases, it’s a holding cell (Prison System Quotes) I’ve probably been spit on more that any person alive outside of, I would say, a member of the prison system (Prison System Quotes) I’m a prison abolitionist because the prison system as it is set up is just not working. It’s horrible (Prison System Quotes) I’ve worked in the prison system for five years, and most of those folks in prison didn’t have a direction (Prison System Quotes) I’ve worked in the prison system, on death row and maximum security. I did that work for six years. I’ve worked with some of the most difficult people in our society. Buddhism was accessible and helpful for these individuals (Prison System Quotes) It must surely be a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit that even a small number of those men and women in the hell of the prison system survive it and hold on to their humanity (Prison System Quotes) The prison system, inherently unjust and inhumane, is the ultimate expression of injustice and inhumanity in the society at large (Prison System Quotes) America is the greatest nation ever founded. The ideals are the greatest ever espoused in human history, and we just need the country to live up to them. But what I worry about are the 1 million black men in the prison system (Prison System Quotes) Of the three official objects of our prison system: vengeance, deterrence, and reformation of the criminal, only one is achieved; and that is the one which is nakedly abominable (Prison System Quotes) With Animal Factory you’d think that because it’s mostly interiors, you could shoot it anywhere. So we shot this in Philadelphia, and we had the cooperation of the prison system (Prison System Quotes) Sorry you don’t believe in paying taxes or in the federal prison system that will soon house you (Prison System Quotes)