Prison Reform Discussion Gifts

Youth at House of Correction covering graffiti with correction fluid.

"When is my next parole hearing?"

Skeptic Tank.

"The boss likes people with strong convictions. You're hired."

'It must be a problem of interpretation. I've read this book DOZENS of times, and I keep winding up here!'

"I used to be your old school teacher, I always said you would amount to nothing."

"This one's called 'Incarceration.'"

'I thought he was joking. I didn't think my husband would really turn me in to the FDA!'

"I was forced into early retirement. Is that even legal?"

'Look, several prisoners in my client's facility have reported finding God in their cells! Yet you claim you've never broken in one time?'

Exposed and imprisoned.

'I'm glad you're making friends, Darrel.'

"Remember, we're not just making money. We're building prisons."

"I found out the hard way what a short hop it is from 'Seize the Day' to 'Seize the Money!'"

'The 'whole truth and nothing but the truth' can be tricky.'

'Apparently 'executive assistant' is just a fancy term for scapegoat.'

'Credit Crunch - wassat then?'

'Ask the judge if we can put more than two inmates serving life plus 99 years into one cell!'

Human Rights

Prisoner speech

'The trouble with this country is that it is impossible to be completely legal.'

'Because I CAN'T follow my dreams, dummy!'

"Maybe school's a good thing... I mean...where else do hundreds of people with similar backgrounds come together under one roof...all following a daily routine...with guidance and supervision to better themselves and society? Ya know...besides prison?"

"I can't say I'm wild about these open prisons."

Jeremy Bentham

"My thinking was a little too far outside the box."

"The funds weren't a mutual as I thought."

"While I don't have a formal background in finance, I did corner the cigarette market while I was doing time."

A Passage in the Life of Mr. Watkins Tottle

I blame society for putting me here. But mostly I blame metallurgy for keeping me here.

Solitary refinement.

"When I first saw you on TV, I just knew you were innocent of stalking"

'I'm done doing inside jobs on the outside. I make more on the inside as an outsider artist.'

CCTV on torture cage.

"What are you in for?" "Tagging."