Jessica Mitford Quotes About Prisons

• the prison system, inherently unjust and inhumane, is the ultimate expression of injustice and inhumanity in the society at large.

  Jessica Mitford

  Expression, Unjust, Injustice

  Jessica Mitford (1973). “Kind and usual punishment: the prison business”, Vintage

• When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When "Somebody Up There" - a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator - so decrees.

  Jessica Mitford

  Government, Prison, Dictator

  Jessica Mitford (1973). “Kind and usual punishment: the prison business”, Not Avail

• Society created the prison in its own image; will history, with its penchant for paradox, reverse those roles?

  Jessica Mitford

  Roles, Prison, Paradox

  Jessica Mitford (1973). “Kind and usual punishment: the prison business”, Not Avail

• Prison walls are meant not only to keep convicts in, but to keep the would-be investigator out.

  Jessica Mitford

  Wall, Would Be, Prison

  Jessica Mitford (1973). “Kind and usual punishment: the prison business”, Vintage

• The character and mentality of the keepers may be of more importance in understanding prisons than the character and mentality of the kept.

  Jessica Mitford

  Character, Understanding, May

  Jessica Mitford (1973). “Kind and usual punishment: the prison business”, Vintage

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin