Theodore Dalrymple Quotes
I have never understood the liberal assumption that if there were justice in the world, there would be fewer rather than more prisoners.
Anthony Daniels, (Theodore Dalrymple), English Writer and Physician, Served as a Prison Doctor for a while, Policeman in Wonderland, Spring 2000
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The sheriff was responsible for the Cook County Jail. At the time of the interview, Dart had 2500 mentally ill people in his job, making the Cook County Jail the largest insane asylum in the country. The worst part about that situation was that the jail is in no position to provide proper diagnosis and treatment for the mentally ill.
The increase compared to the rest of the world really occurred in the 1980s when The War on Drugs began jailing drug users and dealers and that accounts for the major difference. The 3000 different federal crimes, if an accurate number, is all the more remarkable because in America, the major part of law enforcement is handled by the state and local governments.
This quotation is surprising to many because the National Association of Evangelicals is a very conservative organization which is usually at the right wing of political and social issues. However, religions are generally more complex with nuanced positions compared to political parties. On the issue of Prisons, the National Association of Evangelicals is at the left wing of the political spectrum.
Anthony Malcolm Daniels, also known by the pen name Theodore Dalrymple (/dælˈrɪmpəl/), is an English cultural critic, prison physician and psychiatrist. He worked in a number of Sub-Saharan African countries as well as in the East End of London. Before his retirement in 2005, he worked in City Hospital, Birmingham and Winson Green Prison in inner-city Birmingham, England.
