Jose Mujica Quotes

I grew to manhood in the Ohio State Penitentiary.

I've definitely become more aware of the penal system and more aware of what life could be like inside a prison.

Prison has a universal fascination. It's a real-life horror story because, given the right set of circumstances, anyone could find themselves behind bars.

Prisons are fascinating places, especially when the inmates are educated white-collar types.

I spent five years of my youth in prison - some very bad prisons.

None of my peers avoided prison. None of 'em.

I am in the penitentiary. The only thing that I do is my time.

I was gladly cuffed, shackled, loaded into the caged bus and driven through the main gate of Bare Hill Correctional Facility for what I pray to God will be forever.

My occupation now, I suppose, is jail inmate.

I was kind of excited about going to jail the first time and I learnt some great dialogue.

Jail was probably the most exciting thing that's ever happened to me.

I've never been in prison. I've been in jail a lot. But I've never actually been sentenced to anything.

I'll stay in my house and watch 'Lockup,' the prison show.

Sometimes, we get numb to the fact that people get sent away. We don't see where they are; we say they are 'doing time,' and you really don't know what that is.

No one cares about you when you're in jail.

I've only been to jail once, and I didn't get my tattoos there.

My father, David Gilbert, is in prison in New York. He is lucky that he has a single cell, not shared with another person. His cell is about eight feet by eight feet.

I get a lot of letters from prisoners. They say things you can't imagine.

When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.

If you speak to anyone who's ever done time, the fact that you make it out of there alive is a miracle.

Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like.

Of course it can be said of jails, too, that they try - by punishing the troublesome - to deter others. No doubt, in certain instances this deterrence actually works. But generally speaking it fails conspicuously.

To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.

People in general have a preconceived idea of what prison is, from seeing documentaries or whatever.

So for you people who are filled with fear that I might someday be released: breathe easy, I don't see it happening.