Tony Burton Quotes

Well I certainly have learned and I hope I'm moving on and certainly two years of prison was a terrible punishment.

I get a lot of calls from families and people who have served time and they say, 'Thank you, Sheriff. I hate the tents.' That's music to my ears.

I won't talk about what it was like in prison, except to say I'm glad I'm out and that I plan never to go back and to pay my taxes every day.

My family never missed a visit in eight months, ever. I cried coming out. I didn't cry coming in. There's a big difference. I believe that God put me there for a reason, Incarceration is serious.

When a young person is sent 'up the river,' we need to remember that all rivers can change course.

I went to prison; therefore, I've been rehabilitated, and now I want to get on with my life. I have paid for what I did, end of story.

You have people there from all walks of life: people who made mistakes and have to deal with the consequences, mothers and fathers. You wouldn't expect them to be behind bars.

I know someone from growing up who is in jail right now for the rest of his life, but he was one of the sweetest people I ever knew.

Prison life, fortunately, I spent a lot of years, about 18 years with other prisoners, and, as I say, they enriched your soul.

It's dangerous to write people off just because they've been arrested.

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

After that, I was offered lots of lesbian roles, but I didn't want them because I'd already played the best there was.

I'm not excusing crime or those who bring poison into the community, but I do want brothers and sisters in prison to know someone cares.

One day between takes on the 'Oz' set, I went into one of the cells and laid down and dozed off. When I woke up, I thought I was back in a federal pen. But I did my time, and today no one is more of a free man than Chuck Zito.

Prison opened my eyes to so many things. It was a great time. I met interesting people. I got to understand the behaviour of the police and the media. I am an observer of the human race.

I spent my first three weeks there on a wing with 21 murderers. I met some very evil people there but also some men who'd had no upbringing, no chance in life.

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

We lose our right to be surprised that California has the highest recidivism rate in the country if we refuse to hire folks who have taken responsibility for their crimes and have done their time.

Why would anyone expect Tyson to come out smarter? He went to prison for four years, not Princeton.

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

If it wasn't for prison, I was in a bad way.

People come out of prison and aren't treated like I've been treated. I didn't kill anybody. I didn't violate anybody's rights. My rights were violated. Nobody likes to be hated, but the whole world hated Mary Beth Whitehead.

All of us have made mistakes in our lives, but only some of us have had to pay for the mistakes. [By going to jail.]

I've taught in prison; I've counseled people... I've been arrested; I've been to the psychiatrist.

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