Alan K. Simpson Quotes

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.

We don't live in a world where, if you commit a crime, your life's over. We as a society believe in rehabilitation. We believe in second and third chances.

The business of second chances is everybody's business.

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.

America is a country that believes in redemption.

I'm an example of why people deserve second chances.

I want the world to know that everybody deserves a second chance.

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 don't think anyone, until their soul leaves their body, is past the point of no return.

America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.

My parole officer always believed in my capacity for redemption, even when my actions did not inspire confidence.

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 mean this country is all about second chances. Look at me.

I believe in second chances.

When I was in prison, rap was all I had at that point because I was kicked out of school, all that education just gone and I couldn't come out of prison to play football - that was all over with.

I would make the case that the vast majority of prisoners leave prison and go back into society. We share that society with them and what sort of people do we want them to be.

I'm all about people being able to redeem themselves.

Maybe I'm corny, but I'm a big believer in second chances.

I am grateful that I live in a nation where most believe that one's punishment should fit their wrongdoing and that ours is a nation that judges an individual by both what he has done and how he has changed.

To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.

Everybody deserves a second chance in this world. That's basically all I ask.

Incarceration didn't change me. In many ways, incarceration galvanized me. The totality of the experience helped me.

I'm enjoying prison ministry, particularly with the women in Hudson County Jail who have suffered tremendously in their lives.

Redemption is possible, and it is the measure of a civilized society.