Corrections Quotes

It is better to prevent crimes than to punish them.

Critics have their uses. They can crystallize a moment and bring into sharp relief the mistakes that have been made and what must be done to correct them.

In revenge and punishments we must have our eye not at the evill past, but the future good. That is: It is not lawfull to inflict punishment for any other end, but that the offender may be corrected, or that others warned by his punishment may become better

Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal.

Of the three official objects of our prison system: vengeance, deterrence, and reformation of the criminal, only one is achieved; and that is the one which is nakedly abominable.

A reform in the system of criminal jurisprudence, by which the death penalty shall no longer be inflicted; and by which, during that term, a portion of the prison employment shall be for, and the product thereof be faithfully paid over to, the support of the criminal’s family; and by which our so-called prisons shall be virtually transformed into vast reformatory workshops, from which the unfortunate may emerge to be useful members of society, instead of the alienated citizens they now are.

My best friend is he who rights my wrongs or reproaches my mistakes.

Prison works.

It is a huge asset to law and order that serious or persistent criminals should be taken out of the society on which they prey. It makes life safer for the law-abiding and on the whole prisons are pretty good at containing those who have been committed to them.

Being dead's only a problem if you know you're dead, which you never do because you're dead!

I've always been tremendously interested in criminal law. It goes to a deep interest I have in prisons and the criminal element, and what we do as a society with it. I've always been touched by the idea of criminality.

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

Every first year law student learns that sentencing has four goals: retribution, incapicitation, deterrence, and rehabilitation.

I think we will be safer when we can concentrate law enforcement and criminal justice resources and energies on those individuals who truly need, for the safety of society... to be incarcerated.

Unfortunately, if the man who leaves the prison gates is just as likely or - as is sometimes grievously the case - more likely to offend as he was when he entered them, then we fail not only the individual but public safety as well.

There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.

The prison officials practiced such excessive cruelty that they were jeopardizing the entire system

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

My mother, my relatives, and closest friends have risked their lives in the area of law enforcement and corrections, so I never have and never will say, 'I hate police.'

Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of the latter, so many more must you have of the former.

Use the prise de fer!" Shelby called. "Lilith sucks at the prise de fer. Correction: Lilith sucks at everything, but especially the prise de fer.

We make no apology for people who should be in prison being in prison.

Prison … for the detention of persons and not for flagellating them or undermining their health.

We have always a right to correct ancient errors and to establish what is more conformable to reason and convenience

The simple reality of life is that everyone is wrong on a regular basis. By confronting these inevitable errors, you allow yourself to make corrections before it is too late.