“For all the cruelty and hardship of our world, we are not mere prisoners of fate. Our actions matter, and can bend history in the direction of justice.” WorldMatterActionJusticeFateMereCrueltyHardshipOur WorldPrisonerOur Actions Author:Barack Obama
“I have never understood the liberal assumption that if there were justice in the world, there would be fewer rather than more prisoners.” IfsWorldWould BeJusticeUnderstoodAssumptionPrisonerFewer Author:Anthony Daniels
“Johnny Cash was a rebel, not only just in the musical sense, but he was somebody who was for the people, and an advocate for labor, for workers, for prisoners, people who have been trapped by the criminal justice system.” PeopleHas BeensJusticeLaborWorkersMusicalCriminalsPrisonerRebelCashTrappedJustice SystemCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice System Author:Michael Franti
“Concrete, Steel & Paint portrays the core values of restorative justice-respect, responsibility and relationships-expressed through art. it is art that involves victims, offenders and communities in a dialogue that is sometimes difficult and painful, sometimes reconciling, but always engaging. As one prisoner says in the film, 'We have come together collectively through art.' It will be a great discussion tool for college classes, community groups and others interested in issues of justice, community-building, conflict resolution and socially-engaged art.” ArtSometimesTogetherFilmValuesDifficultCommunityJusticeResponsibilityClassIssuesGroupsBuildingCollegeConflictToolsVictimPaintPainfulCoreDialogueDiscussionEngagedResolutionPrisonerConcreteSteelEngagingConflict ResolutionOffendersCore ValuesCommunity BuildingRestorative Justice Author:Howard Zehr
“No person shall be restrained of his liberty but by regular process from a court of justice, authorized by a general law. . . . On complaint of an unlawful imprisonment to any judge whatsoever, he shall have the prisoner immediately brought before him and shall discharge him if his imprisonment be unlawful. The officer in whose custody the prisoner is shall obey the order of the judge, and both judge and officer shall be responsible civilly and criminally for a failure of duty herein.” IfsPersonsLawOrderProcessJusticeLibertyJudgingDutyResponsibleCourtPrisonerOfficersComplaintsBeing ResponsibleImprisonmentDischargeCustodyUnlawful Author:Thomas Jefferson