“I said to myself if Christianity is dead, I will sit at its tomb and will weep until it arises again, just as Mary Magdalene sat at the tomb of Jesus and wept until Jesus showed Himself. Then when I came out of prison I saw Christianity is not dead. The number of practicing Christians in Rumania according to the figures given by the Communists themselves in 20 years of Communist dictatorship has grown 300 percent.” IfsYearsSaidChristianJesusGivenNumbersChristianitySawsFiguresPercentPrisonAriseSatCommunistMaryDictatorshipWeepingTombsMary Magdalene Author:Richard Wurmbrand
“I wrote 90 percent of the record in prison. A lot of people wonder, "How the hell did you do that?" I just pretty much played drums on my legs with my hands and while I did that, I would hum the guitar parts and sing the melodies of the songs.” PeopleHandsSongWonderHellRecordsPercentPrisonGuitarLegsMelody Author:Ronnie Radke
“Ninety percent of what most yoga teachers do is teach asana practice. While asana discharges stress and so forth, it was never intended to be a standalone practice. The true intent of yoga is personal transformation. What we get out of the privilege of teaching prisoners is the opportunity to focus on our own personal development. You can be of service, and, while helping others transform their lives, you have the deeper opportunity to transform your own. What we teach in prison is how we live our lives.” HelpingOpportunityTeachPracticeFocusTeacherOur LivesTeachingDevelopmentPercentYogaStressTransformationPrisonPrivilegeDeeperPersonal DevelopmentHelping OthersPrisonerNinetyAsanaDischargePersonal TransformationYoga Teachers Author:James Fox
“Between 1995 and 2005, the prison population grew by 30 percent, meaning an additional half million criminals were behind bars, rather than lurking in dark alleys with switchblades. You can well imagine liberals' surprise when the crime rate went down as more criminals were put in prison. The New York Times was reduced to running querulous articles with headlines like Number in Prison Grows Despite Crime Reduction and As Crime Rate Drops, the Prison Rate Rises and the Debate Rages.” WellsRunningGrowsDarkNumbersBehindsHalfMillionsImagineCrimeNew YorkGrewPercentPrisonSurpriseRatePopulationRageCriminalsDebateBarsDespiteArticlesHeadlinesNew York TimesReductionAlleysLurkingCrime RatesDark AlleysPrison Population Book:Godless: The Church of Liberalism Source: Godless: The Church of Liberalism
“I went to the graduation the other night of my first great grandchild - he's 21 or 22; and right at the graduation I looked, and 92 percent of those who graduated at the University of Illinois were females. Where can a Black female, who are now the lawyers, the engineers; they are the ones graduating with top degrees; where will they find in a Black male a counterpart that is equal to them? We are filling the jails, we are filling the prisons.” FirstsNightBlackEqualDegreesPercentFemalePrisonMalesUniversityLawyerJailGraduatesEngineersGrandchildrenFillingCounterpartsIllinoisGreat GrandchildrenBlack Males Author:Louis Farrakhan
“The war on drugs causes other supplemental crimes to take place because of the original illegality of it. But then again, that's the other reason that they're fighting it is the corporate prisons they have now. Because they've privatized all our prisons, corporations have to make money, and the only way they can make money is, I believe, the prisons have to be at least 80-90 percent full. That's why the United States - which is home of the brave, land of the free - we have more people in prison than any other country in the world.” PeopleWorldWayBelieveWarCountryStatesReasonHomeFightingI BelieveCausesUnitedUnited StatesLandCrimeDrugPercentOriginalsPrisonBraveMaking MoneyCorporateCorporationsOther CountriesWar On DrugsLand Of The Free Author:Jesse Ventura
“In a growing number of states, you're actually expected to pay back the costs of your imprisonment. Paying back all these fees, fines, and costs may be a condition of your probation or parole. To make matters worse, if you're one of the lucky few who actually manages to get a job following release from prison, up to 100% of your wages can be garnished to pay back all those fees, fines and court costs. One hundred percent.” IfsMayMatterStatesJobsNumbersPayGrowingConditionsFineCostLuckyPercentHundredCourtPrisonFollowingExpectedManageReleaseWagesFeesImprisonmentParoleProbation Author:Michelle Alexander
“The media love to cover black people on the front page. After all, when you live in a society that will lock up about 30 percent of all black men at some time in their lives and send more of them to prison than to college, chances are a fair number of those black faces will end up in the newspaper.” PeopleMenEndsFacesBlackChanceNumbersMediaFrontsCollegePagesPercentFairsPrisonNewspapersBlack PeopleLocksChances AreAll BlackLock UpBlack Face Author:Michael Moore
“You still owe me a million dollars." I'd presented him with a bill for proving his innocence and getting him freed from prison. He had yet to pay. Couldn't imagine why. "Yeah, I was hoping we could work that out." "The interest alone is going to kill you." "What do you charge?" "Three hundred eighty-seven percent." "Is that ethical?" "It's as ethical as my dating the son of Satan.” StillsThreeInterestPayMillionsImagineSonProvePercentHundredDatingYeahBillsDollarsPrisonSevenInnocenceSatanEthicalEightyMillion Dollars Book:Fifth Grave Past the Light: Number 5 in series Source: Fifth Grave Past the Light: Number 5 in series