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“When I get home, I draw a bath. I pour a glass of wine, then another, and another. I try to empty my mind. Inside me there is a prison guard and a former prisoner and they are fighting with each other, and I want them to stop.”

Prison Prisoners Prisons In America

Book:American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment

Source: American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment

“America sends its criminals to unseen corners of our society, where they live they live monotonous lives that take away autonomy and choice, and where their time is completely owned by the institution.”

Prisoners Prisons Prisons In America

Book:Prison Food in America

Source: Prison Food in America

“It was William Penn who said, “Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.” Brent knew that there was nothing right about this place and the way the prisoners were treated, and he was determined to do whatever he could to change that.”

Terror Guantanamo Prisoners Guantanamo Bay Detainees Camp X Ray

Book:A Patriot's Act

Source: A Patriot's Act

“Immigration detainees are the ghosts of real prisoners, being punished in advance for crimes that will demand a life sentence.”

Law Punishment Immigration Jail Unfair Prisoners Detainees Life Sentence Imigration Detainees

Book:Magic

Source: Magic

“Prisoners are literally an enslaved workforce, not only to external companies like Starbucks and Whole Foods, but to the state of California itself. The prison provides jobs in the town for guards and nurses, a couple of counselors. But not for janitors, cooks, people who make furniture. These are all parts of America's sprawling slave labor system.”

Prisoners Prison Labor American Prison

Author:Patrisse Khan-Cullors

“Think! We are prisoners and shall always be. Fortune has given us this adversity, Some wicked planetary dispensation, Some Saturn’s trick or evil constellation Has given us this, and Heaven, though we had sworn The contrary, so stood when we were born. We must endure it, that’s the long and short”

Evil Heaven Birth Adversity Fortune Endurance Astrology Prisoners

Book:The Knight's Tale

Source: The Knight's Tale

“There were no doors. No lights. No sounds. Not even a trickle of water. But I could feel them. I could feel them sleeping, pacing, running hands and claws over the other side of the wall. They were ancient, and cruel in a way I had never known, not even with Amarantha. They were infinite, and patient, and had learned the language of darkness, of stone.”

Darkness Prison Ancient Sarah J Maas Feyre A Court Of Mist And Fury Feel Cruel Prisoners

Book:A Court of Mist and Fury

Source: A Court of Mist and Fury

“Light deficiency appears prevalent in prisoners.”

Light Deficiency Prisoners Circadian Appears Prevalent Circadian Rhythm Disorder Light Deficiency Nature Deficiency Prevalent In Prisoners

Author:Steven Magee