“Obviously this prison has been controversial ever since the first detainees arrived in Guantanamo more than 14 years ago.” YearsFirstsHas BeensYears AgoPrisonControversialGuantanamoDetainees Author:Audie Cornish
“Hard to imagine 40 years ago people could be convicted of a crime, fined, sent to prison for using the most common forms of birth control.” PeopleYearsHardFormCommonImagineCrimeBirthYears AgoPrisonBirth Control Author:Dick Durbin
“I haven't been manipulated. I did a documentary in prison years ago because I was so f - ed off with those lazy bastards in their bed for 18 hours a day, five dishes a day on a menu to choose from, playing soccer every day, going to the gym, watching movies.” YearsHoursFiveHavensBedYears AgoPrisonSoccerLazyGymDishesDocumentariesMenusPlaying Soccer Author:Chelsea Handler
“We can see, from California to New York, from Maine to Florida, Seattle to New Mexico - everywhere there are women's groups. Everywhere there are women who have gotten together to examine global warming, and women who have gotten together to prepare each other for single parenting - there are women who have come together to be supportive to those whose mates are in prison, male or female, partners are in prison. All sorts of gatherings of women. I mean, I'm just celebrating my 80th year on this planet, and I look back 50 years ago and there was nothing like that.” YearsLooksMeanTogetherGroupsNew YorkPlanetsFemaleYears AgoPrisonMalesPartnersCelebrateCaliforniaGlobal WarmingMatesMexicoFloridaSupportiveGatheringSeattleMaineSingle ParentNew Mexico Author:Maya Angelou
“I went to visit Alcatraz years ago when I was on tour with the Pistols, and I really liked the atmosphere of the place. I genuinely, really, thoroughly enjoyed the whole morning there. I just liked the quietness and stillness of what is basically a cruel prison complex. I still found some kind of joy in that. That's how I am.” YearsKindStillsWholeJoyFoundMorningYears AgoPrisonComplexesEnjoyedAtmosphereStillnessQuietnessPistolsAlcatraz Author:John Lydon
“Your Honor, years ago I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” YearsMindMadeSaidSoulEarthBitsClassHonorElementsYears AgoPrisonCriminalsKinshipCommonalityLower ClassYour Honor Author:Eugene V. Debs
“Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: 'It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity.'” YearsLongSpiritThreeWallBearsHundredYears AgoAdversityPrisonLondonCellsSentimentsPrisonerTowersImpatienceImprisonment Author:James Keller