Inmates Quotes

“The greater ignorance towards a country is not ignoring what its politicians have to say, it is ignoring what the inmates in its prisons have to say.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“Ever notice how many expressions carry over from queers to con men? Like 'raise,' letting someone know you are in the same line?”
― William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch: The Restored Text

“It's a free country." Inmates once bought this. That's why they're inmates.”
― Brian Spellman, Cartoonist's Book Camp

“the inmates keep their distance and do what inmates always seem to do: affirm and reassure, make the future seem doable.”
― Adam Johnson, Fortune Smiles

“Now to tell ya about our fellow inmates. Pay attention because there are a bunch of us an’ we each have a story.”
― Jason Medina, No Hope For The Hopeless At Kings Park

“Ten minutes after that and the inmates of Furnace were starting to feel invincible, running around the prison looking for the hidden security cameras and shouting insults at the warden. Some were even flashing their backsides at him, or relieving themselves over the black eyes in the rock, and I couldn't help but laugh as I pictured him sitting in his quarters effectively getting pissed on.”
― Alexander Gordon Smith, Death Sentence

“Someone in the women's cell was crying and cursing the fleas. Some whore probably, the kind that would take on anybody. She was no good either. Fabiano wanted to yell to the whole town, to the judge, the chief of police, the priest, and the tax collector, that nobody in there was worth a damn. He, the men squatting around the fire, the drunk, the woman with the fleas —they were all completely worthless, fit only to be hanged.”
― Graciliano Ramos, Vidas Secas

“You would be shocked if you saw what the inside of a USA jail really looks like!”
― Steven Magee

“Who would sleep with the lights on 24 hours a day?”
― Steven Magee