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Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better QUOTES

Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better QUOTES

1 " Isolation does not “rehabilitate” people. Disappearance does not deter harm. And prison does not keep us safe. "

― Maya Schenwar , Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better

2 " As massive numbers of homeless, hungry, unemployed, drug-addicted, illiterate, and mentally ill people vanish behind its walls, the social problems of extreme poverty, homelessness, hunger, unemployment, drug addiction, illiteracy, and mental illness become more ignorable, too. "

― Maya Schenwar , Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better

3 " Most incarcerated parents were employed prior to their arrest, according to a 2005 study by the Urban Institute.2 "

― Maya Schenwar , Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better