"In prison, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all."

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"In prison, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all."

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"So what causes men to become violent? I'll tell you, boredom, silly rules, muggy screws and pathetic governors. What else can we do - swallow it, wipe our mouths out. You have to fight for your rights. Not sit back and take it."

Stephen Richards, British Author

Prison, Violence, Boredom, Rules, Fight

"Kaladin frowned. "Wait. Are you wearing cologne? In prison?"Well, there was no need to be barbaric, just because I was incarcerated."Storms, you're spoiled, Kaladin said, smiling."I'm refined, you insolent farmer, Adolin said. Then he grinned. "Besides, I'll have you know that I had to use cold water for my baths while here."Poor boy."

Brandon Sanderson, American Author

Prison, Humor, Privilege, Smile

"They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping."

Steve Buscemi, American Actor

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"Is Bronson mad! Let me ask you! How else can I be? I'm probably the maddest guy on two legs if the truth was known, but prison will never beat me, I'd sooner die today than allow it too!"

Stephen Richards, British Author

Prison, Madness, Defiance, Survival

"I will not go into detail but the screw put up a little bit of a resistance, fair play to him, but we were so desperate for the drugs in her medical bag that nothing was going to stop us getting at them. That is what happened, we got the bag of drugs from her hand. I can tell you, we were like two tramps round a bag of chips in a bin."

Stephen Richards, British Author

Prison, Desperation, Drugs, Violence

"TC Campbell doesn't need any introduction, the man is a legend in the prison community and outside when this very strong-minded man was trying to prove his innocence for the six murders he had been convicted for. TC went on a fifty-day hunger strike, he ended up in hospital. This man was willing to die to prove his innocence, if he never done his famous hunger strike he probably would have never go the MPS in government to sit up and take note."

Stephen Richards, British Author

Prison, Hunger, Strike, Innocence

"Unlike most I don't fear prison, never have, never will. Obviously I don't want it, I hate it, but it's the hate that drives me on to survive."

Stephen Richards, British Author

Prison, Fear, Hate, Survival

"A prisoner is imprisoned by the crime that he has committed. A jailer is imprisoned - in the very same prison - by the employment contract that he has signed."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Prison, Truth, Justice, Power, Life

"I got my lawyer to visit me in the jail. He couldn't believe the bruising over my body, so he pulled the governor and asked why I was covered in marks. The governor said to my lawyer that it was 'self-inflicted' and was caused by my 'running into walls'. That part was disproved because walls don't leave footprints all over your body."

Stephen Richards, British Author

Prison, Abuse, Bruising, Authority

"Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger."

Philip Emeagwali, Nigerian Scientist

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"So what causes men to become violent? I'll tell you, boredom, silly rules, muggy screws and pathetic governors. What else can we do - swallow it, wipe our mouths out. You have to fight for your rights. Not sit back and take it."

"They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping."

"Is Bronson mad! Let me ask you! How else can I be? I'm probably the maddest guy on two legs if the truth was known, but prison will never beat me, I'd sooner die today than allow it too!"

"Unlike most I don't fear prison, never have, never will. Obviously I don't want it, I hate it, but it's the hate that drives me on to survive."

"A prisoner is imprisoned by the crime that he has committed. A jailer is imprisoned - in the very same prison - by the employment contract that he has signed."

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"The Twist was a guided missile launched from the ghetto into the heart of suburbia. The Twist succeeded, as politics, religion and law could never do, in writing in the heart and soul what the Supreme Court could only write on the books."

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