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Jail Quotes

On time behind bars, its causes, and what comes after.

This collection includes both historic and personal reflections on jail, from a civil rights icon's imprisonment for peaceful protest to candid accounts of personal legal trouble. A couple of lines also touch on how normal political imprisonment shouldn't be treated. Continue with our Go collection.

I've never been in prison. I've been in jail a lot. But I've never actually been sentenced to anything.

Quotes by David Carradine

To put someone in jail for using drugs in the privacy of his hotel room is just barbaric.

Quotes by Danny Sugerman

People who prepare false or fraudulent tax returns risk criminal prosecution and, upon conviction, substantial time in jail.

Quotes by Dana Boente

Here are the facts: In 2007, I led Prince William County in adopting a policy of (1) inquiring into the immigration status of every person arrested for a crime; and (2) implementing the federal 287(g) program, which deputizes County Jail...

Quotes by Corey Stewart

I was appointed United States attorney on September 10, 2001. And I spent the next seven years of my career fighting terrorism and putting terrorists in jail.

Quotes by Chris Christie

I've come out of a small jail and entered a bigger one.

Quotes by Chen Guangcheng

I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.

Charles Bukowski

I don't even think jail helps Gucci Mane. It clearly doesn't.

Quotes by Charlamagne tha God

You see, you can't put joblessness in a jail cell.

Quotes by Carrie P. Meek

With random urinalysis, there's a clear choice - either get high or go to jail.

Quotes by Brian Baird

It is devastating that jail is seen as a rite of passage for many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, part of the natural order of things. It is an outrage that there is an attitude that this is normal....

Quotes by Bill Shorten

I went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.

Quotes by Barry White

I had to go to jail, which was probably the most humbling thing I've ever had to deal with in my life.

Quotes by Austin Seferian-Jenkins

I've been to Villawood Detention Centre in Sydney and it's all barbed wire, it's like a big jail.

Quotes by Anh Do

Those who carry out anti-national activities should be put in jail.

Quotes by Amit Shah

I should still be in jail.

Quotes by Amnat Ruenroeng

Now the British are coming. I think Cameron should ask the Chinese government not to make people 'disappear' or to jail them merely because they have different opinions.

Quotes by Ai Weiwei

Frequently Asked Questions

What range of experiences do these jail quotes cover?
They span from a civil rights leader's imprisonment for peaceful protest to personal, candid accounts of legal trouble.
Why does this collection include a civil rights reference?
It highlights how jail has historically been used against people peacefully protesting for justice, which remains a powerful reference point.
Do any quotes discuss personal accountability?
Yes, a couple of lines candidly reflect on the speaker's own arrest and time served.
Is there a quote about political imprisonment?
Yes, one comments generally on how unusual it should be for opposition figures to repeatedly end up jailed.
What other pages complement this topic?
See our Go and Got collections for related themes.

These quotes span protest, personal accountability, and second chances after time served. Pair this page with our Got and I Am collections.