Locked Down, Locked Out Quotes

“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

“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

“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