You Have To Act As If It

Prisons Do Not Disappear Problems, They Disappear Human Beings.

We Have Accumulated A Wealth Of Historical Experience Which Confirms Our Belief That The Scales Of American Justice Are Out Of Balance.

The Prison Is Not The Only Institution That Has Posed Complex Challenges To The People Who Have Lived With It And Have Become So Inured To Its Presence That They Could Not Con­ceive Of Society Without It. Within The History Of The United States The System Of Slavery Immediately Comes To Mind.

It Is Both Humiliating And Humbling To Discover That A Single Generation After The Events That Constructed Me As A Public Personality, I Am Remembered As A Hairdo.

In This Society, Dominated As It Is By The Profit-seeking Ventures Of Monopoly Corporations, Health Has Been Callously Transformed Into A Commodity - A Commodity That Those With Means Are Able To Afford, But That Is Too Often Entirely Beyond The Reach Of Others.