Penn Jillette

This is going to sound horrible, but I don't even know how much I make in a year. It must be, you know, a couple of million dollars, a few million. I know it's more money than my dad, a jail guard, made in his lifetime; more money than I'll ever need.

American Entertainer

Zephyr Teachout

Every politician should go and spend time and visit prisons and jails. Because if you are choosing to exercise this kind of power over another person's life, there's a role for that, but you have to know the kind of power you are exercising.

American Lawyer

Ernie Hudson

But when we have families, when we have children, this gives us a purpose for being, to protect our children, to avoid going to jail because if I'm in jail, who looks after my children, who's there for my wife?

American Actor

John Waters

I don't trust anyone that hasn't been to jail at least once in their life. You should have been, or something's the matter with you.

Director

Gutzon Borglum

I am ready to rot in jail for the rest of my life rather than admit that my small-minded enemies are right.

American Sculptor

Ian Brown

I went into jail with absolutely no respect whatsoever for authority, and I came out with even less.

English Musician

Nick Diaz

You know what? I've never paid taxes in my life. I'm probably going to go to jail.

American Athlete

Gary Sheffield

Most people figured I'd be in jail. I've been proving people wrong my whole life.

Foxy Brown

Being in jail, it's humbled me in a way I never imagined.

American Musician

Ferdinand Marcos

Filipino Statesman

The length of a jail sentence can vary greatly based on the crime.

Timeframe

Some people are held in jail temporarily before or during a trial.

Temporary Confinement

Minors might be placed in a specialized juvenile jail for offenses.

Juvenile Detention

Using 'jail' as a verb is less formal than 'incarcerate'.

Formality Level

Only a judge or legal authority has the power to jail someone.

Legal Authority

Don’t confuse 'jail' with 'bail', the former is confinement, the latter is a security deposit for release.

Avoid Confusion

 of years the prison population is actually stabilized last year was the first year we actually saw a decrease in the prison population in the u.s. we still have the highest rate of incarceration the world and we still have way too many people in jails and prisons but some people are starting to talk about how

Talking about history...

 to basically never do anything wrong. Why are we not providing support to young kids facing these challenges? Why are we offering only handcuffs, jail time and this fugitive existence? Can we imagine something better? Can we imagine a criminal justice system that prioritizes recovery,

Alice Goffman: How we're...

 are leaders in the prison and normally these people helps a lot to get calmed the prison guards patrol the walls and control the entrances to the blocks but it's the prisoners who run the jail day-to-day there is a ruling council of

Where the Inmates Rule PIPE...

 judges could deny bail and jail the accused before their trial. Judges were supposed to exercise this power very rarely, and could come under scrutiny for using it too often. Setting unaffordably high bail became a second path

The problem with the...

 you're at greater risk of being struck by lightning than ever being sent to jail for that crime. And so the epidemic of everyday violence, it just rages on. And it devastates our efforts to try to help billions of people

Gary Haugen: The hidden...

 in our prisons, our jails and our immigration detention centers, giving hope to those who want to create a better life after serving their time. Imagine if we also considered the front end of this prison pipeline.

"Redemption Song" PIPE John...

 got a gun in his pocket and I said tell me you still don't have that fire problem in your pocket yeah I do I'm thinking to myself this is it man we're going to jail and I'm going okay listen

Cop Killer PIPE National...

 take the dance in the jail most of the girls doubted the possibility of that and said are you crazy who is going to allow a bunch of little girls dressed up

A father-daughter dance...

 Your timing made you and your partner the most infamous bank robbers in the west. Now, you’ll need to use that timing to help you break out of jail.

Can you solve the jail...

 and you cannot fill these jails up enough in order to alleviate the problem. I helped to start an organization

Jail