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

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

When I was in the ring at the Olympics, it was my father's words that I was hearing, not the coaches'. 'I never listened to what the coaches said. I would call my father and he would give me advice from prison.

American Boxer

Isaac Wright Jr.

Once I understood what was going to happen - that I was going to prison for life - my end goal was making sure they wouldn't be able to keep me there.

George W. Bush

America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.

American President

Harry Redknapp

I don't know what goes on in prison. I've never been in trouble with the police in my life.

English Coach

Gerry Cooney

I've spent most of my life in prison. I was a prisoner of my fear and my low self-esteem.

American Athlete

Gene Tierney

I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.

American Actress

Prodigy

Going to prison actually helped save my life, I believe.

American Musician

Rand Paul

If you go to prison, your child support adds up.

American Politician

George Michael

British Musician

Used when talking about legal consequences of crimes.

Punishment Context

Prison terms are often discussed in durations.

Time-Specific

Stories of prison breaks are common in media and conversation.

Escape Narratives

Used to express feelings of being trapped or confined.

Metaphorical Use

Can describe limiting emotional or psychological situations.

Emotional States

Referencing things other than a physical location.

Non-Physical

It's rare to hear 'prisoned,' more modern terms like 'incarcerated' are used.

Archaic Verb

Appropriate for discussing events or literature from the past.

Historic Context

Often found in classical literature or formal narration.

Literary Use

 for the winter sort of thing i mean for him sitting in a cage it's just like for a human being in prison there's nothing for him to do even though we give him lots of enrichment and stuff it's still not the same as being out here where he can you know there's other orangutans there's females he can you know he can try and catch he has he hasn't quite managed to do that yet

Incredible Orangutan...

 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 it's time to be smart on crime not just tough on crime and that really does I

Talking about history...

 We had a cheap, little ad, but we wanted college students for a study of prison life. 75 people volunteered, took personality tests. We did interviews. Picked two the most normal, the most healthy. Randomly assigned them to be prisoner and guard. So on day one, we knew we had good apples. I'm going to put them in a bad situation.

The psychology of evil PIPE...

 then be able to rid her mind of it forever But at the first crack of the lid, the box burst open. Monstrous creatures and horrendous sounds rushed out in a cloud of smoke and swirled around her, screeching and cackling. Filled with terror, Pandora clawed desperately at the air to direct them back into their prison.

The myth of Pandora’s...

 I prayed for them, and things started to change. This is a visual of education inside the prison. Friends, this has never happened, where everybody in the prison studies. I started this with community support. Government had no budget. It was one of the finest, largest volunteerism

Kiran Bedi: How I remade...

 True, I grew up in a very complex environment, but I chose to commit crimes, and I had to own up to that. I had to take responsibility for that, and I did. I was building a curriculum that could teach incarcerated men how to manage money through prison employments.

How I learned to read --...

 I want to end with a call to young people, the young people attending college and the young people struggling to stay out of prison or to make it through prison and return home. It may seem like these paths to adulthood are worlds apart,

Alice Goffman: How we're...

 can't be crossed and that line was crossed with me you know rape is the secret in prison fuel talk about and although the prison launched an investigation there was not enough evidence to support the charges

Prison Victim PIPE National...

 prison Chavez will have to find inmates he can ally himself with for protection but it's hard to know who he can trust I sense I'm gonna get beat up here seen a couple people dragged out in handcuffs

Kids Behind Bars PIPE...

 And adjust I did to life on the the prison food, the prison language, the prison life.