Walls Turned Sideways Are Bridges.

I Think We Need To Insist On A Certain Responsibility, Which People Have - Particularly Those Who Have Made It Into The Ranks Of The Middle Class Because As [ Martin Luther] King Said Many Years Ago In A Sense They Have Climbed Out Of The Masses On The Shoulders Of Their Sisters And Brothers And Therefore, They Do Have Some Responsibility.

Jails And Prisons Are Designed To Break Human Beings, To Convert The Population Into Specimens In A Zoo - Obedient To Our Keepers, But Dangerous To Each Other.

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.

We Have To Talk About Liberating Minds As Well As Liberating Society.

But At The Same Time You Can't Assume That Making A Difference 20 Years Ago Is Going To Allow You To Sort Of Live On The Laurels Of Those Victories For The Rest Of Your Life