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A '''[[w:prison|prison]]''' is a place in which individuals are physically confined and deprived of a range of personal freedoms.
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* At the risk of quoting [[w:Mephistopheles|Mephistopheles]] I repeat: Welcome to hell. A hell erected and maintained by human-governments, and blessed by black robed judges. A hell that allows you to see your loved ones, but not to touch them. A hell situated in America's boondocks, hundreds of miles away from most families. A white, rural hell, where most of the captives are black and urban. It is an American way of death.
* At the risk of quoting [[w:Mephistopheles|Mephistopheles]] I repeat: Welcome to hell. A hell erected and maintained by human-governments, and blessed by black robed judges. A hell that allows you to see your loved ones, but not to touch them. A hell situated in America's boondocks, hundreds of miles away from most families. A white, rural hell, where most of the captives are black and urban. It is an American way of death.
** [[Mumia Abu-Jamal]] ''All Things Censored'' (2001, Seven Stories Press), pp. 55-56
** [[Mumia Abu-Jamal]], ''All Things Censored'' (2001, Seven Stories Press), pp. 55-56

* Stone Walls do not a Prison make, Nor Iron bars a Cage...
** [[Richard Lovelace]], "To Althea, From Prison" (1642)


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A prison is a place in which individuals are physically confined and deprived of a range of personal freedoms.

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  • At the risk of quoting Mephistopheles I repeat: Welcome to hell. A hell erected and maintained by human-governments, and blessed by black robed judges. A hell that allows you to see your loved ones, but not to touch them. A hell situated in America's boondocks, hundreds of miles away from most families. A white, rural hell, where most of the captives are black and urban. It is an American way of death.
    • Mumia Abu-Jamal, All Things Censored (2001, Seven Stories Press), pp. 55-56
  • Stone Walls do not a Prison make, Nor Iron bars a Cage...

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