But the single overwhelming reason why jails are bursting is longer sentences given for more crimes. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes burst crime jail
It is now possible to quantify people's levels of happiness pretty accurately by asking them, by observation, and by measuring electrical activity in the brain, in degrees from terrible pain to sublime joy. Polly Toynbee accuratelyactivitybrain share on social
But how odd that in this heathen nation of empty pews, where churches' bare, ruined choirs are converted into luxury loft living, a Labour government - yes, a Labour government - is deliberately creating a huge expansion of faith schools. Polly Toynbee barechoirchurch share on social
Most people come to fear not death itself, but the many terrible ways of dying. Polly Toynbee deathdiefear Change image and share on social
The judge said I was a menace to society because I had put crime on a scientific basis. Gregory Corso basiscrimejudge Change image and share on social
I know a lot of people who are weak, who are in a perpetual cycle of poverty and being locked up. There are guys from my neighborhood who are in jail or who are dead. It does take a certain strength to know your environment and say, 'I can grow beyond it.' Mekhi Phifer cycledeadenvironment share on social
It's terribly important that you can criticise people's ideas without criticising them, and if they burst into tears, it means that you tend to hold back from getting at the absolute truth. Tim Hunt absolutebackburst Change image and share on social