When I talk to people the usual progression is, "Flogging's cruel and barbaric," moving very quickly to, "Only 10 lashes for five years?" Then I do w….

I don't think we can reduce the prison population now, so many of these people are damaged goods once they've spent much time in prison. It would hav….

I say a few good things about Canada in the book, you know. Americans are weird, though. We refuse to look at other countries. Start with Canadians -….

I'm not a fan of the death penalty. At some level I think killing is wrong, but I don't have sympathy for most of the people sentenced - I'm not a pa….

I am very cynical. That is absolutely what police is doing. But you don't even have to be cynical. I mean, politicians don't even pretend they're doi….

These 2.3 million prisoners, somehow we've convinced ourselves that's normal and rational, more prisoners than soldiers, more prisoners than China, m….

I know this in a way from my police background: the second you mention, "The system's racist," one-third of the country simply puts down the book and….

There's no straight line between closing the mental institutions and filling the prisons but there is some sort of relationship. And it's hard to tel….

I think there is a lot of crime caused by desperation, and it doesn't mean that people commit crime because they're poor, but certainly a lot of peop….

If you're willing to give convicts time served and let them walk, why do you want to give them a criminal record? I mean, either they should be in ja….

I find it weird that people who claim to speak for the prisoners basically want to keep them in cages all the time - and then they'll fight for bette….

Although I consider myself pretty liberal, I'm not against punishment. There's nothing wrong with punishing someone who has done something wrong. Or ….

The thing I wrote we ought to look to Canada for is the shorter sentences. I mean, the mess we're in here, is because of the drug war and this idea o….

I would prefer to get lashed rather than go to prison..

I'm not fond of ideologies. I don't like it when people have answers before they know the question..