Shut out from the world with its blare and glare, life in an institution moves softly. The ears become attuned to gentle notes and a subdued tone.

- Mary B. Harris

One thing I have learned in institutions is not to press hard on the fact that their inmates are, like the rest of mankind, sinners; for they, like m…

- Mary B. Harris

... an institution cannot be run progressively on a basis of fear.

- Mary B. Harris

Unless we maintain correctional institutions of such character that they create respect for law and government instead of breeding resentment and a d…

- Mary B. Harris

... imprisonment itself, entailing loss of liberty, loss of citizenship, separation from family and loved ones, is punishment enough for most individ…

- Mary B. Harris