Fyodor Dostoevsky Prison Quotations

Every member of the society spies on the rest, and it is his duty to inform against them. All are slaves and equal in their slavery... The great thing about it is equality... Slaves are bound to be equal.

A society should be judged not by how it treats its outstanding citizens but by how it treats its criminals.

The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison.