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I'm a prison abolitionist because the prison system as it is set up is just not working. It's horrible.
Ava DuVernay
Ava DuVernay
Ava DuVernay
Born: Aug 24, 1972

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Prison, System, Horrible, Because, Up, Just, Working, Set

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Dogmas are collective conceptual prisons. And the strange thing is that people love their prison cells because they give them a sense of security and a false sense of 'I know.' Nothing has inflicted more suffering on humanity than its dogmas. Eckhart Tolle
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Jail didn't make me find God, He's always been there. They can lock me up, but my spirit and my love can never be confined to prison walls. Lil Wayne
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