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The more incompetent you are, the more of a prisoner you are, the more competent you are, the more free you are. – Ryan Pack	added by littleking 9 months ago
I don’t know if that’s going to involve a prisoner exchange. Obviously there’s a lot of different things that go into those negotiations, but I think that it’s our government’s duty to do whatever it takes to get innocent Americans out. – Trevor Reed	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he’s in prison. – Fyodor Dostoevsky	added by Normando 1 year ago
Dr. Gold is the definition of what a political prisoner looks like -- something I never thought I'd see here in the United States of America. – Congressman Gohmert	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The Council of Europe treaty, also known as a prisoner of transfer treaty, is not an acceptable remedy here for the family, that would involve Ridge coming home in custody, going to federal prison, waiting some period of months for the sentencing commission to act, and affix a charge and a sentence to the foreign offense, which would leave him a felon in his own country, for something that would never have been charged in this country and that's unacceptable. – Jonathan Franks	Found on CNN 1 year ago
In that type of prisoner swap, you're supposed to finish your sentences and respect the judgment of each respective country. – Getty Images	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Mr. Shaw’s life has been greatly impacted in the worst way, he was once an able-bodied young man before he was assaulted. He can no longer stand or walk. He is a prisoner of his own body. He spends a majority of his day in bed due to the fact he does n’t have the resources to hire a full-time caregiver. POLICE SEARCHING FOR MISSING TEXAS MOM CHRISTINA POWELL, LAST SEEN RUSHING FROM HOME :' MY WONDERFUL CHRISSY'. – Harry Daniels	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Brittney Griner has been wrongfully detained for four months, and Russia is now engaging in theater by subjecting her to a sham trial in an effort to create a false pretense that she is anything other than a political prisoner. – Colin Allred	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I’m not a politician, i don’t do all that. But if I can get her home, and they say they’re willing to do a prisoner swap and somebody here is willing to do that – then let’s make it happen. – Roy Jones Jr.	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Being here I can't help think of John McCain. And how Naval Academy meant so much to John McCain. John McCain chose these grounds for John McCain final resting place. John McCain was an American hero who withstood torture, years of being held as a prisoner of war, and when John McCain came home -- John McCain wanted to continue to serve. – The President	Found on CNN 1 year ago
They do not have the opportunity to contact you, and you have no idea what happened to your relatives, in this regard, the website 200rf.com was created [by] the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. On this site, we post photos and videos of the dead so that they can be identified. We post documents of the dead and those who were taken prisoner. – Vadym Denysenko	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Despite the psychiatrist advising to the contrary,she was deemed a suicide risk and they arecontinuing to wake her up every 15 minutesin the night. It’s a complete violation of prisoner rights and human rights. – Ian Maxwell	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Trevor Reed was subjected to a lengthy, close-contact exposure to a prisoner who had active TB in December - that prisoner became gravely ill shortly after Trevor Reed encounter with Trevor Reed. Despite beginning post-exposure prophylaxis for other inmates, Russian authorities have refused to do the same for Trevor Reed and have thus far refused to test Trevor Reed. – Jonathan Franks	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The Biden administration set an incredibly low bar for Egypt to clear -- far lower than Congress intended -- to receive The Biden administration full military aid, at the same time, we now know that pressure works when our rhetoric has teeth. The fact that any progress was made on prisoner releases is only because The Biden administration held firmly to The Biden administration conditions, and we should insist that doing so is the only path forward in relations with Egypt. – Andrea Prasow	Found on CNN 2 years ago
[Radislav Blagojevich] spent four years in a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp during the war for fighting on the side of the Allies, and then was in a refugee camp for three years, waiting for the chance to hopefully have the United States Congress-- that one day, his youngest son would become a member of-- pass a law called the Displaced Persons Act, that permitted my father and millions of others like him, with these long and hard-to-pronounce last names a chance to come to America, to pursue freedom and opportunity. – Rod Blagojevich	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I feel terrible since yesterday, the last 24 hours. They are keeping him like a prisoner. It's just not fair. It's not human. I just hope he will be strong as we are trying also to be very strong to give him some energy to keep on going. I hope that he will win. – Novak Djokovic	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Freedom of expression: It's an obstruction of justice when one is not able and allowed to express himself justly, he becomes a prisoner. – Ryan Pack	added by littleking 2 years ago
The defendant did not spend six months in jail because he is a political prisoner. He was not prosecuted for his political views, the defendant came to the Capitol because he placed his trust in someone who repaid that trust by lying to him. – Amy Berman Jackson	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We know the Russian methods exactly. I haven't the faintest intention of being taken prisoner by the Russians. – Heinrich Muller	added by Normando 3 years ago
Washington is aware of our readiness and we think there is no need for a third country to mediate between Tehran and Washington for the prisoner exchange, however, if the American side agrees, the interest section of Iran in Washington will inform the U.S. of our views on the details, including how and when the exchange will take place. – Ali Rabiei	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
You hire a tax professional for tax advice, you hire a lawyer for legal advice, so of course you're going to hire an ex-prisoner for prison advice, it's all about working the system. – Paul Wright	Found on CNN 4 years ago
When we arrived we saw the fence and these unfortunate people, we broke through the fence with our tanks. We gave food to the prisoners and continued, they were standing there, all of them in (prisoner) uniforms, only eyes, only eyes, very narrow - that was very terrible, very terrible. – David Dushman	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
This morning ... we were able to neutralize 33 terrorists, take one prisoner and free two Malian gendarmes who had been held hostage. – French President Emmanuel Macron	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I was hoping to save my prisoner and I didn't. That goes through my mind more than anything else. – James Leavelle	Found on CNN 4 years ago

The more incompetent you are, the more of a prisoner you are, the more competent you are, the more free you are.

– Ryan Pack

added by littleking
9 months ago

I don’t know if that’s going to involve a prisoner exchange. Obviously there’s a lot of different things that go into those negotiations, but I think that it’s our government’s duty to do whatever it takes to get innocent Americans out.

– Trevor Reed

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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

– Fyodor Dostoevsky

added by Normando
1 year ago

Dr. Gold is the definition of what a political prisoner looks like -- something I never thought I'd see here in the United States of America.

– Congressman Gohmert

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Council of Europe treaty, also known as a prisoner of transfer treaty, is not an acceptable remedy here for the family, that would involve Ridge coming home in custody, going to federal prison, waiting some period of months for the sentencing commission to act, and affix a charge and a sentence to the foreign offense, which would leave him a felon in his own country, for something that would never have been charged in this country and that's unacceptable.

– Jonathan Franks

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In that type of prisoner swap, you're supposed to finish your sentences and respect the judgment of each respective country.

– Getty Images

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Mr. Shaw’s life has been greatly impacted in the worst way, he was once an able-bodied young man before he was assaulted. He can no longer stand or walk. He is a prisoner of his own body. He spends a majority of his day in bed due to the fact he does n’t have the resources to hire a full-time caregiver. POLICE SEARCHING FOR MISSING TEXAS MOM CHRISTINA POWELL, LAST SEEN RUSHING FROM HOME :' MY WONDERFUL CHRISSY'.

– Harry Daniels

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Brittney Griner has been wrongfully detained for four months, and Russia is now engaging in theater by subjecting her to a sham trial in an effort to create a false pretense that she is anything other than a political prisoner.

– Colin Allred

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I’m not a politician, i don’t do all that. But if I can get her home, and they say they’re willing to do a prisoner swap and somebody here is willing to do that – then let’s make it happen.

– Roy Jones Jr.

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Being here I can't help think of John McCain. And how Naval Academy meant so much to John McCain. John McCain chose these grounds for John McCain final resting place. John McCain was an American hero who withstood torture, years of being held as a prisoner of war, and when John McCain came home -- John McCain wanted to continue to serve.

– The President

Found on CNN
1 year ago

They do not have the opportunity to contact you, and you have no idea what happened to your relatives, in this regard, the website 200rf.com was created [by] the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. On this site, we post photos and videos of the dead so that they can be identified. We post documents of the dead and those who were taken prisoner.

– Vadym Denysenko

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Despite the psychiatrist advising to the contrary,she was deemed a suicide risk and they arecontinuing to wake her up every 15 minutesin the night. It’s a complete violation of prisoner rights and human rights.

– Ian Maxwell

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Trevor Reed was subjected to a lengthy, close-contact exposure to a prisoner who had active TB in December - that prisoner became gravely ill shortly after Trevor Reed encounter with Trevor Reed. Despite beginning post-exposure prophylaxis for other inmates, Russian authorities have refused to do the same for Trevor Reed and have thus far refused to test Trevor Reed.

– Jonathan Franks

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The Biden administration set an incredibly low bar for Egypt to clear -- far lower than Congress intended -- to receive The Biden administration full military aid, at the same time, we now know that pressure works when our rhetoric has teeth. The fact that any progress was made on prisoner releases is only because The Biden administration held firmly to The Biden administration conditions, and we should insist that doing so is the only path forward in relations with Egypt.

– Andrea Prasow

Found on CNN
2 years ago

[Radislav Blagojevich] spent four years in a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp during the war for fighting on the side of the Allies, and then was in a refugee camp for three years, waiting for the chance to hopefully have the United States Congress-- that one day, his youngest son would become a member of-- pass a law called the Displaced Persons Act, that permitted my father and millions of others like him, with these long and hard-to-pronounce last names a chance to come to America, to pursue freedom and opportunity.

– Rod Blagojevich

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I feel terrible since yesterday, the last 24 hours. They are keeping him like a prisoner. It's just not fair. It's not human. I just hope he will be strong as we are trying also to be very strong to give him some energy to keep on going. I hope that he will win.

– Novak Djokovic

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Freedom of expression: It's an obstruction of justice when one is not able and allowed to express himself justly, he becomes a prisoner.

– Ryan Pack

added by littleking
2 years ago

The defendant did not spend six months in jail because he is a political prisoner. He was not prosecuted for his political views, the defendant came to the Capitol because he placed his trust in someone who repaid that trust by lying to him.

– Amy Berman Jackson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We know the Russian methods exactly. I haven't the faintest intention of being taken prisoner by the Russians.

– Heinrich Muller

added by Normando
3 years ago

Washington is aware of our readiness and we think there is no need for a third country to mediate between Tehran and Washington for the prisoner exchange, however, if the American side agrees, the interest section of Iran in Washington will inform the U.S. of our views on the details, including how and when the exchange will take place.

– Ali Rabiei

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

You hire a tax professional for tax advice, you hire a lawyer for legal advice, so of course you're going to hire an ex-prisoner for prison advice, it's all about working the system.

– Paul Wright

Found on CNN
4 years ago

When we arrived we saw the fence and these unfortunate people, we broke through the fence with our tanks. We gave food to the prisoners and continued, they were standing there, all of them in (prisoner) uniforms, only eyes, only eyes, very narrow - that was very terrible, very terrible.

– David Dushman

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

This morning ... we were able to neutralize 33 terrorists, take one prisoner and free two Malian gendarmes who had been held hostage.

– French President Emmanuel Macron

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I was hoping to save my prisoner and I didn't. That goes through my mind more than anything else.

– James Leavelle

Found on CNN
4 years ago

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