You are as free as a prisoner in an open air prison

This city is now an open-air prison.

“There are multitudes walking freely about who are locked up in the prison of pride.”

The primary obligation of any prisoner is to escape. Whether that means actually leaving or simply figuring out a way to handle things so you don't go crazy is up to you.

Life is a prison that we can't escape from unless death comes in and set us free.

While there is a lower class I am in it; while there is a criminal element I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free