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100 1 _aOsborne, Thomas Mott,
_d1859-1926
245 1 0 _aWithin Prison Walls :
_bbeing a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2010
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2010-07-25
508 _aProduced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"Within Prison Walls" by Thomas Mott Osborne is a narrative account detailing the author's personal experience during a week of voluntary confinement in Auburn State Prison, written in the early 20th century. Through this unique immersion, Osborne seeks to explore the realities of prison life, aiming to better understand the conditions and human experiences of incarcerated individuals. The narrative reveals his motivations rooted in a desire for prison reform and a genuine connection with the inmates he encounters. At the start of the narrative, the author recounts the profound impact a childhood visit to Auburn Prison had on him, instilling both fear and curiosity. Years later, spurred by a growing interest in the prison system and his work with troubled youth, he resolves to spend a week as a prisoner to gain firsthand insight into the lives of inmates. He enters the prison as "Thomas Brown" and begins documenting his experiences and observations through a journal. The opening chapters describe his initial feelings of confinement, loneliness, and an ever-curious perspective as he is introduced to the stark realities of prison routines, daily tasks, and the complex human dynamics within the prison walls. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aAuburn Prison
653 _aPrisoners -- New York (State)
653 _aPrisons -- New York (State)
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33255
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