Within Prison Walls (Heathen Edition) - 9781948316286

Thomas Mott Osborne (1859-1926) was an American prison administrator, prison reformer, industrialist, and New York State political reformer, who was so inspired by Donald Lowrie's 1912 book, My Life in Prison, and its call to action concerning prison reform, that he convinced the governor of New York to appoint him chairman of a new State Commission on Prison Reform. Then, on behalf of that commission and to better understand "the prison problem" firsthand, Osborne voluntarily entered Auburn Prison as "Tom Brown," No. 33,333x, for one week in 1913 to live as a prisoner - even going so far as having himself thrown into solitary confinement. The 1914 publication of that electrifying experience, Within Prison Walls, shocked the world and made him the most prominent and respected prison reform crusader of his day.

• | Author: Thomas Osborne
• | Publisher: Heathen Editions
• | Publication Date: Apr 28, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 270 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1948316285
• | ISBN-13: 9781948316286