Twin Hells A Thrilling Narrative Of Life In The Kansas Missouri Penitentiaries

Author : John N. Reynolds
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Total Pages : 160 pages
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Download or read book The Twin Hells written by John N. Reynolds and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-04 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Twin Hells" (A Thrilling Narrative of Life in the Kansas and Missouri Penitentiaries) by John N. Reynolds. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : John N. Reynolds
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ISBN 13 : 9781409947493
Total Pages : 176 pages
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Download or read book The Twin Hells written by John N. Reynolds and published by . This book was released on 2009-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recollections of time spent in Kansas & Missouri State Penitentiaries at the end of the 19th Century

Author : J. N. Reynolds
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330202951
Total Pages : 333 pages
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Download or read book The Twin Hells written by J. N. Reynolds and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Twin Hells: A Thrilling Narrative of Life in the Kansas and Missouri Penitentiaries The following pages treat of hell - A Kansas hell and a Missouri hell. Those who desire to peruse works that tell about Heaven only, are urged to drop this book and run. I was an inmate of the Kansas penitentiary for sixteen months, and make mention of what came under my own observation in connection with what I experienced. While an inmate of this prison I occupied cells at various times with convicts who had served terms in the Missouri prison. From these persons I gathered much useful material for my book. After my release I visited the Missouri penitentiary, and verified the statements of those criminals, and gathered additional material from the prison records and the officials. I have written chiefly for the youth of the country, but all ages will be deeply interested in the following pages. A large majority of the convicts are young men from sixteen to twenty-five years of age. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : John N. Reynolds
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332072357
Total Pages : 332 pages
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Download or read book The Twin Hells written by John N. Reynolds and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-27 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Twin Hells: A Thrilling Narrative of Life in the Kansas and Missouri Penitentiaries Life, or they surely would have resisted tempta tion and kept out of crime. The following pages will impart to the reader some idea of what he may expect to endure in case he be comes entangled in the meshes of the law, and is compelled to do service for the State with out any remuneration. Every penitentiary is a veritable hell. Deprive a person of his liberty, punish and maltreat him, and you fill his life with misery akin to those who wander in the darkness of eternal night. I think, when the reader has perused the following pages, he will agree with me, that the book has the proper title That this volume may prove an eye-opener to the boys who may read it, and prove interesting and instructive. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Download or read book Twin Hells; A Thrilling Narrative of Life in the Kansas and Missouri Penitentiaries written by Reynolds and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Newton Reynolds
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Download or read book Twin Hells; a Thrilling Narrative of Life in the Kansas & Missouri Penitentiaries written by John Newton Reynolds and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : J N Reynolds
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781355253761
Total Pages : 340 pages
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Download or read book The Twin Hells; A Thrilling Narrative of Life in the Kansas and Missouri Penitentiaries written by J N Reynolds and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Regina Kunzel
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226824780
Total Pages : 396 pages
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Download or read book Criminal Intimacy written by Regina Kunzel and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2022-03-22 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sex is usually assumed to be a closely guarded secret of prison life. But it has long been the subject of intense scrutiny by both prison administrators and reformers—as well as a source of fascination and anxiety for the American public. Historically, sex behind bars has evoked radically different responses from professionals and the public alike. In Criminal Intimacy, Regina Kunzel tracks these varying interpretations and reveals their foundational influence on modern thinking about sexuality and identity. Historians have held the fusion of sexual desire and identity to be the defining marker of sexual modernity, but sex behind bars, often involving otherwise heterosexual prisoners, calls those assumptions into question. By exploring the sexual lives of prisoners and the sexual culture of prisons over the past two centuries—along with the impact of a range of issues, including race, class, and gender; sexual violence; prisoners’ rights activism; and the HIV epidemic—Kunzel discovers a world whose surprising plurality and mutability reveals the fissures and fault lines beneath modern sexuality itself. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including physicians, psychiatrists, sociologists, correctional administrators, journalists, and prisoners themselves—as well as depictions of prison life in popular culture—Kunzel argues for the importance of the prison to the history of sexuality and for the centrality of ideas about sex and sexuality to the modern prison. In the process, she deepens and complicates our understanding of sexuality in America.

Author : Sara M. Benson
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520296966
Total Pages : 208 pages
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Download or read book The Prison of Democracy written by Sara M. Benson and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Built in the 1890s at the center of the nation, Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary was designed specifically to be a replica of the US Capitol Building. But why? The Prison of Democracy explains the political significance of a prison built to mimic one of America’s monuments to democracy. Locating Leavenworth in memory, history, and law, the prison geographically sits at the borders of Indian Territory (1825–1854) and Bleeding Kansas (1854–1864), both sites of contestation over slavery and freedom. Author Sara M. Benson argues that Leavenworth reshaped the design of punishment in America by gradually normalizing state-inflicted violence against citizens. Leavenworth’s peculiar architecture illustrates the real roots of mass incarceration—as an explicitly race- and nation-building system that has been ingrained in the very fabric of US history rather than as part of a recent post-war racial history. The book sheds light on the truth of the painful relationship between the carceral state and democracy in the US—a relationship that thrives to this day.

Author : Jamie Pamela Rasmussen
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 0826272878
Total Pages : 137 pages
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Download or read book The Missouri State Penitentiary written by Jamie Pamela Rasmussen and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asked how the Missouri State Penitentiary compared to other famous prisons, a historian and former prison administrator replied, “ It’s older and meaner.” For 168 years, it was everything other prisons were and more. In The Missouri State Penitentiary, Jamie Pamela Rasmussen recounts the long and fascinating history of the place, focusing on the stories of inmates and the struggles by prison officials to provide opportunities for reform while keeping costs down. Tales of prominent prisoners, including Pretty Boy Floyd, Sonny Liston, and James Earl Ray, provide intrigue and insight into the institution’s infamous reputation. The founding of the penitentiary helped solidify Jefferson City’s position as the state capital. A highlight in the chapter on the Civil War years is the story of George Thompson, who was imprisoned for attempting to help a number of slaves to freedom. The narrative enters the twentieth century with the controversy surrounding the various systems of inmate labor; the effort to make the prison self-supporting eventually caused punishment to be driven by factory needs. The example of Firebug Johnson demonstrates how inmates reacted to the prison labor system while Kate Richards O’Hare’s struggles and efforts to improve conditions in the penitentiary illuminate the role of women in the system at the time. A full chapter is devoted to the riot of 1954, and another concentrates on the reforms made in the wake of that catastrophe. Rasmussen also considers the effect inmate lawsuits during the 1980s and 1990s had on prison life before telling the story of the decision to close the prison. The Missouri State Penitentiary provides a fitting account of an institution that was part of Missouri’s history for well over a century. Numerous illustrations and a list of recommended reading contribute to the readers’ understanding of the history of the institution.