Jailed for opposing conscription, Emma Goldman describes the Missouri state prison at Jefferson City and Alexander Berkman the federal penitentiary at Atlanta, including solitary confinement and the dungeon. The warden’s reply and Berkman’s answer are printed too, with a foreword arguing that crime should be treated like illness, not punished like possession.
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