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The New York Tombs Inside and Out! / Scenes and Reminiscences Coming Down to the Present. A Story Stranger Than Fiction, with an Historic Account of America's Most Famous Prison.

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A former prison chaplain offers a firsthand account of life inside a major city detention complex, combining historical background, vivid recollections, and portraits of inmates and staff. Chapters trace the site’s development, document daily conditions and alleged corruption, present individual criminal biographies and confessions, and discuss broader causes and types of crime and rehabilitation. The narrative critiques political influence and penitentiary practices while urging social and moral remedies, mixing anecdote, institutional history, and reflections on criminal psychology and reform.

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Title: The New York Tombs Inside and Out!

Author: John Josiah Munro

Release date: November 5, 2020 [eBook #63641]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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John J. Munro
Ex-chaplain of the Tombs.

 

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New York Tombs
 
Inside and Out!

Scenes and Reminiscences Coming Down to the
Present.—A Story Stranger Than Fiction,
With an Historic Account of
America’s Most Famous
Prison.
By
JOHN JOSIAH MUNRO,
Ex-Chaplain of the Tombs.
(Illustrated)
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
Printed and Published by the Author,
at 186 Ainslie Street.
PRICE, $1.50.

 

 

Copyrighted, 1909,
by
John J. Munro,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Thomas J. Blain, printer,
PORT CHESTER, NEW YORK.