Project Gutenberg 2010-01-15 Public domain in the USA. 157 McGuire, John J. (John Joseph) 1917 1981 McGuire, John Joseph Schelling, George 1938 Schelling, George Luther Schelling, George L. Schelling Take the Reason Prisoner Produced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction November 1963. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Take the Reason Prisoner" by John J. McGuire is a science fiction novel written during the early 1960s. The story explores complex themes related to criminal justice and psychological manipulation within a futuristic prison setting. The central character is Major General James J. Bennington, who faces political machinations and moral dilemmas as he begins his role as the new warden of Duncannon Processing Prison. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to General Bennington during a welcoming party hosted by political figures who seem more interested in their own agendas than in the welfare of the prisoners. As he navigates the convoluted prison system, Bennington becomes increasingly aware of the ethical issues surrounding the conditioning methods used on the inmates. He is especially concerned about the influence of Dr. Thornberry, the prison's chief psychologist, who advocates for using psychological conditioning to manage the prisoners. As the story unfolds, Bennington grapples with the reality of his new position, witnessing the flaws and dangers of a system that claims to rehabilitate while also raising questions about the morality of such measures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/30972/30972-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 75.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Prisons -- Fiction Prison wardens -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 149698 2025-08-12T14:29:41.010457 text/html 147597 2010-01-15T12:52:54 text/html 374757 2025-08-12T14:29:43.783413 application/epub+zip 377148 2025-08-12T14:29:41.436499 application/epub+zip 121349 2025-08-12T14:29:41.206453 application/epub+zip 440105 2025-08-12T14:29:45.629488 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 431261 2025-08-12T14:29:43.551468 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 176400 2022-09-14T09:23:55.718390 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 138987 2025-08-12T14:29:40.692456 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 138820 2010-01-15T12:52:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19428 2025-08-12T14:29:45.775407 application/rdf+xml 23481 2025-08-12T14:29:41.276427 image/jpeg 4217 2025-08-12T14:29:41.241451 image/jpeg 358500 2010-01-15T12:52:56 application/octet-stream application/zip 52203 2010-01-15T12:52:56 application/octet-stream application/zip 362024 2025-08-12T14:29:41.037464 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia