Project Gutenberg 2020-11-05 Public domain in the USA. 324 Munro, John Josiah 09029451 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. E-text prepared by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "The New York Tombs Inside and Out!" by John Josiah Munro is a detailed historical account written in the early 20th century. This work provides an insider's view of America's most infamous prison, known as the Tombs in New York City, and highlights the corruption, scandal, and social issues surrounding its operation. Munro, who served as the chaplain of the Tombs, combines personal experiences with historical events, aiming to shed light on the institution's conditions and the treatment of its inmates. The opening of the book presents the author's first visit to the Tombs, detailing the profound impression it left on him and the dire conditions he witnessed. Munro reflects on the ongoing issues of mismanagement, corruption, and inadequate treatment of inmates. He narrates his experiences as he interacts with the young prisoners, expressing concern over the environment in which they were kept—a place more fitting for animals than for humans. The vivid descriptions of the squalid conditions and the moral depravity within the prison establish a stark backdrop that sets the tone for the rest of the narrative as he seeks to advocate for reform and a better understanding of the circumstances that lead individuals to incarceration. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 66.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Crime -- New York (State) -- New York Halls of Justice (New York, N.Y.) HV Text Category: Biographies Category: History - American Category: Law & Criminology 609457 2025-09-25T08:24:15.204070 text/html 587160 2024-10-18T07:55:57 text/html 7283478 2025-09-25T08:24:25.378997 application/epub+zip 7281837 2025-09-25T08:24:17.359132 application/epub+zip 347832 2025-09-25T08:24:16.226112 application/epub+zip 8780656 2025-09-25T08:24:31.652043 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 8717722 2025-09-25T08:24:24.212068 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 436726 2022-09-28T17:43:18.194141 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 558739 2025-09-25T08:24:14.132121 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 538802 2024-10-18T07:55:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16477 2025-09-25T08:24:31.806974 application/rdf+xml 21125 2025-09-25T08:24:16.367065 image/jpeg 2294 2025-09-25T08:24:16.297039 image/jpeg 7225111 2025-09-25T08:24:15.358045 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