Project Gutenberg 2025-02-19 Public domain in the USA. 231 Byrum, E. E. (Enoch Edwin) 1861 1942 Byrum, Enoch Edwin 01022083 Behind the prison bars : $b A reminder of our duties toward those who have been so unfortunate as to be cast into prison $aMoundsville, WV :$bGospel Trumpet Publishing Co., $c1901. Bob Taylor, and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Behind the Prison Bars: A Reminder of Our Duties Toward Those Who Have Been So Unfortunate as to Be Cast into Prison" by E. E. Byrum is a social reform treatise written in the early 20th century. This work advocates for the humane treatment of prisoners, emphasizing the responsibility of society to support and rehabilitate individuals who find themselves incarcerated, regardless of their guilt or innocence. The author seeks to raise awareness about the conditions in prisons and the profound impact that compassion and literature can have on inmates' lives. The opening of the book presents a poignant view of prison life, where Byrum reflects on the feelings of despair and hopelessness that prisoners experience upon being sentenced. He discusses the duality of prison existence—the potential for personal reform through kindness juxtaposed against brutal treatment and severe punishment. Byrum highlights the importance of empathy, urging readers to take action on behalf of those behind bars, and introduces the concept of providing prisoners with access to uplifting literature as a means of instilling hope and facilitating rehabilitation. Furthermore, he shares observations about the systemic issues within the penal system, advocating for a more compassionate approach to punishment and reform. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240915120219byrum 1901 US Reading ease score: 66.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Prisons Prisons -- West Virginia HV Text Category: Law & Criminology Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Sociology 233731 2025-06-30T03:33:31.600236 text/html 207000 2025-02-19T18:43:29 text/html 2159227 2025-06-30T03:33:37.547131 application/epub+zip 2157137 2025-06-30T03:33:33.213157 application/epub+zip 503456 2025-06-30T03:33:32.338209 application/epub+zip 3198397 2025-06-30T03:33:40.610159 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3166087 2025-06-30T03:33:36.773218 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 199190 2025-06-30T03:33:31.065191 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 179196 2025-02-19T18:43:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15915 2025-06-30T03:33:40.762151 application/rdf+xml 17476 2025-06-30T03:33:32.563168 image/jpeg 2409 2025-06-30T03:33:32.449169 image/jpeg 2810074 2025-06-30T03:33:31.666219 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