{"product_id":"russian-and-french-prison-peter-kropotkin-9780921689980","title":"Russian And French Prison","description":"With an introduction by George Woodcock. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nearly a century has passed since Kropotkin wrote In Russian and French Prisons, yet his criticisms of the penal system have lost none of their relevance. Prisons- far from reforming the offender, or deterring crime- are, in themselves, \"schools of crime\". Every year, thousands of prisoners are returned to society without hope, without a trade, or without nay means of subsistence, and statistics show that once a man has been in prison he is likely to return. Moreover, the new offense is likely to be more serious than the first. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Although Kropotkin makes extensive use of the memoirs of former prisoners and the works of contemporary penologists, it is his own experience in prison--he spent five years behind bars, two in Russia, three in France--that gives this book its power. He shows from first hand knowledge the immense human suffering caused by prison life: how it destroys the mind and body, how it degrades and humiliates, how it perverts the prisoner's character and robs him of his dignity, how it reduces him to the condition of a caged animal, how his whole life is subjected to a deadly mechanical routine, how everything is done to break his spirit and kill his inner strength. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In Russian and French Prisons is the 6th volume of The Collected Works of Peter Kropotkin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Table of Contents \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Introduction to the 1991 edition by George Woodcock \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Author's preface to the Russian edition (1906) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Introduction \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e I. My first acquaintance with Russian prisons \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e II. Russian prisons \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e III. The fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e IV. Outcast Russia \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e V. The exile in Siberia \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e VI. The exile of Sakhalin \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e VII. A foreigner in Russian prisons \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e VIII. In French prisons \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e IX. On the moral influence of prisons on prisoners \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e X. Are prisons necessary? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Appendix A- Trial of the Soldiers accused of having carried Letters from Alexis Ravelin \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Appendix B- On the part played by the Exiles in the Colonization of Siberia \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Appendix C- Extract from a Report on \"Administrative Exile,\" read by M. Shakeeff at the Sitting of the St. Petersburg Nobility on February 17, 1881 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Appendix D- On Reformatories for Boys in France \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1991: 387 pages, index\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Kropotkin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0921689985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780921689980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Rose Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Peter Kropotkin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947477565695,"sku":"9780921689980","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_9e9fbf4a-4eb3-4054-823c-f299c63ceba3.jpg?v=1681518965","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/russian-and-french-prison-peter-kropotkin-9780921689980","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}