In Russian and French Prisons

First published in 1887, “In Russian and French Prisons” is Peter Kropotkin''s detailed critique of French and Russian prisons in the late 19th century. Within it, Kropotkin offers poignant descriptions of the conditions of those who undergo solitary confinement while offering his own panacea to the wealth of problems engendered by the existence of prisons: abolish them entirely. Although written ...