Walls and Bars

Walls and Bars is a book written by Eugene Victor Debs that explores the harsh realities of life in prison. Debs, a prominent American socialist and labor leader, spent time in prison for his political beliefs and used his experiences to shed light on the inhumane conditions that prisoners face. The book delves into the psychological toll that imprisonment takes on individuals and the ways in which the prison system perpetuates inequality and oppression. Debs also discusses the failures of the criminal justice system and the need for reform. Walls and Bars is a powerful and thought-provoking work that challenges readers to reconsider their views on crime and punishment.1927. The book is dedicated To the countless thousands of my brothers and sisters who have suffered the cruel and pitiless torture and degradation of imprisonment in the jails, penitentiaries and other barbarous and brutalizing penal institutions of capitalism under our much-vaunted Christian civilization, and who in consequence now bear the ineffaceable brand of convicts and criminals, this volume is dedicated with affection and devotion by one of their number. Contents: The Relation of Society to the Convict; The Prison as an Incubator of Crime; I Become U.S. Convict, No. 9653; Sharing the Lot of Les Miserables; Transferred From My Cell to the Hospital; Visitors and Visiting; The 1920 Campaign for President; A Christmas Eve Reception; Leaving the Prison; General Prison Conditions; Poverty Populates the Prison; Creating the Criminal; How I Would Manage the Prison; Capitalism and Crime; Poverty and the Prison; Socialism and the Prison; Leaving the Prison; Prison Labor, Its Effects on Industry and Trade; Studies Behind Prison Walls; and Wasting Life.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.