This searing prison reform pamphlet turns a few stark prison scenes into a devastating indictment of English penal life. A warder named Martin is dismissed for giving a hungry child sweet biscuits, and the writer makes that small act of kindness the measure of a system that punishes compassion while dehumanizing inmates and staff alike. Drawing on firsthand experience, the author describes seeing three very young children at Reading Prison, as well as many others at Wandsworth and elsewhere, and insists that such scenes are too brutal to be believed unless witnessed directly. The book extends that outrage to the treatment of a mentally ill prisoner identified as A. 2. 11, arguing that he suffers from brain disease rather than disobedience and should be judged by humane experts, not officials defending a theory. Even when a new governor at Reading shows decency, the author shows how rigid prison rules still overwhelm individual goodness. It is a passionate plea for public concern, justice, and reform. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.