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Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19thCentury New York

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&quotEntralling it is well&nbspworh the trip.&8221--New York Journal of Books Conceived as the most modern, humane&nbspincrceration facility the world had ever seen, New York&8217sBlackwell&8217sIsland,&nbspsit&nbspofa lunatic asylum, two prisons, an almshouse, and a number of hospitals, quickly&nbspbecme, in the words of a&nbspvisting Charles Dickens, &quotalounging, listless&nbspmadouse.&quotnbspDigging through city records,&nbspnewpaper articles, and&nbsparcival reports, Stacy Horn tells a gripping narrative&nbspthrugh the voices of the island&8217sinhabitants. We also hear&nbspfro the era&8217snbspofficials, reformers, and journalists, including the celebrated undercover&nbspreprter Nellie Bly. And we&nbspfolow the extraordinary Reverend William Glenney&nbspFrech as he ministers to Blackwell&8217sresidents, battles the&nbspburaucratic&nbspmazs of the Department of Correction and a corrupt City Hall, testifies at&nbspsalcious trials, and in his&nbspdiay wonders about man&8217sinhumanity to his fellow&nbspman&nbspDamation Island&nbspshos how far&nbspwe8217ve come in caring&nbspforthe least fortunate among us&8212andreminds us how