Inside the Jail: A Narrative of a Week of Voluntary Incarceration at Auburn State Prison, New York by Thomas Mott Osborne is a unique narrative that reveals the author's impressions and thoughts during his week of voluntary incarceration at New York State Prison in Auburn. Osborne describes life, work, and interactions with other inmates, as well as his perception of the prison system through his own research and observations. The author is able to convey the atmosphere of the prison with all its harshness and realities, shades of emotions, as well as feelings of loneliness and limitation. Readers have the opportunity step by step to discover the world of closed imprisonment through the eyes of the author, which allows to pay attention to the problems of the prison system and their effect on the people inside them. This book is an important document that helps to better understand the inner world of prisoners, and also opens new perspectives to the issue of penal system and its influence on personality.