How was life organized in the prison where those sentenced to death and those sentenced to life were kept? Who was sentenced to death? How did the person who received this terrible sentence feel? The author of this book talks about all this, as well as cases of unprecedented cruelty in prisons, unfair trials and the absurdity of military justice in Russia at the end of the 19th century. Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko - Russian classic, author of the famous novel “In a Bad Society”, became known as a journalist , mercilessly exposing all the ills of contemporary society of the 19th century. The publishing layout of the book is preserved in a4.pdf format.