I could convince myself that as regards their effects upon the prisoners, and their results for society at large, the best ‘reformed’ prisons--whether cellular or not--are as bad as, or even worse, than the dirty lock-ups of old.
Kropotkin critiques the conditions of reformed prisons, suggesting they may be worse than older facilities.
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