Background
Source: Wikipedia
Thomas Mott Osborne (September 23, 1859 – October 20, 1926) was an American prison officer, prison reformer, politician, industrialist, and New York State political reformer. In an assessment of Osborne's life, a New York Times book reviewer wrote: "His career as a penologist was short, but in the interval of the few years he served, he succeeded in revolutionizing American prison reform, if not always in fact, then in awakening responsibility....
