Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Involved in the disgrace of his friend , Francisco de CabarrÃ s , Melchor de Jovellanos spent the years 1790 to 1797 in a sort of banishment at GijÃ n , engaged in literary work and in founding the Asturian institution for agricultural , industrial , social and educational reform throughout his native province .
Simplified: Involved in the disgrace of his friend , Francisco de CabarrÃ s , Jovellanos spent the years 1790 to 1797 in a sort of prison at Gijon where he wrote .