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1) The jackal
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
From #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward comes the start of a captivating new Black Dagger Brotherhood spin-off series set in an underground prison where only murderous and thieving creatures dwell.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Tori, Marvin, and Noah would rather be anywhere else than on the seventh grade class field trip to Raven Island prison...But when the three of them stumble upon a dead body in the woods, miss the last ferry back home, and then have to spend the night on Raven Island, they find that they need each other now more than ever"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
We all love the Shawshank Redemption; the story of a man who successfully escaped from a prison. But as they say, life is stranger than fiction and there have been events which can even put the movies to shame. It's amazing to see what prisoners go through and the creative plans they come up with to escape. This amazing book reveals the secrets of some of the most epic and ingenious escapes in history. Discover the adventures of those who were not...
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Wendell Baker is a dreamer and schemer whose latest scam lands him in jail and alienates from his longtime girlfriend, best friend and even his dog. Eternally optimistic, Wendell makes the most of his time behind bars and vows to turn his life around. Upon release, he gets a job at a retirement hotel, befriending the residents and battling the evil nurse.
11) Infidel
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A contemporary Middle East thriller starring Jim Caviezel as an American kidnapped while attending a conference in Cairo, who ends up in prison in Iran on spying charges. His wife goes to Iran, determined to get him out.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Welcome to Cold Mountain Penitentiary, home to the Depression-worn men of E Block. Convicted killers all, each awaits his turn to walk the Green Mile, keeping a date with 'Old Sparky,' Cold Mountain's electric chair. Prison Guard Paul Edgecombe has seen his share of oddities in his years working the Mile, but he's never seen anything like John Coffey--a man with the body of a giant and the mind of a child, condemned for a crime terrifying in its violence...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
Publisher Annotation: In the Chiconautla prison, an inmate convicted of a misdemeanor claims to be Zeta 9, one of the founders of the bloodiest cartel in Mexico. Incredulous, but moved by curiosity, a journalist comes to meet him, thus immersing himself in a scenario where the boundaries between truth and deception are blurred. Determining the identity of this unreadable character, who is involved in the most grotesque cynicism, becomes a challenge...
15) Backtrace
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
After suffering a brain injury from a bank heist gone wrong, Macdonald develops amnesia and is put into a prison psychiatric ward. Following his seventh year of evaluation, he is coerced by an inmate and a ward doctor to break out of prison and injected with a serum that forces him to relive the life he₂s forgotten. Macdonald must now elude a local detective, a tough FBI agent, and the drug₂s dangerous side effects in order to recover the stolen...
16) Black Adam
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods-and imprisoned just as quickly-Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.
17) The misfits
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A band of modern-day Robin Hoods recruits a renowned thief to help steal millions in gold bars stashed underneath one of the world's most secure prisons.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Español
Description
Un columnista de periódico es sostenido en la prisión después de que su columna es vista como un ataque sobre el gobierno. Él enseña a su compañero de célula más jóven un juego de guerra y estrategia, que causa una revolución fuera de las paredes de cárcel cuando su cellmate se escapa.
A newspaper columnist is held in prison after his column is seen as an attack on the government. He teaches his younger cell mate a game of war and strategy,...
19) The mustang
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Roman is a man serving a prison sentence of 12 years for committing a violent crime. His rehabilitation options include working at a facility that breaks and trains wild mustang horses. Within a short time, Roman's work with the horses propels him into an introspective period. He learns about the true origins of his own anger when he befriends a particularly troubled mustang. As his relationship with the mustang grows, Roman begins to deeply consider...
20) Papillon
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The epic story of Henri Charriere, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld who is framed for murder and condemned to life in the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island. Determined to regain his freedom, Papillon forms an unlikely alliance with convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, who, in exchange for protection, agrees to finance Papillon's escape.
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