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Book Titles in Jail and Prison

Having reread Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" today (highly recommend), I searched for other writings with "jail" or "prison" in the title or subtitle.
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American Prison (Shane Bauer)
American Prison
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Shane Bauer
Are Prisons Obsolete? (Angela Y. Davis)
Are Prisons Obsolete?
2
Angela Y. Davis
Becoming Ms. Burton (Susan Burton)
Becoming Ms. Burton
3
Susan Burton
Blood in the Water (Heather Ann Thompson)
Blood in the Water
4
Heather Ann Thompson
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (Michel Foucault)
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
5
Michel Foucault
Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System (Cyntoia Brown-Long)
Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System
6
Cyntoia Brown-Long
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief (Lawrence Wright)
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
7
Lawrence Wright
Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California (Ruth Wilson Gilmore)
Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California
8
Ruth Wilson Gilmore
The Governor: My Life Inside Britain's Most Notorious Prisons (Vanessa Frake)
The Governor: My Life Inside Britain's Most Notorious Prisons
9
Vanessa Frake
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
10
J.K. Rowling
The Haunting of Hardstone Jail (Amy Cross)
The Haunting of Hardstone Jail
11
Amy Cross
I'll Fly Away (Wally Lamb)
I'll Fly Away
12
Wally Lamb
Indefinite: Doing Time in Jail (Michael Walker)
Indefinite: Doing Time in Jail
13
Michael Walker
The Jail Notebook and Other Writings (Singh)
The Jail Notebook and Other Writings
14
Singh
Jailbird (Kurt Vonnegut)
Jailbird
15
Kurt Vonnegut
The Jailhouse Lawyer (James Patterson)
The Jailhouse Lawyer
16
James Patterson
Keys to the Demon Prison (Brandon Mull)
Keys to the Demon Prison
17
Brandon Mull
Letter From Birmingham Jail (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
Letter From Birmingham Jail
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Letters and Papers From Prison (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
Letters and Papers From Prison
19
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Libby Prison Breakout: The Daring Escape From the Notorious Civil War Prison (Joseph Wheelan)
Libby Prison Breakout: The Daring Escape From the Notorious Civil War Prison
20
Joseph Wheelan
Lockdown on Rikers (Mary E. Buser)
Lockdown on Rikers
21
Mary E. Buser
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail (Lawrence and Lee)
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
22
Lawrence and Lee
Orange Is the New Black (Piper Kerman)
Orange Is the New Black
23
Piper Kerman
Prison by Any Other Name (Maya)
Prison by Any Other Name
24
Maya
The Prison Doctor (Amanda Brown)
The Prison Doctor
25
Amanda Brown
The Prison Healer (Lynette Noni)
The Prison Healer
26
Lynette Noni
Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sun Dance (Leonard Peltier)
Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sun Dance
27
Leonard Peltier
The Prisoner (B.A. Paris)
The Prisoner
28
B.A. Paris
The Prisoner of Heaven (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
The Prisoner of Heaven
29
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Prisoner of Night and Fog (Anne Blankman)
Prisoner of Night and Fog
30
Anne Blankman
Prisoners of the Castle (Ben Macintyre)
Prisoners of the Castle
31
Ben Macintyre
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Tim Marshall)
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
32
Tim Marshall
Prisons Make Us Safer (Victoria)
Prisons Make Us Safer
33
Victoria
Reading Behind Bars (Grunenwald, Jill)
Reading Behind Bars
34
Grunenwald, Jill
Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian (Avi Steinberg)
Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian
35
Avi Steinberg
Selections From the Prison Notebooks (Antonio Gramsci)
Selections From the Prison Notebooks
36
Antonio Gramsci
Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson (Jackson)
Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson
37
Jackson
Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail (Malika Oufkir)
Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail
38
Malika Oufkir
This Is Ear Hustle: Unflinching Stories of Everyday Prison Life (Nigel Poor)
This Is Ear Hustle: Unflinching Stories of Everyday Prison Life
39
Nigel Poor
You Only Get Letters From Jail (Jodi Angel)
You Only Get Letters From Jail
40
Jodi Angel
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