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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
Shane Bauer
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Are Prisons Obsolete? (Angela Y. Davis)
Are Prisons Obsolete?
Angela Y. Davis
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Becoming Ms. Burton (Susan Burton)
Becoming Ms. Burton
Susan Burton
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Blood in the Water (Heather Ann Thompson)
Blood in the Water
Heather Ann Thompson
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Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (Michel Foucault)
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
Michel Foucault
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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
Cyntoia Brown-Long
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Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief (Lawrence Wright)
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
Lawrence Wright
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Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California (Ruth Wilson Gilmore)
Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California
Ruth Wilson Gilmore
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The Governor: My Life Inside Britain's Most Notorious Prisons (Vanessa Frake)
The Governor: My Life Inside Britain's Most Notorious Prisons
Vanessa Frake
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
J.K. Rowling
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The Haunting of Hardstone Jail (Amy Cross)
The Haunting of Hardstone Jail
Amy Cross
12
I'll Fly Away (Wally Lamb)
I'll Fly Away
Wally Lamb
13
Indefinite: Doing Time in Jail (Michael Walker)
Indefinite: Doing Time in Jail
Michael Walker
14
The Jail Notebook and Other Writings (Singh)
The Jail Notebook and Other Writings
Singh
15
Jailbird (Kurt Vonnegut)
Jailbird
Kurt Vonnegut
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The Jailhouse Lawyer (James Patterson)
The Jailhouse Lawyer
James Patterson
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Keys to the Demon Prison (Brandon Mull)
Keys to the Demon Prison
Brandon Mull
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Letter From Birmingham Jail (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
Letter From Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Letters and Papers From Prison (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
Letters and Papers From Prison
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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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
Joseph Wheelan
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Lockdown on Rikers (Mary E. Buser)
Lockdown on Rikers
Mary E. Buser
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The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail (Lawrence and Lee)
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
Lawrence and Lee
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Orange Is the New Black (Piper Kerman)
Orange Is the New Black
Piper Kerman
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Prison by Any Other Name (Maya)
Prison by Any Other Name
Maya
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The Prison Doctor (Amanda Brown)
The Prison Doctor
Amanda Brown
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The Prison Healer (Lynette Noni)
The Prison Healer
Lynette Noni
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Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sun Dance (Leonard Peltier)
Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sun Dance
Leonard Peltier
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The Prisoner (B.A. Paris)
The Prisoner
B.A. Paris
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The Prisoner of Heaven (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
The Prisoner of Heaven
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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Prisoner of Night and Fog (Anne Blankman)
Prisoner of Night and Fog
Anne Blankman
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Prisoners of the Castle (Ben Macintyre)
Prisoners of the Castle
Ben Macintyre
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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
Tim Marshall
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Prisons Make Us Safer (Victoria)
Prisons Make Us Safer
Victoria
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Reading Behind Bars (Grunenwald, Jill)
Reading Behind Bars
Grunenwald, Jill
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Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian (Avi Steinberg)
Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian
Avi Steinberg
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Selections From the Prison Notebooks (Antonio Gramsci)
Selections From the Prison Notebooks
Antonio Gramsci
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Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson (Jackson)
Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson
Jackson
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Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail (Malika Oufkir)
Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail
Malika Oufkir
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This Is Ear Hustle: Unflinching Stories of Everyday Prison Life (Nigel Poor)
This Is Ear Hustle: Unflinching Stories of Everyday Prison Life
Nigel Poor
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You Only Get Letters From Jail (Jodi Angel)
You Only Get Letters From Jail
Jodi Angel
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