prisons

Karla and Benny accompany their uncle Bill on a scientific expedition of the island of Mala Suerte and soon discover something deadly living in the river swamp. When an abandoned village turns out to be a prison where Koroko stores his food, the group has to figure out how to free the prisoners and escape from the aptly nicknamed Beast Island.

The former NFL star turned social activist presents thirty essays from political prisoners, grassroots organizers and scholars such as Angela Davis and Dereck Purnell that focus on the police and incarceration abolition movement.

The Texas Seven were an infamous group of convicted prisoners who escaped from the John B. Connally Unit, a maximum-security prison near Kenedy, Texas, on December 13, 2000. Over a month later, six of the seven were apprehended between January 21 and 23, 2001. Their capture was as a result of an appeal to the public during the television show America's Most Wanted. However, one of them committed suicide before he could be arrested. The other six escapees were all convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of police officer Aubrey Wright Hawkins, who had been murdered when responding to a robbery perpetrated by the Texas Seven.

"Mysterious and massive cube spaceships from another dimension materialize over our cities around the globe. They routinely abduct teenagers to be held inside their floating prison ships. And the world accepts it as inevitable. But not Liam Watts. His younger brother has been taken. And Liam is tired of 'thoughts and prayers.' Now, in a 'take back our future' anthem, Liam must assemble a skilled team of ordinary high school students and in just a few weeks, they must plan a heist to infiltrate a hi-tech prison ship a mile in the sky. But what they'll find there will throw their plans into turmoil and challenge their resolve. How do you break out of a prison that's not even from this world?"--Provided by publisher.

Tasked with keeping a captured and terminally ill Rebel Queen alive long enough to survive the formidable elemental Trial by Ordeal, death prison healer Kiva Meridan receives a coded message from her family before risking her life to take the queen's place.

"With her older brother in prison, a young girl copes with the confusing feelings his absence creates"--Provided by publisher.

Contains all six installments of the serialized horror novel about death row prisoner John Coffey and his fellow inmates and guards in the Green Mile wing of Cold Mountain Penitentiary.

"David Wilson has spent his professional life working with violent men--especially men who have committed murder. Aged twenty-nine he became, at that time, the UK's youngest ever prison Governor in charge of a jail and his career since then has seen him sat across a table with all sorts of killers: sometimes in a tense interview; sometimes sharing a cup of tea (or something a little stronger); sometimes looking them in the eye to tell them that they are a psychopath. Some of these men became David's friends; others would still love to kill him. This book tells the story of David's journey from idealistic prison governor to expert criminologist and professor"--Provided by publisher.

"When young adventurer Laios and his company are attacked and soundly thrashed by a dragon deep in a dungeon, the party loses all its money and provisions...and a member! They're eager to go back and save her, but there is just one problem: If they set out with no food or coin to speak of, they're sure to strave on the way! But Laios comes up with a brilliant idea: "Let's eat the monsters!" Slimes, basilisks, and even dragons...none are safe from the appetites of these dungeon-crawling gourmands!"--Back cover.

". . . YA novel in verse about a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated"--Provided by publisher.