Pines and Plains Libraries

"While Petra handles the breakfast rush at the Cackleberry Club, the caf©♭'s other two owners, Suzanne and Toni, head to Memorial Cemetery to help prepare for its 150th- anniversary celebration. But as they search the winding paths for the historical society tent, they discover something else out of place: the body of ex-prison warden Lester Drummond lying facedown in someone else's freshly dug grave. In the small town of Kindred, everyone knows...

Resolving to follow the law in spite of the illicit activities of corrupt peers at Ditmarsh Penitentiary, corrections officer Kali Williams learns about a missing inmate's creation of an elaborate comic book that reveals the covert workings of the prison's criminal operations.

A newly assigned warden seeks revenge on a convict nearing the end of his term for a past humiliation.

Mark Cobden is a husband and father like any other. Except that he's responsible for the death of an innocent man. Tortured by visions of his victim, Mark welcomes his four-year sentence as penance for his crime. But in this brutal environment, a former teacher is an easy target for the more ruthless residents. Eric McNally is a dedicated prison officer, doing his best to protect those in his charge. And in an understaffed prison that's brimming with...

At Oswald State Correctional Facility, Level Four, the wish list inside Emerald City keeps growing. In Oz, be careful what you wish for ... you might just get it. *For mature audiences: includes adult language, violence, nudity and sexual content.*

This is the story of five of the first female prison wardens in the state of Colorado. These remarkable women overcame many obstacles and challenges to promote to leadership positions in a system that was not eager to expand their definition of warden to include women. The stories showcase the courage and commitment to excellence portrayed by these women as they worked to change a system for the better. --Amazon.com

Private corporations run most of the prisons across the U.S. for profit. Jensen Ames is framed for his wife's murder on the same day that the steel mill he works at closes. Ames is sent to prison where he is coerced by Hennessey, the sadistic prison warden, to drive a Ford Mustang and become known as the famous masked driver, Frankenstein. She tells Ames that she knows his baby was left in foster care, but that prisoners are freed upon winning five...

Charlee Cox is a spoiled, second-generation prison guard in a minimum-security prison for women. His mother is the warden. The warden knows her lifelong bachelor son is up to something in her prison, but she needs proof--before he ruins his life and hers. A tunnel, conjugal visits, a spy on a diet, and forbidden love all lead to the only escape in the prison's history. And only Charlee could get away with it.