"There are three rules Brooke Sullivan must follow as a new nurse practitioner at a men's maximum-security prison: 1) Treat all prisoners with respect. 2) Never reveal any personal information. 3) Never EVER become too friendly with the inmates. But none of the staff at the prison knows Brooke has already broken the rules. Nobody knows about her intimate connection to Shane Nelson, one of the penitentiary's most notorious and dangerous inmates. And...

Writing a book is hard... but if you want people to actually read it, the REALLY hard part comes after it's on the market. This book will take you through all the author's best tips and tricks for getting your book noticed and selling. What's more, he does it specifically with the limitations of the imprisoned author in mind! Discarding things that are typically out of reach for someone behind bars, Frank focuses on marketing options that most people...

A Letter to the Inmate is a motivational tool that highlights the importance of self-worth and making a positive impact on a life worth living. It helps the inmate to rediscover who he is and challenges him to utilize his skills to their fullest potential. "Reads like a conversation between brothers and or friends. The struggle is for the receiver to heed the messages, do a U-Turn, and go in the direction of truth and righteousness rather than the...

After an emotional breakdown, one participant is not sure he can continue in the program.

"Shawna was overcome by the claustrophobia, the heat, the smoke, the fire, all just down the canyon and up the ravine. She was feeling the adrenaline, but also the terror of doing something for the first time. She knew how to run with a backpack; they had trained her physically. But that's not training for flames. That's not live fire. California's fire season gets hotter, longer, and more extreme every year -- fire season is now year-round. Of the...

Tiffane and her friend/naysayer, Quinn, pick up Arielle from prison and tensions boil on the ride home. After Darquavion's family friend visits him at Henry's house, an explosive conversation about values is sparked.

After the big blowout, Nick makes a decision about his living situation with Kyle and Sandra. Artie meets with Jovan's wife, Kelly, to figure out what's next for Jovan and his daughter.

Fans of Serial and Making a Murderer, meet Kirk Bloodsworth, the first death row inmate exonerated by DNA evidence. Charged with the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in 1984, Bloodsworth was tried, convicted, and sentenced to die in Maryland's gas chamber. From the beginning, he proclaimed his innocence, but when he was granted a new trial because his prosecutors improperly withheld evidence, the second trial also resulted in conviction. Bloodsworth...

When George Pitts faked insanity in a federal district court in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1960 to beat twelve felony counts, he was sent to the US Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri, under a lunacy commitment. He worked in the Education Department. Robert Stroud, the famous Birdman of Alcatraz, ran the library next door. They were friends, thus the title.

The Statesville Prison experience will pull you right in, if not already. It was surreal being a White male in his forties locked up in one of the most horrific prisons in the country, Statesville Penitentiary. After another blink of an eye, he's transferred to minimum-security East Moline Illinois Prison. The bus ride experience is straight out of Hollywood, except it's real. His time spent in sweet Moline doesn't last long as expected due to some...