Prisoner 88

Prisoner 88 by Lead Pileggi

Jake Evans is the youngest prisoner ever to be sent to the Idaho Territorial Penitentiary. At 10 years old, Jake has been sentenced to five years for manslaughter, even though he's not even sure what happened the day he pulled the trigger. Inside the prison, Jake fares better than he has in the real world...he's fed every day, given a job working outside with hogs, and he's learning to read (or being forced to). But he is still Prisoner 88, and Jake learns some hard lessons during his time in prison. Told through Jake's eyes and based on a true story, Prisoner 88 is a short but interesting view of what life in prison in 1855 would have been like for a boy of 10.