For those who are new to the field of corrections or if you have been a correctional officer for a number of years and you’re looking for some great books related to your career then this is it.
The below booklist includes some great books, both true stories, fiction, and fact-based resource guides that anyone starting out as a correctional officer should own to offer you a new and different perspective on the various things that you may encounter and what others in the past have lived through as a corrections officer.
So if you have some free time and want to spend it with some good reading material, then check out some of the great books listed below. Additionally, if you are studying for your correctional officer test, you can click here for our list of the top correctional officer exam study guides.
COVER | TITLE | FORMAT | e-Book
AVAILABLE | RATING |
| Doing Time Eight Hours a Day: Memoirs of a Correctional Officer | Paperback, Hardcover | Kindle | |
| The Art of the Con: Avoiding Offender Manipulation | Paperback | No | |
| Gates of Injustice: The Crisis in America's Prisons | Paperback, Hardcover | Kindle | |
| Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing | Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Book | Kindle, iTunes | |
| Correction Officer's Guide to Understanding Inmates: The 44 Keys to Power, Control, and Respect (Volume 1) | Paperback | No | |
| Warden: Texas Prison Life and Death from the Inside Out | Hardcover | No | |
| Games Criminals Play: How You Can Profit by Knowing Them | Hardcover | No | |
| The Largest Hotel Chain in Texas: Texas Prisons | Paperback | No | |
| Colditz: The Definitive History: The Untold Story of World War II's Great Escapes | Paperback, Hardcover | No | |
| The Hot House: Life Inside Leavenworth Prison | Paperback, Hardcover | Kindle, iTunes | |
| Governing Prisons | Paperback, Hardcover | No | |
| Resolution of Prison Riots: Strategies and Policies | Hardcover | Kindle | |
| Correctional Officer Resource Guide | Paperback | No | |
| American Corrections | Paperback, Hardcover | Kindle | |
| Inside: Life Behind Bars in America | Paperback, Hardcover | Kindle, iTunes | |
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