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"Prisoner abuse" as a book category covers works—fiction and nonfiction—that focus on the mistreatment of people held in custody, detention, or confinement. It includes portrayals of physical violence, torture, sexual abuse, neglect, psychological coercion, systemic cruelty within prisons, detention centers, military or secret facilities, and the bureaucratic or political structures that enable such treatment. These books often center on survivors’ experiences, perpetrators’ motivations, institutional critique, legal and moral consequences, or efforts at escape, accountability, and reform, and they may blend elements of memoir, investigative reporting, legal drama, political thriller, or gritty literary fiction. Because the subject matter frequently involves graphic or traumatic material, works in this category commonly carry content warnings and are intended for readers prepared for intense, upsetting themes about power, dehumanization, and resilience.

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