The King of the Yard: A Prison Officer's Secret Empire of Corruption, Contraband, Currency, and Control

Author:   Michael Rowan
Publisher:   Independently Published
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9798245153537


Pages:   152
Publication Date:   06 March 2026
Format:   Paperback
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The King of the Yard: A Prison Officer's Secret Empire of Corruption, Contraband, Currency, and Control


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The prison is a city. It has its own economy, its own laws, and its own kings. When a new prison officer joins the service at over fifty years old, he arrives with something most officers don't possess: maturity, discipline, and calm authority. Staff respect him. Prisoners respect him. Even the governor sees leadership potential in him. But behind the walls, respect is only the beginning. On the wings, power doesn't belong to the loudest men, or the strongest. It belongs to the ones who can control the flow of currency: phones, SIM cards, favours, protection. The ones who can obtain what no one else can. One prisoner stands apart. Quiet. Intelligent. Dangerous in a way that doesn't need shouting. Their conversations begin harmlessly: books, travel, spirituality, life. Until one question changes everything: ""Who runs this prison?"" What follows is not a story of a weak officer being manipulated. It is the story of a system being outwitted. A city being rewritten. And a hidden empire built in plain sight. Contraband begins to move like clockwork. The prison panics. Security tightens. Rumours spread. Nobody suspects the man with the polished shoes and calm voice, the one everyone trusts. Because the most dangerous corruption isn't greed. It's control. And in a city behind bars, whoever controls the currency controls the kingdom. The King of the Yard is a gripping prison story of power, loyalty, moral collapse, and the intoxicating thrill of beating a system that believes it cannot be beaten. You'll never look at a uniform the same way again.

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Author:   Michael Rowan
Publisher:   Independently Published
Imprint:   Independently Published
Dimensions:   Width: 12.70cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.159kg
ISBN:  

9798245153537


Pages:   152
Publication Date:   06 March 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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