Table of Contents
Prologue: Inside Honor Block 1
I The Setting 5
1 Day One 7
2 Iron Mines and Iron Bars 12
3 Little Siberia 16
4 Amenities and Accommodations 21
5 Right-Sizing 24
II The Inmates 29
6 Two Hard Cases 31
7 Broken Boy, Broken Toys 36
8 Sweat's Road to Clinton 41
9 Deputy Tarsia's Last Tour 47
10 Boy Bully to Teenage Thug 56
11 Catch and Release 61
12 Murder for Hire 66
13 Gladiator School 72
14 Rickerson's Murder 78
15 Matt Takes a Ride 84
III The Plans, The Schemes 93
16 The Complacent Guard 95
17 Lonely, Undisciplined, Corruptible 100
18 Corcraft's Tailor Shops 103
19 Tailor Shop Troubles 107
20 Romancing and Contraband 112
21 Laying the Foundation 117
IV The Breakout 123
22 Breaching Their Cells 125
23 A Subterranean Struggles 129
24 Mitchell Goes Deep 132
25 Subterranean Struggles 138
26 "Time to Go, Kid!" 145
27 Change in Plans 150
V The Search 155
28 Discovery 157
29 Lockdown, Overtime, and a Media Blitz 162
30 Shelter in Place 167
31 Clinton Strong 174
32 The Pursuit and the Pursued 179
33 The Power of Politics 185
VI The Chase 191
34 Twisted Horn 193
35 Timing Is Everything 198
36 Bounty Hunters and Media Follies 204
37 Escape Route 208
38 The Chase Is On 214
39 The Bromance Ends 219
VII The Reckoning 225
40 Gin and Potshots at Humbug Mountain 227
41 Closing the Box 233
42 Mart's Final Stand 237
43 Press Conference, the Law, and the Locals 241
44 Sweat Runs for the Border 246
45 Sweat Goes Down 251
VIII The Aftermath 257
46 Assigning the Blame 259
47 Final Accounting 266
Acknowledgments 271
Index 273