Prison Stories

This article is about a 2000 collection of stories by Helon Habila. For the 1991 American drama film, see Prison Stories: Women on the Inside.

Prison Stories, styled as Prison Stories: A Collection of Short Storie[s], is a collection of prison stories by Nigerian writer Helon Habila. "Love Poem", which is among the stories included in the collection, won the 2001 Caine Prize for African Writing.^[1][2] It was first published by Epic Books.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Prison Stories

First edition
Author	Helon Habila
Language	English
Genre	Literary Fiction, Social novel
Set in	Nigeria
Publisher	Epic Books
Publication date	2000
Publication place	Nigeria
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	153 pp (first edition)
ISBN	9789783039728 (first edition)
OCLC	50069353

Plot summary

The book is a collection of short stories about the brutal life faced by prisoners in prison, mostly by those are innocent.