Songs about prison and prisoners
Patti Page: The Prisoner's Song https://www.google.nl/search?q=patti+page+the+prisoner%27s+song&rlz=1C1G...
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/Mihail-Krug-MIKHAIL-KRUG-Vladimirskii-Tse...
(Mikhail Krug - Vladimirskii Tsentral)
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/ana-carolina-o-cristo-de-madeira-lyrics.html - talks about an ex-prisoner that just left jail.
Talks about a prisoner eho was killed inside his cell
Johnny Cash - San Quentin
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/Johnny-Cash-San-Quentin-lyrics.html
Diário de um detento - Racionais MC's: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/di%C3%A1rio-de-um-detento-inmates-diary.h...
It's about the Carandiru Massacre, the lyrics was written with a former inmate help and the music video was filmed inside the Carandiru Penitentiary with real prisoners.
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/temsilci-bir-cezaevinde-lyrics.html
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/naz%C4%B1m-hikmet-hapiste-yatacak-olana-b...
I don't know if you want to add poems to your collection, but when you talk about prison, you can't forget Nazım. :)
https://lyricstranslate.com/tr/sabahattin-ali-mahpushane-t%C3%BCrk%C3%BC...
May come in handy : )
Russian folk song
Russian classic poetry