a novel was set in a prison where the detainees found a child and began to hide him from the jailers.

[123]

I want to remember the name of a novel, the story was set in a prison where the detainees found a child and began to hide him from the jailers.
The child in it was an infant, so the story was about the prisoners trying to hide him
i read it like 15 years ago

[Kris]

123, what's the genre - e.g., for adults or teens? contemporary or historical fiction, mystery, thriller, literary fiction, etc.?

What type of prison?
Early in the book, do you learn who are the baby's mother and father and what happened to them?

Story's time period and location/ country?