Book Description
The warden tells all! "The Big House" is an engaging page-turner and frightening insider's look at life in a world-famous maximum-security prison, the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Oak Park Heights. This account of life on the other side of the razor ribbon is the first to be told from a warden’s perspective. The former long-time warden at the prison, Bruton tells numerous stories and chilling and gruesome anecdotes about the convicts, attempts to understand the criminal mind, and explains both how the prison was designed and the cutting-edge philosophy behind its operation. In "The Big House", you will walk alongside the warden through the stark corridors and into the maximum-security cell blocks. You will be brought face to face with the realities of life inside one of the most secure prisons in the world. You will experience the world of some of our country’s most dangerous prisoners, while learning how the staff manages high-risk inmates and maintains one of the most safe and secure prison environments in the world.

About the Author
Jim Bruton was the warden at Oak Park Heights for five years, from 1996-2001. He worked in correctional facilities for 14 years and has 35 years of experience in the field of corrections. He is an adjunct faculty member in Criminal Justice/Sociology at the University of St. Thomas, the University of Minnesota, Hamline University, Minneapolis Community & Technical College, and Century College.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

The warden tells all! "The Big House" is an engaging page-turner and frightening insider's look at life in a world-famous maximum-security prison, the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Oak Park Heights. This account of life on the other side of the razor ribbon is the first to be told from a warden's perspective.

The former long-time warden at the prison, Bruton tells numerous stories and chilling and gruesome anecdotes about the convicts, attempts to understand the criminal mind, and explains both how the prison was designed and the cutting-edge philosophy behind its operation.

In The Big House, you will walk alongside the warden through the stark corridors and into the maximum-security cell blocks. You will be brought face to face with the realities of life inside one of the most secure prisons in the world. You will experience the world of some of our country's most dangerous prisoners, while learning how the staff manages high-risk inmates and maintains one of the most safe and secure prison environments in the world.

About the Author:Jim Bruton was the warden at Oak Park Heights for five years, from 1996-2001. He worked in correctional facilities for fourteen years and has a total of thirty-five years of experience in the field of corrections. He is an adjunct faculty member in Criminal Justice/Sociology at five colleges/universities.

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