Walking Mainline - Hardcover

by Robert Todd (Author)

Walk the mainline inside the United States Penitentiary Lompoc with a 21 year veteran federal correctional officer. The "New Rock" was one of the toughest federal prisons in the United States. What is it like to enter the front gate into the world of penitentiary life. It is a journey from the interview board, training academy, to working a cell block, and in the end, if you are lucky retirement. Every day can change from the quiet boring routine to assaults, riots, escapes and death. Sex, drugs, misconduct, and the every day battle to survive and to go home at the each of each shift. Not everyone can complete the journey. Enter the front gate if you dare