The true story of a man who spent 50 years behind the walls of New Jersey's maximum-security Trenton State Prison, yet managed to maintain a sense of humor as well as the respect and affection of both inmates and fellow guards. Harry Camisa witnessed 13 electrocutions, was taken hostage twice and stopped the escape of five violent felons. Camisa knew all of New Jersey's notorious criminals from 1950 through 2002, ranging from Charlie "The Bug" Workman, who killed Prohibition-era mobster Dutch Schultz; serial killer Richard Biegenwald; accountant John List, who killed his entire family and evaded capture for 17 years; and Richard "The Iceman" Kuklinski as well as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. This new edition of a true-crime classic includes the killing of biker Robert "Mudman" Simon by Ambrose Harris on the prison's death row. Approximately 85 B & W ill., including interior photos of the 1835 prison.