GUARDED MOMENTS

About the Book

HE SENTENCED HIMSELF TO PRISON
AS A CORRECTIONAL OFFICER

The harrowing journey of a boy raised by a brutal criminal father who sentenced himself to prison as a correctional officer rather than be sent there as an inmate.

Guarded Moments is an unblinking descent into the solitary confinement of one man's heart Seeing the terror in the eyes of a child visiting his father at San Quentin, the correctional officer finally breaks through the prisons inside him. Walls come tumbling down.

Guarded Moments is one man's key to the freedom of himself.

About the Author

My autobiography starts with my childhood in Northern California and culminates with my present situation as husband, father and owner of a security company. The narrative chronologically follows the major events of my life, from my mother?s fatal accident to the youthful criminal activities I carried out for my father. The memoir describes my attempt to escape from my father's influence, a father with the same name as mine. Deciding to be a correctional officer, I thought I could free myself of his dark influence.