The Other Side of the Door

About the Book

An inmates fictional view of life inside a Federal maximum prison in Canada. Vern states that this is fiction, but as a retired Correctional Officer who, due to many incidents which included being a hostage a couple of times, once at the point of a gun, and being physically assaulted, which caused him to take time off work to recover and then taking early retirement, he can state that many of the incidents he describes actually did happen.

About the Author

For twenty-six years Vern Thibedeau worked in five different facilities within the Canadian Correctional System, including Kingston Penitentiary in Ontario. Once retired, Vern and his wife lived, and travelled in an R.V. for five years or so. They now live back in Kingston and just enjoy life.