Ted Kaczynski. Michael Swango. Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano. For twenty-five years, Brian Guimond walked the tiers where America keeps its most dangerous people -- and lived to tell the truth about what it cost him.
25 to Life is Brian's firsthand account of a career spent inside the federal system's most secure walls, from the ADX Supermax to MDC Brooklyn. He fed Osama bin Laden's personal secretary by force. He talked daily with serial killers and mob bosses. He rose from correctional officer to captain, earning respect the hard way -- through consistency, courage, and a code he never broke.
But this isn't just a story about inmates. It's about the men and women who go home every night pretending they're fine, carrying scars no one else can see. Guimond writes honestly about the PTSD that followed him out of the prison gates and into his marriage, his fatherhood, and his own sense of self -- and about the long road back to reclaiming his life.
Told with the bluntness of someone who has nothing left to hide, 25 to Life pulls back the curtain on a profession most people misunderstand and few dare to talk about honestly.
If you've ever wondered what it really takes to guard the people society fears most -- and what it takes back from the guards -- this book will change how you see them.