Chapter One
AUTHOR'S NOTE
This is a work of nonfiction, describing events that I witnessed and
participated in. No scenes are imaginary or made up, though some dialogue was,
of necessity, re-created. Like all officers, I kept a small spiral notebook in
my breast pocket for note-taking; unlike most of them, I took many notes. Most
of the individuals in the book are identified by their real names. But to
protect the privacy of certain officers and inmates, I have made up the
following names for real people:
Aragon , Rufino, Van Essen, Antonelli, Hawkins, Gaines, Foster, Wickersham,
Perch, Arno, Chilmark, Pacheco, Dobbins, Duncan, Scarff, Bella, St. George,
Saline, McCorkle , Birch, Pitkin, Popish, Massey, Lopez, Dieter , Phelan, De Los
Santos, Di Carlo, Perlstein, Garces, DiPaols, Billings, Riordan, Speros, Mendez,
Delacruz, Malaver, Larson, Perez, Fay, Blaine, Addison, L'Esperance, Sims,
Blaine, Michaels, Astacio.
INSIDE PASSAGE
Six-twenty A.m. and the sun rises over a dark place. Across the Hudson River
from Sing Sing prison, on the opposite bank, the hills turn pink; I spot the
treeless gap in the ridgeline where, another officer ha ... read full excerpt from Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing ebook
