WRITERS ON THE BEAT: Retired NY-DOC Lieutenant and True Crime Author Charles Gardner on Prison Breaks

Judge Charles Gardner stepped into the Interrogation Room to clear a few things up about the 2015 Dannemora prison escape.  Over the course of 25 years with New York Department of Corrections, Charles gained experience through stints in several Medium and Maximum security prisons, including the famed Sing-Sing and the Clinton Correctional Facility, more commonly known by the name of its location: Dannemora. He served on DOC’s emergency response team; known as CERT, spelled C-E-R-T, that specialty unit functions as the corrections equivalent of SWAT. In June 2015, two convicted murders escaped from the DOC facility in Dannemora, and a massive, prolonged manhunt ensued and captured international attention. Just last month, Charles released his true crime book, entitled DANNEMORA, which details the relevant history of both escapees, the desperate, 24-7 search to recover them, and the myriad of factors that allowed this terrifying crime to have occurred at all.  Living in the upstate New York area where he was raised, the Dannemora convicts escaped in his "backyard," and 23 days later, one was dead and the other captured and recovered in his "front yard." He made the decision to write this True Crime account when he believed impossible administrative rules made this dangerous escape both possible and eventual. Charlie's work: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DBPNWFM/ Charlie's website: charlesagardner.com/ Gavin's works: www.amazon.com/Gavin-Reese/e/B072W5PPGS Gavin's site: gavinreese.com    #writersbeat #amwriting #amreading #amwritingfiction #thriller #espionage #writerslife #gavinthecop #gavinreese #police #policeprocedural #detective #conspiracy #conspiracyseries #writingcraft #nanowrimo #writingcoach #prisonbreak #escape #dannemora #nydoc #excons #convicts #prisonlife #prisoner #killersontheloose #roadblocks #checkpoints #authenticity #truecrime #admin #adminfails