Warden Prison Life and Death from the Inside Out

JIM WILLETT NEVER INTENDED TO PRESIDE OVER MORE LEGAL EXECUTIONS THAN ANYONE ELSE ALIVE. WARDEN IS THE STORY OF WILLETT'S THIRTY-YEAR CAREER IN TEXAS PRISONS.HE RECALLS NOT JUST THE BIG EVENTS, BUT ALSO THE SMALL ONES THAT GAVE PRISON LIFE ITS TEXTURE. HE RECONSTRUCTS THE DUTY HE HATED MOST AS WARDEN OF THE WALLS: THE EIGHTY-NINE TIMES HE ACCOMPANIED CONDEMNED MEN TO THE DEATH CHAMBER.