MONKEY HOUSE: Ralph Griffith and Bernie Madoff (The Griffith Chronicles)

The author spent a total of 30 years in federal prisons for bank robberies. When he entered prison 14 years ago he decided to write. Seven years before his release because of heart problems he was transferred to FCI Butner which was a medical center and a psychiatric center as well. Along with the author living in a small 60 man unit was Bernie Madoff, Jonathon Pollard, Nicky Scarfo, Carmine Persico, and serial killer Larry Hall. In the authors mind he was in a giant nut house/Monkey House. He spent 4 years putting Monkey House together. It has been compared to the Orange is the New Black--but on steroids. Griffith likes to say that to him it was more like One Flew Over the Cockoo's Nest if the cast were the most famous criminals in America today. At any rate Monkey House is sure to keep you laughing with a tone of facts that have never been told.