Count Time: What I Saw in 31 Years Behind the Wall

For three decades, when his wife asked how work was, Carl Ostrander said the same three words: "Fine. Quiet. Nothing happened."

That was the biggest lie he ever told.

Count Time is the story of 31 years on the guard's side of the bars. From a scared 23-year-old walking through the gate at Joliet in 1990, to the old castle closing its doors in 2002, to nineteen years at Stateville and the famous roundhouse, to the last count in 2021.

INSIDE YOU'LL FIND:

• The first count that came up one man short, and the blanket that moved wrong

• The nicest inmate on the gallery, and the one small thing he finally asked for

• A nine-page letter to a daughter who had thrown away every letter for sixteen years

• The old man in Cell 14, locked up since 1961, and the rules he gave every new inmate

• The officer who crossed the line, and how it started with mailing one letter

• Eleven seconds of total darkness in a cellhouse full of men with nothing but time

WHAT YOU GET:

• 125-page book: prologue, 28 chapters, epilogue

• Every chapter ends with a Count Time Rule, 29 in all

• Bonus: all 29 rules on one printable page

• Bonus: a glossary of prison words, from "cellie" to "count clear"

• PDF for phone, tablet, computer or print. Instant download.

LAUNCH PRICE $9.99 UNTIL NOVEMBER 30. THEN $14.99.

14-day refund: if it isn't for you, email within 14 days of your purchase for a full refund. No questions asked.