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Biography

Al Bermudez Pereira, a Florida resident, is a retire New York State Correction Officer and Hispanic American writer. He is known for writing his first book, “Sing Sing State Prison, One Day, One Lifetime,” featured in the Ossining Historical Society Museum and reviews from City of Lakes Lifestyle Magazine 2007, ECO Latino Magazine 2007, Dr. Phillips Lifestyle Magazine 2007, Longwood Lifestyle Magazine 2007, and other Central Florida publishing companies. Al Bermudez Pereira was born in Brooklyn, NY. He was the third of seven children. His parents, Margarita Morales Pereira, a stay at home mom and father Deusdelid Bermudez, a custom tailor; were both natives of Monte Santo in Vieques, Puerto Rico. His mother later divorce and married Cruz Morales of Culebra, Puerto Rico, a career handyman and cousin to Professional Wrestler, Pedro Morales. Bermudez’s career service training included; NYS Municipal Police Training Council Division of Criminal Justice, NYS Department of Corrections, NYC Police Department Auxiliary Forces, NYS Corrections Emergency Response Team, NYS Westchester County Fire Training Center, NYS Commission of Correction Suicide Prevention and Intervention, Seminole County Sheriff’s Office Community Law Enforcement Academy and Lake Technical Center Institute Of Public Safety. Commendations and Notable awards from; National Rifle Association Recruitment Award, NYS Westchester County Law Enforcement Hispanic Society, NYS Correction Officers and Police Benevolent Association, NYS Sheriff's Association, NYS Law Enforcement Officers Union of Council 82, National Campaign for Tolerance and receiving commendations by Washington Correction Officers Local 3046, for his heroic efforts in entering an uprising and assisting in regaining control of Washington Correctional Facility, Comstock NY, and Superintendents commendation of Downstate Correctional Facility, Fishkill NY, for his heroic efforts in a well organized prison control domination, after a ration of unprovoked slashes and stabbing attacks against Correction Officers.

Inspiration

Ruins of a Society and the Honorable; scheduled for release in 2009, is an autobiography and a story based on real life circumstances as I lived it and remember it to the best of my knowledge and recollection. Names have been changed to protect sources from reprisals and legalities. Real names contained in this book were either approved by the individuals personally; were part of a publication made available to the public and encrypted in citations or were spoken of by me in honorability; while others are based on personal opinions. This book contains incidents which took place in one day and a half while at a prison where I worked and outside the prisons environment. It then sidetracks to speak of other stories, voice opinions and reflects on my life as a young Latino growing up in Brooklyn and abroad. This book honors many who crossed paths with me during my lifetime, who inspired me and whose recognition is well deserved. Honorableness can be described in many different definitions and involve many different circumstances that led me to honor who I felt deserves to be honored, and indeed an honor for me to do so. Although 75 percent of this book is based on prison experiences, other parts of this book relates to the many life encounters we’ve all experienced in our own lives. In reference to autobiographies and real life circumstances concerning prison life, this will be Al Bermudez’s final book. Throughout this book, the actual story stops with an asterisk, (*) to voice an opinion or explain a different set of circumstances; then it continues onto the actual story with the words, (STORY CONT).