David Shebses:  

Personal: married, 2 kids, 1grandchild Professional: 35 year career in the NJ Dept. of Corrections, as a staff member, not an inmate. Worked at Trenton Prison, NJ Training School for Boys in Jamesburg, and Rahway State Prison. 28 of the 35 years were at Rahway. At Rahway, got to meet Stallone, who did a movie there in the winter of 1988. That same summer, I spent 2 days with Alec Baldwin giving him a tour of the facility as he was preparing for a role as an ex-con. Was very impressed by Baldwin. During the tour, he nearly gave me a heart attack, but that`s another story for another time. Suffice to say I survived the tour with him. Don`t know why, but prison work appealed to me from the start in 1970. Found some sort of comfort level the very first time I entered Trenton Prison. Perhaps the fact that I didn`t have to live there, you think? I was never part of the uniformed staff, who have the toughest job. I was a civilian staff member, an easier role to play. At Rahway, which was renamed East Jersey Stat...Expand for more