Ralph is an author that spent over 30 years off and on in the Federal Bureau of Prisons for bank robberies and once for counterfeiting. He began writing 14 years ago when he entered prison for the last time. Seven years before his released he was transferred to a small medical and psychiatric facility in Butner, North Carolina where he shared a small 60 man unit with Bernie Madoff, Jonathon Pollard, Nicky Scarfo, Carmine Persico, and alleged serial killer Larry Hall.