A young Italian man from New York, author Joseph Schillaci was attending the police academy when a trainer predicted that at least two members of the class would die during their duty. Schillaci didn't die physically, but he died inside his heart as a result of his participation in a fatal shooting on September 22, 1991.

In this memoir, Schillaci describes his police work, the details of the shooting, and his subsequent psychological healing from post-traumatic stress disorder. "Inside My Prison of Darkness" narrates his story of how he suffered two years with depression, confusion,...