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One reader of Jailhouse Stories: Memories of a Small-Town Sheriff said, “I may
not have picked this book up had it not been for the fact that Haugerud was the sheriff in the county where I grew up. But
I'm glad I did. His stories allow us to see the world from a lawman's perspective -- one that we don't often get
a chance to see. He treats his 'victims' with fairness and I think a greater respect than many of them perhaps deserve.
Each chapter is a unique story detailing life and crime in the mid-60s in a small, southeastern Minnesota town. Mixed heavily
with the vicissitudes of living and raising a family in the jailhouse, Haugerud's portrayal of his tenure as County Sheriff
is compelling and a pleasure to read. A great winter evening read.”
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Neil Haugerud began his career
in public office when he was Elected sheriff of Fillmore County in 1958. In 1968, he was elected to the Minnesota House of
Representatives, where he served until 1977 He was appointed chairman of the Upper Mississippi River Basin Commission by President
Carter in 1977. He began publishing the column "Jailhouse Stories" in the Fillmore County Journal. Neil Haugerud is the author of Jailhouse
Stories: Memories of a Small-Town Sheriff and Do-it-yourself guide to Minnesota probate.
According to the book description
of Neil Haugerud’s Jailhouse Stories,
“In the 1950s and 1960s, Neil Haugerud served as sheriff of Fillmore County in southeastern Minnesota. In Jailhouse
Stories, Haugerud describes what it was like to live next to a prison, where jailbirds and jailbreaks were part of family
life. We meet colorful people on both sides of the law, whose problems range from the ordinary to the offbeat to the downright
bizarre. In the end, Haugerud emerges with his faith in human nature intact.”
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