Memoirs of a Life Behind Bars is an autobiography by Roger Caron, written while incarcerated at Collins Bay Institution, in which he chronicles two decades of crime and prison escapes.

The book, includes a foreword by Canadian author Pierre Berton, and was published in Canada by McGraw-Hill Ryerson on hardcover in 1978.

The paperback iteration includes an introduction by Canadian author Ron Corbett, which was released in 2003 by Hushion House Publishing.

The panel of judges, which included screenwriter Neil Jordan (The Crying Game), and the producer of Bend It Like Beckham, voted it first runner up out of 29 other submissions.

Memories of A Life Behind Bars, which chronicles the physical and psychological effects of the prison system as seen through Caron's eyes, was released by Paradox Pictures.

[6] The film which took 10 years to produce, was opening night screening in Caron's hometown of Cornwall Ontario, at the Aultsville Filmfest in January 2020.