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Shaun Attwood
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Using a golf pencil sharpened on a cell wall, Shaun Attwood wrote one of the first prison blogs, Jon’s Jail Journal. Excerpts were published in The Guardian, attracting international media attention to the jail system run by the notorious Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Brought up in a working-class town in Northern England, Shaun was the first from his family to go to university. He took his business degree to Phoenix, Arizona, where he became an award-winning stockbroker, and then a millionaire day-trader during the dot-com bubble. But he also led a double life. An early fan of the rave scene in Manchester, Shaun formed an organisation that threw raves and distributed club drugs, including Ecstasy. On May 16th 2002, a SWAT team knocked his door down. He was sentenced to 9½ years for money laundering and drug offences, of which he served almost 6. Now rebuilding his life in England, Shaun speaks to audiences of young people about drugs and prison. Read a BBC news article on Shaun here Shaun's jail memoirs were published on 5th August 2010, entitled HARD TIME. HARD TIME was published in the US in May 2011 Shaun is available for public speaking | http://shaunattwood.com/ |
Hard Time 
HARD TIME
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| HARD TIME 2011 SKYHORSE | Sheriff Joe Arpaio is known as the Angel of Death--Shaun Attwood served 26 months in Arpaio's jail before being sentenced to prison. Prison was easier. This is his story. Shaun Attwood was a millionaire day trader in Arizona, but his hedonistic lifestyle of drugs and parties came to an abrupt end in 2002 when a SWAT team broke down his door. Shaun found himself on remand in Maricopa jail with a $750,000 cash bond and all of his assets seized. The nightmare was only just beginning as he was submerged in a jail in which rival gangs vied for control, crystal meth was freely available, and where breaking rules could result in beatings or death. Sheriff Joe Arpaio's jails have the highest death rate in the U.S. Hard Time is the harrowing yet darkly humorous account of the time Shaun spent submerged in a nightmarish world of gang violence and insect-infested cells, eating food unfit for animals. His remarkable story provides a revealing glimpse into the tragedy, brutality, comedy, and eccentricity of prison life. 24 color photographs. |
| HARD TIME 2010 Mainstream | Using a golf pencil sharpened on a cell wall, Shaun Attwood wrote one of the first prison blogs, "Jon's Jail Journal", excerpts of which were published in "The Guardian" and attracted international media attention. Brought up in England, Shaun took his business degree to Phoenix, Arizona, where he became an award winning stockbroker and then a millionaire day trader during the dot-com bubble. But Shaun also led a double life. An early fan of the rave scene in Manchester, he formed an organisation that threw raves and distributed Class A drugs. Before being convicted of money laundering and drug dealing, he served 26 months in the infamous jail system run by the notorious Sheriff Joe Arpaio. "Hard Time" is the harrowing yet often darkly humorous account of the time Shaun spent submerged in a nightmarish world of gang violence, insect infested cells and food unfit for animals. His remarkable story provides a revealing glimpse into the tragedy, brutality, comedy and eccentricity of prison life. |
