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Attwood grew up in england and moved to arizona after university. Life with sheriff joe arpaio in americas toughest jail by shaun attwood. Locked up abroad english shaun trilogy book 2 kindle edition by attwood, shaun, dixonsmith, jane, arviso, jeremy. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Hard time makes the shawshank redemption look like a holiday camp notw after a swat team smashed down stockmarket millionaire shaun attwood s door, he found himself inside. Hard time provides a revealing glimpse into the tragedy, brutality, dark comedy, and eccentricity of prison life. It allows you to download books, manage them by libraryautortitle etc, convert them across most recognised e book formats, change the metadata information in.
Hard time by shaun attwood english shaun attwood was a british expatriate living the high life as a stockbroker by day, and an ecstasydealing raver by night. The news of the world are quoted as saying this book makes shawshank look like a holiday camp, and while that description may be a tad emotive, the conditions described in this instalment of the shaun attwood. Using a golf pencil sharpened on a cell wall, shaun attwood wrote one of the first prison blogs, jons jail journal, excerpts of which where published in the guardian and attracted international media attention. If you want to know what its like to be in one of the most deadly jails in america, attwood really takes you there in hard time, right down to the stench of sweat and toilets. Sentenced to nine years in arizonas state prison for distributing ecstasy, english shaun attwood. Prison time, the sequel to hard time, is the story of shaun attwoods journey through the arizona department of corrections and his deportation to england. Hard time is the harrowing yet often darkly humorous account of the time shaun spent submerged in a nightmarish world of gang violence. It just came out of a mission to expose what was going on in a jail where human rights didnt exist and guards were murdering inmates,more thanks billy. The news of the world are quoted as saying this book makes shawshank look like a holiday camp, and while that description may be a tad emotive, the conditions described in this instalment of the shaun attwood series are beyond horrific and push the boundaries of what is barbaric. Hard time is the harrowing yet darkly humorous account of the time attwood spent submerged in a nightmarish world of gang violence and insectinfested cells, eating food unfit for animals. The book was absolutely superb from start to finish.
In prison, i read over books in just under six years, including many literary classics. Read this book and over 1 million others with a kindle unlimited membership. The journals popularity earned attwood a book deal upon his release. Random house published his life story as the english shaun trilogy. Inspired edinburgh home of powerful conversations 20,955 views. Hard time by shaun attwood shaun attwood was a millionaire day trader in phoenix, arizona, but his hedonistic lifestyle of drugs and parties came to an. Locked up abroad english shaun trilogy book 2 by shaun attwood, jane dixonsmith, et al. In addition to becoming an author, attwood has also devoted himself to educating and informing young people, racking up over one hundred talks at schools across the united kingdom.
By the time he was arrested, attwood had stopped dealing drugs, and was trying to rebuild his life with a new girlfriend. Hard time is the harrowing yet often darkly humorous account of the time shaun spent submerged in a nightmarish world of gang violence, insectinfested cells and food unfit for human consumption. Aug 05, 2010 hard time is the story of shaun attwood. Hard time book by shaun attwood, tony papa, anne mini. Feb 18, 2014 hard time is the harrowing yet darkly humorous account of the time attwood spent submerged in a nightmarish world of gang violence and insectinfested cells, eating food unfit for animals. Prison time, the sequel to hard time, is the story of shaun attwoods journey through the arizona department of corrections and his deportation to england sentenced to nine years in arizonas state prison for distributing ecstasy, english shaun attwood finds himself living among gang members, sexual predators and drugcrazed psychopaths. Feb 06, 2017 shaun attwood from ecstasy kingpin to inspired activist inspired edinburgh duration. Party time the prequel to hard time is book 1 of the english shaun trilogy. His remarkable story provides a revealing glimpse into the tragedy, brutality, comedy, and eccentricity of prison life. His life seemed to be going wonderfully, if illegallyhe was a successful stockbroker with a huge mansion and a sports car, and he also threw raves and dealt drugs like ecstasy. Hard time 2nd edition 2014 documents his time in the gang and cockroachinfested maricopa county jail that is.
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My writing, smuggled out of the jail with the highest rate of. The shaun attwood story after a successful career as a stockbroker in arizona, widnesborn shaun attwood experienced even more success as a major ecstasy distributor. Prison time, the sequel to hard time, is the story of shaun attwood s journey through the arizona department of corrections and his deportation to england. As told on national geographic channels lockedupbangedup abroad episode raving arizona, i used a tiny pencil sharpened on a cell door to write the first prison blog, jons jail journal. Prison time english shaun trilogy book 3 by shaun attwood. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. A brit in americas toughest jail by shaun attwood isbn. However, as i was reading for research purposes, rather than pleasure or out of a morbid curiosity, i initially dismissed this title, as it is relates to shaun s time in a us jail, but having read the synopsis of the book. Hard time by shaun attwood shaun attwood was a millionaire day trader in phoenix, arizona, but his hedonistic lifestyle of drugs and parties came to an abrupt. Sentenced to nine years in arizonas state prison for distributing ecstasy, english shaun attwood finds himself living among gang members, sexual. Hard time provides a revealing glimpse into the tragedy, brutality, dark comedy and eccentricity of prison. His remarkable story provides a revealing glimpse into the tragedy, brutality, comedy and eccentricity of prison life. Shaun attwood was a millionaire day trader in phoenix, arizona, but his hedonistic lifestyle of drugs and parties came t.
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