"Hard Time makes the Shawshank Redemption look like a holiday camp" - News of the World
Hard Time is the true story of how Shaun Attwood survived the jail with the highest rate of death in America run by Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Shaun moved to Arizona with only student credit cards and became a stock-market millionaire. He threw rave parties, distributed Ecstasy, and a SWAT team smashed his door down.
In jail, Shaun used a tiny pencil sharpened on a cell door to document the conditions: dead rats in the food, cockroaches trying to crawl in his ears at night, gang murders and violence… His writing turned the international media spotlight on the jail.
Hard Time is a gripping page-turner for adults as well as a cautionary tale for young people. Shaun also reveals how his incarceration devastated his girlfriend and loved ones. He now speaks to school audiences across the UK and Europe about the consequences of drugs and crime.
Shaun's life story is coming out as the English Shau
