HARD TIME: A BRIT IN AMERICA’S TOUGHEST JAIL
Book ID/图书代码： 08430010B38758
English Summary/英文概要： 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 dotcom 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.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 肖恩.阿特伍德不斷藉助囚室的牆壁將鉛筆削尖，通過這樣的方法，他終於寫下了題為「喬恩鐵窗之旅」的首篇日誌，而這將成為他隨後眾多牢獄日記的開端。對此，英國衛報甚至節選並登載了其中的部分內容，這隨即在外界造成了轟動，並迅速引來了眾多媒體的廣泛關注。
肖恩來自英格蘭，並擁有商業學位。起初，為了尋求事業發展，他遠赴美國亞利桑那州的費尼克斯，並很快在當地成為了一名成功的證券經紀人。得益於當時網路科技熱的盛行，肖恩每天都操縱著價值百萬的龐大股票。
不過，就在如此光鮮亮麗的表相背後，卻還隱匿著另一段鮮為人知的故事：事實上肖恩在暗中還經營著另一個組織，他同團夥們一道不僅幹著作奸犯科的勾當，甚至還涉足違禁藥品的非法買賣。
但法網恢恢、疏而不漏，肖恩最終還是因非法洗錢和毒品交易兩項指控而鋃鐺入獄。可實際上早在正式定罪之初，肖恩.阿特伍德就已於鐵窗之後渡過了整整26個月的時光；不僅如此，他身處的監獄在美國國內亦可謂是惡名昭彰，因為負責監管此地的不是別人，正是飽受外界爭議的警長喬.阿爾帕約。
每當談及那段歲月時，即使用「人間地獄」一詞來加以形容亦並不為過。狹窄的牢房內蠅蟲成災，除了難以下嚥的夥食之外，肖恩還要時刻提防囚犯內部兇惡的幫派衝突。
這是一段真實的經歷，憑藉肖恩於文中所述，讀者將有機會一瞥到隱藏在監獄生活背後的種種心酸苦辣。(ANDY)
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About the Author/作者介绍： Upon his release from prison in the United States, Shaun Attwood returned to England, where he is now rebuilding his life. He regularly speaks to audiences of young people about the perils of drugs and the horrors of prison life.
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