For other help with the trilogy: DJ Jay Wearden, Jonathan White, Dr Shapiro, Stephen Nash, Charlotte Knee, Meg Rosoff (How I Live Now), Charlie Ryder (Wormwood Scrubs Community Chaplaincy), Clayton Littlewood (Dirty White Boy/Goodbye to Soho), Gem Rodgers of Waterstones Birkenhead, David Obaza, John Senn, Andrew Austin (The Rainbow Machine), Steven McLaughlin (Squaddie), Simon Eddisbury (Lowlife), Ian ‘Aza’ Harry, Alena and Jared Fiori, Suzanne Bayes, Amy Skaggs, Alesia ‘Double A’ Apodaca, Andy ‘Mr Wolf’ Stanley, Emma Cunningham, Stacey Wood, Natalie ‘Yogini’ Coleman (Poise Yoga), Jeff Svorc, Chris Barry, Daisy Harper, Danny Jurmann, Stuart Craig, Jonnel ‘Posterboy’ Sloane, Joshua Wentworth, Ed Lieber, Lorna Millar, Cornel Grant, Warren Banks, Hazel Andrew, Nancy Buckland, Katarina Lukackova, Lorna Brookes, Natalie Ogden, Chris Hawthorne, John Davis and Robert Sockett, John Lawson, Laura Goulding, Craig Lam, Mo Hall, Pete Thompson, Mandy Melvin, Bucko and his daughters, Chloe and Ellie, Jess Parry, Daniel Darby, Ste Dando, Steve Richard, Zara Zeb, Vicky Mortimer, Damion Redford, Karen Hampton, Tara Hall, Cindy Breau, Janet and Peter Strode, Gregory Haynes, Bruce Bettridge, Dave McNish, James and Dan Rose, Patty Harrison, Emma Freeman, Lynne Chapman, Richard Rowley and Sue Clifford (No Offence!);
For support over the years: Jose of San Diego, Zivi and Debbiy, Mike and Mick Kelly, Neil and Declan O’Connor, Julie Koningsor, Kathi Drafehn, Jayne and Steve and Michelle Dittrich, Mr D, Alison Hicks, Tony Wimberley, Brian Block, Oliver Reed, Naomi Fox, Eric Young, Jessicat, Gareth Holmes, Sarah ‘the Fair Surrah’ Jane-Gray, Pat Hamm, Linda Saville, Larry Florke, Glenda Hill, Alison George, Ed Lieber, Pearl Wilson, Gemma Lee, Karen Schwartz, Hannah Sassaman, Grace Avarne, Sandra Byrne, Rachel Baker, Denise Brousseau, Rosemarie Dombrowski, Marc Cupit, Clive Bratchell, James Halliday, Michal and Luke Jacobs, Georgina Hale, Katerina Kospanova, Alan Payne, Noelle Moeller, Terry Hackett, Misty Matonis, Barbara McDonald, Lorna Prestage, Pippa Ruesink, Sijia, John Williams, Guida Rufino, Mary Wehring, Gavin Reedman, Donald Clark and Puggles, Zen, Lesley and Dave and Chris and Aidan Oakes, Jamie Andrews, Marc ‘Cuban Boy’ Bryon, Simon Austin, Chris Alexander, Andrea Bodman, Miss B. La Bamba, Lauren Better, Clare Bagley, Greg Bell, Celina Chico, Paul Claxton, John Burns, Jim Cozzolino, Scott Clouder, Fiona Dawson, Rachel Carpenter, Rosanne Cerello, Diarmuid Deeney, Howard Davidson, Srutadeva das, Laura Dabbs, Donald Felgar, Lisa Fagg, Helena Flint, Jason Foster, Finola Farrant, Rita Abraham, Andrea La Franca, Nichola Griffin, Karin Haems, Iain Dignall, Emily Robinson, Anthony Hanagan, Christine Gentry, Rebecca Greenhalgh, Mrs. S.F. Heming, Rachel Humphreys, Ingrid Hoflin, Melissa Takabayashi, Ross Thompson, Leah Simone Wickett, Mark Wright, Nathan Yost;
The Guildford Seiki-Juku Karate Club for teaching me martial arts, as recommended by Iron Man: Brian Shrubb, Steve Gurney, Mike Graham, Chi, Anna Kibler-Bubka, Raquel Fulgoni, Damon von Styles, Martin Marshall, Bee Zeebee, Ashley Rowe, Nigel Cottrell, Steve and Jack Goodwin, Helen Gowers, Tijana Timotijevic, Philip Rambech, Ben Ayling, Ben Reynolds, Nick Murphy, Mick ‘Iron Man’ Channon, Alex Shannon, Clive Taylor, Mario Ragusa, Colin Brenton and Mark Hall;
For the ultimate natural high, BodyCombat at the Guildford Spectrum: Tony Coker, Tracey Debenham and Steve Hope;
To my yoga instructors, for keeping me on the path prescribed by Dr Owen: Callie ‘the Queen of Yin Yoga’ Meakin (DW, Northwest), Andrew (Meditation at Yoga-Vita, Godalming), Swami John ‘the Freestyle Master’ Malloy (DW, Widnes), Natalie ‘Yogini’ Coleman (Poise Yoga, Guildford), Jess Edwards (Yoga-Vita/Pure Hot Yoga, Godalming), Bassam Younes (Meditation at Transitions, Guildford), Yvette Meredith (Guildford Spectrum), Clive Bratchell (Infin8te Yoga, Guildford), Leela Miller (Triyoga, Soho) and Sadhguru (Isha Foundation).
If you want to help prisoners, please contact these wonderful organisations:
Koestler Trust – Help UK prisoners rehabilitate through art
Prisoners Abroad – Support UK citizens incarcerated overseas
Arizona Prison Watch – Campaigns against the prison-industrial complex in Arizona
Middle Ground Prison Reform – Help prisoners in Arizona and hold government agencies to account
Prison Legal News – Provide a newsletter to prisoners in America to help enforce human rights
American Civil Liberties Union – A guardian of human rights, including those of prisoners
Amnesty International – Campaign to end grave abuses of human rights
If you want to write to a prisoner or send books or food packages, please email [email protected].
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About the Author
Shaun Attwood is the author of Party Time and Hard Time: A Brit in America’s Toughest Jail. He regularly speaks to audiences of young people about the perils of drugs and the horrors of prison life.
Other titles by Shaun Attwood
Hard Time
Party Time
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