Hard Time: Life with Sheriff Joe Arpaio in America's Toughest Jail
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 - as told on Locked-Up Abroad "Raving Arizona."

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 smashed 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.











RUE CRIME EXPERT/analyst, creator/exec producer/writer and former host of Investigation Discovery's DARK MINDS (2011 - 2014), investigative journalist M. William Phelps is the New York Times best- selling author of 39 nonfiction books and winner of the Excellence in (Investigative) Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, and the New England Book Festival Award. Phelps has written for numerous publications-the Providence Journal, Connecticut Magazine and Hartford Courant. Diversifying his talents, Phelps consulted on the first season of the hit Showtime cable television series DEXTER and is a constant presence on crime film sets.

Adding to his television work, Phelps is exec producer and creator of TO CATCH A KILLER (6X60), co- produced by Crazy Legs Productions, on Investigation Discovery (2018). He is currently developing/exec producing a television series with GEORGE & SIMONA PAPADOPOULOS and working on DANGEROUS GROUND: The Docuseries (on-screen talent and exec producer), directed by Oscar- winner Joe Berlinger (PARADISE LOST trilogy), produced by Sonar Entertainment; SEX, LIES & MURDER (REELZ, Phelps on-screen talent/host); PREDATOR PATROL, exec producer and creator (in development); DEADLY WOMEN (ID, 12th season premiere fall 2018-talent); recurring expert on 14 seasons of Oxygen's SNAPPED; consultant/associate producer to Piers Morgan's SERIAL KILLER with PIERS MORGAN and KILLER WOMEN; creator/exec producer of CHASING VICTOR: The Largest Cash Heist in American History (on-screen talent), in development; along with expert commentary on several series: KILLER COUPLES, WICKED ATTRACTION, ICE COLD KILLERS, EVIL STEP MOMS, and more.

In July 2017, Phelps published his definitive, 6-year project with "Happy Face Killer," DANGEROUS GROUND: My Friendship with a Serial Killer. A highly sought-after pundit, Phelps has made over 200 TV media-related television appearances: Early Show, Today Show, The View, Fox & Friends, truTV, Discovery Channel, Fox News Channel, GMA, TLC, BIO, History, Oxygen, OWN, and many others. He's appeared on 100s of radio shows and podcasts, including: USA Radio Network, Catholic Radio, Mancow, Wine & Crime, Wall Street Journal Radio, Zac Daniel, Ave Maria Radio, Catholic Channel, EWTN Radio, ABC News Radio, and many more. Radio America calls Phelps "the nation's leading authority on the mind of the female murderer," and TV Rage says, "M. William Phelps dares to tread where few others will. . ." Beyond crime, Phelps has written several history books, including the acclaimed, New York Times bestseller NATHAN HALE; THE DEVIL'S ROOMING HOUSE (in development as feature film); THE DEVIL'S RIGHT HAND; MURDER, NEW ENGLAND; FAILURES OF THE PRESIDENTS; and more. - 860.870.7247