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T-Bone: Jon's Jail Journal 2

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After reading Shaun Attwood's jail memoir Hard Time, I wanted to read more by him, so I ordered his 2 ebooks, Jon's Jail Journal and T-Bone.

T-Bone goes up against some seriously violent criminals - and doesn't always win, as you'll find out in the book. Perhaps the most powerful part of the book is the way that T-Bone is willing to step up to help young prisoners who are getting extorted and raped with no one backing him up. He believes no harm will ever come to him because God has his back! It's not like T-Bone just goes in, knocks these rapist guys out and comes out unharmed. The scars on T-Bones body are testimonials to the brutality of these fights, during some of which he is almost killed by various inmates with weapons such as rocks in socks. The bottom line is that T-Bone's true story set in prison is incredible! It's told mostly in T-Bone's own words in conversations with Shaun. This story would make the ultimate prison gladiator movie. It is a story of good triumphing over evil, and carries a strong anti-drugs message from T-Bone.

If you liked Hard Time you will like T Bone which is the letters sent by T- Bone (a spiritually motivated, hard as nails inmate, who stands up for himself and for inmates who are being raped/abused) to his friend Shaun Attwood, the centre figure in Hard Time. The book is a short but gripping read. It did leave me with one question. T Bone seems like a nice, courageous guy who has turned away from whatever got him into trouble in the first place. I do wonder though, as scary as he might be to have as an enemy I wonder if he might also have been a little scary to have as a friend?

Read the book - it is enjoyable and thought provoking in the sense of do we do everything we can to help others less fortunate/weaker than ourselves...and no the book doesn't sermonise, that is just my thought.

Danny