A FORMER prisoner who served time in one of the toughest jails in America visited Great Sankey High School last week.

Pupils dressed in clothes shipped from the Arizona prison where Shaun Attwood served his sentence and were told stories about the dangers of drugs and crime.

Shaun was sentenced to nine-and-a-half years in jail for money laundering and drug offences.

He wrote about his experiences in a blog which was later turned into the book Hard Times.