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Michael Santos

California's Realignment: Real Prison Reform or Shell Game?

Michael Santos | Posted 05.11.2013 | Crime
Read More: Prison Reform, Prison, Ab 109, Joan Petersilia, Michael Santos, Realignment, Prisoners, Crime News
Michael Santos

Since the high court ordered California to reduce its prison population, Governor Brown was forced to take action. The result was realignment.

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I Want My Human Rights Too!

Michael Santos | Posted 05.26.2012 | Politics
Read More: Human Rights, Human Rights Abuses, Michael Santos, Oscar Biscet, Pope Benedict XVI, Prisoners, Politics News
Michael Santos

As a prisoner, I am not allowed to participate in free and fair elections, notwithstanding the enormous influence political elections have over my life.

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What Happens to Cameron Douglas?

Michael Santos | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Bureau of Prisons, Michael Santos, Prison Sentence, Cameron Douglas, Low-Level Drug Offenders, Prison, Drug Offenders, Michael Douglas, Mandatory Minimums, Entertainment News
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Of the five years Douglas will serve in the prison system, the next few months will be the worst. The most difficult aspect of entanglements with the criminal justice system is the unknown.

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Call for Prison Reform

Michael Santos | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Bureau of Prisons, Michael Santos, Recidivism, Prison, Anthony Kennedy, Reform, Mandatory Minimums, Willie Horton, Politics News
Michael Santos

Until we make prisoner rehabilitation and redemption real and institutional, we're teaching people how to be comfortable in prison, and they'll keep coming back for longer and longer.

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