May 5, 2022

Earning Freedom: Conquering a 45-Year Prison Term by Michael Santos

Chapter 15.3

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     It’s Wednesday, April 18, 2012 and I received the most amazing book during mail call.  It’s so impressive, The Oxford Handbook of Sentencing and Corrections, edited by Professor Joan Petersilia, who is the Adelbert H....

May 5, 2022

Earning Freedom: Conquering a 45-Year Prison Term, by Michael Santos

Running, getting ready for release. Transferring to Atwater and getting ready for release.

It’s Christmas, 2010, my 24th Christmas morning as a federal prisoner.  I’ve now served eight thousand, five hundred, and thirty-nine days, but today is a...

May 5, 2022

Earning Freedom: Conquering a 45-Year Prison Term, by Michael Santos

Chapter 15.1

Podcast 148 / 25 minutes

Forming nonprofit, Carole becoming a registered nurse, meeting Greg Reyes, starting to write Undefeated.

Epilogue: 2009-2012

Months 260-300

     It’s May 20, 2009 and my friend Justin Paperny is being...

May 5, 2022

Earning Freedom: Conquering a 45-Year Prison Term, by Michael Santos

Episode 14.2

Months 233-266: Life in Taft Federal Prison camp with Justin Paperny and teaching and writing for Joan Petersilia

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It’s June 11, 2008. I stand in front of 30 other people who are serving time with me in Taft. We’re sitting...

May 5, 2022

Earning Freedom: Conquering a 45-Year Prison Term, by Michael Santos

Chapter 14.1

Arriving at the Taft Federal Camp and settling in

Months 233-266       

Early on the morning of June 21, I learn that I’m no longer designated to FCC Lompoc. Two guards from the Taft Correctional Institution arrive.  They lock six of...