Free Prison Advice Blog
Straight-A Guide: Accountability
Sunday, June 19, 2011 I've been writing about the Straight-A Guide, a comprehensive learning module prisoners may use to prepare for law-abiding lives. I’m pleased to have a collaborative role with Michael Santos in designing the module. I used it to grow during the...
Straight-A Guide: Action
Thursday, June 16, 2011 In previous blogs I wrote about the importance of attitude and aspiration. Those attributes of the Straight-A Guide don't mean anything without action. In Michael Cade, one of the newest members of the Straight-A Guide, we have the embodiment...
Straight-A Guide: Aspiration
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 In my previous blog I wrote about the importance of the Straight-A Guide and how proud I am to have a role in contributing to the lives of other prisoners. What I am finding, however, is that the Straight-A Guide doesn't only help prisoners,...
Straight-A Guide: Attitude
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 In my previous blog I wrote about my contributions in launching the Michael G. Santos Foundation. I served 18 months in a federal prison camp for bad decisions I made as a stockbroker. I feel strengthened as I work to redeem those bad...
Two Years Since My Release From Prison
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011 It's hard to believe that more than two years have passed since I walked out from the Taft Federal Prison Camp and resumed my life as a law-abiding citizen. Those two years have been fulfilling in unexpected ways. I would not say they passed...
Sponsorship Letter For the Michael G. Santos Foundation
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 Last week, while lecturing at EisnerAmper in New York, an executive asked me how my transition into this new life began. It started with a short blog in October 2008, I told him, just a few months after my surrender to Taft Federal Prison...
Matthew Kluger & Garrett Bauer
Saturday, April 9, 2011 Matthew Kluger & Garrett Bauer The Wall Street Journal reported on the arrest of Matthew Kluger and Garrett Bauer on insider trading charges. Mr. Kluger is a lawyer who worked at prestigious firms such as Cravath Swain, Skadden Arps, and...
Supreme Court: Connick v Thompson
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 The Supreme Court recently issued its opinion in CONNICK v. THOMPSON. It was a case that involved an unjust conviction based on prosecutorial misconduct. Harry Connick, Sr. prosecuted John Thompson for some heinous crimes. While taking Mr....
Mission Statement: Michael G. Santos Foundation
Saturday, March 26, 2011 I love running The Michael G. Santos Foundation! Running the Foundation, together with my consulting firm Etika, LLC, provides a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment I have never known. I love the creative process, and I love collaborating...
Barry Minkow
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Barry Minkow has been indicted on insider trading charges. I'm familiar with Barry Minkow's story. He schemed up a fraud during the mid-1980s with a name like zzzz carpet cleaning. The company...
