March 31, 2010 I’ve been writing quarterly reports to update those who follow my work for more than 20 years. Since 2003, when Carole launched MichaelSantos.net, we’ve published the quarterly reports on the Web site. I hope that readers find them useful as a source of documentation. The reports should reflect how an individual can [...]
Today I spoke with Tom, a prisoner in his 40s. Some of Tom’s comments and questions indicate that his ability to apply simple logic is gone. Tom told me that he heard on the radio that the cost of the recently passed health care legislation was going to result in the federal government letting all [...]
We’ve recently had a change of administrators at Taft Camp. The new camp administrator is Ms. Wofford, and she strikes me as being very positive. My wife noticed her friendly demeanor a few weeks ago. Ms. Wofford walked by and wished everyone waiting in line a pleasant visit. That type of kindness hasn’t been something [...]
Today was a sad day for me and others in Taft Camp because our friend Andrew Altchek passed away. It was hard for me to believe because Andrew collapsed while he was running. When I saw his long, lean body lying on the dirt track, with numerous medical personnel around trying to revive him, I [...]
As I was running my laps early this morning, I saw Patrick, a prisoner I remembered from Lompoc Camp, walking around the track and looking a little disoriented. A judge ordered Patrick’s return to prison for violating conditions of his supervised release. It’s a sad story, but one that every prisoner and every prisoner’s family members should [...]
A few weeks ago I wrote that a senior staff member at Taft Camp told me that prisoners would soon have access to email. He wouldn’t elaborate on the date we could expect email, but I was happy to get the news. I know that prisoners in Sheridan Camp have access to email, and by next [...]
An article in the New York Times last Friday reported that many states began releasing prisoners early in order to relieve budgetary woes and financial pressures. Since then, the prison lobbying machine succeeded in its work of frightening the public, convincing taxpayers that by letting prisoners out before a sufficient number of calendar pages have [...]
One year ago today I remember writing in my journal that I had a strange feeling in my stomach, as if forces were working in my favor and some type of relief would bring me home before I served another month of March. Well, the year passed, I’m still in prison, and today is the [...]
