While in Los Angeles for a series of sales meetings with our Straight-A Guide curriculum, my partner Justin and I drove more than 600 miles. We visited clients and prospective clients in various locations between Orange County and Ventura County. On every freeway, we passed alongside busses that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department operated. […]
Nelson Mandela Inspired me Through 26 Prison Christmas Seasons
Erin Fuchs, an editor from Business Insider invited me to write an article about how I made it through the Christmas season in prison. That was easy. Nelson Mandela inspired me. I remembered reading about him during the first Christmas Season that I served inside of a prison cell. Those who would like to read […]
Test blog post
I’m running some tests on the new website. We’re trying to see whether these posts are fed to the social media automatically.
Karen Ordaz Video from SFSU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrZEOkmVBJ0&feature=em-upload_owner
Prisoner influences
Questions from Criminal Justice Students at University of Maryland: In the memoirs we have read, the main characters have met more experienced prisoners who have helped them learn the ropes. Did you have this experience? Or did you learn to navigate the system on your own? My journey differed from most prisoners, I suppose. I […]
Death Penalty Infographic by Viviana Shafrin of CriminalJusticeDegreehub.com
http://www.criminaljusticedegreehub.com/death-penalty/ Vivian Shafrin of CriminalJusticeDegreeHub.com contacted me with a request that I share a fascinating infographic she created to show the evolution of the death penalty. She did a great job of providing a visual that readers could appreciate and I’m happy to share her work. I admire people who work to help others understand […]
Blog Test
Testing to see whether my blogs automatically feed to Twitter.
Speaking with Professor Peter Leone and his Class on Social Justice at The University of Maryland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y16MEVx-CU
Straight-A Guide Commercial
On August 12, 2013, I finished serving more than 26 years in federal prison. That same day, I went to SRV Studios in San Ramon, California to film the commercial above. We’re using the commercial to apprise the market of our Straight-A Guide Reentry Program.
Restorative Justice
Natalie DeFreitas educates a TEDx audience in Canada about the virtues of Restorative Justice. She makes a compelling case to show how society errs by equating justice with punishment. As a society, we should work together in ways that will bring more offenders back into the fabric of society as law-abiding, contributing citizens.