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Yesterday I brought further attention to the comment Michael Douglas made about not being able to visit with his son in federal prison. In response, I received a kind note from a former BOP warden. To protect the warden’s identity, I will use the pseudonym Tom, as I don’t want to discourage Tom from making […]

Michael Douglas’ son Cameron is locked inside a Bureau of Prisons’ cell. The Huffington Post reported that the movie star expressed his disgust that federal prison authorities have kept his son in solitary confinement for two years. The actor isn’t even allowed to visit his son in prison. Prison administrators cite all types of petty policies […]

Many white collar offenders going to federal prison write to ask how I coped with the sentence that I served. In an effort to help, I wrote a lengthy article that describes strategies that allowed me to sustain a high level of discipline, energy, and focus through each of the 9,500 days that I lived […]

The Business Insider is a wonderful magazine and I’m pleased that it has begun to publish some of my writing. Today I wrote an article describing some of the lessons I learned from business leaders who went to prison. Those who operate businesses may find some value in the message of how one CEO of […]

My friend Chris Redlitz started The Last Mile at San Quentin with his wife Beverly Parenti. Through their program, Chris and Beverly strive to help prisoners at San Quentin develop entrepreneurial skills. They are the right people to lead this entrepreneurial course, as they are founders of Kicklabs and Transmedia Capital. Their extensive connections to business […]

The post I wrote about Shon Hopwood earlier today led me to a blog by the federal judge who once sentenced Shon to federal prison. Those who need further evidence that a man can become more than the bad decisions of his past may find some interest in what the judge writes about Shon’s extraordinary […]