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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.

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.

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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 […]