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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_G._Santos http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_G._Santos While in prison, he divorced, got married, received a college deg

by zalew 14y ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_G._Santos http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_G._Santos While in prison, he divorced, got married, received a college degree from Mercer University in 1992, a master's degree from Hofstra University in 1995, began a doctorate, and developed programs and resources for inmates and their families. well, you can say he got a lot of time for that in there, but still, wow.

colmvp 14y ago
While in prison, he divorced, got married... Wow, even prisoners get more life progress than I do lol
- Houshalter 14y ago
  In all seriousness how does one date in prison?
  - AlexDanger 14y ago
    You've not heard of the Conjugal visit? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjugal_visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjugal_visit This guy was publishing his writing to the public during his sentence. And of course you can still have pen pals using snail-mail. Its not impossible to see how romances start from that. How they make them work long term remain a mystery to me, nevertheless it does happen. I can imagine that someone on the inside would really value the companionship of a partner with indisputable sincerity. That must count for something.
  - zalew 14y ago
    the wiki references 'got married' to this article http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Inmate-shares-prison-survival-strategies-4064484.php http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Inmate-shares-prison-s... (haven't read it yet)
  - brc 14y ago
    It takes all types. Women who like men in prison is a pretty well know phenomenon. It's no more bizarre than worldwide romances started via email with physical contact. If you're prepared to forgive someone for whatever landed them in jail in the first place, then it's just like any other long distance relationship.
  - KaoruAoiShiho 14y ago
    When the 20th reunion of Shorecrest High School, class of 1982, rolled around, Santos was in a low-security institution at Fort Dix, N.J., and unable to attend. But Carole Goodwin, who organized the event and had known him since fifth grade, tracked him down through his website. Divorced, living with two kids in Lake Oswego, Ore., she had been aware of his criminal past but that didn't stop her. "I was drawn to him from the second I saw his picture," she says. As he puts it, "She went to my website and wrote me a letter. That led to a correspondence and then a romance, and then we got married in a prison visiting room in 2003, at Fort Dix. I still had 11 years to go."
  - yoster 14y ago
    Females like badguys :)
- akandiah 14y ago
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybristophilia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybristophilia Obligatory Dilbert reference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqzoxBBQ4pU&t=7m15s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqzoxBBQ4pU&t=7m15s
asveikau 14y ago
The whole time reading this article, I thought, sounds good, but having spent 25 years in jail he must have done something pretty bad. Then I read that Wikipedia article and it turns out he was caught selling cocaine in his 20s... Man, say whatever you want for drugs being bad, but that's kind of a BS reason to rob someone of their youth like that. For 25 years I thought maybe he'd killed a guy.
- downandout 14y ago
  There are many people, mostly drug mules that weren't necessarily even aware of what/how much they had been assigned to carry, that are serving life in prison. It's all based on how much they had on them and what type of drug, and much of it is arbitrary. For example, until 2010, the sentence for simple possession of a single gram of crack carried a mandatory minimum of five years, whereas someone found with 100 grams of powder cocaine would likely face probation.
- SeoxyS 14y ago
  If you watch the video embedded, you'll see that he actually ran a large network that smuggled cocaine from Miami to Seattle. A little more serious than the kid who sells an 8-ball to his college classmate.
  - asveikau 14y ago
    I don't know what the right punishment is for that, but the original sentence of 45 years seems too steep. As does 25.
    - SeoxyS 14y ago
      I agree, but that also depends on the offender. In a way, you could make an argument that prison should not have timed sentences, but rather that it should be "you stay until it is deemed that you will not offend again, and that you can be a productive member of society." After all the word "corrections" implies that something should be corrected, not that somebody should be punished.

by zalew 14y ago

colmvp 14y ago

While in prison, he divorced, got married... Wow, even prisoners get more life progress than I do lol

Houshalter 14y ago
In all seriousness how does one date in prison?
- AlexDanger 14y ago
  You've not heard of the Conjugal visit? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjugal_visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjugal_visit This guy was publishing his writing to the public during his sentence. And of course you can still have pen pals using snail-mail. Its not impossible to see how romances start from that. How they make them work long term remain a mystery to me, nevertheless it does happen. I can imagine that someone on the inside would really value the companionship of a partner with indisputable sincerity. That must count for something.
- zalew 14y ago
  the wiki references 'got married' to this article http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Inmate-shares-prison-survival-strategies-4064484.php http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Inmate-shares-prison-s... (haven't read it yet)
- brc 14y ago
  It takes all types. Women who like men in prison is a pretty well know phenomenon. It's no more bizarre than worldwide romances started via email with physical contact. If you're prepared to forgive someone for whatever landed them in jail in the first place, then it's just like any other long distance relationship.
- KaoruAoiShiho 14y ago
  When the 20th reunion of Shorecrest High School, class of 1982, rolled around, Santos was in a low-security institution at Fort Dix, N.J., and unable to attend. But Carole Goodwin, who organized the event and had known him since fifth grade, tracked him down through his website. Divorced, living with two kids in Lake Oswego, Ore., she had been aware of his criminal past but that didn't stop her. "I was drawn to him from the second I saw his picture," she says. As he puts it, "She went to my website and wrote me a letter. That led to a correspondence and then a romance, and then we got married in a prison visiting room in 2003, at Fort Dix. I still had 11 years to go."
- yoster 14y ago
  Females like badguys :)
akandiah 14y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybristophilia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybristophilia Obligatory Dilbert reference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqzoxBBQ4pU&t=7m15s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqzoxBBQ4pU&t=7m15s

asveikau 14y ago

The whole time reading this article, I thought, sounds good, but having spent 25 years in jail he must have done something pretty bad. Then I read that Wikipedia article and it turns out he was caught selling cocaine in his 20s... Man, say whatever you want for drugs being bad, but that's kind of a BS reason to rob someone of their youth like that. For 25 years I thought maybe he'd killed a guy.

downandout 14y ago
There are many people, mostly drug mules that weren't necessarily even aware of what/how much they had been assigned to carry, that are serving life in prison. It's all based on how much they had on them and what type of drug, and much of it is arbitrary. For example, until 2010, the sentence for simple possession of a single gram of crack carried a mandatory minimum of five years, whereas someone found with 100 grams of powder cocaine would likely face probation.
SeoxyS 14y ago
If you watch the video embedded, you'll see that he actually ran a large network that smuggled cocaine from Miami to Seattle. A little more serious than the kid who sells an 8-ball to his college classmate.
- asveikau 14y ago
  I don't know what the right punishment is for that, but the original sentence of 45 years seems too steep. As does 25.
  - SeoxyS 14y ago
    I agree, but that also depends on the offender. In a way, you could make an argument that prison should not have timed sentences, but rather that it should be "you stay until it is deemed that you will not offend again, and that you can be a productive member of society." After all the word "corrections" implies that something should be corrected, not that somebody should be punished.