California Forward
In this entry, Michael Santos accepts that he will only be seen as a criminal while on the inside, so he figures way to prepare for an exit and make the best of his time inside.
read moreAs I expressed in my initial blog entries, a commitment to prepare for a law-abiding, contributing life upon release drove my adjustment throughout the quarter century that I served. Had I not made that commitment to prepare for reentry early in my term, I’d now be living a life of complication and struggle.
read moreAs part of the ongoing work of the Partnership for Community Excellence, we take a look at the data between crime rates, recidivism and jail capacity and what that relationship means for the world we all live in.
read moreA conference at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management tackled the effects of early education on job skills and workforce issues
read moreNearly fifty parents from Contra Costa County met face-to-face with representatives of three of the largest school districts in the county to discuss shared concerns about Latino drop-outs, the challenges English Learner students are encountering and the difficulties parents have getting involved.
read moreIn the second installment of the series, Michael G. Santos discusses his journey through prison and how he focused all of his time on reconciling with society and using his vantage point on the inside to learn more about the criminal justice system.
read moreToday the Partnership for Community Excellence released a report that details several steps counties could take aimed at reducing their pretrial detainee population and increasing the overall efficiency in how that population is processed and ultimately save significant budget money.
read moreTwenty five years ago, Michael G. Santos was convicted for trafficking cocaine. He reformed himself in prison and because of realignment, is able to spend the final year of his sentence in a halfway house in San Francisco. Here is the start of his story.
read moreRecently, there has been a flurry of media activity aimed at assessing whether California Realignment is making any real progress. We think that for the most part, the media are getting it wrong.
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