Remarkably, while in prison Mr. Santos has become a serious scholar of the criminal justice system. His extensive writings transcend any ideological criticism of the American criminal justice and or any personal self-justification. Rather, he has read and written widely about contemporary policy debates on penal policy. As a result, once released, he will be able to work steadily and productively as a writer and researcher as well as counselor to other released inmates. In that regard, as noted in more detail below, we have already told Mr. Santos that we look forward to an association between him and our Stanford Criminal Justice Center.

-Joan Petersilia and Robert Weisberg Professors of Law Co-Directors of the Stanford Criminal Justic