After 25 years in jail, the Internet blew my mind
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Re: After 25 years in jail, the Internet blew my mind
#2http://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.
Re: After 25 years in jail, the Internet blew my mind
#3http://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.
While in prison, he divorced, got married...
Wow, even prisoners get more life progress than I do lol
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#4I don't think I could handle a quarter century in prison. That's just insane. Had his sentence been closer to 30 years, he would have served his first term the year my dad graduated from college, and he would have been released the year I intend to graduate. Crazy. 25 years is longer than I tend to think. It's from, like, black-and-white Beatle-mania to the Apple Macintosh. Or, in this case, from the Macintosh to the iPhone.
Re: After 25 years in jail, the Internet blew my mind
#5http://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.
While in prison, he divorced, got married... Wow, even prisoners get more life progress than I do lol
In all seriousness how does one date in prison?
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#6This article has been posted so many times now... c'mon people...
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#7The story is amazing. But what continuously went through my head was how different our world will be 25 years from now. It'll be 2038...what will technology be like?
If you take a second to realize what it was 25 years ago, what it is now, and then ask yourself what it WILL be in 25 years...well shit, I was left speechless.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
While in prison, he divorced, got married... Wow, even prisoners get more life progress than I do lol
In all seriousness how does one date in prison?
You've not heard of the 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.
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#9This article has been posted so many times now... c'mon people...
first time I've seen it. thanks OP
Re: After 25 years in jail, the Internet blew my mind
#10This is awesome. I doubt it'll get much attention on here, but this guy has done something amazing from an otherwise terrible experience and made a difference.
If anyone wants to dig a little deeper, there are a lot of organizations working with prisoners for success stories like this. Check out http://thelastmile.org, and http://startupnow.org.uk