Ep. 62: How to Reform the Criminal Justice System in CT with John Santa

Sometimes good people can do a bad thing. This was a lesson John Santa — former CEO of Santa Energy — learned when a friend went to prison for embezzlement. After visiting his incarcerated friend, John was inspired to found the Malta Justice Initiative (a former Catholic ministry) to educate and bring the sacraments to prisoners, which proved challenging. He soon discovered that the best way to help prisoners re-enter society was a job. Since then, he has advocated both for criminal justice reform, as well as for providing education for prisoners in order to prevent recidivism. Currently, John is the vice president of the Sentencing Commission of Connecticut and board chairman of H.J. Baker & Bros. He also co-authored a book called “The Justice Imperative: How Hyper-Incarceration has Hijacked the American Dream.” Find it here.