Ex-con tells prisoners from his Irvine office how to thrive behind bars

IRVINE – When Michael Santos first watched “Scarface” at age 14, he saw it as more than just an entertaining film about a Cuban drug lord – it was the blueprint for how he wanted to live his life.
By his early 20s, Santos was a cocaine-dealing kingpin in Miami. He had stashed enough cash to buy oceanfront property in Cancun and a speedboat he dubbed The Outlaw.
Michael Santos, who served 26 years in prison, speaks restorative justice at the Safe Schools Conferen