Michael and ex-wife Diandra Douglas have sent an email to their high-profile friends, publicizing their plea to visit their son Cameron, who is currently serving time in prison on drug charges, The New York Post reported. Their son is currently in solitary confinement.
In an letter emailed to Calvin Klein, Yoko Ono, Charlie Rose, among others, the Douglases wrote, "We have not seen our son for over a year, and the government is telling us we cannot see our son for TWO YEARS... Our son Cameron has been sentenced to 9 yrs., the longest sentence ever handed out by the Federal Government for a non violent crime of possession" and, "PLEASE help us by forwarding this petition after signature, to anyone you know who would like to help the cause," radaronline.com reported.
Cameron Douglas was sentenced in 2010 to five years behind bars for possessing heroin and dealing methamphetamine and cocaine, but the sentence had doubled in 2010 when he was caught with drugs while in prison. Douglas was then put in solitary confinement after he tested positive for drugs again in January, 2013. He also had his leg broken by another inmate after reportedly a bounty was made to injure him, news reports said.
During Michael Douglas' acceptance speech at the Emmy Awards in September, the famed actor and producer said he was "hoping [he'll] be able-and they'll allow... -to see [Cameron] soon."
After the show, Douglas told a reporter, "Part of the punishment - if you happen to have a slip, and this is for a prisoner who is nonviolent as about a half-million of our drug-addicted prisoners are-... two years in solitary confinement."
Since his son's incarceration, Douglas has been resolute in not just being allowed to being able to visit his son in jail, but he seeks an overhaul in prison reform, as it applies to sentences for non-violent offenders. Douglas has said that he remains optimistic because Department of Justice's Attorney General Eric Holder's decision in August stipulated that low-level nonviolent drug offenders will not be charged with offenses that impose severe mandatory minimum sentences.
Defendants would be "charged with offenses for which the accompanying sentences are better suited to their individual conduct, rather than excessive prison terms more appropriate for violent criminals or drug kingpins," Holder said in August.
For his part, Cameron Douglas penned a Huffington Post article in June where he discussed the need for prison reform. As it stands, Cameron Douglas is due to be released in 2018, news reports said.
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