Michael and Diandra Douglas have made an impassioned plea to their powerful friends to help them see their son, Cameron Douglas, who’s in solitary confinement while serving time on drug charges.
“We have not seen our son for over a year, and the government is telling us we cannot see our son for TWO YEARS!” wrote Diandra in a letter e-mailed to friends including Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Yoko Ono, Charlie Rose and Diane von Furstenberg.
The e-mail continues, “Cameron has also been in solitary confinement for TWO YEARS! (For a non violent crime of possession). As parents we are fighting back.”
The plea is also addressed to Bob Pittman, Carolina Herrera, Deborah Norville, Ann Dexter-Jones, Frederic Fekkai, Bianca Jagger and Bo Derek.
It concludes, “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.” There is a link to a petition on change.org.
The couple’s plea comes on the heels of Michael’s comments about Cameron’s sentence during his Emmy acceptance speech.
“My son is in federal prison,” Michael said. “He’s been a drug addict for a large part of his life . . . he’s spent almost two years in solitary confinement. I’ve been told that I can’t see him for two years . . . And I’m questioning the system.”
Cameron was sentenced in 2010 to five years behind bars for possessing heroin and dealing meth and cocaine, but that was nearly doubled in 2011 after he was caught with drugs inside prison. He was put in solitary after he tested positive for drugs again in January this year. He also had his leg broken by another inmate after there was reportedly a bounty to injure him.
Michael Douglas and the Federal Correctional Institution in Cumberland, Md., did not respond to a request for comment.