Martha Stewart is halfway through her five month prison term. As a Christmas message on her website to her fans , she is advocating sentencing reform:

She suggested Americans should push for reforms in federal sentencing guidelines for nonviolent first-time offenders and particularly for drug offenders, who she said would be better served by rehabilitation than prison.

Martha's job in prison has been cleaning, sweeping and vacuuming - which, she says, she'd rather be doing in her own home. More from Martha's Xmas message:

I beseech you all to think about these women -- to encourage the American people to ask for reforms, both in sentencing guidelines, in length of incarceration for nonviolent first-time offenders, and for those involved in drug-taking. They would be much better served in a true rehabilitation center than in prison where there is no real help, no real programs to rehabilitate, no programs to educate, no way to be prepared for life "out there" where each person will ultimately find herself, many with no skills and no preparation for living.

Martha's lawyers filed this brief (pdf) today in her appeal.