I really do believe that if he is willing, he can make this a strength in his life. I've ordered the autobiographies of Charles Colson and Corrie Ten Boom for his mom. Both of them suffered injust jail sentences, but soared later because of it. They were foundational reading for me when I was his age. I have a daughter who is 21, so this hits close to home.
We both have daughters close in age, and we both know what they are up against in today's society. It is scary.