Release and Reentry Plan
Dana L. McIntyre
BOP Register Number: 43147-509
Table of Contents
- While Incarcerated I plan to…
- Residence
- Anticipated Employment Challenges
- Employment Opportunities
- My Future Plans
- Psychological & Therapeutic Treatment
- Intended Volunteer Work
While incarcerated I plan to:
Be Present. Understand the incredible opportunity I have been given to reset my life. Learn, participate, write, exercise, and get healthy. Losing my liberty for a period of time is a direct consequence of my actions. Demonstrating to myself and those in my orbit that my crime is not who I am and does not define me as a person. Below are the steps and roadmap I outlined to the end goal of earning my freedom and restoring trust. I started writing a journal and document each day such things as:
- How am I feeling & adjusting to my new environment.
- Accomplishments and steps taken to regain liberty.
- Studying and learning about business and managing money.
- The clear path I’m creating utilizing the First Step Act.
- Inventory of how I use my time.
- Outline my roadmap for creating an income stream upon release.
- Supporting and helping others around me.
- Remind myself what I am grateful for.
- Exploring areas of enlightenment and introspection.
- Acquire an understanding of the human condition.
- Progress made in my mobility from exercise and yoga routine.
- Read biographies, self-improvement, philosophy, motivation.
- Teach other inmates how to build a plan that moves them to live their best life.
- Continually update my release plan to reflect my accomplishments.
- Maximize participation in any and all programing opportunities.
- Work and complete my job assignments with integrity, quality, and dedication.
- Continue expanding my support systems by corresponding with mentors.
- Make deliberate choices that support the success I want to achieve.
- Live in a way that I can be proud of, a way that my children admire.
I have made my time in custody extraordinary and shown why I’m worthy of continuing to be a contributing member of society and how through my existence, the world has become a better place. The actions I am taking now are sowing the seeds for when I return to daily life, my family, and the community. The BOP web site has proven to be a wealth of information for preparing for this journey. I’ve downloaded the First Step Act handbook and I have selected the courses and classes I would like to participate in when I surrender. I look forward to using this time away to reflect, learn and heal so I can eventually return to being a productive member of society, only for the better.
Residence:
Private residence, Grafton, VT. 05146
Long-term lease / small cottage with a landline phone.
Will be living alone although my adult children,
Who are 23 and 26 years old will always be provided with
a place to call home.
Anticipated Employment Challenges:
After several interviews I have been unsuccessful in securing a position of any type since the time of my arrest. I live in a rural area and jobs that match my skill set and ability due to medical limitations are far and few between. Most recently denied employment as a personal shopper for Instacart because of my crime. Now that I’m a convicted felon I expect job and business opportunities to evaporate, however, it won’t eliminate them completely. I have been self-employed or owned a small business for most of my 35-year career. It’s important for my survival and my mental health that I’m generating income and contributing as a taxpaying member of society. To this end, failure is not an option.
Employment Opportunities:
Microgreens Provider/Grower: Providing boutique microgreens to local restaurants and small mom and pop establishments that deliver organic, high quality locally grown products to their customers.
Vermont Cottage and Cabins: Reseller of Amish made prebuilt cottages. Services include delivery and set up as well as locating off-grid sites for customers who purchase these products.
Online Retailer of AI products and solutions: This would be a start up and is just a concept. Artificial Intelligence is an emerging technology and has the potential for explosive growth across many sectors in the coming months and years.
Plans for My Future:
Focus for the first year after release:
- Probation: Demonstrating by example that I’m extraordinary, compelling and that society, my family and my community benefit greatly when I am a part of it.
- Employment: Accept a position working full time from the opportunities listed above and any others that may present themselves in the coming months.
- Mental Health: Resume therapy upon release and utilization of techniques and best practices learned.
- Giving Back through Service / Volunteer: A list of volunteer interests can be found in the “Intended Volunteer Work” section. This is a continuation of my life’s work prior to my crime.
- Positive Influences: Surround myself with positive influences both personally and professionally. Continue growing my support network.
- Inspiration / Positive Example: Living my best life will inspire and motivate those who I meet.
- Family / Relationship: Continue to be the rock that holds everything together and someone my family can lean on if life ever gets tough.
- Physical Health and Wellness: Continue to work through by back, shoulder and hip limitations through exercise and physical therapy.
- Meditation: A daily part of life and the key to a life of sanity and balance.
- Journal & Gratitude: Continue to journal each day highlighting what I’m most grateful for while reflecting on the progress made and lessons learned.
- Reputation and Trust: A important component to rebuilding my reputation is giving back. I can’t change the past, but I can carry myself forward in a way that leaves no questions to anyone who meets me that I am a trustworthy individual. Please follow my progress on PrisonProfessorsTalent.com. As I document this experience it will show that actions speak louder than words.
By the conclusion of my first-year post-release, I will have settled back into life in rural Vermont. Having created a steady income stream, purchasing/leasing a few acres of land will be within reach as will my off-grid homestead. When I was incarcerated, I took advantage of every possible time credit afforded by the First Step Act and should have enough remaining credits to request a reduction in the term of supervised release.
3-year goals: Continue purposeful work, giving back and advancing professionally. I will have a profitable business and be living in my off-grid home by the end of my third year of release. My crime will be well behind me, my sentence and supervised release will be complete. I will remind myself every day of the progress I have made while continuing to live my best life as an example to others.
5-year goals: In year five I will be debt free with a small modest home/cabin that is paid for and off-grid. I will be 66 years old and will continue to work and support myself as long as physically possible. My expenses are minimal. My income will be supplemented by hosting high end camping (glamping) in Vermont. This will allow me to follow my passion of giving back and donating my time and talent to causes and people that matter to me most.
Psychological and Therapeutic Treatment
I will continue to participate in programs as well as exploring other avenues that will support my ongoing mental health.
Intended Volunteer Work
I will be volunteering a minimum of 10 hours per month with one or more of the following organizations.
Boys and Girls club.
Salvation Army
Dept of Children and Families.
I also plan on continuing to volunteer and participate in overseas medical missions as soon as my own medical condition is stabilized, receive medical clearance to travel and my passport is reinstated.
Please visit https://prisonprofessorstalent.com/students/dana-mcintyre/ to read my Biography and Journal that is updated often.
