Alex Dee-05/31/2025-Journal #13: The story of Ruth, Naomi, and Boaz
Dear Azy, Rumi, and Ari, Today I’m going to tell you a story about loyalty, being faithful to God, bravery, kindness, and love. Naomi was an Israelite who moved with her husband and her two sons to Moab when Israel experienced a famine. Then her two sons got married. Unfortunately, her husband died and her […]
Dennis Zeedyk-05/31/2025
On Wednesday evening, the FBOP issued a press release entitled “FBOP Issues Directive to Expand Home Confinement, Advance First Step Act (You can find it on the BOP website). As you can imagine, there was a great amount of discussion at Unicor on Thursday morning where people were more carefully reading it when they first […]
Michael Santos-Artificial Intelligence & You
If you’re facing challenges with the criminal justice system, start using Artificial Intelligence together with all the content available on our website at Prison Professors. It’s free. I’m Michael Santos. I’m always striving to find new ways to make sense of the 26 years that I served in prison. The Prison Professors’ nonprofit exists to […]
Michael Santos-Concept Paper
Prison Professors Concept Paper Guiding People Toward Success Problem Overview 1. Mission & Vision 2. Educational Content and Approach 3. Completely Free and Accessible 4. Fully Online & Self-Directed Learning 5. Structured Curriculum and Certification 6. Authentic Content & Community Integration 7. Advocacy and Awareness 8. Gamification and Engagement 9. Impact Measurement & Transparency […]
Michael Santos-Administrative Remedy
If you’re going into the federal prison system, your primary focus should be on getting the best possible outcome. For most people, that would mean getting out at the soonest possible time, with the most possible opportunities. Our course, The Straight-A Guide, provides valuable insights and strategies to help achieve these goals, and I strongly encourage […]
Celeste Monette Blair-05/29/2025-Community Support
So you guys may be aware that I am past my FSA date and in an effort to campaign for home confinement verses the halfway house date that is 10 months from now, I am in need of letters of ” community support “.I have a home, financial resources, job etc. but my Unit Manager, […]
Michael Santos-Develop Assets
While incarcerated, I met many people who were extraordinarily successful before their arrest. Yet the challenges that come from being separated from family were too much. Those challenges brought anxiety, leaving them incapable of building paths to success in federal prison, or in preparing for the success they wanted after release. Don’t let a single […]
Michael Santos-High School Advocates
Recently, I had the privilege of participating in a video interview with two ambitious high school students, Anna and Julisa, as part of their efforts to learn and spread awareness about the prison system. The discussion served as a reminder of the importance of open dialogues around incarceration, rehabilitation, and re-entry. Through this conversation, I […]
Eduardo Luis Valdes-05/28/2025-Day 1351
Wednesday morning, May 28, 2025. I’m up early, need to meet with P.K. in the Education department to hand him a document he asked me a copy for. I am dressed and ready to go early enough to sit and read my daily devotionals before taking the 7:30 work call move. “True godliness with contentment […]
Michael Santos-Building Credibility
I recently opened a job opportunity for a person who had transitioned out of federal prison into a halfway house. Although I don’t remember meeting him, he told me that we had connected after I visited a prison to give a seminar. He told me he had a Ph.D. and wanted to contribute to our […]
