Release and Reentry Plan
Dana L. McIntyre
BOP Register Number: 43147-509
Sentence Length: 24 months
Surrender Date: January 5, 2024
Anticipated Release Date: November 14, 2024
Table of Contents
- While Incarcerated I plan to…
- Residence
- Anticipated Employment Challenges
- Employment Opportunities
- My Future Plans
- Psychological & Therapeutic Treatment
- Intended Volunteer Work
Separate Attachments
- Resume
- Confidential Information attachments (not publicly shared)
- Driver’s License (copy)
- Birth Certificate (copy)
- Health Insurance Card (copy)
- Covid-19 Vaccination Record (copy)
- Voter’s Card (copy)
- Receipts for Payment of Restitution and Fines
- Medical Records (copy)
- Letter from Trauma Counselor (copy)
- Letter from Physician (copy)
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. 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.
My time in prison will be extraordinary and show why I’m worthy of being given a second chance. The actions I am taking now are sowing the seeds for when I surrender and 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 better.
Residence:
366 Houghtonville Rd. Grafton, VT. 05146
Long-term lease / small home with a landline phone.
Planning to 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 are far and few between. Now that I’m a convicted felon I expect job opportunities will be far and few between, however, it won’t eliminate them. 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, paying debts, and contributing as a taxpaying member of society.
Employment Opportunities:
Earning Freedom / Prison Professors: The organization’s founder, Michael G. Santos, has welcomed me to work with his organization when I am able. Role and compensation to be determined as I get closer to my release date.
Property Manager, Grafton Vermont. Upon my release there is an opportunity to manage a small Vermont farm and homestead that includes Airbnb rental units. Details to follow.
Vermont Alpaca Adventures tour guide: An offer exists upon release to provide tourists and school groups educational talks on alpacas and lead them on alpaca farm walks. Details to follow.
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: Proving that I’m extraordinary, compelling and that society 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 while incarcerated.
- 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 that will inspire and motivate those who I meet.
- Family / Relationship: Continue to be the rock that holds it together and someone they can lean on when life 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.
- 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 in 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 a few acres of land will be within reach as will my future off-grid homestead. My goal is to earn enough credits and apply them to an early termination of the time I am on supervised release. I will have 2 more years of supervised release at this point.
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 and 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 that is paid for and off-grid. I will be 66 years old and on social security. 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 that were recommended while incarcerated as well as exploring other avenues that will support my 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.
Prison Professors Talent
Salvation Army
Dept of Children and Families.
