What is a Profile?

🚀 Overview

If you or a loved one is facing a sentencing hearing or is currently in the prison system, it’s never too early—or too late—to start building a personal profile. The Profiles section of PrisonProfessors.org empowers individuals to document their journey, show progress, and become strong candidates for early release, home confinement, or work release.

This tutorial gives you a step-by-step guide to get started with Prison Professors Profiles—and explains why it matters.

🔑 Why Build a Profile?

Building a profile helps you:

• Document personal growth and transformation
  
  
• Show stakeholders—judges, BOP staff, or policy influencers—that you're preparing for success
  
  
• Advance your candidacy for administrative relief, Earned Time Credits, and other pathways to liberty
  
  
• Create a body of work that reflects your commitment to merit-based progress
  
  

"Nobody can change the past—but every one of us can work to put ourselves on the pathway for new opportunities." — Michael Santos

🖥️ Step-by-Step: How to Start Your Profile

1. Visit https://prisonprofessors.org
   
   
2. Click the “Profiles” button at the top-right corner of the homepage
   📍 (Tip: It’s a purple button with an orange shadow)
   
   
3. Choose your role:
   
   
   
   • If you're home and online, click "Build a Profile"
     
     
   • If you're inside prison, assign a trusted family member or friend as your Profile Partner
     
     
4. Follow the prompts to create your account
   
   
   
   • You’ll receive a User ID and Password
     
     
   • Your partner can use this to manage your page if you're inside
     
     
5. Begin exploring the profile sections:
   
   
   
   • Bio
     
     
   • Journal
     
     
   • Book Reports
     
     
   • Release Plan
     
     
   • Testimonials
     
     
   • And more!
     
     

👥 Two Ways to Build

• Do it yourself if you're on the outside
  
  
• Assign a partner (friend, spouse, parent, mentor) if you're incarcerated
  → Your partner will update your profile and dashboard on your behalf
  
  

"If you don’t create your own self-advocacy plan, you're not nearly as strong of a candidate as if you do." — Michael Santos

📽️ Video Tutorial Available

Watch the accompanying short video lesson to follow along visually.

❓Takeaway Question

What first step can you take today to start building your self-advocacy plan?

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