For Defense Attorneys
Support Your Clients Beyond the Courtroom
If you represent people navigating the criminal justice system, your clients are often searching for clarity about what lies ahead. Prison Professors provides free, educational resources designed to help them understand the process, take responsibility, and document their efforts toward rehabilitation.
Free Nationwide Resource
Federal Criminal Defense Attorney Directory
Every federal case proceeds in one of 94 federal judicial districts. Our free directory helps individuals and families find federal criminal defense attorneys in the district where the case is pending — search by state or city, or select a state on the map.
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Federal judicial districts
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Always free to use
Attorneys do not pay to appear and pay no referral fees. Inclusion is not a ranking, recommendation, endorsement, or guarantee — always conduct independent due diligence before selecting counsel.
Practice federal criminal defense? Apply to be listed — free, reviewed before publication.
Find attorneys in your district
Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands are not shown on the map — browse them in the full directory.
What We Provide
We designed self-directed lessons to help individuals take responsibility for their journey and document their efforts toward rehabilitation.
Our tools help clients better understand the system, organize their thoughts, and begin building a clear, values-driven adjustment strategy. We also offer our platform that will strengthen their efforts at self-advocacy as they advance through the journey.
How It Helps Your Practice
We neither offer legal advice, consulting, nor do we interfere with legal strategy. Instead, we complement your work by giving clients structured guidance they can use independently.
When clients are more informed, organized, and focused, they restore confidence, reduce stress, confusion, anxiety, and repetitive questions—saving you time while strengthening your overall defense narrative.
"Our role is simple: help your clients do the work that only they can do, while you focus on the legal work only you can do."
How We Help
Supporting Your Practice
Prison Professors provides comprehensive resources to help defense attorneys guide their clients through the criminal justice system with dignity and purpose.
Client Resources
Self-directed courses and tools your clients can use to prepare for sentencing and demonstrate accountability.
Documentation Tools
Help your clients build comprehensive profiles that showcase their growth and commitment to change.
Sentencing Support
Resources to help build compelling narratives for sentencing memorandums and mitigation strategies.
Ongoing Guidance
Continuous support for clients throughout their journey, from pre-trial through reentry.
Our Reach
Making a Nationwide Impact
Our resources are actively being used in prisons across the country. Click any facility to see participants documenting their journey toward rehabilitation.
Support Our Mission
Your donation, tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law, helps provide free education and advocacy resources to people in prison and their families.
Sends one book to someone in prison
Provides course materials for 5 people
Sponsors one person's complete PSAP course
Funds books for an entire housing unit
Donations support our charitable mission, including educational programs and the operational infrastructure necessary to provide them.
Prison Professors Charitable Corporation is recognized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. EIN: 85-2603315.
Partner with Us
Learn how Prison Professors can support your practice and help your clients achieve better outcomes.