February 5, 2026: Thursday

Feedback Loop

One of the most important systems we’re building at Prison Professors right now is a feedback loop.

Our platform continues to grow. We’re investing in better navigation, more courses, clearer pathways, and more AI tools to help people find answers quickly. The new courses that appear on our consumer hub include:

1. Profiles
2. Straight-A Guide
3. Prison Presentation
4. Sentencing Narrative
5. Character Reference Letters
6. Presentence Investigation Prep
7. Preparing for Success after Prison
   

• See our Lessons Page 

We need help from our community to continue improving our platform. Prison Professors improves when the people using it share what they’re learning and what they’re seeing. We also need to know what they need.

That’s why we’re inviting members of our community to speak up.

If you have questions while working through the site, use the AI tool. Access the AI tool by clicking the pulsing icon in the lower right area of the website (desktop version). It’s designed to deliver immediate responses. When the AI can’t answer clearly, that’s not a failure—it’s a signal. It tells me where we need better content, clearer explanations, or new lessons.

To support that process, our engineering team is building a Feedback Loop dashboard. It will allow me to see the questions people are asking, patterns that emerge, and gaps we need to address. From there, I can write responses that serve the community and strengthen our advocacy.

Example of Feedback

Yesterday, I received feedback that included important information about a federal prison I’m scheduled to visit next week. According to the message, administrators announced my upcoming presentation and encouraged people to sign up—but they also stated that individuals who do not qualify for First Step Act credits would not be allowed to attend.

That’s valuable information.

It helps me understand how policies are being interpreted on the ground. It also informs how I approach advocacy conversations with administrators and leadership. Part of our mission is to help build pathways for all people to earn higher levels of liberty—not only those who already qualify for incentives.

Our dashboards already show encouraging trends. People who engage in Prison Professors programs are more likely to pursue self-directed preparation and less likely to engage in disruptive behavior. That data helps us make the case that preparation benefits everyone—staff, institutions, and communities.

This aligns with a principle Zig Ziglar taught years ago:

• if we help others get what they want, we can get everything we want.

Administrators want safer institutions and lower volatility.

• We want to implement changes that lead to work release programs.
• We want to implement changes that lead to furloughs.
• We want more mechanisms for people to earn freedom through merit.

To move toward those goals, we need better information. We need real-time insight into what’s working, what’s changing, and where barriers remain.

That’s why feedback matters.

Pay attention to the changes you’re seeing at Prison Professors. You’ll notice continued investment in tools that make preparation easier, documentation clearer, and advocacy stronger. When you share what you’re learning, you become part of that system.

Feedback fuels improvement. Improvement creates proof.  Proof drives reform.