Improving Cultures
We create customized staff-training programs designed to enhance the culture within correctional facilities. Our training boosts staff morale by highlighting the powerful role each team member plays in shaping positive outcomes for incarcerated individuals. By investing in staff development, we foster healthier institutional environments and stronger, safer communities.
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I want to thank you for your expert guidance and participation in co-teaching my class this semester at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Social Policy and Practice.
The feedback I received from inmates who participated last week was very positive. My plan is to have this program up and running before June.
On behalf of our institution, I write to extend my sincerest appreciation for taking the time to visit and present to our staff and population. We’re looking forward to implementing the program.
In my capacity as a warden, and as a regional director, I invited Michael Santos to visit our institutions. His programs have had a positive impact in our facilities.
It gives me great pleasure to write a letter of recommendation on behalf of Michael Santos. I value the quality and richness of his publication track record.
Michael’s record of accomplishments while in prison attracted the attention of academic criminologists nationwide, and he became a well-known scholar to prison activists.
Your informative and inspiring presentation was the keystone to a very successful event. It has been astounding how positive the response has been from those who attended.
Michael Santos tells a remarkable in his writing on merit-based sentencing reductions. He had the charisma and character to hold a law symposium audience spellbound for every minute of his presentation.
Michael continues to inspire men by providing the Straight-A Guide tools to all that ask for them. We use his program at Airway Heights Corrections Center.
Message from Warden
After visiting USP Florence, I received a message from the warden. She wrote to thank me for my time and spoke about the "positive vibe on teh USP compound" after I finished the full day of presentations. She also sent me feedback on what people who attended the presentation wrote to family:
"We just got back from a seminar and it was very nice to go to it n hear the dude. He did [26] years in prison and he got out n changed his life. I'm interested in his program "Preparing for Success after Prison. His name is Michael Santos. Look him up on the web and get me some info. It would help me out tons."
Reaching 1,000,000 people in 1,000+ jails and prisons
The Federal Bureau of Prisons has approved our course, "Preparing for Success After Prison" as a Productive Activity under the First Step Act. The California Department of Corrections makes several of our courses available in every state prison. People who qualify earn FSA or Milestone Credits, which advance their release dates when they complete our courses. Through our collaboration with the Edovo Foundation we're reaching 1 million people.
We work to be the change we want to see.
Our Impact
The United States incarcerates more people than any other country, with more than 2 million individuals cycling through jails and prisons. More than 6 million people live with a criminal record.
In one way or another, our criminal justice system affects our entire nation. At Prison Professors, our team develops self-directed resources to help individuals who want to return to society with their dignity intact and with opportunities to live as fully-functioning, law-abiding citizens.
With budgets being strained and personnel shortages, those who work in jails and prisons don't always have resources to provide classroom space or even books.
We strive to improve the outcomes of America's jails and prisons by creating books, self-directed courses, daily lessons, along with video and audio files to teach and inspire people in prison.
Through our courses, participants learn how to use time inside to prepare for success upon release. They can develop a more robust vocabulary, they can improve writing and reading skills. They can learn to think differently, developing the CEO mindset.
People who work through our courses leave prison with the skills and resources necessary to succeed. In many cases, we visit institutions to make in-person presentations.
Connect if you'd like to coordinate an in-person presentation or video call
I'm Michael Santos. I've visited state and federal prisons nationwide, delivering train-the-trainer programs and inspirational presentations designed to empower both staff and people serving sentences. My presentations draw upon timeless lessons from leaders such as Socrates, Frederick Douglass, Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, and Viktor Frankl. These remarkable figures taught me that regardless of past decisions, each of us can reconcile with society, grow, and prepare for lasting success.
Download Research Report from Dr. Stacy Calhoun, Ph.d, UCLA
Stacy Calhoun, Ph.D., is a researcher and social scientist at UCLA. She is also the principal investigator of several programs evaluating rehabilitative programs in criminal justice settings. She conducted research on our program, in preparation for us to become an evidence-based program.
Download her Evaluation Report on Preparing for Success after Prison
People in Custody
We create self-directed programs people can use to prepare for law-abiding, contributing lives.It's never too early, or too late to start preparing for success.
Staff Members
We offer staff training to show officers the influential role they have at building safer communities through the programs they lead.
Social Media
We connect with social media influencers to show different strategies to improve the culture of confinement and to show others prepare for success.
Employers
We develop relationships with employers, showing how people who go through our prorams are better prepare to bring value to the job market.
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