Incentivize the Pursuit of Excellence
At Prison Professors, we empower people impacted by the criminal justice system to build pathways toward success. Founded by Michael Santos, who transformed his life during 26 years of incarceration, our nonprofit creates self-directed resources, courses, and books that inspire resilience, accountability, and meaningful change. We advocate for reforms that incentivize excellence, preparing individuals to return to society with dignity, purpose, and potential.
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Prisons we've visited to make in-person presentations. We don't only teach and inspire, we lead train-the-trainer seminars to promote peer-to-peer learning and improve the culture of confinement.
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People in custody taking initiative to build profiles on the Prison Professors Talent platform. They're memorializing steps to prepare for success as law-abiding, contributing citizens.
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Jails and prisons that offer our lessons, courses, and books to teach and inspire people. In our self-directed courses, people learn how to accelerate pathways to success upon release.
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People in custody with daily access to Prison Professors lessons, courses, and books through our collaboration with the Edovo Foundation and direct partnership with government agencies.
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I recently graduated from your course, Preparing for Success After Prison, at my institution. I was happy with the curriculum and inspired. Thank you.
Your courses have been inspiring. I had to reach out. Thank you. This course is giving me hope, and now I'm on a mission.
I appreciate the lessons you teach. You've really convinced and motivated me to make changes in my life.
Your life story has inspired me in a major way, therefore I thank you for your hard work and effort in changing the prison system.
I came across your Preparing for Success After Prison workbook. I read the entire book, took notes, and thank you deeply.
I loved the material as well as your insight and perspective on the incarceration mindset and life thereafter.
I am inspired by your course, and I have made a commitment to taking incremental steps each day.
I have been a facilitator for three years and we love to teach your material here in our program. You care about prisoners.
Your program helped me and motivated me to continue to learn more and think different. It taught me how to set goals.
Your PSAP class is by far the best, most well put together class I've ever taken or seen in my life.
I'm writing this letter because I just started watching your courses on Edovo. They brought tears and hope.
I watch your podcast daily on the Edovo platform. Thank you for encouraging me.
Earning Freedom changed my whole mindset. It opened a door that I never knew existed.
I want to express my gratitude. Your podcast inspired me and helped me through my first bid.
“Michael’s book literally changed my life. I went from hopeless to real hope.”
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Prison Professors Talent
Our nonprofit funds Prison Professors Talent to help incarcerated individuals showcase their commitment to excellence. Through this platform, people document their journey of reconciliation, personal growth, and readiness to return as law-abiding, contributing citizens. Our self-directed courses empower them to develop skills and build pathways to a meaningful, successful life after release.
Advocating for Reforms
We advocate for meaningful reform by highlighting stories of tens of thousands who are transforming their lives. By documenting how incarcerated people pursue personal excellence and growth, we aim to influence policymakers and stakeholders to embrace alternatives to traditional incarceration. Our goal is to expand programs like work-release and community confinement, ultimately breaking the cycle of intergenerational recidivism.
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