Binance founder @cz_binance sat down with our founder Michael Santos on education, redemption, and what prison should be. 👇
Thank you to CZ for believing in this work — and to @PrisonProf_BNB for helping us give free education to people inside.
Building relationships with wardens is an essential part of our mission and strategy. We must overcome obstacles. They allow us to distribute free educational resources to people in prison. Grateful to wardens and our sponsors @cz_binance and @PrisonProf_BNB for supporting our mission.
When I visit a high-security federal prison, my first goal is to earn trust.
During the first hour, I share what I learned while serving 26 years in prison and how the work I did inside helped me build a meaningful life after release. As people recognize that I understand the challenges they face, they become more willing to listen—and to consider what they can accomplish.
Then I introduce Prison Professors as a platform that supports their efforts. I encourage each person to become their own “Prison Professor”: take ownership of their education, use our free resources to build a curriculum around their goals, and document their progress. Every step can help them strengthen their candidacy for higher levels of liberty and prepare for success after prison.
In the final hour, we move into questions, answers, and role playing. Participants practice communicating their goals, explaining their progress, and showing how they can contribute to society.
Through that process, I want people to see possibilities for their future. By investing in themselves today, they can prepare to recognize, create, and make the most of opportunities ahead.
With more than 9,200 people participating in our program, our mission extends beyond any single presentation. We help people build pathways to success that can strengthen families and end intergenerational cycles of recidivism and poverty.
I’m grateful to @cz_binance and @PrisonProf_BNB and all the sponsors who make this work possible. Their generosity allows us to bring free educational resources—and a practical message of hope—to people in prison.
Teaching at USP Lee in Virginia. Prison Professors provides free educational resources to people in prison. Grateful to @cz_binance and @PrisonProf_BNB, our sponsors who make this work possible. Together, we’re working to end intergenerational cycles of recidivism and poverty.
Advancing our mission and making a difference by offering free educational resources to people in a high security prison today. Thanks to our sponsors @cz_binance and @PrisonProf_BNB
Great opportunities to share messages of personal accountability at the federal prison in Big Sandy today. Grateful for sponsors like @cz_binance and @PrisonProf_BNB that further our mission of providing free education to people in prison.
Today I’m at USP Big Sandy to make several presentations. I hope to inspire people serving long sentences, especially those struggling to find hope. Prison Professors offers free resources to help them build a pathway to a better life. Thank you to everyone who supports our work.
We had a great opportunity to encourage people in federal prisons yesterday. More than 1,000 new people will get access to Prison Professors programs at the federal prisons in Terre Haute, Indiana. Next stop, the high security prison in Big Sandy, Kentucky.
This is why $PP is my #1 coin. 🚀
$PP was created to support @MichaelGSantos and his nonprofit prisonprofessors, with a mission that goes way beyond crypto.
Michael is working to make education free, accessible and better inside prisons, giving people a real chance to rebuild their lives and successfully return to society. 📚
And this is where Web3 gets powerful.
Through our community, @PrisonProf_BNB has already donated 1,043 BNB towards Michael’s nonprofit. 🔥
Think about that.
A crypto community coming together and turning memes, liquidity and Web3 into REAL-WORLD IMPACT.
We’re not here just to chase candles.
We’re building. We’re donating. We’re making an impact.
And we’re only getting started.
$PP 🚀💙
Warden Taillon, at the federal prison in Terre Haute gave me a coin to memorialize my visit and four presentations today. Grateful to share free education programs to thousands of people in prison.
I'm so grateful to Justin Paperny of @WCAJustinP. He, along with others, such as @PrisonProf_BNB and @cz_binance provides resources, time, and energy that allow us to collaborate in bringing free educational resources to people in prison.
"All free?" — Yes. 100% free. 🏛️
That is the power of the highly efficient 501(c)(3) non-profit structure led by @MichaelGSantos: delivering zero-cost, high-impact rehabilitation tools directly where they are needed most.
During a presentation at the Navy Base in Coronado, @WCAJustinP walked military defense counsel, paralegals, and legal investigators through the https://t.co/MHzc4jBv8h platform.
When asked how an entire suite of courses, books, and profile-building tools could be provided at no cost, the core principles were laid out:
• Zero-Cost Access: Delivering free educational materials and self-documentation platforms to support justice-impacted individuals.
• Rehabilitative Impact: Showing how early preparation and education foster productive outcomes.
• Web3 Transparency: Highlighting the conspicuous support of @cz_binance and the @PrisonProf_BNB community directly within official platform presentations.
Real-world institutional outreach is built on verified execution, presence, and transparent alignment between Web3 capital on @BNBCHAIN and 501(c)(3) action.
Build 'n Build.
#BNBChain #BuildNBuild #PrisonProfessors $PP #socialimpact #freeeducation #Web3
Tomorrow I present live at the high-security federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. From my hotel room, I led a webinar for participants in federal prison who work through our program at a federal prison in Pennsylvania.
Carole and I drove from Orange County through Kingman, Tucumcari, and Oklahoma City, then dined with BOP Regional Director Andy Matevousian in Kansas City. He showed me the Prison Professors app on his phone, and he told me how he uses stats from our 9,000+ participant to motivate wardens. Step by step, our advocacy grows.
On Saturday, my wife and I began a long, cross-country trip that would allow me to make presentations in several federal prisons, and interact with numerous leaders in the Federal Bureau of Prisons. It's all part of our advocacy. We were surprised when we left California, and had to pay $9.99 for a gallon of gasoline.