Hello Everyone -
An important topic on this show is second chances or using CONBODY’s Coss Marte parlance, providing a first opportunity to someone who may not have had one, to folks going through the US prison system and who are coming home.
My guests for this conversation were referrals from previous guests, Andrew Glazier of Defy Ventures and Aria Finger, Reid Hoffman’s Chief of Staff.
I had on Bottom Bunk Sneaker House, CEO & Co-Founder, Cole Richman who spent 8 years inside the California prison system for dealing drugs who discussed his experience first-hand coming home with limited work opportunities and co-founding Bottom Bunk during his stay in a halfway house with his partner, and Zo Orchingwa, CEO & Founder, Ameelio, a technology non-profit which provides free digital communication tools for those incarcerated to speak with their friends and family — from Ameelio’s research, communication is vital to reduce recidivism and mass incarceration. In addition, prison phone call companies are predatory by charging large sums of money for individual inmates to make calls home.
The important question: how can we work collectively to help those who have been rehabilitated, who were proactive working on themselves while incarcerated, and are now looking to establish an opportunity once they’re home?
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