By—Alfred King If Connecticut follows the lead of New York City, its prisoners may soon get free phone calls. NYC began allowing free calls earlier … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2019
Maine and Vermont encourage the incarcerated to cast their vote even while in prison
When most felons go to prison they lose their right to vote in most of the 50 states, the strongest exceptions being Maine and Vermont, reported … [Read more...]
La diversidad de los deportes en San Quentin hacen la diferencia
Por Pedro Espinal Escritor de periodismo Los deportes en la prisión de San Quentin tienen una larga e interesante historia que ha contribuido al … [Read more...]
Air Force vet commits to working with youth organizations
Will VanBrackle served his country in the U.S. Air Force. Now he serves the Bay Area youth community by helping the kids of incarcerated parents … [Read more...]
Ad agency ConCreates embraces incarcerated employees
ConCreates is an advertising agency started by a former prison inmate and staffed by 436 incarcerated men and women—plus 319 ex-cons successfully … [Read more...]
Working to shift philanthropic investments to include prison education
“Education of incarcerated people must be included in the overall strategy to transform society,” said Dr. Jody Lewen Executive Director of San … [Read more...]
Formerly incarcerated entrepreneurs successful in business
Entrepreneurship does not define where you have been, but where you are going. Formerly incarcerated Teresa Hodge, Marcus Bullock, and David Figueroa … [Read more...]
Retail giant Alibaba gives workshop on working in E-commerce
As part of an interviewing workshop, Peter Stern, from online retail giant Alibaba, told about two dozen incarcerated computer coders that learning … [Read more...]
Many top American companies were founded by immigrants
About 45% of America’s top companies were founded by immigrants or their children. These firms brought in $6.1 trillion in revenues in the fiscal year … [Read more...]
