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Joe
@itsjoeturner · Designer @ Discover Places
Incredible. Good luck with this, I love the thought of someone coming out of prison with new found knowledge (and maybe even a passion).
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Andrew Zusman
@uxandrew · UX Designer
I think it takes guts and foresight to consider building a product for incarcerated individuals and penitentiary systems. Fascinating and smart!
Nichole Elizabeth DeMeré
@nikkielizdemere · Moderator at Product Hunt
@UXAndrew SO much this! There needs to be complete reform. Instead of helping the incarcerated, we often traumatize them and send them back into the world without having received any real assistance for their mental and emotional well being and improvement.
Neil Soni
@therealneils · Director of Business Development, Mom …
A close friend of mine who went to jail for a couple years came out reformed but said jail was the "Ivy League for becoming a criminal". Said there are things you can learn in jail that would be nearly impossible to learn in the real world and that it's so easy to fall back into crime (gang recruiting, lack of opportunities, etc). This education product is s… See more
Tori Bunte
@stttories · PMM, HPE Storage
This is incredible. Back in college I took a social entrepreneurship course and we extensively discussed prison system reform and recidivism. Upon release, so many leave prison with few legitimate skills they can turn into careers. Even then, it's nearly impossible to find a job that will look past their incarceration and record.
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