Former Prison Inmate Entrepreneurs Hire Ex-prisoners Who Need a Second Chance–and It’s Also Good Business

Former Prison Inmate Entrepreneurs Hire Ex-prisoners Who Need a Second Chance–and It’s Also Good Business
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“We’re the most-incarcerated country in the world,” Grammy award-winning musician and criminal justice reform advocate John Legend says on a visit to a group of prisoners in Austin, Texas. Legend and his organization FreeAmerica are a “part of a movement to help reverse some of the mistakes” in policy that led to that situation.

One of the biggest problems facing our society is how to get prisoners back into society after they have been released and get a second chance at a better life.