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Unlocking markets: Centering formerly incarcerated voices drives innovation (medium.com/re-entry-review)
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One-third of Americans have a criminal record — over 100 million people. Yet much of the existing technology and funding directed toward this population has been focused on corrections and monitoring, not solving the problems individuals face in reentry. There is a hidden market here where a community’s employment and economic challenges could be transformed through thoughtful technological solutions.

Resilience Education is tackling this hidden market by leveraging exceptional formerly incarcerated engineering talent to create technology that transforms employment and economic opportunities.




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