Friday, April 7, 2017

These entrepreneurs are using their own experience to disrupt the prison industry

Damien Drakes met his future business partner, Frederick Hutson, while in prison as a young adult. Convicted of a gun crime, Baltimore native Trevor Brooks also ended up in prison as a teenager. The three were entrepreneurial minded and determined to change their lives and get away from the environment that landed them behind bars. While serving their time, they realized some of the prison industry’s problems and have now dedicated their adult lives to confronting those issues with their startup…



from http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2017/04/07/these-entrepreneurs-are-using-their-ownexperience.html?ana=RSS%26s=article_search
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