How An Entrepreneur And His Mother Are Fighting Mass Incarceration And Creating New Opportunities
Summary: <p>Our justice system is broken: <a href="https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/history-mass-incarceration#:~:text=You%27ve%20heard%20the%20phrase,in%20the%20prison%20population%20rate."><u>The U.S. incarcerates more people than any country in the world</u></a>, in part because other countries do not use prison as a one-size-fits-all solution to crime.</p> <p>This Black History Month, <a href="https://consciouslyunbiased.com/library/"><u>Breaking the Bias</u></a> will be highlighting the change agents who are building career paths for the formerly incarcerated, or who are creating alternatives to incarceration, as the <a href="https://www.sentencingproject.org/reports/the-color-of-justice-racial-and-ethnic-disparity-in-state-prisons-the-sentencing-project/"><u>U.S. incarcerates Black people at a nearly five times higher rate than white people</u></a>.</p> <p>In this conversation, <a href="https://consciouslyunbiased.com/about-us/"><u>Consciously Unbiased founder Ashish Kaushal</u></a> sat down with entrepreneur and CEO of <a href="https://www.flikshop.com/"><u>Flikshop</u></a>, <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/marcus_bullock_an_app_that_helps_incarcerated_people_stay_connected_to_their_families/up-next"><u>Marcus Bullock</u></a>, and his mother, Reverend Dr. Sylvia Bullock. They share how Marcus’ personal story of being incarcerated at just 15 years old in an adult prison reflects larger systemic issues related to our justice system, and how daily letters sent to him by his mother paved the way for him to launch Flikshop, an app that connects family members to their incarcerated loved ones.</p> <p><em>*You can donate to the </em><a href="https://www.flikshop.com/flikshop-angels"><u><em>Flikshop Angels program here</em></u></a><u><em>: https://www.flikshop.com/flikshop-angels</em></u></p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/consciously-unbiased/message
