There are over 27 million Americans with incarcerated family members right now, close to ten % of the entire population. If we are successful, we are going to shrink the size of the prison system, and ultimately will put ourselves out of business. And yet you have to be very respectful of those whose job it is to manage that system, because those are your partners. But for us, that's really at the core of our work.
When a tech nonprofit competes against a $2 billion incumbent dominating the market, its odds are slim. But Zo Orchingwa took that bet, founding Ameelio, believing that access to communication and education for the incarcerated is needed for their future success. Ameelio is on a quest to partner with every prison district in the country until one day, it scales enough to be redundant.
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