"The scarcity of resources in prison just kind of is a reality that we have to grapple with," he says. "So it, for me, at least it breeds this sense of frugality." Money isn't just important on the outside, It's also vital on the inside,. costs that most people wouldn't worry about need to be paid for by prisoners.
Charitable giving is being disrupted by the same youthful tech folk who got rich disrupting other sectors: these days it is fast, data-driven and bureaucracy-light. We meet a new class of investors who trade shares from behind bars. And reflecting on the life of Maya Widmaier-Picasso, who spent her childhood painting alongside her father, becoming an expert on his work.
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