The company provides a platform for departments of corrections to monitor calls, access recordings and verify users. It also helps attorneys communicate with family members outside the prison system. "There's been abundance of lawsuits. Our attorney calls have been recorded and leaked," says co-founder John Boudreau.
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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