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| This FastFWD company creates videos to prep inmates for re-entry |
| By technical.ly- Juliana Reyes |
| Published: 09/12/2014 |
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Prisons aren’t doing a good job of preparing offenders for re-entering society. The team behind Media In Neighborhoods Group (MING) wants to change that, with a series of videos that aims to explain “what lays in wait for [offenders] upon their release,” said cofounder El Sawyer. It’s a matter that’s close to Sawyer’s heart. He spent eight years in prison for shooting someone who was trying to rob him. It’s been 11 years since he got out. Since then, Sawyer, 36, of Fairhill, in North Philadelphia, has co-directed a documentary called Pull of Gravity that follows three Philadelphians after being released from jail. The revenue model, as MING cofounder (and Pull of Gravity co-director) Jon Kaufman puts it, is “build one, sell many.” Read More. |
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