Unique Boutique In Miami Combines Mentoring And Money
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – It’s an unlikely pairing, women prisoners and entrepreneurs, but there is an organization of women that have figured out how to mentor, change lives and make money. …
These women were in prison. Thanks to an extraordinary program, they’re now entrepreneurs.
She was partway through a five-year sentence for domestic violence-related charges when she realized that something had to change in her life. Due to a particularly traumatic childhood, Brown found …
Transitioning Out Of Prison: Empowering Women to Find Jobs
Throughout the country, the women’s prison population is on the rise. According to the Prison Policy Initiative, women’s state prison population grew 834 percent over nearly 40 years — more than double …
Miami Thrift Store Gives Women Coming Out Of Prison Jobs
Shazonia Horton was released from prison a month ago and the day after her release she had a job waiting for her at the Dragonfly Thrift Boutique in Little Havana. …
Program Offers Job Training, Hope to Women in Florida’s Notorious Female Prisons
Anchelin Gonzalez was just 17 when she left the Bronx and moved to Palm Beach to give birth to her son back in 2005. She was “leading a fast and dangerous …
They did their time. Now, they’re finding a new life after prison
Rebecca Brown knows the importance of having a mentor in prison. Brown served nearly five years in jail and prison after her conviction on aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. …
100 Women: From prison to profit
The number of women in prisons around the world is growing rapidly – up by 50% since the year 2000, compared to a rise of just 18% for men. Re-offending …
These Women Are On Their Way Out Of Prison. And They Have Business Plans To Help Them Stay Out
How are inmates supposed to transition to the world outside of prison? For one pre-release program at the Homestead Correctional Institution, the answer is in entrepreneurship. Nine women graduated this …