It's great that you are concerned with helping people who are convicted of crimes, but I'm very concerned about unintended consequences. This old quote comes to mind:
"You should buy a company any fool can manage because eventually, one will." (attributed to Peter Lynch)
With all respect, the founders seem well-intentioned (though my impression of them is worthless, being based on a few paragraphs) but if Promise succeeds then eventually others will run the company and there will be competitors. As Lynch says, we can't count on the managers.
Prisoners are very vulnerable. As we have seen with the for-profit prison industry and bail industry, they are abused when at the mercy of private business. For example, I read recently that in some prisons, prisoners receive only one meal on some days in order to cut costs. For profit businesses have every incentive to abuse these people and no incentive on the other side except the good intentions of management. Eventually, the management won't be so well-intentioned.
Making money from incarcerating people may be an unavoidably unethical business. Perhaps a non-profit would be a better idea.
"You should buy a company any fool can manage because eventually, one will." (attributed to Peter Lynch)
With all respect, the founders seem well-intentioned (though my impression of them is worthless, being based on a few paragraphs) but if Promise succeeds then eventually others will run the company and there will be competitors. As Lynch says, we can't count on the managers.
Prisoners are very vulnerable. As we have seen with the for-profit prison industry and bail industry, they are abused when at the mercy of private business. For example, I read recently that in some prisons, prisoners receive only one meal on some days in order to cut costs. For profit businesses have every incentive to abuse these people and no incentive on the other side except the good intentions of management. Eventually, the management won't be so well-intentioned.
Making money from incarcerating people may be an unavoidably unethical business. Perhaps a non-profit would be a better idea.