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Kelly Orians facilitates a weekly discussion group for formerly incarcerated entrepreneurs. Until their new space is fully renovated, they meet in the back of an events hall in New Orleans' Gentilly neighborhood.

Getting out of prison it’s hard to find a job. Why not help ex-prisoners start their own businesses?

July 27, 2016Justice

Here’s a sobering statistic for you. When you’re looking at the highest incarceration rate in the world, it’s not China or Iran; it’s Louisiana.

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