{"id":9171,"date":"2018-03-19T22:23:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T04:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&p=9171"},"modified":"2018-03-19T22:23:13","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T04:23:13","slug":"jay-zs-roc-nation-invests-3m-in-app-combating-mass-incarceration","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/jay-zs-roc-nation-invests-3m-in-app-combating-mass-incarceration\/","title":{"rendered":"JAY-Z\u2019s Roc Nation Invests $3M in App Combating Mass Incarceration"},"content":{"rendered":"
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JAY-Z and Roc Nation have announced a $3 million investment in Promise, an app that will combat mass incarceration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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According to the application\u2019s website<\/a>, it was created to \u201cget people out of jail and provide ongoing support and supervision to help keep them out,\u201d by Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins and Diana Frappier. The pair hopes the platform will serve as an alternative to locking up individuals who cannot afford bail or who mistakenly miss court dates. It will offer services that allow users to log upcoming court dates, counseling appointments, and drug tests. Regarding rehabilitation, Promise will provide programs with job training and information about housing.<\/p>\n

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\"Pour<\/a>JAY-Z has been vocal about how the jail system fails the poor and people of color. He wrote an op-ed last year on Father\u2019s Day about the exploitative bail industry<\/a>. Many individuals who have not been convicted of crimes are often held in jail because they cannot afford bail. The issue was also touched upon in JAY-Z-produced TIME: The Kalief Browder Story<\/em><\/a> docuseries.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In an interview with TechCrunch<\/a>, Ellis-Lamkins spoke about the small infractions that cause many people of color to be locked up. \u201cPeople are going to jail because they look at a piece of paper and misread it, or are going to jail because they can\u2019t afford a class because they\u2019re instead paying child support. If we\u2019re putting people in jail because they\u2019re poor, brown or black, we\u2019re spending money the wrong way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are increasingly alarmed by the injustice in our criminal justice system,\u201d JAY-Z said in a statement confirming his involvement with the app. \u201cMoney, time and lives are wasted with the current policies. It\u2019s time for an innovative and progressive technology that offers sustainable solutions to tough problems. Promise\u2019s team, led by Phaedra, is building an app that can help provide \u2018liberty and justice for all\u2019 to millions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Promise will publicly debut at Y Combinator\u2019s Demo Day on March 20, 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

JAY-Z and Roc Nation have announced a $3 million investment in Promise, an app that will combat mass incarceration. According to the application\u2019s website, it was created to \u201cget people out of jail and provide ongoing support and supervision to help keep them out,\u201d by Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins and Diana Frappier. 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