Semi-permanent, modular structures to make crime-prone vacant lots safer. A tablet-based system to provide self-driven education to inmates and, as a result, reduce recidivism.
Those are just two of the ten social enterprise startups in the Philadelphia-based FastFWD accelerator that recently held their pitch day, each adopting an unusual approach to improving public safety. I recently wrote about the accelerator.
To read the original article: A Tale of Two Startups: Reducing Recidivism, Reviving Vacant Lots