‘Hope goes a long way’: guaranteed income a lifeline for ex-prisoners

'Hope goes a long way': guaranteed income a lifeline for ex-prisoners

The family of Jamel Floyd protest his death in federal jail. Floyd was a prisoner in Brooklyn, New York who died after being pepper sprayed in his cell Kevin Scott is a former prisoner and the programme director for Community Spring, a non-profit organisation in Gainesville, Florida. We caught up with Kevin at the 22 nd Basic Income Guarantee Conference in San Francisco, California to discuss Just Income, their project providing a guaranteed income to recently released prisoners.

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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