‘Hope Goes a Long Way’: Guaranteed Income a Lifeline for Ex-Prisoners

Image by Bubba73, Creative Commons 3.0 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 22nd Basic Income Guarantee Conference in San Francisco, California to discuss Just Income, their project providing a guaranteed income to recently released prisoners. The interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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