#26 Keeping the Incarcerated Connected to Their Families - Marcus Bullock, Flikshop

Family engagement is the number one reason for successful re-entry of the incarcerated. The challenge? Access to the outside is expensive; phone bills can be overwhelming for some families and sending pictures and postcards requires time and postage. Marcus Bullock was "lucky" when he went to prison at age 15. His mother made it a mission to love him hard and sent postcards and pictures every day. Marcus wanted all incarcerated to have the same chance, and started Flikshop. Flikshop works like this: A family member uploads a screened (no nudity, no profanity) photo to Flikshop. The incarcerated person has been pre-identified and the photo shows up as a postcard, because cell phones are not allowed in institutions. This gives hope on the inside to make it on the outside. Felony Inc Podcast with your hosts Dave Dahl and Ladd Justesen We record the Felony Inc Podcast inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland. Audio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil Show logo was designed by Carolyn Main Website was designed by Cameron Grimes Production assistant is Chelsea Lancaster Theme music "Free" written and recorded by Dave Dahl, all rights reserved, motherfuckers This weeks podcast brought to you in part by soap-on-a-rope, when you don't want to drop stuff Felony Inc Podcast supports City Central Concern at centralcityconcern.org 10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes Listen to the Felony Inc Podcast live on-air every Friday at 10:00am pacific time on Startup Radio Network at startupradionetwork.com