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Not all prison profits are bad. On the contrary, there has been a growing shift in carceral systems towards enabling incarcerated people to engage in remote work and professional development. Businesses, families, communities, prisons, and economies profit from this shift. Leo Hylton will share his experience in this small but growing avenue of financial empowerment and community connection–from opening the door, to growing as a professional, to building a bridge with and for others across the country. He and Jena Kitchen will also share how participants can get involved in supporting this vital work.
Leo Hylton helps organizational leaders build deeper trust, accountability, and community within their teams. Recently welcomed by Galaxy Gives as a 2026 Changemaker Leader Fellow, he also designs and implements workshops and online content such as toolkits for creating restorative workplaces from a Restorative Justice (RJ) ethos. He is a PhD student at the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, leading healing-centered research at the Mary Hoch Center for Reconciliation. Leo is currently incarcerated in Maine State Prison. His education and work are based in trauma-informed, healing-centered RJ practices, with a vision toward an abolitionist future.
No media is permitted at this event.
