Program rada iz zatvora omogućio posao u Silicijumu
Preston Thorpe je zaposljen na puno radno vrijeme u tehnološkoj kompaniji Turso sa sjedištem u San Franciscu, a posao obavlja iz svoje ćelije dok služi jedanaestu godinu kazne. Posao na daljinu iz zatvora dolazi kroz eksperimentalni program u državi Maine, koji omogućava zatvorenicima rad na daljinu unutar strogo nadziranih jedinica.
Direktor Turso je direktno kontaktirao Thorpea i poslije razgovora ponudio mu je poziciju. "I reached out to him in January, just to understand and get to know him," "Since then, I’ve had deep conversations with him about his change of heart that led him to be in the position where he is today." "Knowing his story increased our respect for him personally," rekao je direktor.
Thorpe je u zatvoru od 20. godine zbog prodaje droga kupljenih na dark webu. Tokom pandemije je odlučio da promijeni život, upisao se na Univerzitet Maine i postao čak i honorarni predavač na daljinu. "I had this kind of epiphany: 'I’m going to make something of myself'," rekao je Thorpe putem video poziva iz zatvora.
On živi u Earned Living Unit u Mountain View Correctional Facility, gdje oko 10% prihoda ide državi, uz druge odbitke. Komesar zatvorskog sistema podržava program: "I have to be able to explain this to people on the right and the left," "When they hear that Preston is making the kind of money he makes, their jaw drops. And I say to them, 'If you truly care about making the community safer, if you care about being fiscally responsible, if you care about victims and survivors in the community, this is the way to make them whole.'"
