Is prison-ism the next bias we need to address? Our guest today believes it is, and shares with us his fascinating lived experience that’s sure to get you thinking.

In this episode, we’re joined by Jazz Singh and we delve into the often-overlooked talent within the prison leaver community and tackle the concept of the prison skills economy. Jazz grew up in East London and suffered racist bullying throughout his education. His education put him on a path towards a career in law, but the discrimination he faced pushed him in a very different direction.

Jazz describes the situation that he found himself in and the choices he made which led him down a path of drug abuse and his eventual three-year incarceration. The day he was sentenced, he decided that things had to change. He spent the next three years building himself back up and since then has become focused on helping people become the highest version of themselves.

In this episode, we cover - 

• The overlooked talent pool of prison leavers.

• The challenges Jazz faced as a brown Cockney growing up in East London. 

• The path that led Jazz to spend three years in prison.

• How Jazz was able to coach 3 other inmates to sell £92k of IT courses in under 6 months.

• The kinds of people Jazz met in prison and their stories.

• The open prison system and how it works.

• The biases in education and other factors that contribute to the prison pipeline.

• How companies get involved with becoming part of the solution.

  
  

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Jazz on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jazz-singh%E2%9C%A8-a0b808222/

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