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Nancy Cotterill co-founded 2nd Chance Indiana (as UNITE INDY) in late 2016. She was editor and later publisher of Indianapolis Business Journal, and then created a not-for-profit online news outlet for the four million wheelchair users in the U.S. As an award-winning journalist, Nancy uses her talents to promote efforts to fight the causes of overall poverty throughout our area while working to spread the specific message that second chance employment is lowering recidivism, changing lives, and raising families out of poverty.

In a maximum security facility that once housed John Dillinger, there are 50 cats, who are lovingly cared for by a lucky few, and enjoyed by many more. Once adopted, the cats live in the inmates' cells for the duration of the prisoner's stay—which can be a life sentence, and the prisoners have something in their lives that gives them unconditional love.


Contact Information

2nd Chance Indiana
241 West 38th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208

317-279-6670

Our Mission

Our mission is to reduce recidivism and rebuild lives through the dignity of work.