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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.
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May 7, 2025
Without family to provide even a small amount of money to an inmate, they are left to bargain for things they need, which makes them very vulnerable, but aside the issue of money, they often develop depression and anxiety, and without letters or phone calls, they feel entirely alone.