The Last Mile

San Quentin's coding program with a near-zero recidivism rate

Sam recounts visiting The Last Mile at San Quentin, founded by investor Chris Redlitz, which teaches inmates web skills (WordPress, front-end) so they can land jobs - some at companies like Slack - and over a decade had essentially zero recidivism among graduates.

“he was a god there because everyone knows if you get into his program, they have a 0% or they had a zero recidivism rate, meaning everyone over the last 10 years who went through their program, not one of them went back to prison.”