Ismael Nazario

Anand Giridharadas is a prison reform advocate.

TED Speaker Bio
"At the Fortune Society, Ismael Nazario helps former inmates from New York's Rikers Island jail reintegrate into society after their release. The issue is close to home for Nazario: When he was just shy of eighteen he was arrested for robbery and sent to Rikers Island, where he spent 300 days in solitary confinement before he was ever convicted of a crime. Now as part of the I-CAN (Individualized Correction Achievement Network) program, he helps those at high risk for recidivism get jobs and stay out of jail and prison." – Source: TED

Talks

 * Ismael Nazario: What I learned as a kid in jail (November 2014)

Press

 * To End Solitary Confinement, Rikers Steps Out Of The Box (February 8, 2015), NPR