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Your record isn'ta liability here.

The professional network for everyone the justice system touches — attorneys, employers, reentry organizations, and the millions of people rebuilding after a conviction.

1 in 3
US adults have a criminal record
60%
Still jobless a year after release
0
Networks built for this ecosystem
4
Constituencies, one platform
The problem

Everyone here is
looking for someone.

A defendant needs an attorney who has handled their charge. A reentry nonprofit needs employers who actually hire. An employer with open roles can't find qualified candidates. Someone eighteen months post-release needs a mentor who understands. Today, none of them can reliably find each other.

The product

Four things in one place.

Built for a specific ecosystem rather than a general one — which is exactly why it can serve people a general network structurally penalizes.

01

Verified profiles & directory

Attorneys, consultants, reentry staff and coaches — credential-verified and searchable by charge type, district, facility and service.

02

Fair-chance job board

Employers who genuinely hire people with records, posting real roles. No guessing which applications are wasted effort.

03

Moderated community feed

Policy updates, practical guidance, reentry stories and bounded "Ask an Expert" threads under real community guidelines.

04

Groups

Facility-alumni groups, industry reentry groups and legal practice groups. Shared context means less explaining.

Why not LinkedIn
The core insight

A gap is a
red flag there.

On a general network, a résumé with a five-year hole and no explanation gets filtered before a human sees it. Disclosing a conviction invites judgment from every professional contact you have. Employers open to fair-chance hiring have no way to signal it.

Here, that same fact is context everyone already understands — and for consultants, mentors and peer counsellors, it's the qualification itself. That inversion is the product.

Who it's for

One network,
four constituencies.

01

Justice-impacted individuals

  • Free profile, always
  • Find fair-chance work
  • Connect with alumni
  • Access expertise
02

Attorneys & consultants

  • Professional profile
  • Referral visibility
  • Build reputation
  • Reach families directly
03

Employers

  • Post fair-chance roles
  • Reach motivated candidates
  • Signal openness
  • Track outcomes
04

Reentry organizations

  • List programs
  • Reach people who need them
  • Partner with employers
  • Share research
Being straight about it

We are not
pretending to be first.

Honest Jobs and 70 Million Jobs already run substantial fair-chance job marketplaces. Honest Jobs alone reaches 230+ facilities through tablet partnerships, with over 1,100 employers. They are good at what they do.

The incumbentsAnd we're not trying to beat them at job matching

Nobody has built the professional network and content layer across this whole ecosystem — the place where an attorney, a reentry counsellor, an employer and someone six months out can all find each other. Jobs are one module, not the product.

The actual gapWhich is where Connect lives

On the attorney side the model already exists. Martindale-Avvo proved free directory listings plus paid premium tiers works in legal, reaching 25M+ monthly consumers. We're adapting that rather than reinventing it.

Be there when it opens.

We're building the first version with a small group of attorneys, employers and alumni shaping what gets built.

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