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Dave Ursillo speaks to entrepreneur and prison reform activist Coss Marte, founder of ConBody and ConBud, which employ formerly incarcerated persons as part of a wider social mission to de-stigmatize the formerly incarcerated community, ease their integration back into society, and change the systemic inequity of the criminal justice system.

Coss is also the author of ConBody: The Revolutionary Bodyweight Prison Boot Camp, Born from an Extraordinary Story of Hope. Nonprofit organizations helping formerly incarcerated people: Defy Ventures, Thrive for Life, and Fortune Society. Coss's brother, Christopher Marte, who was elected to District 1's City Council in New York City in 2021.

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