New way to help ex-inmates re-enter society & stay out of prison | Louise Wasilewski | TEDxPeachtree

Louise Wasilewski is an accomplished business leader and former aerospace engineer who believes in second chances. She shares a surprising cause of recidivism and how to avoid it.

Louise is a co-founder of Acivilate, which seeks to overcome recidivism with technology that facilitates information
sharing and coordination among caseworkers, probation officers and ex-offenders. A sought after expert on criminal justice rehabilitation, Louise has spoken at events hosted by the American Correctional Association and the American Probation and Parole Association. She serves on committees of the DeKalb
County Reentry and Recidivism Task Force, the Greater Gwinnett Reentry Alliance and the Integrated Justice Information
Systems Institute.

Louise earned a bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Systems Engineering from the University of Southampton and an MBA
from Emory University. She holds four patents. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx