Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock coctails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock cocktails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock coctails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock cocktails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock cocktails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock coctails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyz Republic

Penitentiary Facility N° 10 - Prison of enhanced regime (with operational capacity of 1548 inmates)

Photo: Alessandro Scotti

Please do not reproduce without permission by UNODC. Only use in the context of the project ‘Support to Prison Reform in the Kyrgyz Republic’, funded by the European Union (EU) and implemented by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

Please visit the project web page:

www.unodc.org/centralasia/en/prison-reform.html

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock cocktails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock cocktails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock cocktails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock coctails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock coctails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock cocktails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock cocktails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock cocktails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock cocktails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock coctails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock cocktails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

The Vienna-based Group of Friends of the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, also known as the Nelson Mandela Rules, co-chaired by Germany and South Africa, convened for a special meeting on Monday, 28 January to renew its commitment to the practical application of the Rules and the work of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in the field of prison reform.

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock cocktails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock cocktails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock cocktails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock cocktails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock cocktails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock coctails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock cocktails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock coctails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock cocktails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Antarkranti 'Herbal Holi Colors" are made from organic products and herbs that are so pure, they are edible. Made for Holi, these colors are available in attractive packaging that is eco-friendly and affordable. Free from chemicals, this gulal is helping provide employment to reformed women inmates at the Tihar Jail who have undergone transformation under the Antarkranti project. Antarkranti is a social initiative involved in prisoner reformation and rehabilitation supported by Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan.

Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan Founded and headed by Shri Ashutosh Maharaj Ji is a global network, a mission committed to establishing peace in human mind & actions. Ultimately translating the concept of World Peace into a tangible reality and creating universal culture of peace

Vision:

“From Self Awakening to Global Peace.”

Mission:

“To usher into a world wherein every individual becomes an embodiment of truth, fraternity, and justice through the eternal science of self-realization – ‘Brahm Gyan’, uprooting in its wake all social evils and threat.”

Website : djjs.org

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock cocktails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Now derelict and being used as a squat.

195 Mare Street, Hackney E2.

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock cocktails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock cocktails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock cocktails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Prison reform advocates and activist groups gathered outside the New York Governor offices in Manhattan to urge Governor Cuomo, the New York State Legislature, and the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) to close Attica immediately and permanently.

© Erik McGregor - erikrivas@hotmail.com - 917-225-8963

Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyz Republic

Penitentiary Facility N° 10 - Prison of enhanced regime (with operational capacity of 1548 inmates)

Photo: Alessandro Scotti

Please do not reproduce without permission by UNODC. Only use in the context of the project ‘Support to Prison Reform in the Kyrgyz Republic’, funded by the European Union (EU) and implemented by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

Please visit the project web page:

www.unodc.org/centralasia/en/prison-reform.html

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock cocktails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock cocktails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Antarkranti 'Herbal Holi Colors" are made from organic products and herbs that are so pure, they are edible. Made for Holi, these colors are available in attractive packaging that is eco-friendly and affordable. Free from chemicals, this gulal is helping provide employment to reformed women inmates at the Tihar Jail who have undergone transformation under the Antarkranti project. Antarkranti is a social initiative involved in prisoner reformation and rehabilitation supported by Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan.

Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan Founded and headed by Shri Ashutosh Maharaj Ji is a global network, a mission committed to establishing peace in human mind & actions. Ultimately translating the concept of World Peace into a tangible reality and creating universal culture of peace

Vision:

“From Self Awakening to Global Peace.”

Mission:

“To usher into a world wherein every individual becomes an embodiment of truth, fraternity, and justice through the eternal science of self-realization – ‘Brahm Gyan’, uprooting in its wake all social evils and threat.”

Website : djjs.org

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock cocktails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Teams of ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City compete in Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition. The teams created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock cocktails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Program director Catherine Rohr (on extreme right) helps a group of active volunteers evaluate the performance of the competitors as individuals and as teams. At several points the group met with the various teams to chat and offer feedback.

As part of Defy Venture's first Mocktail competition, the teams, comprising ex-felons seeking to start businesses in New York City, created and prepared nonalcoholic cocktails (mock cocktails) that they then sold to guests. The drinks were as colorful as they were refreshing, especially in the midst of a historic heatwave.

As participants in the MBA-style Defy program, they learn business, accounting, and sales skills that can lead to successful ventures and careers.

Antarkranti 'Herbal Holi Colors" are made from organic products and herbs that are so pure, they are edible. Made for Holi, these colors are available in attractive packaging that is eco-friendly and affordable. Free from chemicals, this gulal is helping provide employment to reformed women inmates at the Tihar Jail who have undergone transformation under the Antarkranti project. Antarkranti is a social initiative involved in prisoner reformation and rehabilitation supported by Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan.

Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan Founded and headed by Shri Ashutosh Maharaj Ji is a global network, a mission committed to establishing peace in human mind & actions. Ultimately translating the concept of World Peace into a tangible reality and creating universal culture of peace

Vision:

“From Self Awakening to Global Peace.”

Mission:

“To usher into a world wherein every individual becomes an embodiment of truth, fraternity, and justice through the eternal science of self-realization – ‘Brahm Gyan’, uprooting in its wake all social evils and threat.”

Website : djjs.org

Antarkranti 'Herbal Holi Colors" are made from organic products and herbs that are so pure, they are edible. Made for Holi, these colors are available in attractive packaging that is eco-friendly and affordable. Free from chemicals, this gulal is helping provide employment to reformed women inmates at the Tihar Jail who have undergone transformation under the Antarkranti project. Antarkranti is a social initiative involved in prisoner reformation and rehabilitation supported by Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan.

Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan Founded and headed by Shri Ashutosh Maharaj Ji is a global network, a mission committed to establishing peace in human mind & actions. Ultimately translating the concept of World Peace into a tangible reality and creating universal culture of peace

Vision:

“From Self Awakening to Global Peace.”

Mission:

“To usher into a world wherein every individual becomes an embodiment of truth, fraternity, and justice through the eternal science of self-realization – ‘Brahm Gyan’, uprooting in its wake all social evils and threat.”

Website : djjs.org