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In 2019, a pair of undergraduate computer science majors at the University of Chicago set out to complete their capstone for the College course, “Entrepreneurship in Technology.” They never anticipated that their project would later serve public defenders around the country.
Shortly after the class ended, Leslie Jones-Dove and Devshi Mehrotra co-founded JusticeText, software that generates automated transcripts of body camera footage, interrogation videos, jail calls and more. JusticeText expedites the pre-trial preparation time and allows public defenders to analyze crucial data.
“When we turned in our final projects for class, we weren t the only ones who had been moved by the mission we uncovered through the course of the quarter,” said Jones-Dove, AB’19. “Our peers voted our pitch as the class favorite and that helped us decide that we might want to purs
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Uptrust Raises $2M, Expands into Probation and Parole
The startup has made a name for itself with software that reminds defendants of court dates so they don t get hit with penalties for failing to appear. Now the company is expanding into more of the justice process.
May 18, 2021 •
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Uptrust, a startup whose technology helps prevent the jailing of people for not making court dates, has raised $2 million from investors and is expanding into probation and parole.
The company’s software was built to send text reminders to defendants in order to reduce the number of people who miss court dates and then go to jail, as well as to allow for easy two-way text communication with public defenders. But probation and parole can carry the same kind of punitive measures as failing to appear for a court hearing can failure to check in can land a person in jail. So Uptrust is now expanding into probation and parole, allowing for mobile check-ins and two-way communication.