As the business community marks Second Chance Month, Televerde, a global revenue creation partner supporting marketing, sales, and customer success for B2B businesses worldwide, announced its 2025 results from its prison-to-workforce program, demonstrating how professional training inside prison translates into measurable workforce outcomes after release.
For more than three decades, Televerde has pioneered a prison-to-workforce model that brings a true for-profit work environment into correctional facilities. With structured recruiting, performance-based training, and accountability tied directly to client programs, Televerde ensures its workforce is prepared to excel in enterprise environments. This model provides B2B organizations with a highly trained, reliable workforce to drive inside sales, demand generation, and customer success initiatives.
The following results demonstrate the tangible impact of this model on both the workforce and the individual.
2025 Program Performance Highlights
- Breaking the Cycle: The recidivism rate for Televerde graduates remains under 5%, compared to a national three-year average of more than 68 percent.
- Certified Talent: 93% of graduates re-entered the workforce with active certifications in platforms such as Salesforce and Marketo, significantly reducing typical ramp-up time for new hires.
- Career Integration: 88% of graduates secured full-time professional employment within 90 days of release.
- Economic Impact: Graduates achieved an average starting salary of $41,169, providing a stable foundation for financial independence and long-term career growth.
- Graduation & Transition: Over the past year, 44 women in Arizona and Indiana successfully completed Televerde’s rigorous training and transitioned from incarceration into the corporate workforce.
- High-Demand Roles: Alumni transitioned into specialized corporate functions, including Sales Development, Demand Generation, and Marketing Operations at Fortune 500 technology firms, global SaaS leaders, and premier B2B agencies.
“In the B2B world, revenue is only as strong as the talent driving your sales engine,” said Vince Barsolo, CEO of Televerde. “Our 2025 results confirm what we’ve known for decades: second-chance hiring is a powerful business lever. The work our team does on the inside creates a level of technical proficiency and commitment that is rare in today’s market. Our graduates re-enter the community as job-ready professionals who drive immediate results for our clients and the enterprise companies that hire them.”
Televerde currently operates five in-prison contact centers in Arizona and Indiana and has generated more than $14 billion in revenue for its clients, partnering with some of the world’s most recognizable B2B brands.
“The strength of our business comes from the women preparing to re-enter the workforce, and we stay invested in their success over the long term,” added Barsolo. “We make sure that when these women return home, they have the market-ready skills and support to do more than just get by. They have the foundation to lead, innovate, and show the business world what second-chance talent really looks like.”
The Televerde model begins inside correctional facilities, where participants work on real revenue-generation programs for enterprise companies. This on-the-job experience is then augmented by the Televerde Foundation, an independent nonprofit partner that provides reentry support, career development, and personal stability resources to ensure long-term retention and success. Televerde launched the Televerde Foundation in 2020 to strengthen this model by supporting women after release.
