{"id":33647,"date":"2022-07-05T11:35:21","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T10:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digileaders.com\/?p=33647"},"modified":"2022-07-07T16:14:26","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T15:14:26","slug":"eliminating-crime-through-technology-my-journey-to-tech-for-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digileaders.com\/eliminating-crime-through-technology-my-journey-to-tech-for-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Can technology eliminate crime?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019d like to tell you my story of how an initial consulting project with London Probation led to the creation of a technology platform changing the face of criminal justice and society.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

My name is Jonathan Ley and I\u2019m the founder of Make Time Count. I spent 15 years with Accenture and Deutsche Bank leading projects for large organisations. The outcome was generally slightly more money for companies that didn\u2019t really care. In 2018 I was asked to review operations at the London Probation Service – my first exposure to Criminal Justice or the government sector. I never expected the impact this experience would have on me.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shock<\/b> is the best word to describe my initial reaction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Shock<\/b> at the way people are treated.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Shock<\/b> at the processes, perhaps not designed to make people fail, but certainly not designed to make it easy for them to succeed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shock<\/b> at the dearth of technology.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There must be a better way. So I just talked to probation officers and people on probation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHow can I help?\u201d <\/b>was my simple question.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The first thing I noticed was that the people on probation viewed me with suspicion. I realised that these folks were rarely \u201casked\u201d and more often \u201ctold\u201d what to do. It took some time to break down these barriers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I learned so much from these conversations. Most of the individuals I met were not bad people, just had a bad start, or made a bad decision – we\u2019ve all made those. Many were hard working, with strong entrepreneurial streaks, but they had perhaps used these talents in a way incompatible with UK law!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Many were really no different to me, I just got lucky. I was adopted at three and had that not happened, chances are, I would have ended up on probation. I identified with their stories. Recognised so much wasted potential.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Then I began to research more into this sector and was amazed how expensive and ineffective it is:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The UK spends<\/span> \u00a339billion<\/b> on \u201cPublic Order and Safety.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Crime costs the UK economy an estimated <\/span>\u00a3100bn <\/b>per year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite all this spending, it isn\u2019t really working.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n