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Upon her release, Allen kept up her passion of working to empower women. She became the cofounder of Gina's Team, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving outcomes for women who experience imprisonment. The organization's motto: "Education, not incarceration, is the cheapest form of crime prevention.""I wanted to do something to help those women, because no one else seemed to understand or care," she said. Through Gina's Team, Allen said she provides direct services to more than 1,000 people each year in different facilities. She has partnered with community leaders to teach skills based on the ATHENA Leadership Model and works to help women through their imprisonment and upon release.
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