DENVER — A local coffee company is brewing a second chance for women incarcerated at Denver Women's Correctional Facility.

Redemption Roasters opened in 2022 as an employment opportunity for inmates, giving them the chance to learn new skills. Denver7 learned about the company after visiting Convict Coffee in Parker , which is working to change the public's perception of people who were previously incarcerated, one cup of joe at a time.

For the past year, Cortnee Eaglen and Destiny Williams have been working together to ensure the Redemption Roasters' operation goes smoothly.

Williams monitors a computer screen that displays the coffee bean temperature.

"Tracking the rate of rise is fun, and it's fun to problem solve and use your critical thinking to figure out where things may have

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