Preston Thorpe is a software engineer at a San Francisco startup — he’s also serving his 11th year in prison | TechCrunch
A senior software engineer for Turso, Thorpe is part of an experimental program in the Maine state prison system that allows incarcerated people to work remote jobs from custody.
Preston Thorpe is a software engineer at a San Francisco startup — he’s also serving his 11th year in prison | TechCrunch Image Credits: Anastasija Vujic / Getty Images Startups Preston Thorpe is a software engineer at a San Francisco startup — he’s also serving his 11th year in prison Amanda Silberling 8:48 AM PDT · July 24, 2025 If you omit some key details, all Preston Thorpe has to do to become a senior software engineer at a promising tech company is walk through the door. For about six months, Thorpe was a prolific volunteer contributor to an open source project led by database company T
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