Dominik Saur
Technical Lead
Manana Interactive
This startup develops an in-prison biofeedback training game designed to teach emotion regulation skills and increase resilience in inmates. The platform uses data from wearables to provide real-time feedback, rewarding users for maintaining calm and focus during gamified, emotion-inducing tasks. This approach aims to improve behavioral outcomes, reduce reoffending, and create safer prison environments.
- Artificial Intelligence
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- Digital Health
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- Wellness & Fitness Technology
Updated 5 months ago
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Problem
Incarcerated individuals often experience emotional dysregulation, which is a significant contributor to violent reoffending rates and creates safety concerns within prison environments. Traditional in-person therapy has limited reach and accessibility within prisons due to low trust environments, literacy challenges, and restricted clinical contact hours.
Solution
Manana Interactive provides a data-driven, gamified biofeedback training tool designed to help people in prison learn self-de-escalation skills and improve emotion regulation. The platform uses data from wearable devices to provide real-time feedback, rewarding users for maintaining calm and focus during emotion-inducing tasks within a safe, gamified environment. This approach aims to improve behavioral outcomes, enhance cognitive skills, and reduce reoffending by offering a scalable, on-demand, and self-service solution that complements existing rehabilitation programs. The tool meets incarcerated individuals at their learner levels with a mostly non-language based intervention, and can be administered without a therapist present.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes correctional facilities, prison staff, and incarcerated individuals seeking to improve emotion regulation, reduce violence, and enhance rehabilitation outcomes.
Features
- Real-time biofeedback loop using heart rate data from wearable devices
- Gamified activities designed to train meditative, deep breathing and self-calming skills
- Data-driven insights showing real-time and longitudinal improvements in self-regulation
- Integration with wearable technology for accurate and accessible biodata collection
- Scalable digital tool that amplifies the impact of in-person therapy sessions
- Accessible interface designed to meet incarcerated people at their learner levels
- Evidence-based approach developed in collaboration with correctional professionals and subject-matter experts