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Technology in Corrections - Computers & Internet

  • Jail Tech: Phones, Tablets, and Software Behind Bars (2016)

    "The prison system has been notoriously slow to adopt new technology. That needs to change."

  • Online behind bars: if internet access is a human right, should prisoners have it? (2016)

    "For most of the developed world, internet access is a given.

  • Digitizing the 21st-Century Prison (2016)

    "Thhis month, inmates in more than 100 American penal institutions will begin receiving federal financial aid for higher education for the first ti

  • Building Effective Partnerships For High-Quality Postsecondary Education In Correctional Facilities (2016)

    "In 2015, the United States Department of Education announced the Second Chance Pell Pilot Program, aimed at supporting postsecondary education pro

  • In State and County Prisons, Mobile Devices Help Improve Prison Life (2017)

    "Mobile devices support life-saving counseling and help inmates develop real-world job skills that may decrease recidivism."