“This,” he said, smiling, “is a step in the right direction.”
— adding to the suite of educational services that experts hope will better prepare detainees for reentry. The course, taught twice a week over Zoom, also was offered to“The level of 21st century technology skills they just learned, I can’t do those things,” said Amy Lopez, deputy director of college and career readiness for the D.C. Department of Corrections. “They are transferrable, employable skills.
Representatives from Microsoft, Howard University and Georgetown University attended Thursday’s graduation ceremony.The course on its own is not enough to prepare students to compete with experienced coders in the industry. Martin Nisser, a computer science PhD student at MIT and co-founder of the program, said Brave Behind Bars is meant to be a steppingstone for people who may have had little access to technology and will emerge from jail or prison into a world that requires digital savvy.
“It’s an amazing position to be in — to watch new people blossom and grow and come up with their own ideas,” said Linda Dolloff, who participated in the program last year while incarcerated at the Southern Maine Women’s Re-entry Center after being convicted of trying to kill her husband. She has since been released.
“I want to show my kids that their father is going above and beyond in trying to come home,” he said, adding “I went from solitary confinement to being in an MIT course. Who would have thought?”
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Why are all the students POC?
3DTruth What a catchy title brave behind bars, being in jail dosen't give you much choice but to be brave it's that or be eaten alive
Forced education that persecutes humanity.
So they can hack your bank account.
Cool! Wiith a hacker doctorate!
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