Help Bring Computer Science into Prisons

Providing education in prisons has always proven to keep people from going back to prison. Especially education that provides marketable skills. The Prison Math Project has built a unique tool for incarcerated learners to have access to a txt editor and a compiler at all times.

Traditional computer science education in prison gives students a computer for the duration of the 3-4 month course, and then they never see a computer again until they are released, which can be years. This makes it impossible to maintain and build upon the skills that they learned.

We have built an app that goes directly on the tablets that most incarcerated people have with them 24/7. It currently supports Python and Javascript, but we have plans to expand the offerings. The app is currently offline and everything is stored on the individual tablet, removing any security concerns.

The app will be released in the Maine Correctional Center soon, but this is just the start. We want to offer workshops to teach people how to code in-person, as well as continue to expand the offerings, and locations where the app is available.

Help us make this a reality for thousands of incarcerated people across the country!