Excerpt from the Dailynews.com, published November 28, 2023
Written by Jane Oates
Connecting incarcerated individuals with access to technology, such as tablets, jumpstarts the education they need to prepare to enter the workforce when coming home. Ongoing access to dedicated education, training, and coaching resources significantly increases their odds of securing a quality job post-release.
Lantern, the largest U.S.-based learning management system and digital education platform that currently reaches over 150,000 incarcerated individuals, offers access to more than 1,600 free college degree programs. Educational programs like Lantern help incarcerated individuals prepare for the nearly 150 million tech jobs expected to emerge by 2025, while providing a viable solution for the country’s growing labor shortage.