Chicago-based Jail Education Solutions launched a pilot program in an almost untouched market: the Philadelphia prison system.
Prisons may seem like an odd market for a Chicago tech startup focused on education, but founder Brian Hill sees a lot of potential, for both doing good and making money. Over the next few months, the soft-launch pilot program will bring several hundred tablets full of educational programs to the Philadelphia correctional system. The goal is to help reduce the recidivism rates by giving inmates the tools and education they need to survive on the outside. It’s a serious problem – about half the people in American jails will return.
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