San Quentin Inmates Are Preparing for Freedom By Learning to Code

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Inside the Classroom Where San Quentin Inmates Learn to Code

At San Quentin State Prison in California, a new project offers a chance for inmates to take part in the tech transformations they might have missed.

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Because they can’t use the Internet, the dev shop’s coders work on a closed network, and a manager pushes the results to the outside. Any money the shop makes is funneled back into the nonprofit.Cait Oppermann

Issie Lapowsky is a journalist covering technology and national affairs. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Fast Company, The Atlantic, and more. She was previously a senior writer at WIRED. ... Read More