World Usability Day: Digital Inclusion for Prisoner

An e-learning entrepreneur has called for improved access to digital learning for prisoners on World Usability Day.

James Tweed is the founder of digital learning company Coracle, which provides inmates at 50 prisons in England and Wales with access to education in their cells.

He says World Usability Day (November 10), should be a time when it is recognised there are some in society unable to access digital technology.

On World Usability Day we should recognise that there are some large and ignored groups almost completely barred from accessing the internet or digital technology. Groups such as prisoners and homeless people have very little access to digital. Both are massively disadvantaged as a result and this can lead to cyclical behaviour. Not being able to access the internet means no access to work, training, skills or support and so they end up back on the street. The homeless and prisoners are highly connected, because ex-offenders often struggle to find work and can end up sleeping on the streets as a result. Those on the streets often turn to crime.

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