This story was told by a staff member at Centinela.
UCI: Right. And so, what do you think could be better? What could the facilities have done better to accommodate the class?
Caller: Well, I think they could’ve stepped into the 21st century as far as using computers and Skype. And I mean, the tools are all there for classes to be done distance learning, which [unintelligible] connected via technology, and I think that these are avenues we should continue to explore and to push.
And there are, you know, I think there’s a lot of CRMs that support it, and I think that you know, some of these sort of, you know, antiquated fears of technology and inmates’ exposure or access to those technologies being dangerous to society, are, I think are, you know, over exaggerated for sure. And I think the sooner that they can move in that direction, the more better for everyone, right, that rehabilitation can be, can be-
UCI: Yeah.
Caller: Sped up and, and assisted, and I think you know, there’s a lot of prisons that even, you know, will fully open and are able to go to are just so far out of the way. And we don’t have teaching [unintelligible] that can get there on a weekly basis, and so, I think, you know, having Skype or Microsoft teams or classes that we can do via video would be incredibly advantageous.
