Plano-based Securus Technologies announced that the Edovo Platform is available at no cost to all existing and new customers via streaming on its secured network.
Securus is an Aventiv Technologies company committed to bridging the digital divide and enabling educational opportunities for incarcerated learners.
“Offering a free resource that provides accessible education and rehabilitation services gives incarcerated individuals a way to constructively use their time, making environments safer while building toward stronger reentry outcomes,” Kevin Elder, president, Securus Technologies, said in a statement. “Expanding the rollout of Edovo to more than 600,000 incarcerated individuals nationwide will provide best-in-class, tailored educational opportunities that promote learning and help individuals prepare for a brighter future.”
Edovo is a tech nonprofit that delivers a tablet-based application that provides educational, vocational, and rehabilitative curricula to incarcerated individuals across the country, Securus said. The platform recently upgraded to a cloud-based delivery model with single sign-on capability, making it easier for incarcerated individuals to access Edovo through 600,000+ Securus tablets, increasing availability to skill-building and education content that strengthens reentry outcomes.
The company said that the availability of education programs to incarcerated individuals in correctional facilities can positively impact their skills and future employment outcomes, thus reducing recidivism rates. The company said that research has shown that those who participate in correctional education programs are 43 percent less likely to recidivate, while they attain employment at a rate that is 13 percent higher than those who do not participate.
Securus said that to date, Edovo has been deployed in more than 900 correctional facilities nationwide and served over one million incarcerated learners, delivering over 70 million hours of educational lessons.
Easy-to-use platform with extensive educational content
It said that single sign-on authentication makes Edovo easy to use and requires no training to access self-paced content and self-managed coursework. The app also offers a suite of progress and monitoring tools, empowering corrections administration to better coach and engage with those who participate in the program.
“Our transition to streaming enables us to reach more people seeking educational resources across the country and simplifies the infrastructure needed to support our app on secure tablets within the corrections environment,” Edovo Chief of Staff Anna DeLuna Ferguson said in a statement. “This transition, combined with our scalability, provides a flexible solution that can serve any facility’s needs while providing highly relevant content and robust reporting functionality that can drive sustainable change.”
The company said that once it’s live, Edovo’s scalable app provides turnkey content that is curated by facilities and third-party materials that can be added to tablets on a facility-by-facility basis to meet learners’ individual needs. That offers everything from education, vocational and job skills to college foundations, faith and character, rehabilitative resources, substance use treatment, parenting, anger management, or legal resources.
Platform content reflects offerings from partners including Grow with Google, MasterClass, Prison Professors, Modern States, Alcoholics Anonymous, The Marshall Project, The Phoenix, The Lionheart Foundation, and more.
Securus said that Edovo complements its premium education and re-entry programming from Essential Education that includes GED prep, HiSET prep, computer competency, and financial literacy, among other offerings.
Securus serves more than 1,800 public safety, law enforcement, and corrections agencies as well as over 1 million incarcerated individuals across North America.
Founded in 1986, the company provides innovative solutions such as phone and video connections and e-messaging, which connect family and friends to their incarcerated loved ones.
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