From The Cornell Daily Sun:
When a man released from prison just one day earlier was handed a basic smartphone, the first question he asked was, “What is email?”
That moment stopped Jodi Anderson Jr. in his tracks.
Anderson, director of technological innovation for the Criminal Justice and Employment Initiative in Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, had met the man while recruiting participants for a National Science Foundation-funded study on the stressors people face when searching for work after incarceration.
The man had served 20 years in prison. He had never used a smartphone or new technology. He had never sent an email. Yet, he was expected to apply for jobs, housing and benefits entirely online. Continue reading >>>
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