Prison Tablets Expand Access to College Credit

Incarcerated learners in participating facilities can reach accredited degree and career-training programs through the new platform.

Updated on Nov. 9, 2026 in Distance Learning

Prison Tablets Expand Access to College Credit

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Should prisons expand education programs to help inmates find work after release?

Securus Technologies launched an end-to-end education platform for correctional agencies that connects purpose-built tablets, secure networks, academic technology, accredited colleges, career-training providers, and dedicated program support. The announcement, dated from Plano, Texas, on Nov. 9, 2026, positions the platform as a way to deliver instruction to incarcerated learners across the United States.

Why it matters

Correctional education is a path to degrees and job-ready skills for people behind bars, and access depends on whether facilities can reliably reach students across housing units and schedules. A connected system aims to expand that access while easing the workload on staff, a need the company frames as central to scaling programs.

Securus reports more than 500,000 active tablets and more than 1,800 correctional agencies equipped with its technology. The Edovo library has recorded 5.53 million course completions, with Jobs & Finance the most-used category.

The players

Securus Technologies

A Plano, Texas-based provider of technology and communications services to correctional agencies, serving more than 1,800 agencies.

Edovo

A correctional education provider whose library on the Securus platform has recorded 5.53 million course completions.

RAND

A nonpartisan research organization whose studies on correctional education are cited for recidivism and employment outcomes.

Corrections1

A publication for correctional professionals that is hosting a November webinar on correctional education.

The details

Learners receive coursework on purpose-built tablets that run on a secure corrections-grade network. The platform pairs a Canvas-based learning environment and LearnMax for controlled live instruction with the Premium Mobile Education Lab, and it links to more than 45 integrations covering education, communications, and reentry resources. Dedicated education specialists work with agencies and academic partners to expand programming.

2015: average active tablets were approximately 63,000.
2025: average active tablets reached approximately 563,000.
October 2026: partner colleges reported learner degree and credit totals.
Nov. 9, 2026: Securus announced its education platform.
Nov. 18: a Corrections1 webinar on correctional education is scheduled.

Education Landscape

RAND's research links correctional education to lower recidivism, with participants recidivating at 30 percent versus 43 percent for non-participants. Growth in tablet-based delivery over the past decade reflects an effort to bring that kind of instruction to more facilities.

For students in participating correctional facilities, tablet-based coursework may broaden access to degree and credit programs. Readers who work with corrections programs can register for the Nov. 18 webinar, and questions about specific college credits should go to the partner institution's admissions office.

The takeaway

Correctional education is expanding through connected technology, and the scale of the platform suggests growing access to degree and credit programs. Anyone interested in a specific accredited program should confirm eligibility and credit transfer with that college's admissions office.

What happens next

Corrections1 is hosting a webinar on Nov. 18, titled "Education Without Added Burden: How Correctional Leaders Are Expanding Opportunity While Supporting Officers."