Emma Hogan, a doctoral student in computer science at UC San Diego writes, “This fall will be my third time teaching introductory computer science inside Richard J. Donovan Correctional Center to a new cohort of UC Irvine students. … Creating access to computing degrees in higher education in prison programs such as LIFTED, and pipelines to careers in technology, is a necessary step towards equity in technology, higher education and the criminal justice system.”

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