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Private Company Saves Taxpayers Money and Prisoners Receive Education
1888 PressRelease More than 20,000 devices already contracted to prisons nationwide, Innertainment
Delivery Systems LLC (IDS) is saving American taxpayers money while educating inmates.
NASHVILLE − Innertainment Delivery Systems LLC (IDS) has been contracted to provide more than
20,000 educational tablets to prisons and prison contractors across the country, thus helping those who
are incarcerated gain desperately needed education. Quality education lowers inmates' chances of
returning to prison and increases their ability to receive gainful employment on the outside while also
saving the government and taxpayers money. These savings are represented in terms of both educational
costs and paying for repeated incarceration (also known as recidivism).
"Education is the key to breaking the cycle of recidivism, which is good for both inmates and taxpayers,"
explained IDS President Dr. Turner Nashe, Jr. "Our learning systems enable inmates to take courses to
prepare for the GED test, as well as vocational and college courses."
IDS (http://www.IDS615.com) supplies secured educational tablets that assist in a wide variety of
curriculums, including college, adult basic education, life skills, financial literacy, employable skills,
substance abuse treatment and reentry support.
For college students, the totally offline content distribution system contains college textbooks from all
major publishers, video, dictionaries, calculators and other content for any sheriff's jail or Department of
Corrections. It is the most secure system on the market. It took over 16 months and 8,000 coding hours to
build.
IDS has also created other systems, such as an offline learning management system that allows inmates to
learn at their own pace in their cells. Administrators can share syllabi, class modules, assignments, ...