Prisoners have access to computers with application, legal, and educational software but they do
not have access to the Internet. This means a prisoner with a long incarceration period, who is
returning to the community, will be at a disadvantage in seeking and retrieving information for
his or her survival. In 2002, MCEL developed a CD-Rom tutorial that simulated the Internet, to
teach inmates how touse the Internet.
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This CD-Rom highlights the job, and housing
information that the inmate will need on reentry to the community. It has been requested by
several states and is now used in those prisons, juvenile, and youth centers across the United
States.