With World Creativity and Innovation Day taking place this week, entrepreneur James Tweed urges all those involved to consider how the lives of prisoners could be changed by art and new technology
Creativity can cut crime, a tech entrepreneur has said in connection with World Creativity and Innovation Day (April 21).
James Tweed, CEO of Cambridge-based Coracle, which provides laptops to prisoners, says innovative new technologies can be used to cut crime, improve skills and make ex-offenders far more employable.
“We have this treasure trove of new technology which can help people to develop skills, and to become more innovative and creative, but we aren’t doing enough with it.