Entrepreneur James Tweed has called for greater efforts to be made towards closing the digital skills gap
Digital technology has the potential to transform lives, but millions of people are being left with a lack of digital skills, a tech entrepreneur has said.
James Tweed, Managing Director of Coracle, believes that the prison population are leaving prison with little to no digital skills, and struggling to reintegrate into our increasingly digital society as a result.
Coracle is one of the very few companies in the UK authorised by the Ministry of Justice to provide inmates with computers. Tweed believes that digital skills are an essential part of getting back into employment, and by teaching prisoners digital skills society can reduce crime.
“Many people feel that prisoners shouldn’t have access to laptops, but this fails to see the bigger picture,” he said.
