September 3, 2025 Celebrating Success: The Last Mile Graduation Ceremony at Rhode Island’s John J. Moran Medium Security Facility Ten students graduated from The Last Mile (TLM) web development program at North Dakota State Penitentiary. The cohort spent the last year acquiring technology skills, including web development, coding, and software engineering, to prepare them for high-demand jobs upon returning to North Dakota communities. Read Article
August 11, 2025 Gov. Gavin Newsom Identifies the Fifth State Prison to Close Due to Falling Incarcerated Population Riverside County is home to the next state prison set to close as part of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s response to the decreasing incarcerated population. Read Article
July 18, 2025 Celebrating Success: Graduation of the Coding Program at North Dakota State Penitentiary Ten students graduated from The Last Mile (TLM) web development program at North Dakota State Penitentiary. The cohort spent the last year acquiring technology skills, including web development, coding, and software engineering, to prepare them for high-demand jobs upon returning to North Dakota communities. Read Article
May 6, 2025 Tara Trask to Host The Last Mile Radio on SiriusXM Legal strategist Tara Trask announced today that she will assume the role of host of the SiriusXM show The Last Mile Radio. Read Article
March 28, 2025 Build It, and They Will Come: Why Nonprofits Should Think Like Startups Nonprofits must ditch the donor-first mindset. Chris Redlitz shares how startup principles helped The Last Mile scale impact—without constantly asking for money. Read Article
March 14, 2025 The Parole Trap: How a Broken System Keeps People Behind Bars—And How We Can Fix It Discover how GoDaddy and The Last Mile are breaking barriers for justice-impacted entrepreneurs—providing funding, mentorship, and the tools to build thriving businesses after incarceration. Read Article
March 14, 2025 The Last Mile’s 2024 Annual Report Explore how we are empowering justice-impacted learners and entrepreneurs through education and innovative programs in our 2024 report. Read Article
February 21, 2025 Empowering Justice-Impacted Entrepreneurs Discover how GoDaddy and The Last Mile are breaking barriers for justice-impacted entrepreneurs—providing funding, mentorship, and the tools to build thriving businesses after incarceration. Read Article
December 9, 2024 Holiday Postcard Writing As we count down the final days of 2024, we here at The Last Mile reflects on all the work and the students we partner with who drive our work. “Five years ago, The Last Mile began a heartfelt tradition of having our staff handwrite and send postcards to every student enrolled in our nationwide […] Read Article
December 5, 2024 Leaders and Partners Visit The Last Mile Classroom at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center Today, The Last Mile brought leaders from The 8th Amendment Project, East Bay Community Foundation, Equal Justice USA, Fund for Nonviolence, Hope Lab, The Just Trust, Life on Art, Responsible Business Initiative for Justice, Televerde, and Virgin Unite to visit our classrooms at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center in California. The three-hour visit included students showcasing […] Read Article