05/10/2023
The Last Mile Announces $10 Million Gift From Citadel Founder & CEO Ken Griffin and Stand Together Foundation
Gift Will Expand Technology Training, Innovation and Research in the Justice System
05/08/2023
The Last Mile Set to Expand Options
03/03/2023
The Last Mile Radio on SiriusXM
SiriusXM on "The Last Mile Radio" and how it is paving the road to success.
02/28/2023
SiriusXM and The Last Mile Launch "The Last Mile Radio"
SiriusXM Launches Powerful New Show About Justice System Reform and Paving the Road to Success.
02/10/2023
Behind The Bird: Digital Skills Advice from a Reentry Manager and Peer
01/17/2023
Baker-Polito Administration Brings TLM to the Massachusetts Department of Correction
11/04/2022
Chromebook Laptop Pilot Success Leads to Program Expansion Efforts in Additional Facilities
10/2/22
The Last Mile: From San Quentin to a Career in Tech
KCBS Radio Interviews Isaiah Love and Sydney Heller on TLM's Web Development Program.
09/25/2022
TLM Launch Coding Program in Montana
Governor Gianforte, MT DOC and The Last Mile Celebrate Coding Launch in MT State Prison.
08/19/2022
Coding school pushes envelope on tech access inside prisons
The Last Mile is expanding the Chromebook program to even more students.
8/18/2022
Axios Interview with Co-Founder Chris Redlitz
A conversation with Axios on reducing recidivism through technology.
8/11/2022
How Fair Chance Hiring Increases Equity and Upward Mobility
How fair chance hiring and apprenticeships build workforce equity.
7/25/2022
Student Success Story: Molly Rowe
Pathstream Intervies TLM alum and Returned Citizen Advocate Molly Rowe.
7/23/2022
The Last Mile speaks at the First Annual UJC Conference
Chris Redlitz speaks on a panel at the inaugural social justice convention.
7/14/2022
TLM's Communication & Brand Manager Talks Marketing with Pathmonk Presents
Kelly Donohue discusses marketing to build partnerships and awareness to support the mission of TLM.
6/29/2022
Inside Slack's Tech Training of Formerly Incarcerated People
This article highlights Slack and Next Chapter's growth, and its origins with TLM.
6/1/2022
Grow with Google Features a Spotlight on TLM
Molly Rowe's story shines a light on the successes of Grow with Google education in reentry.
04/27/2022
The Journey from Student Inside, to Remote Instructor Outside.
04/26/2022
At The Core: Gitlab and TLM
The Last Mile is opening doors for students with the help of Gitlab DevOps Platform
4/7/2022
Bridging the Digital Divide: Behind Bars, Beyond Release
TLM’s Sydney Heller and Jason Jones speak on the importance of digital literacy.
01/28/2022
The Last Mile's 2021 Annual Report
Learn about TLM's past year, with in-depth content on our growth and successes in 2021.
12/23/2021
The Last Mile Receives Avid Learning Collective Sponsorship
12/06/2021
The Last Mile And California Prison Launch Revolutionary Laptop Program For Incarcerated Persons To Accelerate In-Prison Tech Education
Pilot program at Pelican Bay State Prison enables TLM’s students to take laptops into housing units.
12/06/2021
The Last Mile Launches Revolutionary Program To Train Sound And Video Engineers Within Correctional Facilities To Create Pipeline To Employment
New Audio/Video Production Program (AVP) leverages LinkedIn Learning content and Avid Certification.
10/5/2021
Molly Rowe and Roadtrip Nation Talk on Empowerment
Listen as Molly Rowe talks about her experience with TLM and building her life back and the change.
9/30/2021
TLM Partnership with NPX Exceeds Expectations
Learn How the Last Mile Used NPX's Results-Based Funding to Empower Incarcerated Students.
9/20/2021
A Second Chance is not Equal to a Fair Chance
TLM's Syd Heller explains why "Second Chance Hiring" should be replaced with "Fair Chance Hiring"
8/31/2021
Apple's Racial Equity and Justice Initiative commits $30 million for organizations driving justice reform
TLM's Co-Founder, Beverly Parenti on Apple's new Justice Initiative and funding.
8/3/2021
TLM on Changing Lives Through DevOps Education
TLM joined GitCommit to highlight the importance of DevOps Education.
7/12/2021
The Progressive Magazine: Why TLM Encourages Lifelong Learning
The Progressive Magazine highlights the impact of TLM for current students and RC's post release.
6/19/2021
Effin Funny Hosts TLM Alumni for Juneteenth
TLM's Abdullahi Morris, Dominique Tanks and Shawn Wilson join Effin Funny with guest Ali Sadiq.
6/8/2021
Barron Celebrates: Educational Inclusion
5/14/2021
How TLM is Working to Close the Learning Gap
Barron's Highlights 3 different organizations working towards closing the learning gap.
5/6/2021
Second Chance Business Coalition
TLM is proud to support the members of the Second Chance Business Coalition in advancing employment.
5/3/2021
Data on Kubernetes Day of Community
TLM's Andrea Henkel joins the Kubecon event to talk about TLM and Second Chance Hiring.
4/29/2021
Introducing the Grow with Google Career Readiness for Reentry program
TLM is partnering with Google to help justice impacted folks gain digital skills
4/1/2021
The Business and Ethical Case for Second Chance Hiring
TLM's CPO Syd Heller and returned citizen Sumit Lal joined The Center for Free Enterprise panel.
3/29/21
TLM Remote Instruction Manager Jason Jones shares his experience of incarceration
3/25/2021
Take a deep dive into technology training for successful reentry on this month's Tech Stands Up podcast with Brad Taylor!
TLM's Sydney Heller explains TLM's mission and our technology education for incarcerated students.
3/3/2021
Reimagining Pathways for Returned Citizens
Reentering society after having been incarcerated presents challenges few of us can understand.
2/2/2021
Refactoring the Mass Incarceration System
Chris Redlitz & Jason Jones speak with Microsoft Digital Advisor Derek Russell about building hope.
11/5/2020
The Last Mile: Teaching Incarcerated Individuals How To Code—And Preventing Their Return To Prison
11/5/2020
From prison to programming: How coding can help inmates find a path out of crime
10/22/2020
Solve Challenge Finals go virtual for 2020
Fourth annual social impact pitch event with Global Solve community to connect and collaborate.
10/22/2020
Unscripted
Incarceration to Software Engineers–Changing Lives Through Education & Second Chances.
9/1/2020
Aaliyah Polite in Conversation with Carrie Murchison
One in Four podcast citizen reporter and CFLS Speakers Bureau member Aaliyah Polite.
6/25/2020
Meet the Founders of The Last Mile
Chris Redlitz and Beverly Parenti join The Recount's "Shift Series" to discuss the inception of TLM
6/13/2020
Along with police reform, America needs to fix its broken parole system
As America struggles to figure out how to fix systemic racism in police departments following the
December 5, 2019
Indy Star
Ivanka Trump and American Workforce Policy Advisory Board tours the Indiana Women's Prison
December 5, 2019
WishTV 8
Inmates show off tech skills to Apple CEO, Ivanka Trump at Indiana Women’s Prison
November 29, 2019
Fox News: The Ingraham Angle
Entrepreneur Chris Redlitz on giving inmates a second chance, inspiration for The Last Mile
November 29, 2019
Fox News: The Ingraham Angle
The Last Mile gives inmates at the Indiana Women's Prison a second chance
November 29, 2019
Fox News: The Ingraham Angle
State officials explain benefits of second chance training, why Indiana wanted The Last Mile program
November 29, 2019
Fox News: The Ingraham Angle
'The Ingraham Angle' goes inside The Last Mile classroom in Indiana Women's Prison
November 20, 2019
Slack
The Next Chapter: Creating opportunities in tech for the formerly incarcerated | Slack
October 24, 2019
Medium
A Crazy Kind of Sane: One woman’s story about how failure is our biggest teacher.
October 23, 2019
The Detroit News
Coding classes help inmates prepare for productive life outside prison
OCTOBER 19, 2019
The Hustle
How one man went from a life prison sentence to a $100k+ engineering job
August 30, 2019
Fox News: The Ingraham Angle
August 27, 2019
Globe Newswire
The Last Mile Reports Positive Impact Results On World’s First Impact Security
August 14, 2019
Indy Star
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos touts 'second chances' for young Indiana inmates learning to code
June 11, 2019
The Topeka Capital-Journal
Officials deliver encouragement to computer coding students at Topeka women’s prison
May 16, 2019
Alizila - Jenny W. Hsu
“When you lift the underdogs, the entire society rises.” - Peter Stern
May 15, 2019
NationSwell - Monica Humphries
People in Prisons are Learning to Code — And it Might Alter The Course of their Lives
April 26, 2019
Topeka Capital-Journal - Sherman Smith
‘Opportunities are endless’: At Topeka women’s prison, futures written in code
April 26, 2019
The Guardian - Stand Together
Two-thirds of prisoners re-offend. But not if you teach them this skill
April 3, 2019
People x Stand Together
Stand Together is Supercharging Social Entrepreneurs to Combat Poverty
March 29, 2019
USC Price Social Innovation Summit
Highlights from Panel 3 of the 2019 Social Innovation Summit: Pathways to Opportunities.
March 14, 2019
Inside Philanthropy - L.S. Hall
Coding Behind Bars: How Some Funders Want to Prepare Inmates for Life on the Outside
February 11, 2019
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Innovative Coding Program Expands Opportunities for Women Incarcerated in Oklahoma
January 29, 2019
El Tiempo - María Paulina Arango
Aprender a programar: ‘una segunda oportunidad’ para reclusos
January 22, 2019
KCRA3 Sacramento - Don Thompson
January 11, 2019
PR Newswire
Stand Together Commits $1.25 Million To In-Prison And Second Chance Programs Across Country
December 10, 2018
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative - Aly Tamboura
Aly’s Criminal Justice Reform Perspective: Informed by Experience
December 4, 2018
Google.org - Maab Ibrahim
December 4, 2018
Inside Indiana Business - Alex Brown
October 24, 2018
Direct Talk (NHK World-Japan)
October 1, 2018
Working Nation - Matt Parke
Free to Succeed: The Last Mile trains the incarcerated to become coders
August 13, 2018
PC Magazine - S.C. Stuart
At San Quentin Prison, ‘The Last MIle’ Leads to Silicon Valley
August 1, 2018
ButterscotchMusic
Youtube — Butterscotch Performs at San Quentin Prison: The Last Mile (2018)
July 27, 2018
The Christian Post — Samuel Smith
San Quentin Inmates Trained to Land High-Paying Tech Jobs After Release Don’t Return to Prison
July 25, 2018
USA Today - Jessica Guynn and Megan Diskin
Why Silicon Valley is teaming up with San Quentin to train young people to code
July 19, 2018
Virgin Unite - Joshua Wiese,
Our criminal justice reform partner, The Last Mile, is growing
July 12, 2018
Stand Together - Dave Schools
How These San Quentin Inmates Are Earning the Highest Wages Ever in Prison
July 12, 2018
Forbes - Devin Thorpe
NPX Achieves First Close With New Impact Security; Raises $800k For The Last Mile
July 3, 2018
A Fresh Agenda - Cristina Mendosa
A Fresh Agenda: Beverly Parenti - Cofounder of The Last Mile
June 18, 2018
See Change - Elisa Birnbaum
How Social Entrepreneurs are Tackling the Criminal Justice System
June 15, 2018
FOX KTVU — Cristina Rendon
San Quentin Inmates Celebrate Graduating Tech Program, Grand Opening of New Tech Center
April 5, 2018
The Indy Channel - Katie Heinz
Coding Program Aims to Prepare Inmates at the Indiana Women’s Prison for a Career
February 22, 2018
Black Enterprise — Samara Lynn
After a 14-year Bid in San Quentin, He is Now Coding Apps for Mark Zuckerberg’s Foundation
February 15, 2018
KRON 4 News - Vince Cestone
Man Learns How to Code in San Quentin Prison, Now Works in Silicon Valley
January 17, 2018
TechCrunch - Megan Rose Dickey
The Last Mile is Launching Its Coding Program at a Women’s Prison in Indiana
January 16, 2018
KRON 4 News — Gabby Gonzalez
‘The Last Mile’ Program Launching at Indiana Prison Aims to Teach Inmates to Code
January 16, 2018
Press Release
Zotec Partners/Law Family/Governor Launch New Prison Training Initiative for Indiana Inmates
January 15, 2018
Indianapolis Business Journal - Hayleigh Columbo
December 3, 2017
CNBC - Michael Newberg
A Nonprofit Is Helping Ex-Convicts Land Jobs as Silicon Valley Programmers
October 19, 2017
ABC7 - Sid Garcia
SoCal Women Inmates Learn to Code and Look Toward Brighter Future
September 20, 2017
Huffington Post - Christopher Zoukia
Not So Hard Time: How Some Inmates Find Success After Release
September 7, 2017
Inc. - Chris Schuhmacher
7 Keys to Becoming an Entrepreneur (From a Former San Quentin Inmate)
August 30, 2017
Inc. - James “JC” Cavitt
Need a Second Chance at Success? Try Using These 8 Principles
August 23, 2017
Bloomberg BNA - Jessica DaSilva
White Collar & Criminal Law News — Tech Industry Could Aid Successful Prisoner Reentry
August 2, 2017
Inc. - Mike Christenson
5 Lessons I Learned After 10 Years in Prison (and How I Plan to Use Them)
July 28, 2017
Washington Examiner - Steve Hawkins
It Takes Two: How Effective Partnerships Can Change the Face of America’s Justice System
July 26, 2017
Medium.com — Steve Hawkins
How the Inmates of Today Can Become the Innovators of Tomorrow
July 25, 2017
Wired - Issie Lapowsky
San Quentin’s Web Development Shop Gives Inmates a Future-Ready Fresh Start
June 27, 2017
Peninsula Press — Chisom Oredu
From Prisoner to Programmer: One Man Turns 28-year Sentence Into a Learning Opportunity
June 19, 2017
New York Radio Festivals
TLM Radio Recognized Tonight by the New York Radio Festivals as a Gold Medal Winner
May 30, 2017
NBC — Patrick Healy
Prison Collaboration With Silicon Valley Teaches Inmates Computer Coding
May 17, 2017
WFAA 8 ABC — Tanya Eiserer
First of Its Kind Program Teaches Inmates Coding, Web Design
April 15, 2017
Sway’s Universe - Nicky G
Prison Program “The Last Mile” Prepares Inmated For Successful Reentry
