Prison programmers: How San Quentin is turning criminals into coders

Inmates are now taking classes to learn how to become computer programmers when they get out. One notorious California prison is trying to turn criminals into coders. Omar Villafranca tells us more.

[@versacevampire609]

Beautiful.

[@CelestialGatez]

Hmmm.......this is nice if they don't try to have them doing computer work behind bars for some big company for FREE or for peanuts. And I hope they don't make them pay money back to the prison since the prisons are making ridiculous sums of money anyways (from the free labor that most have to partake in).

[@RoRo-kc8zv]

I hope they make it

[@hamzacroucdal5514]

Bet the list to join hella lon

[@gerardmcburnie5074]

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[@MrHarryPlinkett]

Yeah, teach them how to hack computers... Should give them sharp shooting lessons while their at it.

[@InsertWaffle]

Hacking relies more on networking than programming. Hell, wouldn't the guys at Silicon Valley ever thought about it before? Pretty nice program for prisons

[@ahmedshareef2859]

idiot