Tech rebooted for former prisoners

Refurbished, recycled and nothing less than life-changing, the obsolete laptops from businesses being transformed by Rebooted mean prison leavers and prisoners’ children can keep learning and transform their prospects too.

- MAISHA FROST

(VISION Rebooted founder James Tweed)

“By helping struggling families access education, stay connected and develop skills, we're breaking the endless cycle of reoffending which does so much harm; explains James Tweed who founded charity Rebooted a year ago. Its funding partner is Coracle Online, Tweed's platform for laptops used in prisons.

Some 200,000 young people who have an incarcerated parent are potential customers and Rebooted has a waiting list in the hundreds. “We definitely need more equipment and there's no limit to what we can take,’ says Tweed.