This is a really wonderful project, I am a big believer in producing
educational opportunities to gaoled prisoners so that they can lead more
productive lives upon their release, and hopefully this project goes a
little way towards making that happen.
Bravo, Wikimedia CH!
Cheers,
Craig Franklin
On 18 June 2013 00:15, Charles Andrès <charles.andres.wmch(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Wikipedia for prisoners – an unexpected partnership
between a swiss prison
and Wikimedia CH
Following an initiative from Emmanuel Engelhart, with the support of
Wikimedia CH CAO, Chantal Ebongué, since March 2013, prisoners who request
can have an access to Wikipedia offline (Kiwix project). The idea is to
stimulate or to support the interest for education of prisoners who were,
for a large majority, condemned to long-time sentences.
After three months of pilot phasis, the project is successful : Among the
36 prisoners of the Bellevue’s prison in Gorgier, 18 possess or rent a
computer. All of them requested the upload of Wikipedia offline on their
PC. For security reasons, swiss prisoners have a very restricted access to
internet.
More informations in the press releases (ENG, DE, FR, IT) that was sent
today to the swiss media
Regards,
Charles
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