[Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia in jail!

[Craig Franklin]

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 at 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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