Ingram State Technical College E-Learning Center Opened for Inmates

State Sen. Cam Ward speaks before a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open Ingram State's E-Learning Center at Julia Tutwiler Prison, Thursday, August 20, 2015, in Wetumpka, Ala. The new center is an innovative pilot educational program which teaches computer skills to inmate students. Ingram State Technical College purchased 60 digital tablets from Edovo, which specializes in the learning devices for prisons. The tablets, purchased for $25,000 through a request for proposals, include access to adult education courses and other learning content through a secured server. The tablets cannot access the Internet.

Tutwiler's E-Learning Center includes seven desktop computers tied to the same closed network as the tablets and a larger "smart board" for a classroom type setting. The Ingram State Technical College Foundation gave almost $60,000 in private funds to outfit the E-Learning Center in what was previously a classroom for a commercial sewing course. (Governor's Office, Jamie Martin) Center for Tutwiler inmate students attending Ingram State Technical College (ISTC) E-Learning programs, Thursday, August 20, 2015 in Wetumpka, Ala. Also pictured are state Banking Commissioner John Harrison and Gov. Robert Bentley. Inmates enrolled in career technical education and adult education programs, as a function of the program in which they are enrolled, will be required to use E-Learning Center (ELC) resources to meet program/course requirements. (Governor's Office, Jamie Martin)

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