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By Devin Coldewey

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Nucleos puts secure, tablet-powered education in the hands of inmates

Inmates in correctional facilities around the country have wildly varying levels of opportunity to prepare for life after release. Nucleos is a startup that hopes to make the kind of e-learning tools we tend to take for granted available to inmates with an all-in-one service that’s free for them to use. There are numerous barriers […]

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