{"id":15426,"date":"2019-08-16T12:49:10","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T16:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=15426"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:21","slug":"facilitating-a-smooth-technological-transition-for-citizens-returning-from-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/08\/16\/facilitating-a-smooth-technological-transition-for-citizens-returning-from-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Facilitating a smooth technological transition for citizens returning from prison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/backlit-crime-dark-143580.jpg\" alt=\"silhouette of man in window\" class=\"wp-image-15429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/backlit-crime-dark-143580.jpg 640w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/backlit-crime-dark-143580-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/backlit-crime-dark-143580-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/silhouette-of-a-man-in-window-143580\/\">Donald Tong\/Pexels<\/a>)\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Formerly incarcerated individuals\u2014or returning citizens\u2014struggle to find work and reintegrate due to a lack of digital literacy, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.umich.edu\/facilitating-a-smooth-technological-transition-for-citizens-returning-from-prison\/\">according to a recently published article by U-M researchers<\/a>. \u201cFor some returning citizens, there\u2019s a \u2018Rip Van Winkle effect\u2019 when they are offered digital technology upon reentry,\u201d said <strong>Kentaro Toyama<\/strong>, senior author of the study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many returning citizens rely heavily on friends and family for informal digital learning, but there must be additional advocacy for these individuals who are willing to become working, productive citizens in society, he said. \u201cReturning citizens struggle in a variety of ways to re-integrate, and newer digital technologies pose yet another challenge. Returning citizens need more support to gain better digital literacy,\u201d Toyama said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Formerly incarcerated individuals\u2014or returning citizens\u2014struggle to find work and reintegrate due to a lack of digital literacy, according to a recently published article by U-M researchers. \u201cFor some returning citizens, there\u2019s a \u2018Rip Van Winkle effect\u2019 when they are offered digital technology upon reentry,\u201d said Kentaro Toyama, senior author of the study. Many returning citizens rely heavily on\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/08\/16\/facilitating-a-smooth-technological-transition-for-citizens-returning-from-prison\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[414,132,188,130],"class_list":["post-15426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-community-engagement","tag-learning","tag-people","tag-research"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/backlit-crime-dark-143580.jpg",640,426,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/backlit-crime-dark-143580-200x133.jpg",200,133,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/backlit-crime-dark-143580-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/backlit-crime-dark-143580.jpg",640,426,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/backlit-crime-dark-143580.jpg",600,399,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/backlit-crime-dark-143580.jpg",640,426,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/backlit-crime-dark-143580.jpg",640,426,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/backlit-crime-dark-143580-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/backlit-crime-dark-143580-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/backlit-crime-dark-143580-640x300.jpg",640,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/backlit-crime-dark-143580.jpg",640,426,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/backlit-crime-dark-143580.jpg",376,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Formerly incarcerated individuals\u2014or returning citizens\u2014struggle to find work and reintegrate due to a lack of digital literacy, according to a recently published article by U-M researchers. \u201cFor some returning citizens, there\u2019s a \u2018Rip Van Winkle effect\u2019 when they are offered digital technology upon reentry,\u201d said Kentaro Toyama, senior author of the study. 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