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The partnership between CORE and R3Up represents a groundbreaking effort to empower justice-impacted individuals by providing transformative multimedia content tailored for incarcerated users. Leveraging R3Up's innovative prison tablet platform, CORE's curated educational and reentry-focused content will reach over 550,000 tablets nationwide, impacting an estimated 2 million incarcerated individuals annually. This collaboration bridges the critical gap between incarceration and reintegration, addressing systemic barriers and fostering hope for a brighter future.
CORE brings its expertise in impactful storytelling and education to create customized workforce readiness and reentry content for R3Up's robust platform. This content, refreshed monthly, equips incarcerated individuals with the skills and knowledge necessary to prepare for meaningful employment, navigate societal reintegration, and build a sustainable future. The collaboration also incorporates pre-release polls, gathering insights directly from incarcerated individuals to ensure that resources are tailored to their unique needs and aspirations.
R3Up, a vital tool for both incarcerated users and correctional staff, ensures seamless program delivery without significantly increasing staff workloads. The platform enables individuals to set goals, track progress, and connect with family and reentry providers, fostering essential support networks. This holistic approach empowers users to take control of their reentry journey while providing them with the tools to overcome systemic challenges.
Together, CORE and R3Up are driving meaningful change by reducing recidivism rates, increasing workforce readiness, and transforming the lives of millions. This partnership exemplifies the power of innovative solutions and collaboration to address pressing societal challenges and create pathways to opportunity for justice-impacted individuals.
Currently, over 77 million Americans—approximately 1 in 3 adults—carry an arrest or conviction record, facing significant barriers to successful reintegration into society. Justice-impacted individuals experience disproportionately high unemployment rates, currently sustained at 27%, a figure even higher than the peak unemployment rate during the Great Depression (25%). This persistent lack of economic opportunity contributes to a 42% recidivism rate within the first year of release.
One of the main challenges justice-impacted workers face is the existence of over 33,000 documented collateral consequences. These legal and regulatory restrictions limit or outright prohibit access to employment, occupational licensing, housing, education, voting rights, and other critical opportunities for upward mobility. These barriers create a cycle of marginalization that undermines personal and societal progress.
Worse, this issue is expected to grow. Projections indicate that by 2030, this demographic will swell to 100 million Americans—nearly 1 in 2 working-age adults. Without targeted interventions, these systemic challenges will continue to erode opportunities for reintegration, widen inequality, and perpetuate cycles of incarceration.
An unprecedented opportunity exists to deliver transformative multimedia content to 550,000 prison tablets nationwide, impacting an estimated 2 million incarcerated individuals annually through R3’s innovative app, R3Up. This groundbreaking platform serves as a vital lifeline for both incarcerated individuals and correctional staff, providing critical programming without significantly increasing staff workloads.
R3Up offers a robust library of workforce readiness and life skills content, refreshed monthly, enabling incarcerated users to acquire essential skills and plan for meaningful employment. The platform also provides tools for goal setting and progress tracking, empowering individuals to take charge of their reentry journey and prepare for a brighter future. By including pre-release polls, R3Up gathers valuable insights into the needs and aspirations of incarcerated individuals, ensuring that resources are tailored to their specific challenges. Moreover, the app fosters connectivity with family and reentry providers, building the critical support networks essential for successful reintegration.
By equipping incarcerated individuals with the tools and knowledge necessary to overcome systemic barriers, R3Up has the potential to dramatically reduce recidivism rates and create a pathway to lasting change, transforming lives and communities nationwide.
