Achieving Digital Maturity in Prisons: A tool for readiness

CTC2023 Presentation by Steven Van De Steene, Victoria Knight, and Bianca Reisdorf (PID005)

Authors

Steven Van De Steene

Affiliated Researcher, The Montfort University

Steven Van De Steene is an Enterprise Architect and Technology for Corrections Expert. He works as a researcher, affiliated to the Montfort University and as a consultant in the area of innovation and technology strategy for prisons and probation services. Steven has a long experience in international projects related to digital transformation in corrections and currently is a Board Member of the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA). Prior to this current position he was the IT Director of the Penitentiary Institutions in Belgium and chair of the Technology Expert Group within Europris.

Bianca Reisdorf

Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

I am a scholar in the interdisciplinary field of media, communication, and information sciences with a strong background in the social sciences, and specifically media sociology. Borrowing from a variety of methodological traditions and theories, I investigate the interactions between technology and society. My strongest interest lies in digital inequality research with a focus on vulnerable groups and social justice. Across a number of projects, I investigate why certain people and societal groups are not using digital media, or are using it marginally, and how this affects their personal relationships, participation in society, educational or professional opportunities, and other realms of their everyday lives. My ultimate aim is to improve the status quo by formulating feasible and attainable policy recommendations and community solutions that can help to bridge and overcome digital divides and digital inequalities.

Victoria Knight

Associate Professor, De Montfort University, United Kingdom

Dr Victoria Knight is associate professor in research at De Montfort University, UK. She directs the Prison and Probation Research Hub and codirects the Institute for Community, Criminology, Education and Social Justice. Victoria has extensively published on the digital prison and continues to actively research this topic both in the UK and across the globe. She also consults with prisons, charities and digital developers on digitization.She is a co-editor of The Journal for Prison Education and Resettlement and supports the Advancing Corrections Journal. She contributes to prison practice and has served for 17 years on English Independent Monitoring Boards.

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