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Evaluating the roll-out of digital tablets across NSW correctional centres

Event: 2025 Applied Research in Crime and Justice Conference Date: 5 August 2025 Name of presenter: Julie Barkworth, Corrective Services NSW Title: Evaluating the roll-out of digital tablets in NSW correctional centres and their contribution to rehabilitative prison environments People in prison have traditionally had limited access to digital technology, leading to experiences of ‘digital exclusion’, which has consequences for their ability to thrive in the technologically developed outside world. There is increasing recognition that providing people in prison with opportunities to develop and maintain the skills and confidence to use digital technologies could have important implications for their successful reintegration to society. Since 2020, Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) has implemented a staged rollout of digital tablets across NSW correctional centres, with the aim to transform rehabilitation. As part of this rollout, Corrections Research Evaluation and Statistics (CRES) has undertaken an agenda of evaluation examining the implementation of digital tablets. Drawing on self-report survey data, face-to-face interviews, and CSNSW administrative data, we examine people’s views, experiences, and related outcomes of having access to digital tablets while in prison. Results identify that digital tablets have been important for strengthening relationships, supporting autonomy, enhancing wellbeing, increasing participation in behaviour change programs, and reducing incidences of violence and assaults. The findings highlight the importance of tablets for transforming the experiences of people in prison, contributing to rehabilitative prison environments, and supporting people with reintegration to society. The following are links to five papers that were presented as part of that presentation: https://correctiveservices.dcj.nsw.go... https://correctiveservices.dcj.nsw.go... https://correctiveservices.dcj.nsw.go... https://correctiveservices.dcj.nsw.go... https://correctiveservices.dcj.nsw.go...