# AI Skills Program for Inmates | New Beginnings URL: https://newbeginnings.academy/for-inmates Programs ยท For inmates # From first prompt to first business. A rehabilitation program in six levels, each usable on its own. Agencies choose the levels that suit their cohort, regime and release timelines. Responsible use (privacy, bias, scams and misinformation) runs through every level. The goal is a job and a stable life after release, so fewer people return to prison. 01 ## Foundations For: everyone, including people who have never used a computer.Outcome: confident, safe first use of AI. - What AI is, and what it is not - Talking to AI with your voice - Asking a good question (prompting basics) - When AI gets it wrong - Scams, deepfakes and staying safe online - Your privacy and your personal information 02 ## Everyday life For: anyone preparing for life outside.Outcome: using AI to manage the paperwork and decisions of daily life. - Understanding letters from Centrelink, MyGov, courts and landlords - Budgeting, bills and avoiding debt traps - Health and nutrition: photograph a label, get a plain answer - Alcohol and other drugs: real effects on your body - Leases, contracts and forms in plain English - Family life: school notes, homework help, appointments 03 ## Getting hired For: people within 12 months of release, or on community orders.Outcome: a finished CV and a practised job-search routine. - Writing a CV and cover letter from scratch - Talking about a criminal record with an employer - Interview practice with AI role-play - How employers use AI to screen applications - Finding jobs, tickets and licences (White Card, forklift, RSA) - The first 90 days in a new job 04 ## AI on the job For: learners with a target industry.Outcome: hands-on familiarity with the tools used in that industry. - Construction and tradesQuoting, estimating, safety documents, site reports - Mining and resourcesSafety reporting, maintenance logs, compliance - Transport and logisticsRoute and load planning, logbooks, freight platforms - Care and community servicesRostering apps, case notes, plain-language communication - Land and sea managementDrones, camera traps, fire mapping, species ID - Hospitality and tourismBookings, reviews, menus, multilingual guests - Agriculture and pastoralWeather, livestock monitoring, market prices - Office and administrationDrafting, data entry, scheduling, reporting 05 ## Working for yourself For: people planning self-employment, including in remote communities.Outcome: a tested business idea and the admin to run it. - Testing a business idea before spending money - ABN, registration and the basic rules - Quotes, invoices and getting paid - Marketing on social media - Bookkeeping, GST and tax time - Pricing your work and talking to customers 06 ## Building with AI For: learners ready to go further, often in community corrections or post-release.Outcome: a working AI-enabled product or service. - Building a simple website with AI - Automating repetitive work - Creating images, video and design responsibly - Building your own AI assistant - Freelancing and selling digital services - Starting an AI-enabled business: ethics, IP and contracts Custom sessions ## Built around your centre. No two prisons have the same cohort, security rules or local job market. Before we deliver, we work with your education and operations staff to shape the sessions around them. 01 ### Assess the site Security classification, device and internet access, the education timetable and room capacity. We also look at the cohort: sentence lengths, literacy levels, languages spoken and the First Nations share. 02 ### Match the local job market We look at the industries hiring where your prisoners will be released, and build the examples, practice tasks and pathways around them. 03 ### Choose the format Pick the levels and modules that fit, then the format: a single awareness session, a weekly course across a term, or a pre-release intensive. Group sizes and session lengths are set around your regime and lockdowns. 04 ### Deliver, measure, adjust After each cohort we report attendance, completion and learner confidence, track rehabilitation outcomes after release where the agency shares them, and adjust the content with your staff before the next one. ## Delivered where your people are. From maximum-security units to pre-release centres, each model meets the agency's operational and security requirements. ### In-prison classroom Facilitator-led sessions in education and program rooms, in small groups. ### Offline and air-gapped No learner internet access. Offline AI tools on locked-down devices, or demonstration-only delivery. ### Pre-release and transition An intensive in the final months before release, so CVs, MyGov and applications are ready on day one. ### Women's facilities Examples and pathways built around women's employment, caring responsibilities and small business. ### Youth justice An age-appropriate version for youth detention, linked to schooling, training and first jobs. ### Culturally-led First Nations delivery Co-facilitated with First Nations educators, with examples drawn from Country, community and ranger work. Request a proposal ## Start with one centre. Tell us about your centre and the people in it. We will come back with a proposal shaped to your security rules, devices and timetable. 01 A 30-minute call with your education or programs team. 02 A site needs assessment, on site or by video. 03 A written proposal with levels, format, staffing and cost. ### Thank you. Request received. We will be in touch within two business days.