New Mexico Corrections Department
This case study demonstrates Orijin’s positive impact on high school equivalency diploma preparation and achievement in the New Mexico Corrections Department. Discover how, within a span of just 5 months, nearly 200 learners passed the high school equivalency exam while incarcerated, exceeding the jurisdictional goal by 18%, and doubling the number of pass rates compared […]
APDS Announces New Name: Orijin™
The ed-tech company’s new name reinforces the mission of creating pathways to sustainable employment for the justice impacted Media Contact: Lucia Weathers | Lucia@WeathersStrategyGroup.com 317-732-1911 | Official Orijin™ Publicist New York, NY – Monday, Nov. 13, 2023 Today, American Prison Data Systems (APDS), announces a major renaming effort to become Orijin. Like APDS, Orijin’s mission […]
Orijin Full Brochure
We are the ORIGINal Ed Tech company that provides secure tablet computers connected to our robust cloud-based learning and communications platform to solve some of the most consequential challenges correctional facilities face across the U.S. Orijin helps you transform your correctional facility into an outcome-focused educational facility and empowers the justice-impacted to rewrite their life […]
Orijin Overview
What is Orijin?
Orijin is a revolutionary educational platform designed to prepare justice-impacted individuals for sustainable employment. Through our proprietary “Whole Learner Framework™,” we deliver personalized, standards-aligned, and evidence-based content to facilitate enduring skills and career readiness.
Rodney Brown
Time Incarcerated: 28 Years Location: Multiple Facilities—Ending in Washington DC Jail Orijin Training: Completed 400+ hours of programming on Orijin—Focusing on Enduring Skills and Financial Literacy Career Path: Medical Center Case Manager, Future Small Business Owner Rodney Brown was 24 years into a 28-year sentence when he discovered Orijin, a moment that transformed his life. […]
Saulina Eady
Time Incarcerated: 3 Years Location: Multiple Facilities—Ending in Dublin Federal Correctional Institution Orijin Courses: Information Technology, Enduring Skills, Financial Literacy and Legal Competency Career Path: Clerk, Los Angeles General Medical Center In 2020, Saulina Eady found herself in a Baltimore prison, struggling with isolation, depression, and limited access to resources—issues that disproportionately affect incarcerated women. […]
Kimonti Carter’s Journey of Transformation and Advocacy
This podcast was originally recorded when Orijin was American Prison Data Systems. On this episode of 2nd Chance Podcast, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Arti Finn interviews Entrepreneur and Chief Operating Officer, Kimonti Carter, an Educator, Community Activist and Social Strategist. Carter shares his background and lived expertise, from being given a life sentence as a teen to his […]