Top Educational Software Offers Collaborative Tools To Scale Prison Literacy   Prison is, literally and figuratively, about closed doors. Improved literacy can open those doors. The Family Learning Companya family has developed a learning software platform that enables prison systems to tailor their literacy and education programs to the real-world needs of both juvenile and adult inmates. The company, founded by Jon Bower and Peter Dublin, Ed.D., now provides the tools necessary to increase prison literacy rates and reduce recidivism. With more than half of adult inmates in America's prisons not being able to read above a fourth- grade level, this platform can help correctional facilities to focus on the development of core reading skills, before working up to HSE-level materials. Regardless of whether they are ready to find work, more than 95 percent of the one and a half million individuals in American prisons will be released at some point. Within three years, more than a third of those released from prison will return behind bars. One study showed that participation in prison education, including both academic and vocational programming, was associated with an over 40 percent reduction in recidivism. The Family Learning Company's software platform provides thousands of learning activities to share and master. Mr. Bower, the CEO, was formerly the CEO of Lexia Learning Systems and holds an MBA from Stanford.  Dr. Dublin has been developing educational software for over thirty-five years and has authored more than twenty textbooks and hundreds of software titles, including fifteen apps in the Apple App Store. "Literacy is directly correlated to a person's freedom - to find a job, to learn new ideas, and to secure a place in society," said a company spokesperson. Go to https://www.familylearning company.com for more information.