How Does Edovo Screen Content?

How Does Edovo Screen Content?

Edovo serves a wide audience of learners, from youth to elderly, to all types of backgrounds, cultures, and beliefs. We strive to provide relevant content and curriculum to each person who utilizes our platform, knowing that the diversity of needs is vast. In doing so, we curate content through direct outreach, inbound requests, and through partnership in new content creation.
We primarily focus on adding content that is educational, vocational, or rehabilitative at its core, but also include materials that are inspirational, motivational, or can assist an incarcerated person in their day-to-day routine while incarcerated.

All content added to Edovo Learn by Edovo or external providers undergoes a rigorous vetting process. Each content item is reviewed and assessed across several areas. The assessment includes checks for:
  • Appropriateness 
    • Is the content appropriate for consumption by an incarcerated audience? 
    • Does it contain nudity, violence, drug use, language, or other themes that would not be suitable for an incarcerated population that stands at higher risk for relapse into counter-rehabilitative behavior?
    • Does the material specifically mention currently incarcerated people without their consent or contain information that could pose a security risk to an incarcerated person and/or the facility they reside in?
    • Does the material showcase correctional officers or correctional staff without their consent -- specifically as it relates to the materials being distributed to an incarcerated audience? Materials that portray correctional officers/staff must be used with caution and explicit consent.
  • Copyright
    • Does the individual(s) uploading the content own the rights to upload, edit, and distribute that material on our platform? 
    • Does Edovo and the content provider have a content agreement in place? 
  • Criteria & Categorization
    • How and where would we classify this content on our platform? 
    • Does it fit into broader learning themes already present within Edovo? 
    • Can it be added to existing learning paths or facility-aligned programs to bolster existing learning? 
  • Design
    • How can we partner with the content creator to best deliver this material to incarcerated learners? 
    • Would it benefit from being created as a curriculum or should it remain as stand-alone items -- like a podcast series versus a documentary that can be created into a structured course for learning and engagement? 
    • Would it have an additional impact if translated to another language? 
  • Effectiveness & Alignment to Carceral Learning
    • Supports Academic Growth: Providing courses in literacy, GED, HiSET, Secondary education, college level and other foundational subjects to enhance educational attainment.
    • Prepares for Reentry and Personal Success: Offering vocational skills, life skills, and soft skills to equip individuals with the job readiness and resilience needed for a successful transition.
    • Promotes Healing and Resilience: Including mindfulness, recovery, mental health resources, and self-improvement programs to foster well-being and emotional stability.
    • Instills Hope and Inspiration: Sharing stories from formerly incarcerated individuals, along with spiritual and religious content, to support personal transformation, inner peace, and a sense of purpose

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