The Last Mile

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The Last Mile is the first program in the US to provide in-prison software engineering training. The goal is to prepare students for employment as front-end developers and web designers post-release. Students learn HTML, CSS, Javascript, Python and more.

We believe that having a job is the key to successful reentry and breaking the cycle of incarceration. A projected shortage of nearly 1 million software engineering jobs by 2020 means that these job skills will be in demand. Through in-prison software engineering training and continued mentorship post-release, The Last Mile bridges the gap between incarceration and freedom.

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United States, California, San Francisco

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11-50

Founded date

2010

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Apr 3, 2025	WorkingNation and WPVI-TV Present Breaking Barriers: Justice and Work, the latest in the Emmy Award winning series	Second chance hiring isn’t charity; it’s a smart strategy that strengthens the workforce and the economy. It’s not just about inclusion. Untapped talent is our greatest missed opportunity to restore dignity and drive shared success. Breakin...
Mar 4, 2024	Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces Retirement of Massachusetts Department of Correction Commissioner Carol Mici	Milford — Today, the Healey-Driscoll Administration announced the retirement of Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC) Commissioner Carol Mici, who will conclude more than 36 years of state service at the end of the month. After servi...
May 8, 2023	The Last Mile, a prison-based coding school, set to expand options	An organization that got its start teaching entrepreneurship and coding at San Quentin State Prison in the San Francisco Bay Area has received funding to expand its offerings. Why it matters: Many people who have been impacted by the crimin...
Oct 13, 2021	Salesforce com : Ecopreneurs Are Leading a New Age of “For Purpose” Businesses	Ecopreneurs apply an entrepreneur's mindset to capitalize on opportunities while serving a larger purpose. [Viktoria Kurpas / Shutterstock] Oct 13, 20213 min read Diego Saez-Gil grew up in Argentina, on the outskirts of what he described as...
Sep 3, 2021	Apple Announces $30 Million Investment Towards Racial Equity Focusing on Hispanic Inclusion	September 3, 2021 2 min read This story originally appeared on Black Enterprise Coinciding with Hispanic Heritage Month, Apple has announced a $30 million investment in racial equity focusing on the Hispanic community. The investment will s...
Apr 29, 2021	Google поможет бывшим заключенным в реабилитации	Образовательная программа будет состоять из видеоуроков и проектного обучения, направленных на помощь в поиске работы. Первоначальные планы Google – обучить 10 тысяч человек. «Отсутствие доступа к обучению цифровым навыкам и наставничеству ...
Apr 23, 2021	Data on Kubernetes Day to launch at KubeCon Europe 2021
Mar 12, 2021	Slack Technologies : Three years of removing barriers	Over the past year, the fight for racial justice has emerged at the forefront of America's national conversation, highlighting the urgent need for both the public and private sector to re-evaluate their efforts to address inequality and exp...
Feb 16, 2021	Reimagining the path forward for the formerly incarcerated at TechCrunch Sessions: Justice	Reentering society after having been incarcerated by the criminal justice system can be daunting. Advances in technology and the continued, unchecked march of capitalism place obstacles in paths that can generally be difficult to overcome. ...
Oct 29, 2020	The Last Mile: Teaching Incarcerated Individuals How To Code—And Preventing Their Return To Prison	Simon LiuSimon Liu
Jan 20, 2018	How Tech Firms Are Embracing Ex-Prisoners	Richard Bronson made millions on Wall Street in the 1990s, but by 2005 he found himself destitute with no home and no money—and only his sister’s couch on which to sleep. No one would give him a job or even entertain the idea. “I tried to p...
Jan 17, 2018	The Last Mile is launching its coding program at a women’s prison in Indiana	The Last Mile, a coding program that first launched inside California’s San Quentin State Prison, has expanded to its first out-of-state prison. Yesterday, The Last Mile announced its plans to launch at the Indiana Women’s Prison with suppo...
Sep 27, 2017	Code 4000 gives Yorkshire prisoners the skills for a 21st century career	This article was originally posted on the Tech North website. One important role of the prison system is to prepare inmates for their return to the outside world. And if you want to turn your life around in the 21st century, learning to co...
Jun 18, 2017	Here are all the panels from TechCrunch Sessions: Justice	The conversation around diversity in tech persists. One effect of this has been the creation of executive positions designed to oversee a company’s approach to inclusion. That’s great. However, it has also resulted in the dilution of the wo...
Apr 3, 2017	What to expect at TC Sessions: Justice, our diversity and inclusion in tech event	TechCrunch Sessions: Justice is going down on June 6 at the Alamo Drafthouse in San Francisco and we have a jam-packed agenda featuring some of the best and brightest people working on diversity, inclusion and equity in tech, criminal justi...
Mar 29, 2017	Why Prison Education Matters	The Dr Michelson 20MM Foundation is hosting a screening of the Oscar-nominated documentary, 13th. Why? While it seems unreal, more than 2.2 million people will be locked up in American prisons. So, about 700,000 prisoners find themsel...
Mar 24, 2017	What it’s like at San Quentin’s coding school	North of San Francisco, there’s a European-like fortress along the water that is “home” to over 3,000 prisoners. The surroundings are beautiful, but the tall walls of San Quentin, the oldest prison in California, make it almost impossible t...
Mar 24, 2017	Weekly Roundup: Apple acquires Workflow, Uber loses its president	This week, Apple and Amazon both made big acquisitions, the U.S. Senate voted to repeal broadband privacy rules created by Obama’s FCC and Uber lost its president. These are the top tech headlines from this week, plus some good long-form we...
Mar 10, 2017	How The Last Mile helped Kenyatta Leal walk from prison in San Quentin to a job in tech	Ruben Harris Contributor Ruben Harris is a professional cellist and a recovering investment banker who now leads partnerships in San Francisco for Honor, a healthcare startup focused on seniors. He is also a founder of the Breaking Into Sta...
Nov 29, 2016	The Penal Code: Teaching Programming Skills to Prisoners	This article was originally posted on the Tech City UK website. We hear from Michael Taylor, founder of the Code 4000 initiative, who explains how he hopes to replicate the success of a US Prison Coding project in the UK. The idea that te...
Oct 23, 2016	This Startup Teaches Coding and Entrepreneurship to Prisoners	This piece originally appeared on Uncubed.com. The Last Mile aims to give inmates a fighting chance at a job after they’re released by teaching students entrepreneurial, business, and web development skills. Paid Content What you need to kn...
Jun 24, 2014	City & state accelerators boost their local economies	Launch Tennessee, Arch Grants, The Last Mile share best practices How are cities and states working with accelerators to create jobs in their local economies? At Splash Oakland, we brought together three accelerators changing the way cities...
Jun 13, 2014	Silicon Valley needs to step outside Silicon Valley	The average SV founder is a wealthy white male, but what kinds of ideas can you get elsewhere? We all know why diversity in business is important. Different backgrounds bring a broader range of ideas to the table, which means you can tailor...
May 9, 2014	Regional accelerators: changing the national narrative	Three accelerators are changing the way we talk about their communities Vator Splash Oakland was a departure from the usual Vator Splash focus. While Vator Splash San Francisco, New York, London, and LA have all been focused on regional tec...
Jul 10, 2013	Yottaa, Going the Last Mile in Mobile, Lands $16M More in VC	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints Yottaa is a new variation on an old Boston theme. It’s a Web infrastructure startup working on a tough technical problem. It’s trying to outmaneuver competitors in a new era o...
Feb 22, 2013	San Quentin Prison Demo Day Gives Entrepreneurs Behind Bars A Second Chance	Barbed wire and armed guards aren’t your typical intro to a startup pitch event. But today, San Quentin Prison hosted The Last Mile demo day featuring presentations by seven inmates. The Last Mile hopes that through entrepreneurship, it can...
Oct 17, 2012	Quora Asks What Murder Feels Like; San Quentin Inmates Oblige	Brian Wong and Quora Friends (Photo: twitter.com) Quora is the site where headsdown homebodies ask other sheltered types questions like, “What are some things I’d be shocked to learn about the outside world?” But now that Quora is over thre...

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FAQ about The Last Mile

When was The Last Mile founded?

The Last Mile was founded in 2010.

What has the press written about The Last Mile?

Parsers VC has collected 28 articles mentioning The Last Mile, among them “WorkingNation and WPVI-TV Present Breaking Barriers: Justice and Work, the latest in the Emmy Award winning series” (Apr 3, 2025) and “Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces Retirement of Massachusetts Department of Correction Commissioner Carol Mici” (Mar 4, 2024).

Is The Last Mile still active?

Yes, The Last Mile is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Feb 13, 2026.