Justice Through Code is an ecosystem of career accelerators that takes Fellows from their first job to careers earning in excess of $100k a year through 3 tiered programs over 2 years.

We envision a world where the family or community a child is born into is no longer predictive of their likelihood of incarceration, and where every person, regardless of past convictions can access family-sustaining careers. We achieve this vision by interrupting the generational cycles of poverty that contribute to incarceration and recidivism. We educate and nurture low-income talent with conviction histories to create a more just and diverse workforce. We increase workplace equity by creating pathways to careers that end the cycle of poverty which contributes to incarceration and recidivism.

We achieve these priorities through a tiered ecosystem of career accelerators that meets Fellows’ current needs in their journey to a family-sustaining career:

The Foundation: Over 9 weeks Fellows develop the skills necessary for non-manual labor jobs in the 21st-century workforce. Course topics include working with data, office productivity tools, programming, organization, and communication.

Tech Pathways: Over 17 weeks, participants learn digital problem-solving skills through the lens of foundational CS topics. Fellows develop their career journey map and depending on their desired career pathway prepare for admission to The Flagship, or partner programs in fields including data analytics, UI/UX design, and project management.

The Flagship: Over 34 weeks Fellows accelerate their technical skills to enter into careers in Software Engineering. Topics include Python, Flask, HTML, CSS, GitHub, data structures and algorithms, technical interviewing, and 12 weeks of open-source software development.