Six Years in the Making: Our Digital Curriculum Is Live

After six years of steady development, learning, and refinement, Land Together’s digital curriculum is officially available on tablets used inside correctional facilities across the country. 

This journey began in Spring 2020, when prisons shut down due to COVID and access to in-person programming came to a halt. In response, Land Together created correspondence packets so participants could continue learning through the mail. Over time, the program grew and evolved as we listened closely to participants, adapted to changing conditions, and strengthened the curriculum through real-world use inside facilities.

In 2025, the original twelve-packet, four-arc correspondence program was transformed into four comprehensive curriculum workbooks. These workbooks became the foundation for the digital courses now available through Edovo, an education platform that delivers approved learning content on tablets inside prisons and jails nationwide.
 

In just six weeks since publishing, more than 4,400 people have engaged with the curriculum across 953 facilities. Learners are accessing the content in states including Illinois, Alabama, North Carolina, Texas, Florida, Arizona, and beyond. While some facilities are still completing approval processes, the program is already live in most locations nationwide and continues to grow every week.

The curriculum invites learners into a rich blend of reflection, environmental science, and personal exploration through journal prompts, guided meditations, videos, photos, and visual learning tools. Course topics range from ecological subjects like plant biology and pollinators to deeper explorations of identity, emotional awareness, and our relationship to land, systems, and one another.

Participants receive a certificate upon completing each course, with certificates and transcripts accessible both during incarceration and after release. These records can also be viewed by correctional staff and judges, supporting parole considerations and demonstrating meaningful, sustained engagement in educational programming.

This launch marks a major expansion of Land Together’s impact. What began as a small, responsive effort during a moment of crisis has grown into a nationally accessible curriculum reaching thousands of people inside correctional facilities. It reflects the persistence of learners, the care invested in this work, and a deep belief that access to education, reflection, and connection to land should never be out of reach.