Second Chances: How Virtual Reality Could Be used To Rehabilitate Convicted Criminals
“The objective of Virtual Rehab is to educate rather than reprimand,” says Dr. Wahidy. “Leveraging Virtual Rehab, inmates will better learn the correct actions that they should take when confronted with the same scenarios that got them in trouble (since Virtual Rehab will allow them to experience such real-life scenarios). These actions taken as part of this virtual reality will even help in determining whether the inmate is ready for release or not. It is important that inmates are also prepared to face reality upon their release, and more importantly, it is in our best interest, as a community, that we train them professionally (if needed), so that they can become a productive part of our community.”
Dr. Wahidy is joined by Amal Azzeh as Chief Financial Officer, John Lester as Chief Technology Officer, and Courtney Couch as the Director of Marketing and Communications. While the program is not being used on any actual inmates yet, they did have their soft launch last month and are planning to officially launch in June of 2017 for U.S. locations. The team is said to have spoken with government officials and private prison operators about the prospect of being used in actual rehabilitation programs.
You can find out more information on the official Virtual Rehab website.
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