Case Study: Oregon Youth Corrections Education Program achieves safe connected learning with ManagedMethods

Oregon Youth Corrections Education Program Partners With Managedmethods to Provide Safe & Secure Education Continuity to Troubled Students

The Oregon Youth Corrections Education Program (YCEP), which serves juvenile detention facilities, needed to implement Google for Education for its students. However, the collaborative nature of cloud tools posed a significant security challenge, as communication between incarcerated students is strictly prohibited. Their challenge was to create a safe, connected learning environment without enabling collaboration or access to the open web, requiring a robust security solution. They partnered with ManagedMethods to address this.

ManagedMethods provided its Cloud Monitor platform, which was integrated into a multi-layered security stack. The solution automatically detects and breaks document shares between students in Google Drive, effectively closing a critical security gap. The reliable implementation allowed YCEP to safely provide students with crucial technology skills and educational continuity. ManagedMethods' solution required minimal ongoing management and helped the program achieve its goal of reducing the "technology penalty" for its students while ensuring community safety.

Oregon Youth Corrections Education Program

Eden Nelson

Lead Systems Administrator and Developer