Collaborative learning in environments with restricted access to the internet: Policies to bridge the digital divide and exclusion in prisons through the development of the skills of inmates

Highlights：

• It is necessary to identify the key issues to avoid digital divide.

• General skills of inmates are the best predictors for having ICT skills.

• General skills include repairing machines or solving problems with electronics equipment.

• Social skills and attitudes are not relevant for inmates for having ICT skills.

• General skills of inmates have to be developed in order to bridge the digital divide.