It is urgent that prisons establish pilot programs of online education for inmates. Such programs should ensure that the system is secure, and strategies for promoting online education for inmates should calm the fears of corrections administrators and public policymakers about inmate abuse of Internet access. Successful pilot programs of online inmate education should be publicized, so that the features of successful programs will be replicated. One such program exists in Arizona. In July 2008, the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections (ADJC) began working with the Rio Salado College in Maricopa County to develop a plan for online delivery of instructional services to confined juveniles. The use of technology and the Internet has enabled ADJC to offer higher education to its confined juvenile population statewide, minimizing the costs associated with onsite classes and full-time instructors. At the onset, ADJC's information technology experts developed firewalls to limit students' access to the college's online learning system and library services. Rio Salado College teams also provided the necessary Web URLs for student access to materials hosted outside of the college's network. Additionally, the college restricted e-mail access so students could only receive e-mail from their instructors. A new system was created to audit student e-mail communications. For the students enrolled at each of the statewide facilities, computer labs are available during specific times of the day for online class activity. ADJC staff monitor the classrooms and online activity at all times. 11 notes