The Last Mile · Joe Stocker × Patriot Consulting
Each dollar,
doubled.
Joe Stocker, Founder & CEO of Patriot Consulting, is matching every gift to The Last Mile dollar-for-dollar, up to $100,000.
Give today and help unlock up to $200,000 to bring current, workforce-ready technology into prison classrooms across the country.
The distance between a prison classroom and a career keeps widening.
The Last Mile provides intensive technology education inside correctional facilities, preparing students for careers and successful reentry. But across 17 active classrooms, our aging computers — some dating back to 2014 — are struggling to keep pace with the technology students will encounter after release.
It will take at least $150,000 to refresh them.
Modern, mobile devices will help students train with the tools and technologies they’ll actually encounter in today’s workforce:
- 01Current operating systems & software
- 02Web development & engineering
- 03Audio & video production
- 04Secure AI education
- 05Digital literacy & career preparation
The Last Mile’s model is already working.
- Under 5%recidivism among 1,000+ returned alumni
- Over 70%employment rate among 1,000+ returned alumni
- 300students learning in classrooms every day
“John’s relationship with me really has changed me, too.”
Joe Stocker and John Mannion share two perspectives on the same mission: what access to opportunity can change, and why people preparing to come home deserve technology that prepares them for the world they’ll enter.
The match is provided by Patriot Consulting
“99% of the people sitting in prison are coming home. And what do you want them to come home with?”
“I’m asking my peers in the industry and my colleagues in the industry to join me — essentially a match — to help reach this goal and objective.”
Why your dollar becomes two.
Joe Stocker and Patriot Consulting are matching every donation dollar-for-dollar, up to $100,000. Give $500, and another $500 is added to your gift — putting $1,000 toward modern technology for The Last Mile’s classrooms.
Together, the match can turn $100,000 in community donations into $200,000 for new technology in The Last Mile’s classrooms.
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What the equipment makes possible.
Replacing outdated classroom computers does far more than improve speed or reliability. It gives students access to the same kinds of tools, software, and workflows they’ll encounter after release — and lets The Last Mile keep its curriculum aligned with a rapidly changing workforce.
Modern, mobile devices help students:
- Work with current operating systems and software
- Build and test web applications
- Edit audio and video using professional tools
- Develop digital literacy and workplace fluency
- Learn emerging technologies, including secure AI tools
- Continue practicing outside scheduled classroom hours
- Build confidence using technology they may encounter on day one of a job
“We need to bridge that gap and give a person the opportunity to come home with the most relevant information, so they can hit the ground running.”— John Mannion, The Last Mile alumnus & engineer
Where the campaign stands.
See how every contribution grows through Joe Stocker and Patriot Consulting’s dollar-for-dollar match.
Total campaign impact
$50,000
of $200,000 total campaign goal · 25% funded
Match still available — $75,000 of Joe Stocker and Patriot Consulting’s $100,000 match remains.
- Donor contributions
- $25,000
- Patriot Consulting match unlocked
- $25,000
- Total impact unlocked
- $50,000
Donor giving + Patriot match = total impact
Match
remaining
$75,000
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