Orijin
New Markets Team
Mark Grovic
Co-Founder and General Partner
Sneha Kasuganti
Principal
Recent Posts
Dec 10, 2025
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Monroe County Sheriff's Office Partners with Tech Educator Orijin for Inmate Workforce Development Program in Tennessee
In a recent social media announcement, Monroe County Sheriff's Office shared its inclusion in a workforce development initiative with tech education provider Orijin, supported by the State of Tennessee. Sheriff Tommy Jones made the revelation, stating that the Monroe County Sheriff's Office Detention Facility will serve as the site for this pilot initiative, set to kick off on January 1, 2026, according to a post on their Facebook page. The program will introduce inmates to the Interplay...
Oct 20, 2025
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Orijin Debuts Critically Acclaimed Film Sing Sing on Its Managed Learning Platform, Reaching 63,000+ Incarcerated Individuals in 19 States
New York, NY— October 20, 2025 — Orijin, the leading education and workforce development platform for correctional facilities, is proud to announce that the feature film Sing Sing is now available on Orijin tablets in facilities across 19 U.S. states. This powerful true story of transformation, hope, and rehabilitation through the arts is now accessible to more than 63,000 incarcerated learners nationwide. Sing Sing, an A24 release, is inspired by the extraordinary life of John “Divine G”...
Sep 11, 2025
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Orijin Launches AI Discovery Lab: Why Correctional Education Needs Human-First AI Solutions
by Alan Santiago, Chief Product Officer The statistics are sobering: nearly 2 million people are incarcerated in the United States, yet...
Orijin (formerly, APDS, American Prison Data Systems) provides justice-involved persons education, workforce training and re entry support.
Orijin is a New York City-based Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) leading the technology revolution in corrections. They provide turnkey infrastructure, monitored mobile devices, and secure delivery of best-in-class services to:
Improve prison safety for corrections personnel and inmates
Deliver significant cost savings to prison administrators and, ultimately, taxpayers
Reduce recidivism via education and job training
Build inmate-family relationships via secure, monitored communications
The company is headquartered in New York, NY and was founded in 2012.
