Hi there, I'm the editor of the piece. Me or someone on my team would like to chat with you if you're willing to talk about your experience and could give us some leads in finding a couple of those folks.
Drop me a line: deads AT themarshallproject.org
We have a bit of a rolodex of formerly incarcerated software engineers. One person talked with my team and said he needed prison to get sober, but he needed access to tech books to have a future afterwards.
I think about that a lot when I see all the programming books banned in different state prisons -- it's not just Ohio.