When Braymer resident Taylor Shoe sat in front of a jail-issued laptop earlier this year, she began a journey that would set her apart as the first participant to finish all 15 phases of a new technology program offered to women incarcerated in the Clay County Detention Center.The initiative, brought to Clay County through a partnership with the University of Kansas’ Center for Digital Inclusion, aims to help female inmates acquire skills in computing, communication and coding. Shoe completed the full course load over five months, earning a certificate for each phase while in custody.Shoe is now serving a prison sentence through the Missouri Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to charges including second-degree assault and resisting arrest. Her enrollment in the program came before her transfer to state custody, according to Clay County Public Relations Manager Sarah Boyd. The skills she gained remain with her – an exam...