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https://www.abc2news.com/news/...-to-get-free-tablets

Prisoners in New York will be issued free tablets under new contract

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) - Under a new state contract, all inmates in New York State prisons will receive free tablets.

The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) is partnering with JPay, a company that specializes in inmate and corrections-related services. JPay is providing the tablets at no cost to the state or inmates, and DOCCS is not taking commissions for the tablets.



The tablets will be preloaded with educational content, and DOCCS plans to make additional services available through the tablets, such as Prison Rape Elimination Act reporting, Grievance filing, and the potential for placing commissary orders.

The tablets will not be able to connect to the internet, but inmates will be able to use the tablets to purchase music, e-books, videos, and other entertainment. They will also be able to connect to aa secure e-mail system to communicate with family and friends as approved by DOCCS.



State corrections officials say they believe using the tablets will help inmates stay in touch with their families and be better prepared to reenter into the community.

Porno mags would be cheaper.



(and THAT's why NY wouldn't do that. We don't do cheaper, we waste maximum tax dollars at all times)

And to file grievances.

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Originally posted by Sunset_Va:
And to file grievances.

Yep. I got stuck on that too.

Cyanide tablets?

Actually, I am ok with this as it is described.

It says they cant connect to the internet and there is no cost to the taxpayer. No reason inmates shouldn’t be given the opportunity to get educated and make something positive come from their incarceration.

Also, with secure email communication I’d imagine it could cut down on contraband that comes in via regular mail.

Keeps them busy, less trouble making as well

Just saw a great story where a convicted gangsta confessed to a homicide on a facebook live feed.
With a contraband cell phone.
From his cell in Federal Prison.
New York Corrections evidently missed that news item.

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Prison Rape Elimination Act reporting....

WOW, there's an App for that? Only in New Yorkistan!

Good. All visitation will be by video on the tablets. No contact visits. All correspondence will be through the tablets. No physical mail comes into the prisons. All books and periodicals come in electronic form. Again no physical objects coming in and moving around. This wouldn't eliminate contraband coming in (there are other ways, including bribing guards to bring it in.) But it would significantly cut it down.

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Originally posted by 911Boss:
Actually, I am ok with this as it is described.

It says they cant connect to the internet and there is no cost to the taxpayer. No reason inmates shouldn’t be given the opportunity to get educated and make something positive come from their incarceration.

Also, with secure email communication I’d imagine it could cut down on contraband that comes in via regular mail.

Keeps them busy, less trouble making as well

SOMEONE is paying for these tablets. Nothing in life is free. So WHO is paying for them, and why?

How long before tablet parts are made into a shank?

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.....The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) is partnering with JPay, a company that specializes in inmate and corrections-related services. JPay is providing the tablets at no cost to the state or inmates, and DOCCS is not taking commissions for the tablets.....

This is a gov't operation, some politician or bureaucrat is making money on the deal.

Rape P:revention? Guess they tape it over their ass.

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Originally posted by 911Boss:
Actually, I am ok with this as it is described.

Me too, because I neither live in New York nor do I care what moronic lunacy they come with next to waste taxpayer money.

Based on their website, I'm guessing the tablets are free but using them cost money.

"Before you send email you must buy stamps."

"When you add funds to the offender's general phone account you allow them to make calls to anyone on their approved caller list."

About JPay

At JPay, we know that the corrections process can be challenging, whether you are dealing with the absence of an incarcerated friend or family member or feeling the pressure of making your next restitution or supervision payment. By providing convenient, relevant services and building strong customer relationships, we hope we can make it a little easier.

JPay is committed to helping friends and family of inmates stay connected to their incarcerated loved ones through a variety of corrections-related services offered in more than 30 states across the country, as well as to providing the quickest and most reliable payment options for individuals in community corrections. With the fastest and most secure way to send money; convenient and function-rich inmate email; innovative video visitation and music options; and parole, probation and post-release services, JPay is the most trusted name in corrections.

Throughout our 9-year history we have prided ourselves on excellent customer service. Our dedicated team of service professionals provides round-the-clock assistance to both the friends and relatives of inmates as well as to parolees, probationers and others making community corrections payments.

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Originally posted by a1abdj:
How long before tablet parts are made into a shank?

or the glass scren ground up in food

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Originally posted by jimmy123x:

SOMEONE is paying for these tablets. Nothing in life is free. So WHO is paying for them, and why?

The inmates and/or their loved ones. JPay makes a lot of coin being the phone vendor for lots of correctional facilities. You wanna talk to family on the outside or you want your family to talk to you on the inside, y’all have to have JPay account.

I am so happy I left NY’s socialist suck hole in 2016. The state has like a 4 billion dollar budget deficit but publicized they want to provide free tablets to criminals and free college tuition to DACA illegals

Guys guys, calm down. These are the tablets

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It says they cant connect to the internet and there is no cost to the taxpayer.

So exactly who is paying for all those tablets?

IMO, just more liberal horse pucky from the commies in charge of NY state.

And all those "feel good" justifications for this lunacy do nothing to actually address the FACT that prison is supposed to be a PUNISHMENT.

We lived about 75 miles from NYC back in 1977. Spent 9 relatively awful years there.

That whole NYC region is one huge shit hole which was proven to me when I had to spend 5 months in NYC going to IBM school in the center of the city. There were about 20 of us attending class and we were cautioned many times about going out alone at night.

We cashed our expense checks at the bank below where we went to class. I was amused to note that they had LEO presence in that bank whenever it was open. And that was at Penn station.