All inmates in NY State prisons to get free tablets

[Text Drivers are Killers]

More freebies for blacks and illegals. Mark my words - these will be used almost exclusively for drug deals and planning other crimes.

https://www.wkbw.com/news/state-news...t-free-tablets

jan 31 - 2018 - 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.

According to DOCCS, JPay will get money from transactions that happen via the tablets (ebooks, music, videos). The tablets are only part of a larger contract with JPay who are also handling commissary and care packages sent from families to inmates.

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. There will also be controlled kiosks where inmates can plug their tablet in to send emails to an approved list of recipients. Inmates will only have supervised access to the kiosks at scheduled times.

[Celticguy]

And porn

[TrippyHippy]

It's no cost to the taxpayer, and they will be sufficiently secure. I see zero problem with this.

[cawacko]

It's no cost to the taxpayer, and they will be sufficiently secure. I see zero problem with this.

I get some of the concerns and are prisoners more worthy than others (say poor kids on the straight and narrow who can't afford one) but I agree with the goal of having prisoners better to prepared to face the world again upon release and not commit more crimes.

[tinfoil]

It's no cost to the taxpayer, and they will be sufficiently secure. I see zero problem with this.

The group donating these is surely writing them off and avoiding taxation on revenues to offset the cost. Are you sure you understand the tax system enough when you say "It's no cost to the taxpayer"? LOL

[tinfoil]

I get some of the concerns and are prisoners more worthy than others (say poor kids on the straight and narrow who can't afford one) but I agree with the goal of having prisoners better to prepared to face the world again upon release and not commit more crimes.

It's utterly disgusting to reward criminals with entertainment without having made sure the law abiding populace is well taken care of first. It's takes a really strange mind to care more about criminals than honest and trustworthy humans.
Liberals: How do they work?

[Jade Dragon]

Go crawl back into Mama Texty, you obviously didn't finish developing.

[cawacko]

It's utterly disgusting to reward criminals with entertainment without having made sure the law abiding populace is well taken care of first. It's takes a really strange mind to care more about criminals than honest and trustworthy humans.
Liberals: How do they work?

I'm not about having it be a joy to be in prison. But if these things really are used for reading and educational uses, and not games, then if it helps people better themselves I'd rather that than have them rob me when they get out.

[tinfoil]

I'm not about having it be a joy to be in prison. But if these things really are used for reading and educational uses, and not games, then if it helps people better themselves I'd rather that than have them rob me when they get out.

LOL. Like they do anything beside porn and youtube. Man, it takes a retard to think criminals are going to change because you gave them an Ipad. LOL

[cawacko]

LOL. Like they do anything beside porn and youtube. Man, it takes a retard to think criminals are going to change because you gave them an Ipad. LOL

It claims they can't access the Internet. I'm assuming that's true, maybe it isn't.

[Text Drivers are Killers]

It claims they can't access the Internet. I'm assuming that's true, maybe it isn't.

I'm sure it's not true. The cons will find a way to get around the restrictions and nobody in charge will care.

[Text Drivers are Killers]

It's no cost to the taxpayer, and they will be sufficiently secure. I see zero problem with this.

HAHAHA. The taxpayers will pay for this one way or another you fool And it will not be secure. Nobody in authority cares if inmates conduct internet scams.

[Minister of Truth]

I don't care what inmates use the tablets for. I don't want them having access to such forms of entertainment, period.

[leaningright]

I’d rather have the days when inmates made little rocks out of big ones.

[Text Drivers are Killers]

This is more vote-buying by democrats. Criminals, illegals, and welfare trash - the dem voter base.