The Federal Bureau of Prisons announced a historic nationwide inmate tablet services contract, marking a significant technological investment. These secure tablets will provide educational programming, career training, secure communications, and reentry preparation to every federal inmate. Director William K. Marshall III stated the initiative will improve institutional safety, reduce administrative burdens, and expand rehabilitation opportunities. This reform addresses long-standing issues like staffing shortages and inconsistent program delivery, allowing education to continue even during lockdowns. Furthermore, the tablets aim to strengthen family connections, a key factor in successful reentry, and reduce the demand for contraband cell phones by offering legitimate communication channels. This modernization effort is expected to create safer, more efficient prisons, benefiting inmates, staff, and taxpayers by …
I suspect there will be restrictions for those with a sex offense. The BOP restricted SO access to the Trulincs. The system provided external email access to inmates. My information on the subject is nine years old. Does anybody know what current restrictions exist?
Its just another way for them to shake down inmates and their families. a 99 cents google play game will probably cost ten dollars…..
This is really quite amazing. I don’t know how they will control content or how they will manage things like breakage, but I imagine this could be a lifeline for many behind bars and their worried loved ones on the other side.
….in hopes that they incriminate themselves. This is a Trojan horse wrapped in “accessability” for inmates.
First, I’ll bet those with sex charges will still be precluded. Second, the first time an inmate uses one of those tablets to record staff doing something illegal, unethical, or just plain wrong (within the first week, in all likelihood), they’ll all be removed.