The Justice Department’s Federal Bureau of Prisons announced Wednesday that it is rolling out a new inmate tablet program designed to expand communication, education, and rehabilitative services ...

When tablets were first introduced in correctional facilities over a decade ago, incarcerated people were promised a bounty of content and features, including educational materials, music and movies, ...

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A man incarcerated in a New Jersey prison has sued the state in a bid to block corrections officials from forcing prisoners to surrender personal electronic tablets they purchased to message loved ...

Usually the term ‘jailbreaking’ isn’t meant to be taken quite that literally, but in the case of the US prison tablet that [Hugh Jeffreys] got sent, it’s really quite apt. Unlike the typical ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A top supplier of digital devices in U.S. prisons is launching a new program to help incarcerated individuals earn a high school diploma by using the company’s tablets. Advocates ...

Lackawanna County Prison doubled the amount of time per day inmates can access e-books and religious and educational materials on prison-provided tablet computers free of charge. The change from four ...

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