Table of Contents
- 1 Do Arizona prisons have tablets?
- 2 What tablets do inmates use?
- 3 How do inmate tablets work?
- 4 How much is a tablet through JPay?
- 5 What can you do on a jail tablet?
- 6 Do inmates get to keep JPay tablets?
- 7 How often do you have to replace tablets in an inmate?
- 8 How can the Department of Corrections protect itself from tablet abuse?
Do Arizona prisons have tablets?
Pima County Jail offers inmates tablets to inmates at a cost to inmates and their families. Everything sent and received is vetted.
What tablets do inmates use?
GTL will provide an Inspire tablet for every person incarcerated in CDCR’s adult institutions. These tablets are designed for use in correctional settings.
How do inmate tablets work?
Tablets offer specialized content and services for inmates to use during their stay at correctional facilities (where available). The tablets allow your loved ones access to a suite of education and entertainment content, plus the ability to place phone calls, send messages, and get general on-site support.
How do I put money on an inmate’s tablet in Arizona?
Go to GettingOut and click “Log In” then “Create a New Account.” Once you are verified you can make a deposit. Deposit funds into your Inmate’s Tablet account. In order to exchange messages and photos with your inmate you’ll also need funds on your Getting Out account.
Do prisoners have tablets?
We have been informed that GTL will give every prisoner in California a tablet with basic content and services plus access to streaming movies, music, podcasts and audiobooks for a monthly subscription fee.
How much is a tablet through JPay?
Over the last year, the prison technology company JPay has parachuted into prisons across the state with a stunning pitch: giving every inmate one of its tablets — which usually cost $69.99 — free of charge.
What can you do on a jail tablet?
Tablets allow inmates to take on responsibility, such as submitting requests and filing electronic grievances, and allow facilities to focus on operational efficiencies instead of paper forms.
Do inmates get to keep JPay tablets?
It is wrong for JPay to continue selling its tablets, music, games, and electronic stamps, knowing that prisoners will not be able to retain the tablet.
Should prisoners be able to buy tablets for free?
Though many prisons already allow incarcerated people to buy tablets, these contracts provide something different: Tablets for free, ostensibly at no cost to either consumers or taxpayers. (To be clear, these aren’t like the iPads you can buy at a store; they’re cheaply made, with no internet access.)
How many states provide tablet computers to incarcerated people?
This article was updated on May 28, 2021 with details about California’s prison tablet contract. Twelve states have recently signed contracts with prison telecom companies to provide tablet computers to incarcerated people – a sharp increase since we began analyzing these contracts in 2017.
How often do you have to replace tablets in an inmate?
GTL does not have to replace tablets more than once for any given incarcerated person, nor does it have to replace more than 5 or 5\% of tablets in a housing unit every year. A 30-day subscription to “unlimited podcasts” costs $9.99.
How can the Department of Corrections protect itself from tablet abuse?
Guarantee the Department of Corrections a portion of tablet revenue. Allow tablet providers to alter the prices of services – such as email, music and money transfer – without state approval. Allow providers to terminate tablet services if the tablets aren’t profitable enough.