Incarcerated People Lose Treasured Media When Prisons Change Tablet Contracts
People are losing purchased music and games, as well as emails and photographs from loved ones, without compensation.
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Katie Rose Quandt
The Prison Telecom Free-For-All is Over
New rules from the Federal Communications Commission are putting the brakes on the prison telecom industry’s exploitative practices.
The High Costs of Free Prison Tablet Programs
Free prison tablet programs rely on predatory contracts with juggernauts of prison industry, Aventiv and Global Tel Link.
Michigan Counties Ban Jail Visits to Profit From Videochat Fees, Lawsuits Say
“That video visitation is going to work,” one Genesee County official reportedly said in 2012. “A lot of people are going to swipe that Mastercard and visit their grandkids.”