Perhaps the most lasting criticism of the American prison system as it exists today lies in a fundamental disagreement over the purpose of incarceration. Beyond removing dangerous individuals from ...

The company willing to provide New York State's 52,000 inmates with tablets at no cost to the state or taxpayers expects to make nearly $9 million off of inmate transactions over the next five years.

ALBANY (AP) — New York plans to join the growing number of states that have distributed tablet computers to prison inmates so they can better communicate with family members and boost their ...

JPay, a vendor that provides tablets and other services to incarcerated individuals in New York prisons, has reached an agreement after state Attorney General Letitia James found that many of the ...

Video technology is giving Minnesota inmates a glimpse of the outside world — and often a window into their former homes — from behind bars. All 11 state Department of Corrections (DOC) facilities now ...

The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) said inmates would have access to prison-approved tablets this year. But so far, fewer than 30% have them. In November 2024, DOC spokesperson Aaron Swanum ...