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| Colorado Prisons Yank Electronic Tablets Over Security Concerns |
| By westword.com- Alan Prendergast |
| Published: 08/01/2018 |
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Scarcely eighteen months after Colorado prison authorities began distributing 19,000 "free" electronic tablets to state prisoners, the devices have been confiscated and the services they provided suspended. A Colorado Department of Corrections spokesman blamed "unforeseen security issues" for the disruption of the program. The CDOC began introducing the tablets early last year, amid much controversy. Some critics complained about felons getting perks that many law-abiding citizens can't afford, while others saw the plan as a "babysitting service" and a further incursion of private industry profiteering off inmates. The devices could be used for phone calls and messaging as well as to access video games and music. Global Tel-Link, the private company that provided the tablets, pays the CDOC $800,000 a year for the right to supply prisoner phone services, video visitation, money transfers and the tablets — and then collects fees for each service, from 49 cents per message to up to twenty bucks a month for a music subscription. Read More. |
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