A man plays a game in the Brothers in Arms cell block, a new veteran-focused program, at the Harris County Joint Processing Center, part of the county jail system, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in ...

As interest in I.G.N.I.T.E. continues to grow, sheriffs face increasing pressure to expand proven programming without adding staffing burden, increasing security risk, or disrupting day-to-day ...

After they’re given a uniform, a bunk and a blanket, Kentucky prison inmates get a sturdy computer tablet from which they can buy digital media products, such as email and video visits with their ...

In a photo provided by the North Fork Correctional Center in Sayre, Oklahoma on Tuesday, June 9, 2021, inmate Byron Robinson works on a new Securus tablet, which are being provided for free to ...

As of Nov. 9, inmates at the Utah County Jail have access to electronic tablets, enabling them to access educational, community, training, religious and entertainment resources. The tablets have been ...

In 2021, Bryan Collier, executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said that tablets would “fundamentally change” communication for the state’s more than 100,000 prison inmates.

In 2021, TDCJ began issuing Securus tablets to prison inmates for free. Inmates could use them to make a phone call instead of having to wait for a phone to become available. “There’s definitely more ...