2021-implemented Texas jail tablets improve communication and reduce contraband, but critics view them as exploiting vulnerable, pre-trial inmates.

Texas jails' tablet implementation improves communication between inmates and families, but some argue it's a profit-making tool. The tablets, in use since 2021, allow secure communication, reduce contraband entering prisons, and provide digital entertainment. Despite benefits, advocates claim the devices exploit vulnerable populations in county jails, where most inmates are pre-trial and not yet convicted.

May 13, 2024
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