Posted on 06/13/2021 2:33:19 AM PDT by Libloather
Inmates in the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) began receiving tablets this week as part of a plan to supply all state prisoners with secure tablet computers.
More than 21,000 inmates at over 20 facilities will receive tablets that will give them access to books, college classes, music and even a way to communicate with their families.
"The tablets represent a critical update to the communications and technology services we offer inmates here at the department of corrections," ODOC spokesman Justin Wolf told CNN. "This sort of technology shows how we interact with our inmates and allow them access to education, employment opportunities, and so much more."
The goal, according to ODOC, is to reduce the chance that an inmate will be incarcerated again following their release. The program is a partnership between ODOC and Securus Technologies, which provides technology services to correctional facilities.
Securus is one of several companies contracted by ODOC to provide inmates phone services, as Oklahoma has a bidding process to ensure the delivery of these services is done objectively. With that agreement, Securus provides other services including tablets to inmates.
The tablets come with a platform of more than half a million free books, access to legal books and documents, self-help resources and even phones that inmates can use to speak to family.
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As long as they are secure aren’t don’t give them unfettered access to the internet. Wouldn’t put it past some of the ones in jail for illegal hacking to find a way of breaking through any blocks to allow them to do so.
However, if it does facilitate them improving their education or skills then that is good is it not? Unless you are going to lock up every criminal forever it is better that they are given the opportunities to make themselves more employable in honest work when they leave than unleashing them back into society just as dumb and ill educated as they were when they arrived.
ANY access to the Internet should be denied. Those times when there was an underground “telegraph” of intent by prisoners who are plotting riots or prison breaks have been plenty enough of a source of misery, and access to the “dark net” would only multiply the problem much further, keeping the prisoners in touch with outside entities to control the flow of events from within prison walls.
Could you imagine the leverage this would give a MS-13 jefe or a Mafioso capo?
The odds are better than average that an inmate that has used his time to obtain a high school and post-secondary diploma in something marketable will probably do his best to not go back.
Imagine all those lithium batteries and what kind of havoc they could create in a prison…
My preference is for paper, pen, and textbook. You remember more when you write it.
Hillary sending instructions to her army.
Amen bro. A very bad idea.
Hard labor. Breaking rocks in the hot sun. Chain gangs and pink underwear.
That doesn’t stop them from becoming criminals outside the walls when they don’t have the social support to work themselves back into society.
I don’t mind them getting educated. If somebody has done all the work within prison, and can pass all the requisites examinations after they get out, I can accept that.
The goal, according to ODOC, is to reduce the chance that an inmate will be incarcerated again following their release.
Karnac says, “goal unlikely to be realized”.
Ah. The left’s argument. That’s worked well.
They are already in NY State prisons. They upload and download at kiosks installed in the blocks. The entire project is paid for by Securus and they make their money by charging inmates for various content and email delivery. The big story during all of the public protest when this was announced was that it would be at no cost to taxpayers. I know at one facility at least, that they have half dozen COs on overtime to run the inmates to the kiosks so they can connect their tablets. This happens every day. The state spends tens of thousands in overtime at that one facility. every month.
The left destroys things. Educating somebody to the point where they are employable builds society. It helps people leave prison for good.
If an inmate doesn’t want to take advantage of opportunities given him, that’s his problem. He can spend the rest of his life committing acts of petty crime if that’s all he wants.
Educating people to have skills that they can find a job is good conservative argument, imo.
In a Canadian prison that I was at, they have a single room where an inmate can go in and learn. The prison provides the textbooks that must never leave the room and it is staffed by volunteers.
It seems to work.
There have been tablets as a part of public elementary school for many years now.
in a manner of speaking, the paper relics you cherish are obsolete
I know that tablets are the in-thing, but I don’t view them as an advancement over the simple paper and pen for the purpose of acquiring real knowledge.
I’m just speaking in terms of how the mind best stores information. The pen is more powerful than the keyboard in that respect.
I believe they need to replicate the paper experience on the tablet in order to really improve things.
Free internet and conjugal visits make jail time for tolerable, doncha’ know.
How about champagne and roses in the chow hall? I was under the impression prison was supposed to be a punishment.
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