[markomalley]

Can't see any way that this could go wrong. Nope, no way at all. (do I really need to type "/sarc"?)

[BuffaloJack]

What’s to stop these inmates from using the tablets to threaten someone on the outside?

[mewzilla]

NYS is $4 bil in the hole and we’re spending money on this...

[eldoradude]

You could play it as giving them the rope to hang themselves electronically - potentially a great tool for the intelligence officers. Take away the paper for passing notes and making plans and have them put it on their tablet instead - always searchable on demand...

Probably no such plans though, just more insane liberal spending so they can lock in a 'profit' for the politically well-connected supplier.

[jpsb]

I would like a free tablet, my laptop is 15 years old and does not work very well.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Cyanide?

[Black Agnes]

Just imagine all the shanks to be made from broken tablet glass...

[trebb]

Yeah - give them free luxury items - that’ll make prison hard on them and induce them to earn an honest living when they get out....

[GailA]

Great for Hackers. NY is as BAD as CALI with all the perks criminals get in prison.

[Mister Da]

This is not a bad idea. This will encourage prisoners to read & write, a good thing. It will also give them something to do beyond plotting further crime. Playing Candy Crush is preferable to planning an escape.