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Criminals stream movies, play video games and make playlists on ‘prison iPads’
NY Post ^ | 07/20/2023 | Joshua Rhett Miller

Posted on 07/20/2023 9:42:37 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

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To: ChicagoConservative27

Could they restrict prison Wi-Fi from being able to upload?


21 posted on 07/20/2023 10:14:59 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Almost 2,000,000 in American prisons?

Gezzz..


22 posted on 07/20/2023 10:15:01 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

That’s the state you want to commit crime in, most definitely.


23 posted on 07/20/2023 10:16:23 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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The Norse system of prisons is the best:

Ask yourself, do you want these guys coming out of prison better people, or do you want them treated like crap in the prison so they become even more bitter and evil?

The ideal system is isolated areas, don’t have them interact with each other, and put them into cells with calm settings like japanese gardens, give them access to positive books, movies, and music that would mentally make them more relaxed and less violent over time.


24 posted on 07/20/2023 10:19:27 AM PDT by Rattlesnake_Snook
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To: Rattlesnake_Snook

And only cardio exercise. We don’t need 225 lb muscle bound angry people.


25 posted on 07/20/2023 10:25:06 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: dragnet2

It should be more.


26 posted on 07/20/2023 10:25:34 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Prison, the way we use it, should be abolished.


27 posted on 07/20/2023 10:27:20 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Make the GOP illegal - everything else will follow)
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To: EEGator

Sometimes I think government would like to see most everyone in prison...They’re even trying to imprison former presidents and anyone else who don’t go along with their Marxists narratives.


28 posted on 07/20/2023 10:29:36 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

I agree they want people that think like you and I in prison.


29 posted on 07/20/2023 10:31:59 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: bak3r

As long as you don’t mind sex with other men.


30 posted on 07/20/2023 10:34:05 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (It's science and therefore cannot be questioned!)
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To: circlecity

In the article, it said they don’t have access to WiFi.


31 posted on 07/20/2023 10:39:23 AM PDT by NEMDF
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’m not opposed to this, but the tablets should have educational content only and no wi-fi.


32 posted on 07/20/2023 10:41:16 AM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: NEMDF

Then how do they “stream” anything as the article suggests?


33 posted on 07/20/2023 10:45:15 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I know someone in prison, who has a tablet like this. He had to buy it, and he has to pay for most anything he does have access to, such as music playlists. The Dept of Corrections and the local prison also use the tablets for many communications to the inmates, which used to be printed and disbursed on paper or tacked to bulletin boards in the housing units. I think they are mostly provided free by the state now, since they are utilized a good deal by the prisons.

They DO NOT have access to the internet, and (at least in IL), the tablets are not used for any phone calls or video chats, etc. Since all of their calls are subject to being monitored or recorded, it seems unlikely that the tablets would be used for calls under current conditions. Just my 2 cents.


34 posted on 07/20/2023 10:46:12 AM PDT by NEMDF
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To: Blood of Tyrants

I’m going to be placed in the female population, or perhaps by that time it will just be mixed general population.


35 posted on 07/20/2023 10:47:22 AM PDT by bak3r
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To: circlecity

I am not 100% sure, but I think they have a library of movies from which they can choose. I suspect they can download (for a fee), choices from the list. I don’t know if this equates to “streaming”, but it seems the result is that they can watch a movie.


36 posted on 07/20/2023 10:48:45 AM PDT by NEMDF
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To: simpson96

It didn’t “just happen” they’ve been rolling out various way to keep prisoners “entertained” for decades. And remember these most prisons are run by corporations these days, so the public has no say. They get paid by head count, and nobody in the government cares so long as there’s no lawsuits.


37 posted on 07/20/2023 10:50:12 AM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The very much liberal-despised Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio believed that anyone serving time in prison should have nothing that a free man or womans should have.


38 posted on 07/20/2023 10:53:33 AM PDT by cld51860 (We’re doomed.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What The Left wants for us all.


39 posted on 07/20/2023 10:58:32 AM PDT by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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To: dfwgator
"Wait until they recruit prisoners to become hackers."

Idaho prisoners in 2018 hacked JPay, a "private firm that allows US prisoners access to portable devices which can transfer money, download music and games, and exchange communications with family members."

Idaho inmates hack prison system and steal $225,000 in credits

40 posted on 07/20/2023 1:03:29 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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