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Gavin Newsom delivers porn to death row inmates — at taxpayer expense
New York Post ^ | May 13, 2026 | Christopher F. Rufo and Haley Strack

Posted on 05/13/2026 9:18:03 AM PDT by nickcarraway

Gavin Newsom has sought to transform California’s massive prison system into a Nordic-style rehabilitation program. Newsom has placed a moratorium on all executions, transferred condemned prisoners to facilities across the state, and dismantled San Quentin State Prison’s death row.

As part of this transformation, the Newsom administration approved a $189 million contract to provide new digital tablets — generic, flat-screen devices in a plastic shell — to every inmate in the state prison system, at “no cost” to offenders.

The administration heralded the effort to replace inmates’ old tablets — which were piloted in 2018 and given to nearly all prisoners by 2023 — as a step toward “digital equity” for “justice impacted” individuals. The prisoners could, in theory, use the devices to contact their families, consume “educational” content, and “learn new technology.”

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TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: california; democratcorruption; democratincompeence; ihighspeedrail

1 posted on 05/13/2026 9:18:03 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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the Newsom administration approved a $189 million contract to provide new digital tablets — generic, flat-screen devices in a plastic shell — to every inmate in the state prison system, at “no cost” to offenders.

Tbere probably won't be any fraud in this program either. Definitely no kiddie porn.

2 posted on 05/13/2026 9:23:00 AM PDT by Kudsman (Thune loves bully Democratic Socialists. )
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Just got this in an email.
3 posted on 05/13/2026 9:30:22 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: nickcarraway

Check Noisome’s campaign contributions for the tablet manufacturer.


4 posted on 05/13/2026 9:31:51 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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It is great parody because there is truth in it.


5 posted on 05/13/2026 9:34:38 AM PDT by Kudsman (Thune loves bully Democratic Socialists. )
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To: nickcarraway

The left loves murderers more than it loves you and me.


6 posted on 05/13/2026 9:37:31 AM PDT by I want the USA back (America is once again GREAT! Blue Lives Matter! White lives matter. )
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That’s because leftism is a mental disorder.


7 posted on 05/13/2026 9:44:11 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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Just sick.


8 posted on 05/13/2026 9:45:13 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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The administration heralded the effort to replace inmates’ old tablets — which were piloted in 2018 and given to nearly all prisoners by 2023 — as a step toward “digital equity” for “justice impacted” individuals. Gavin needs to cut back on the hair gel, it’s affecting his brain.


9 posted on 05/13/2026 9:47:32 AM PDT by kawhill (Dywedwch Wrthbym because + Add translation Welsh-English dictionary 'Tell Us')
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What is sad to me is this kind of stuff will not be used as op research against him in a Democrat Primary for POTUS.


10 posted on 05/13/2026 9:55:19 AM PDT by Biblebelter
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To: nickcarraway

Again, Newscum does NOTHING for taxpaying citizens of California.


11 posted on 05/13/2026 10:01:10 AM PDT by beethovenfan (The REAL Great Reset will be when Jesus returns. )
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The ‘Rats needs to be “justice impacted” and in a big way.


12 posted on 05/13/2026 10:07:58 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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Stupidity on parade.


13 posted on 05/13/2026 10:39:54 AM PDT by libertylover (The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN and HATE-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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Newscum doesn’t want to be out done by Mayor Bass wanting to offer free teeth to meth users at tax payer expense.


14 posted on 05/13/2026 12:07:42 PM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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It’s always nice to see prisoners getting newer and better stuff than I have.


15 posted on 05/13/2026 12:08:07 PM PDT by xp38
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It’s always nice to see prisoners getting newer and better stuff than I have.
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That is why you pay taxes.

You have your stuff because you are conservative/frugal.

So you have some $ left over. EEK EEK Send it in as TAX.


16 posted on 05/13/2026 12:51:39 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT. And I am generally full of /S)
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The Nordic style of prison system relies heavily on social shame in a homogenous culture.

For those who respect that, it can be a powerful behavior modifier. For those who do not, it is simply ridiculous.


17 posted on 05/13/2026 10:29:19 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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,,, digital equity! Only a socialist running a living memorial to fiscal debt [CA.] would lock into that concept.


18 posted on 05/16/2026 8:34:29 PM PDT by shaggy eel (A long way south of the border.)
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