Had to work on a Securus kiosk last friday at the county lockup. I”m sure King Andy wants to issue tablets so that lal the jail birds and their fams can vote for him.
BARF!
I had contacted my State Assemblyman and State Senator back when they first announced they were planning on giving inmates these tablets. I explained to them my misgivings, and urged them to reject it. I wrote them again today with the link to the story. I'm not sure if the plan has been implemented in any of NY's prisons yet, but hope it can be stopped. This is just one incident we know of. It may have happened elsewhere in the country, but we've not been made aware of it. I also wrote NYSCOBA, the officer's union, and sent them a link to the story. As a retiree, I'm not an active member. They got enough money out of me when I had to pay union dues all those years, but I figured they should know about this.
Lastly, I sent the link to my cousin who works at Orleans Correctional Facility. That's out near Albion, NY. He can print up copies, and share them with his fellow officers.