Explaining The Great Prison Tablet Scam

How For-Profit Industry is Destroying Prison Visitation

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I read an article earlier today about the coincidence of how the Florida Department of Corrections opened a contract with a vendor for prisoner tablets (computers) and almost immediately canceled in person visits.

Florida Prisons Get IPads. They Also Ponder Cuts To Visitation Hours.

Of course the DOC claims that there was no connection between the two.

But that is probably total B.S., let me explain how the scam has worked in other jurisdictions:

1. Communications Company brings tablet technology to DOC and cuts DOC in on profits. When tablets make money…prisons make money
2. Tablets include video visitation software
3. Visitation COSTS prisons $$$’s — Video Visitation MAKES prisons $$$’s

Next thing you know, visitations disappear. The DOC will say either a) it is to stop contraband b) it is for safety reasons or both.

This dance is being repeated all over the country. This is not just about Florida.