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Prisons Prime Testing Ground for Dehumanizing Hi-Tech ‘Advances’ A new form of exploitation, known as “stakeholder capitalism,” is already being tested in many places around the world and prisons are among the main targets for its implementation, as they provide an ideal and literally captive market for its proof of concept.  By Raul DIEGO Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is coming under fire again from Democratic lawmakers, as well as from the American Postal Workers Union, ...

Comments Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is coming under fire again from Democratic lawmakers, as well as from the American Postal Workers Union, who are calling for President Joe Biden to pave the way for DeJoy’s removal after the Trump-appointee announced higher mailing fees and logistical changes that could further slow down mail. The US Postal Service (USPS) has already suffered a more than 50% drop in on-time arrivals for first-class mail deliveries, accord...

For incarcerated people like me, access to communications comes at a steep price. By John J. Lennon John J. Lennon is a contributing writer for The Marshall Project and a contributing editor for Esquire. He’s currently incarcerated in Sullivan Correctional Facility. Feb. 12, 2021 Credit...Keith Negley Mom will probably die before I get out of prison. Her Parkinson’s has advanced over the years, so she can’t visit. Until recently, I’d accepted that I’d never see her again. But lately, ...

State to close three prisons as advocates call for reinvestment in marginalized communities The number of people in correctional facilities has plummeted over the past decade. Gov. Ned Lamont proposed ‘right-sizing’ Connecticut’s correctional system Wednesday, saying the state will close three facilities due to a decade-long decline in the prison population that has become even more precipitous since the beginning of the pandemic. The state’s incarcerated population has decreased by 49%...

LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ind., Feb. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lawrence County Sheriffs Office today announced the introduction of the JP6S tablets for incarcerated individuals, made available through their partnership with

Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores speaks about controversy over Securus Omari Sankofa II and Angie Jackson, Detroit Free Press What to know about Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores and Securus Technologies Replay Video UP NEXT Kelly Schaeffer worries there might come a time when she cant afford to talk to her teenage son in jail.  The 44-year-old mother estimates she spends $100 a month for her son to call her every other day from the Muskegon County Jail, which contracts with Sec...

Share February 04, 2021, 8:03 AM Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores says his company got involved in prison telecommunications because he thought it would be a sound investment. But today he tells the Detroit Free Press that maybe nonprofit entities, and not people like him, should run these services. Photo on online petition criticizing Gores. (File photo) Many basketball fans are likely unaware of the headaches Gores ownership stake in Securus Technologies have caused the bi...

Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores speaks about controversy over Securus Kelly Schaeffer worries there might come a time when she cant afford to talk to her teenage son in jail.  The 44-year-old mother estimates she spends $100 a month for her son to call her every other day from the Muskegon County Jail, which contracts with Securus Technologies to provide telecommunication services. Schaeffer says these conversations are central to maintaining their connection as her son serves a year-long ja...

Reply Jan. 24, 2021 The Department of Correction has distributed more than 1,500 computer tablets to inmates incarcerated at the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution. In addition to being able to access Agency approved educational and programming materials, the tablets will also allow the inmates to communicate with their loved ones via email through a secure, closed computer network. Subscribe Inmates will not have access to the internet. The intent is to provide educational and program...

Securus Technologies Provides Nearly 21 Million Free JPay Stamps For Incarcerated Individuals During Pandemic Emergency offerings to help keep families connected and support re-entry include 36.0 million free phone calls totaling 290.0 million free minutes; 6.1 million free video connections; 20.9 million free JPay Stamps; 219,798 free news subscriptions; 721,353 free game downloads News provided by Share this article Share this article DALLAS, Jan. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Securus Technologie...