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Oklahoma Prison Giving Inmates Tablets, but Some Activities, Like Sending Email, Come With Charges On 6/9/21 at 12:40 PM EDT An Oklahoma prison began giving inmates special tablets this week with free content such as a law library, self-help materials and some books, but communication with families on the outside and other entertainment comes with fees. The Department of Corrections (DOC) is aiming to provide secure tablets to all inmates in state prisons. The tablets, which were designed by Securus Technologies, do not have unrestricted internet access. For inmates who want music, movies, ga...

Sean Murphy Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY — Inmates at an Oklahoma prison began receiving special computer tablets this week, as part of a Department of Corrections plan to provide secure tablets to all inmates at state prisons. The devices, specially designed by prisons communications company Securus Technologies, will include free content such as prison policies, access to a law library, some books and educational and self-help materials. Inmates can also pay to receive music, movies, games and television programs, as well as to send and receive messages, including video messages, to an...

© Getty Images Oklahoma prison inmates will be issued computer tablets on which they will be able to receive educational or vocational training. The state Department of Corrections's plan is to get every inmate a free tablet that is designed by Securus Technologies, a prison communications company, The Associated Press reported. Along with specialized training, the tablets will give prisoners access to music, TV, a law library, certain books and the ability to receive and send messages to their family. ADVERTISEMENT The program comes with two main concerns, AP noted. Although the tablets ...

Oklahoma prison inmates to begin receiving computer tablets SEAN MURPHY, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5In a photo provided by the North Fork Correctional Center in Sayre, Oklahoma on Tuesday, June 9, 2021, inmate Byron Robinson works on a new Securus tablet, which are being provided for free to Oklahoma inmates as part of a new program by the Department of Corrections. Robinson, who has been incarcerated since 2005, the same year YouTube was founded, said it was the first time he'd ever held a computer tablet. The devices will include free content like access to a l...

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