Prison Tablets, Accessing Content From The Web
Confidentiality and Expectations
Apparently, in Texas, prisoners have been able to request a visit to the prison law library and wait for that request to be approved. Then, they wait for a guard to escort them to the library and, once there, spend the time needed to learn how to look up cases.
With tablets, that wait has been removed, and the floodgates opened.
A defendant’s Presentence Report (and public printed content) is ‘assumed’ to be restricted from available tablets to those incarcerated. Apparently, news articles covering their cases (sex, RICO, drug, etc.) can reach those inside and may result in harm to other prisoners.
If you have a criminal history that puts you at risk of violence, where you may need to request protective custody. This involves isolation (the SHU) and comes with its own significant social challenges. Alternatively, prison officials may need to transfer you to a different facility where the process starts over again.
Solutions. Federal or state, how do you ask the court to protect the defendant from what may happen due to actions taken by private contractors product? What I can understand is that it could have underestimated consequences.
Prison Tablets And Prisoner Retaliation
From Prison Legal News: Prison Journalism Project
In 2021, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) announced a new tablet contract with Securus Technologies, a subsidiary of Aventiv Technologies (which also owns JPay).