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New Zealand Prisoners in the Information Age: NZ’s Newest Prison Permits Inmates to Use Cell Phones, Computers, and Tablets

NZ’s Newest Prison Permits Inmates to Use Cell Phones, Computers, and Tablets. Excerpt from the original article published in The Huffington Post on May 27, 2015. In an era where American prison administrators are losing the battle against illicit cell phone usage in our nation’s prisons, and lawmakers are creating draconian criminal statutes to punish

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Jail Offering Computer Tablets to Inmates

By Erin Baldassari / Bay City News Inmate education at the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department just got a little more sophisticated. Beginning this week, jail inmates will have the opportunity to access computer tablets as part of the institution’s educational programs, representatives said today. The San Francisco Sheriff’s Department, along with its associated charter school,

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