Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Wayne Snitzky was 18 years old when he was sentenced to prison for murdering a girl ...

JPay, a tech company that services incarcerated individuals, said Monday that a recent system change that impacted writing capabilities was made in error and had been ...

The more than 52,000 inmates at New York prisons should expect to receive their tablet computers by the end of this year, according to a state corrections department official. The agreement to provide ...

More than 52,000 inmates in state prisons will be receiving tablet computers provided by the company JPay by the end of this year, according to the acting director of the state corrections department.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Officials say it was an "intentional exploitation," while some inmates' families described it more as a "glitch." Either way, reports that 364 Idaho inmates had a quarter million ...

A group of 364 prison inmates in Idaho correctional facilities hacked hand-held tablets to collectively steal nearly $225,000, officials say. The inmates used the popular JPay tablets to transfer the ...

BOISE — Idaho prison officials say 364 inmates hacked the JPay tablets they use for email, music and games and collectively transferred nearly a quarter million dollars into their own accounts. Idaho ...

Prisoners in five Idaho correctional institutions hacked JPay tablets for almost a quarter million dollars in credits, the Associated Press reported. In all, 364 inmates allegedly exploited the tablet ...

Until yesterday, unless you had a family member or friend in prison, you most likely had never heard of JPay. That’s because all of its services are directed toward inmates and their families. Since ...

RAHWAY, N.J. (Reuters) - Marvin Worthy, confined to a New Jersey state prison since 2004, cannot watch his son play basketball or visit him in college. But for the past three years, a tablet computer ...

Prison inmates in Idaho hacked their jail-issued tablets to funnel nearly $225,000 into accounts they use to buy music and video games. The 364 inmates across five prisons cracked the software on ...