Blockchain System for Compliant Inmate Transactions
A secure and regulated system for managing inmate financial transactions, enforcing compliance rules and obligations via smart contracts while allowing for administrative oversight and control
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UpGuard said it alerted Pay Tel on May 7 after determining that the company managed the server and followed up days later before it was secured.
It’s unclear if the company plans to notify the individuals whose data was exposed
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Newsom recently signed a new contract with Securus Technologies, agreeing to pay nearly $190 million for 90,000 tablets—roughly $2,000 per tablet.
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“Honestly, anybody, from their past, their backgrounds, wherever they come from, education is the way, man. Education is the opportunities, and it creates many doors”
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Securus began developing AI tools in 2023 using its massive trove of recorded jail calls and has piloted systems meant to flag suspicious conversations in real time.
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Transitioning from JPay to ViaPath for electronic messaging, video visits, and other services people can access on the digital tablets is the next step in that affordability effort
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"So Newsom has let 76,000 bad guys out of prison, shut down five state prisons, and now is handing out tablets to remaining inmates? WTF?”
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Secure iPads pre-loaded with trade-specific training modules. Courses are customized by trade and state, covering both technical skills like plumbing or carpentry and workplace competencies like communication and industry software.
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There’s a lot of stigma that’s related to people who have been incarcerated. And people have expectations when they are released that is difficult to achieve based on the resources and barriers that are in place”
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VisionRF uses ultra-low power radar to identify subtle chest movements, enabling 24/7 observation from several metres away. With no cameras, microphones or wearables, it is designed to prioritise privacy and dignity in secure environments.
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But none of the personal data or streaming subscriptions will transfer over. The transition to Securus will mean resetting everything and starting anew.
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When a man released from prison just one day earlier was handed a basic smartphone, the first question he asked was, “What is email?”
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Inmates who aren’t working as inmate workers or going to school spend on average 163 hours of the 168-hour week in a 5×9 windowless concrete cage.
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The document outlines federal cyber priorities & signals a shift in DC’s approach to digital assets. Alongside artificial intelligence and quantum computing, blockchain is now highlighted as a technology that the government wants to secure and develop.
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Inmates and families say costly per-minute fees and limited services under a widely adopted system have turned a communication tool into a financial burden.
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In New Zealand:
1 5-minute phone call a week
1 telephone for every 10 prisoners
In one prison, as many as 60 prisoners are sharing just two phones
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Neither the Department of Corrections, nor Securus Technologies, the department’s communications vendor, could give a firm number of outstanding requests to repair or replace broken tablets across the state’s prisons.
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