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Prison tablets changed life behind bars — now a rocky switch is causing problems

CALIFORNIA TRANSFORMED the way its prison population connects to the outside world by handing every incarcerated person an electronic tablet to make free calls, receive messages and access other services. Suddenly, incarcerated people could exchange text messages in real time with family and friends from inside their cells, albeit for a price. “I had never used a smartphone or anything like that before. So having this, having basically a phone i…
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Local News Matters broke the news in on Thursday, March 26, 2026.
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