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Oklahoma Prison Giving Inmates Tablets, but Some Activities, Like Sending Email, Come With Charges On 6/9/21 at 12:40 PM EDT An Oklahoma prison began giving inmates special tablets this week with free content such as a law library, self-help materials and some books, but communication with families on the outside and other entertainment comes with fees. The Department of Corrections (DOC) is aiming to provide secure tablets to all inmates in state prisons. The tablets, which were designed by Securus Technologies, do not have unrestricted internet access. For inmates who want music, movies, games and television episodes, there are charges. Oklahoma s contract with Securus also charges 25 cents for emails and 75 cents to send a video message to families. ....
Sean Murphy Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY Inmates at an Oklahoma prison began receiving special computer tablets this week, as part of a Department of Corrections plan to provide secure tablets to all inmates at state prisons. The devices, specially designed by prisons communications company Securus Technologies, will include free content such as prison policies, access to a law library, some books and educational and self-help materials. Inmates can also pay to receive music, movies, games and television programs, as well as to send and receive messages, including video messages, to and from their families. The tablets do not have unrestricted access to the internet. ....
Oklahoma prison inmates to begin receiving computer tablets SEAN MURPHY, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5In a photo provided by the North Fork Correctional Center in Sayre, Oklahoma on Tuesday, June 9, 2021, inmate Byron Robinson works on a new Securus tablet, which are being provided for free to Oklahoma inmates as part of a new program by the Department of Corrections. Robinson, who has been incarcerated since 2005, the same year YouTube was founded, said it was the first time he d ever held a computer tablet. The devices will include free content like access to a law library, along with some podcasts, books and educational materials. (Lance West/Oklahoma Department of Corrections via AP)Lance West/APShow MoreShow Less ....
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Ohio Valley ReSource Caseworkers who work directly with West Virginia’s homeless population conducted the annual point-in-time count last week, measuring the number of individuals experiencing homelessness on one of the coldest nights of the year. “Most people who are going to be sheltered are sheltered during the last ten days of January,” said Matt Hedrick, who coordinates the count for the West Virginia Coalition to End Homeless. “The people we find on the street… have nowhere else to go.” The count measures people either staying in shelters or on the street. And it has been adapted to keep volunteers and clients safe from transmitting COVID-19. ....