The Florida Department of Corrections defends its decision to turn to a company called JPay to digitize inmate mail by arguing the delivery system is crucial to preventing the flow of dangerous ...

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 ...

BOISE — An issue with a service provided to inmates at five Idaho Department of Correction facilities has been called everything from a "glitch" to a "hack.” Almost $225,000 in credits made its way ...

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 ...

A group of 364 inmates across Idaho correctional facilities hacked hand-held tablets in a mass scheme to steal nearly $225,000. The inmates used the popular JPay tablets to transfer the funds into ...

BOISE – Officials say it was “intentional exploitation,” while some inmates’ families described it as more of a “glitch.” Either way, reports that 364 Idaho inmates had a quarter-million dollars in ...

Perhaps the most lasting criticism of the American prison system as it exists today lies in a fundamental disagreement over the purpose of incarceration. Beyond removing dangerous individuals from ...

Inmates are getting their hands on technology. JPay, a private corrections-related service, recently announced that it’s manufacturing a tablet specifically customized for inmates. The JP5mini will be ...

When 24-year-old Candace McCann was sent to an Indiana prison three years ago for theft and forgery, she probably never imagined she'd be able to talk to her daughter through video. Now, almost every ...

Inmates in Idaho successfully hacked the software of the prison-issued tablets to issue themselves nearly a quarter of a million dollars in credits on the devices that are often one of their only ...

Inmates in five Idaho prisons exploited a vulnerability on their JPay tablets to steal almost $225,000 worth of credits, according to officials. The Idaho Department of Correction said 364 prisoners ...