KY inmates and their families spend millions on for-profit computer tablets

date linked: 22 August 2024

source: link to article, from kentucky.com

The state and a private company are splitting millions of dollars that they earn from charging a literally captive audience to use tablets. This is straight out of Cory Doctorow’s The Bezzle, and I hate it so, so much.

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