The information on the new tablet program comes as officials consider a possible ban on personal snail mail and packages.
Here are some of the newly revealed provisions of the Securus deal:
Offers a service in which analysts for a Securus subsidiary identify “suspicious or suggestive key words or phrases” in correspondence that may “suggest threats to security” or criminal activity within the jails. Wanda Bertram, an expert on tablets in correctional facilities for the Prison Policy Initiative, reviewed the contract for Gothamist and said many of the provisions have become standard across the country as scanning mail has taken hold. She said as new laws limit or ban fees for phone calls, telecommunications companies like Securus are moving into the tablet business -- 14 state prison systems are now scanning mail and sending it to inmates via tablets.
While the tablets at Rikers provide religious services, education videos and e-books, Bertram worries that they will eventually replace in-person facilities, like law libraries and chapels, which can adversely affect the mental health of detainees.
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