Blockchain System for Compliant Inmate Transactions A secure and regulated system for managing inmate financial transactions, enforcing compliance rules and obligations via smart contracts while allowing for administrative oversight and control prisoncellphones.com/blog/20…

Online delivery could be key to prisoner rehabilitation, yet digital platforms are not being used to their full potential civilserviceworld.com/news/a…

Lot's of issues with this, many of them technical, but an interesting perspective. prisonjournalismproject.org/…

There is no set amount of time for the messaging suspension, but that the office is working with ICSolutions "to identify and implement additional safeguards and ensure all tools are working effectively before reenacting the messaging features." jsonline.com/story/news/crim…

Costly missed connections: Visitation and misconduct in California prisons. Findings suggest that some strategies that reduce visitation barriers could be cost-effective ways to reduce prison violence science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…

Q&A: Why the technology used by incarcerated people is ‘inefficient, unusable, frustrating and expensive’ washington.edu/news/2026/10/…

Compare prison contraband phone jamming vs monitoring: how jammers and Managed Access Systems work, their costs, FCC rules, and why the legal debate remains unresolved. smdsinai.org/prisons/prison-…

Inmates cannot make the four, 15-minute calls they’ve been allotted each day because so many are waiting to use the phone. I went from sitting in my cell during count talking on the tablet phone, to getting into fights over who’s got next on the wall phone prismreports.org/2026/09/14/…

Singapore Prison Service (SPS) to deploy a 510kg, pepper-spraying robot to patrol and detect such situations during a three-month trial. Equipped with AI to recognize humans and allow it to move around obstacles. youtu.be/GqIq7cJkJPg

The inmate described calls that resemble push-polling, in which the caller masquerades as a pollster but intends to influence voters. Several polling and marketing organizations denounced such tactics. governing.com/workforce/when…

AI fits best when it helps staff manage information, identify issues for review and improve consistency. corrections1.com/jail-manage…

Now, there are two modalities: There’s Nova you can call on the phone, and then there’s Nova you can text through e-messaging. themarshallproject.org/2026/…

Instead of hiding drugs inside envelopes, those seeking to introduce contraband drugs increasingly began soaking sheets of paper with synthetic drugs such as K2 (synthetic cannabinoids) and, in some cases, fentanyl. forbes.com/sites/walterpavlo…

I Didn’t Realize How Addicted I Was to My Phone—Until I Went to Prison A former Cincinnati politician writes about the irony of his involuntary separation from his constantly chirping device removepaywall.com/search?url…

A few units have emerged on the secondhand market, and Johnzoid was able to obtain one that is still operational with its original software. techeblog.com/ebay-prison-is…

An additional concern: Inmates make inquiries & file grievances through their JPay tablets, which connect and save to kiosks. No more JPay, no record of filings. newjerseymonitor.com/2026/07…

A smart TV linked to the internet sounds like a solution but presents security risks to the network that outweighs any benefits correctionalnews.com/2026/07…

Prison Phone Company Aventiv (Securus) Clears Hurdle for Lenders’ Takeover Legacy lenders will hold about 97% of the reorganized equity, higher-priority claims stemming from Aventiv’s $ raises will retain take-back paper of more than $500 million. archive.is/20260702180203/ht…

The stories are a reminder that incarceration can also mean unchecked violence, medical neglect, dehumanization, and dangerous conditions that raise serious questions, yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles…

Data tracked by the community college system indicates a 77% success rate for internet-based and correspondence instruction, and an 85% success rate for in-person instruction, for incarcerated students in spring 2025. calmatters.org/education/202…