JPay has a new tablet designed specifically for people in prison

Prisons aren’t exactly the funnest places to be, which is why Private corrections service JPay has developed a new tablet that’s designed specifically for people in prison. Known as the JP5mini , the Android-based tablet is definitely on the low-end side of things, which is to be expected, but still offers inmates a variety of entertainment options to make their time in prison a bit less boring. 

Private corrections service JPay introduced the JP5mini tablet last week, a tablet made specifically for the nearly two million incarcerated Americans that the company services in correctional facilities across 34 states. There are currently over 60,000 of the company’s previous generation JP4 tablets being used in prison’s today. A major update of this newer device is its ability to connect to wireless networks, which many prisons are beginning to implement. At face value, the device seems to be a pretty great deal. The Android-based tablet is $70 and despite having a pretty small screen (4.3 inches), the device has 32 gigabytes of storage standard. Through the device, inmates have access to music, email, video chat and more. Inmates aren’t exactly tuning into Spotify on these devices and listening to whatever they want. Music is policed and censored for overly violent lyrics according to Ryan Shapiro, CEO of JPay, but this is done at the discretion of the facility.