Its really shitty indeed, It’s so shitty I don’t think it can even run 720p videos locally without stuttering, let alone YouTube/Netflix,etc., but it’s only 50 bucks. (125H of work with the inmate wage of 0.40$/H 🤯 )
I thought that since it’s for inmates, they gonna try to rake up the price and sell it for like 300$ or more. Of course, they still can make big money on their back by making anything and everything a subscription. Want to watch a movie or play a game? It’s 20$ an hour.
Both JPay and GTL charge prisoners at every step of the communication process: In New York, each email sent or received requires a “stamp,” which costs $0.25—twice that if the message exceeds 6,000 characters, or if it includes a picture or card. For four stamps, friends and family can also send 30-second “video-grams” to loved ones inside.
Music, movies, e-books, and games can also be downloaded on JPay tablets for exorbitant fees. Songs are listed for as much as $2.50 each, and a single album can cost up to $46, according to state records. Renting a movie costs between $2 and $25. Until November 2019, when the company backed down in the face of public pressure, JPay was selling incarcerated individuals in a handful of states e-books sourced from Project Gutenberg, a database of free books
Those costs may seem ridiculous and petty, but also remember that prisoners do not have to be paid minimum wage. They often make only a few dollars an hour.
So that 20 dollar rental for the tablet may be an entire days work. Every email exchange a half hours work.
Its really shitty indeed, It’s so shitty I don’t think it can even run 720p videos locally without stuttering, let alone YouTube/Netflix,etc., but it’s only 50 bucks. (125H of work with the inmate wage of 0.40$/H 🤯 )
I thought that since it’s for inmates, they gonna try to rake up the price and sell it for like 300$ or more. Of course, they still can make big money on their back by making anything and everything a subscription. Want to watch a movie or play a game? It’s 20$ an hour.
Edit : https://theappeal.org/prison-tablets-ipads-jpay-securus-gtl/
Lol.
Those costs may seem ridiculous and petty, but also remember that prisoners do not have to be paid minimum wage. They often make only a few dollars an hour.
So that 20 dollar rental for the tablet may be an entire days work. Every email exchange a half hours work.
The people doing this belong in jail.
Oh, I know those costs aren’t nothing. I live in a country with a minimum wage of 150$/month.