BOISE — Idaho prison officials say 364 inmates hacked the JPay tablets they use for email, music and games and collectively transferred nearly a quarter million dollars into their own accounts. Idaho ...

Over 300 inmates in Idaho successfully hacked tablets in an effort to transfer thousands of dollars of credit into their accounts. The tablets — made by company JPay — are intended for accessing music ...

BOISE — An issue with a service provided to inmates at five Idaho Department of Correction facilities has been called everything from a "glitch" to a "hack.” Almost $225,000 in credits made its way ...

In a prepared statement, prison officials in Boise, Idaho said that as many as 364 inmates hacked JPay tablets and collectively transferred nearly a quarter of a million dollars into their own ...

In April last year, the Florida Department of Corrections struck a deal with JPay. The private company, spearheading a push to sell profit-driven multimedia tablets to incarcerated people across the ...

The Florida Department of Corrections defends its decision to turn to a company called JPay to digitize inmate mail by arguing the delivery system is crucial to preventing the flow of dangerous ...

Inmates in Idaho successfully hacked the software of the prison-issued tablets to issue themselves nearly a quarter of a million dollars in credits on the devices that are often one of their only ...

Perhaps the most lasting criticism of the American prison system as it exists today lies in a fundamental disagreement over the purpose of incarceration. Beyond removing dangerous individuals from ...

Inmates are getting their hands on technology. JPay, a private corrections-related service, recently announced that it’s manufacturing a tablet specifically customized for inmates. The JP5mini will be ...

Nick Statt is a Senior Producer on Decoder. Previously, he reported on the technology and gaming industries for more than a decade. A group of 364 prison inmates housed across a series of Idaho ...

Learning from the success of JPay's popular JP4 tablet (currently in the hands of over 60,000 inmates), the JP5mini maintains the same compact size of 4.3 inches, which is an important convenience ...

Inmates in five Idaho prisons exploited a vulnerability on their JPay tablets to steal almost $225,000 worth of credits, according to officials. The Idaho Department of Correction said 364 prisoners ...