The sheriff's department in San Francisco has rolled out a first-of-its-kind program that gives county jail inmates access to computer tablets.
While tablets are common in jails across the country, this new program is making the devices free to use for all inmates, who are unlocking new tools for their rehabilitation. David Thornton has been serving time at the San Francisco County Jail for nearly two years. His time changed three months ago when the jail rolled out the pilot program that provides each inmate with a tablet that has entertainment options and virtual resources.
"LexisNexis man, that's my favorite. That's my favorite app," he said as he clicked to open the program."In court, they say a lot aboutlike the action of the crime. I didn't know any of this before. And as I went through it and I started breaking the words down in order to dictionary, now I understand what I'm reading and what they're saying in the courtroom. So I'm not just sitting here like, 'Oh, yeah, sure.
He's not keeping the new wealth of knowledge to himself. Each day as he learns new legal theories, he shares with other inmates who may find it useful. Mayor London Breed has pledged $500,000 annually to fund 1,400 tablets. San Francisco contracted Santa Cruz-based company Nucleos to launch the program.
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