A Quick Explanation
We recently were asked in our Facebook group: “Do they have tablets in camps? Do they provide them or do you have to buy them?”
You can join our Facebook group here. It’s active every single day with families in similar circumstances supporting each other and answering one another’s questions.
Every security level, not just camps, offer the SCORE 7c tablet. It was created through a partnership between the Keefe company and the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Now, if you were talking to your loved one in the county jail on the tablet that is offered there, you should know that these are two different pieces of technology.
The SCORE 7c tablets do not have any communication capabilities right now. They’re really more like larger, glorified MP3 players. With one of these tablets, you can also rent movies from a TRULINCS kiosk, you can buy and download games, and you can listen to the radio.
Frankly, it’s a great time waster for inmates. There are fewer things better to have on hand during a lockdown.
Since inmates aren’t allowed to have chargers or cords in their possession, inmates are required to recharge the tablets on a wall fixture with shelves and dozens of charging cords. Inmates will need to share this space with other inmates.
No, the Federal Bureau of Prisons doesn’t give these away. You will have to buy one from the commissary for around $130. Most would agree, including the writer of this article, that is was worth the money.