Seattle News Station Looks at Inmate Email
We caught this story on King 5 News out of Seattle last night. The story examines the practice of loaning inmates money for regular postage against their inmate trust account, and suggests that the...
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“Cell” Phones
A pilot program being considered by the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Justice could put phones in inmate’s individual units, or cells. Officials cite two rationales for the program: first that it could...
View ArticleFacebook, Felons, and the Contraband Cell Phone Challenge
First, thank you all for your comments since we’ve updated the look and feel of our blog. We hope you find it easier to navigate and find the posts that are of most interest to you. Our last post in...
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One JPay, One Stamp
JPay makes all stamps ‘forever’ stamps JPay stamps will no longer expire, regardless of facility, DOC, or agency. Going forward, any stamp purchased by a customer to send an email, add an attachment,...
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San Quentin Social (Media)
We came across an article last month describing an organization that helps inmates in San Quentin connect to the wider world through social media. The story, published in the online version of The...
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Email and Music in the Old Dominion
In a few months, two of JPay’s most popular services will arrive in Virginia Department of Corrections facilities: inmate email and the JP4 personal music player. JPay already helps the friends and...
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Last year as Thanksgiving approached, we wrote about how grateful we are for the JPay Family – our work team, our fans and followers who engage with us on social media, and, most importantly, the...
View ArticleAll the News that Fits the Prison
Article on money-saving, community-building prison newscasts echoes JPay We came across an interesting article this week by Michael Rosenwald in the Washington Post – The News Behind Bars – which...
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Mini-tablet for Prisons Now Available in Louisiana and Virginia!
First the big game in the Big Easy, now the big player for the big house! JPay’s revolutionary mini-tablet, the JP4, is now available for purchase in all Louisiana state correctional facilities. You...
View ArticleMeet Brandon and Erin
Every Saturday, Brandon gets up early, puts $60 in his tank, and drives a little more than a hundred miles to see Erin at the Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women. He never misses a visit,...
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The Problem of Cells in Cells
Contraband mobile phones present challenges – and danger – to Indiana prisons WISH-TV in Indianapolis recently aired an in-depth news segment on the proliferation of cell phones in Indiana state...
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JPay Goes Mobile!
Actually, we’ve been mobile for the past few months, but last night our new app just hit the Google Play Store and is ready for our customers to test it out before it goes live to the public. In...
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Pardon Our Dust
Thank you those who have been testing our beta app and leaving feedback! The past few days have been spent fixing issues as well as optimizing the usability of the app. For example, those of you who...
View ArticleVideo Visitation Contest WINNERS!
Congratulations to the three winners of the JPay Video Visitation essay contest: Derrick Simmons, Jeffery Greenwell, and Jeanne Slattery! We received over 200 entries, and all of them were great!...
View ArticleJPay Email Takes Flight
In June we released a major update the JPay Mobile app for Android, and today we are proud to announce that we are entering the beta test phase of the iPhone version! If you would like to try out JPay...
View ArticlePrisoners Sending E-Cards Actually Makes A Lot Of Sense
Thought e-cards were a thing of the past? Think again. Filling a void found in many prisons, JPay has made digital greeting cards “en vogue” again. Pick a design, customize a message, attach to an...
View ArticleWhat’s this JP5 tablet all about?
We’ve received a lot of questions about the JP5 tablet. So get ready for some JP5 “101.” “So in prison you can send email? Listen to music? Download games? With the JP5 Tablet, yes you can! The...
View ArticleStories from the Field
Picture this… part of your job is traveling to different states across the country. This job, however, is a little different from the typical job on the road: instead of convention centers or office...
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Meet Snap N’ Send
Sending selfies to your loved one has never been this easy. JPay recently introduced Snap N’ Send, a feature of the JPay mobile app that allows you to send a picture to your incarcerated loved one…...
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