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in strafford county dover NH do inmates buy tablets or are they free to use while there

The tablets cost about $140, in some places (NY State) the tablets are actually free to use.
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✓ Verified answer January 17,2020 · Inmate Services & Supplies
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The tablets cost about $140, in some places (NY State) the tablets are actually free to use. Where they get you is there is a steep cost to access the content. Emails are $0.30 - $0.50 each, a simple game like solitaire (free on your phone) is $7.99, song downloads and movie rentals and purchases range from $2 to $25. These rates are at the cheaper end of the market. Just this summer, Florida inmates lost about $11.3 million in music downloads after the corrections department switched from JPay to a new contractor. Other inmates report media downloads disappearing from their devices for no explained reason. 

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