DALLAS, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Securus Technologies today announces its 300,000th active tablet, an achievement that has positively affected the lives of incarcerated people and their families across 35 states and 120 counties. The hand-held devices provide access to free educational tools, re-entry resources, media applications and communication capabilities that facilitate the vital connection between incarcerated individuals and their loved ones. Since introducing tablet technology to the corrections industry in 2010, the organization has provided more than 500,000 individuals with access to the hand-held devices, and proudly celebrates 300,000 active devices in the field today.
According to a report by Every Second, half of adults living in America have at least one immediate family member incarcerated. One in seven adults, or over 35 million people, has a close family member who has spent more than one year in jail or…