Former inmate praises decision to give inmates tablets

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – An ex-convict is applauding the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision’s decision to give tablets to each inmate.
The tablets are not being paid for by taxpayers. Instead, they will be provided by the contractor, a company called JPay.
Patrick Vail, the former inmate, now owns his own business. He says having a tablet when he was behind bars could have taught him even more.
“It was just counting the days,” Vail said,