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Smart Communications Contract Reveals Plans for Expanding Privatized Prison Mail

Loaded on Aug. 1, 2021 by Kevin Bliss published in Prison Legal News August, 2021, page 22
Filed under: Electronic Surveillance, Prison Mail. Location: Virginia.

by Kevin Bliss

The Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) has been negotiating with a newly organized company called Smart Communications (SC), per a March 24, 2021 article in Vice. Built by CEO Jon Logan, the company’s purpose is to take over the handling of all state or …

 

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