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Marion County approves resident tablets contract; board presses vendor monitoring and attorney‑privilege questions
Summary
The advisory board approved a three‑year, resident‑funded tablet contract with ViaPath Technologies. Board members questioned how messaging and attorney‑privileged communications will be handled, whether internal messaging will be free, and how monitoring and data retention work.
Marion County Community Corrections approved a three‑year contract with ViaPath Technologies to provide resident tablets for communication, education and entertainment. County staff said the contract has no cost to the county: the service will be funded by resident usage fees.
Justin Garcia, CFO/COO for Community Corrections, told the board the tablets are already used in the jail and are well‑used for messaging, eBooks, music, games and video visitation. He described the NTE to the county as $0 and said rates are determined by Federal Communications…
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