Hong Kong inmates to get tablets in prison trial opening up new world of e-books, movies and skills

Tony* remembers his black Motorola flip phone with an aerial sticking out at one end. In the 1990s, in India, it was the lightest, trendiest cellphone when others on the market were as big as a brick.Then he landed behind bars in Hong Kong, sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. He was in his early 20s and had never used a computer, or sent an email.Five months ago, the prison authorities gave him a tablet computer to use in his cell at night, allowing him access to almost 700 e-books, more…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3088946/hong-kong-inmates-get-tablets-prison-trial-opening-new