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Happy Thanksgiving, JPay Family!
It’s that time of year again, when the question ‘what are you thankful for?’ is already on everyone’s lips, and we’re all making a mental tally of those things that we’re grateful to have in our lives. Chances are, when that question is asked around the dinner table on Thursday, someone will say they’re thankful [...]
Hard-Fought Justice
Last week, we tweeted (yes, we’re on Twitter: @jpay_com. Hint, hint.) about the then-upcoming professional boxing debut of Dewey Bozella. Now this isn’t a sports blog, so unless you’re an aficionado of the sweet science, you might be wondering what business JPay has blogging about a bout on the Hopkins-Dawson undercard this past weekend. We’re [...]
Prison Pets
Inmates in Pennsylvania and Nebraska experience the therapeutic effects of domestic animals Normally we use the space on this blog to comment on aspects of the correctional system that relate, even tangentially, to us at JPay. This being a post-Irene, still-kind-of-grey Monday morning, we thought we’d stray from that tendency a bit. We saw these [...]
Florida Ex-Offenders Can Now “Get to Work”
New law signed in June clears employment hurdles for ex-felons Last month, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed into law a bill that makes it easier for ex-offenders to get a job once they’re released from prison. The law primarily affects ex-felons, who currently must wait at least five years after the completion of their sentences to have their [...]
Miami-Dade and the Jail That Wasn’t (Yet)
County struggles with lack of funds to complete new facility JPay is a national company, helping friends and families of inmates stay connected and lend support to their incarcerated loved ones in more than 30 states across the country. But we are headquartered in Miami, Florida, which of course has its own local corrections system [...]
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