{"id":2603084,"date":"2026-05-15T09:27:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gavin-newsom-spent-189-million-giving-every-california-inmate-a-tablet-and-now-theyre-being-used-as-personal-sex-machines-report\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T09:30:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:30:44","slug":"gavin-newsom-spent-189-million-giving-every-california-inmate-a-tablet-and-now-theyre-being-used-as-personal-sex-machines-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gavin-newsom-spent-189-million-giving-every-california-inmate-a-tablet-and-now-theyre-being-used-as-personal-sex-machines-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Newsom Spent $189 Million Giving Every California Inmate a Tablet, and Now They&#8217;re Being Used as &#8216;Personal Sex Machines&#8217;: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgavin-newsom-spent-189-million-giving-every-california-inmate-a-tablet-and-now-theyre-being-used-as-personal-sex-machines-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2603084&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A California prison program meant to support inmate rehabilitation and \u201cdigital equity\u201d by providing basic tablets is being challenged after claims that the devices were often used for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-k-ad-campaign-features-young-boy-wearing-dress-makeup-jewelry-and-womens-shoes\/\" title=\"U.K. Ad Campaign Features Young Boy Wearing Dress, Makeup, Jewelry, And Women\u2019s Shoes\">explicit sexual content<\/a> rather than education or contacting family.<\/p>\n<p>A report by Christopher Rufo and haley Strack says the program ran from 2018 to 2023 and cost taxpayers about $189 million. According to interviews relayed in the report, inmates described using the tablets to watch pornography, hold explicit sexual conversations, and in certain specific cases bypass restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>The report also alleges that a former corrections official said tablets were used to groom minors. the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation denied these claims, saying the tablets were tightly controlled and limited to approved resources meant to reduce crime.<\/p>\n<p>The article frames this as part of ongoing controversies around California\u2019s prisons and cites other recent scandals to argue the system has repeatedly come under scrutiny.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>California has never been shy about spending big on ambitious social experiments.<\/p>\n<p>But even by Sacramento standards, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walsh-bachelor-host-called-racist-for-advocating-grace-and-forgiveness-now-hes-stepping-down-from-the-show\/\" title=\"WALSH: \u2018Bachelor\u2019 Host Called Racist For Advocating Grace And Forgiveness. Now He\u2019s Stepping Down From The Show.\">latest controversy surrounding<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-and-calif-police-charge-nuestra-familia-gang\/\" title=\"FBI and Calif. police charge Nuestra Familia gang\">state prison system<\/a> is raising eyebrows \u2014 and likely blood pressure among taxpayers footing the bill.<\/p>\n<p>A program originally pitched as a modern rehabilitation effort is now under scrutiny after reports revealed inmates were using state-issued technology for far less lofty purposes.<\/p>\n<p>According to a blistering report from Christopher Rufo and Haley Strack for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/article\/death-row-porn-tablets-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City Journal<\/a>, as part of sweeping rehabilitation reforms, Newsom approved a program that would see Golden State inmates receive some \u201cfree\u201d technology, which in reality was closer to a $189 million price tag for California taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, those inmates were all reportedly given basic tablets.<\/p>\n<p>The program, which ran from 2018 to 2023, was touted as \u201cdigital equity\u201d for \u201cjustice impacted\u201d people, and as a simple way for inmates to contact family and consume educational content.<\/p>\n<p>Rufo and Strack, who had \u201ccontacted dozens of death-row inmates,\u201d reported those inmates are saying that those tablets aren\u2019t exactly being used for those purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Those tablets are apparently being used for pornography consumption and explicit sexual conversations.<\/p>\n<p>More disconcertingly, a former high-ranking California corrections official told Rufo and Strack that some inmates were using tablets to groom minors.<\/p>\n<p>The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation vociferously denied this report, telling the journalists that these devices were \u201ctightly controlled education tools,\u201d and only provided access to \u201cthe Bible, education, and reentry resources that actually reduce crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The inmates, however, told Rufo and Strack that despite the little resistance and restrictions the California prison system applies, there were generally workarounds.<\/p>\n<p>One prisoner told Rufo and Strack that he had used his tablet to get in contact with a 22-year-old German psychology student who was willing to send him nude photos in exchange for getting to pick his brain for a class project.<\/p>\n<p>That same prisoner also said he\u2019s viewed pornography on his tablet, but that there was also a very simple loophole that inmates could exploit. In short, inmates could contact a non-incarcerated friend or family member via video chat, then that friend or family member would play pornography on a separate computer, which the video chat is then focused on.<\/p>\n<p>A different prisoner described that by mixing in pornographic imagery with more wholesome photos on the tablet\u2019s album, he could generally avoid the guards noticing what he was doing.<\/p>\n<p>Yet another prisoner, this one at a different facility altogether, has stricter rules restricting his access to pornography. But he has skirted those rules by receiving videos of women dancing \u201cin a thong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rufo and Strack reported, \u201cThe potential for abuse is obvious. The Newsom administration has made the tablet program universal, with no access-restrictions based on offense. And inmates, including child predators, can communicate with members of the public through their tablets, apparently with no age restrictions, at a cost of five cents per text message or 16 cents per minute of video.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For California \u2014 especially under Newsom\u2019s watch \u2014 this is just the latest in what\u2019s becoming a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >prison-related black eyes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/04\/us-news\/womens-prison-officer-learns-fate-for-role-in-california-rape-club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> reported, back in 2024, an infamous women\u2019s prison was shut down after years of malfeasance \u2014 including the revelation that the prison was part of the \u201clargest sexual abuse scandal ever uncovered inside a US <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oh-i-know-rep-tlaib-brushes-off-human-traffickers-being-released-in-prison-reform-bill\/\" title=\"\u2018Oh, I Know\u2019: Rep. 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