Today, award-winning incarcerated journalist Christopher Blackwell announces that all his life's work has been wiped out by the prison communications company Securus
October 31, 2023 at 3:00 AM
Today, award-winning incarcerated journalist Christopher Blackwell announces that all his life's work has been wiped out by the prison communications company Securus
Predatory prison telecom Securus is rekt. A stunning achievement by a multi-year activist campaign. @theappeal.bsky.social
The Slow Death of a Prison Profiteer: How Activism Brought Securus to the Brink
On the hook to repay $1.3 billion of debt this year, the nation's largest prison telecom company, Securus, is on the verge of bankruptcy. Its failure would represent a remarkable victory for advocates...
theappeal.org
April 7, 2024 at 1:45 AM
Predatory prison telecom Securus is rekt. A stunning achievement by a multi-year activist campaign. @theappeal.bsky.social
Write a letter.
Full name: Hinton, Rodney
Control Number: 2705475
Securus ID: 27054750810
Housing Location : OUT-CLRMT-COUNT-1-001
Full name: Hinton, Rodney
Control Number: 2705475
Securus ID: 27054750810
Housing Location : OUT-CLRMT-COUNT-1-001
May 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Write a letter.
Full name: Hinton, Rodney
Control Number: 2705475
Securus ID: 27054750810
Housing Location : OUT-CLRMT-COUNT-1-001
Full name: Hinton, Rodney
Control Number: 2705475
Securus ID: 27054750810
Housing Location : OUT-CLRMT-COUNT-1-001
Omg. I just heard an amazing story on NPR about incarcerated people who figured out how to hack the securus system and get themselves nearly a million dollars in free phone calls and other services. You love to see it.
August 27, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Omg. I just heard an amazing story on NPR about incarcerated people who figured out how to hack the securus system and get themselves nearly a million dollars in free phone calls and other services. You love to see it.
![On February 8, 2023, someone incarcerated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) informed a prison staffer about the treatment he received from a Securus contract employee when requesting help for his malfunctioning tablet. He could listen to music on the device, he explained to the Securus contractor, but he couldn’t hear his relatives speak when they called, according to an email written by a Securus human resources representative obtained through a public records request.
The Securus contractor “continued to talk over [the] inmate, telling him that his tablet worked and he was done.” The inmate said to the Securus contractor, “So you are not going to help me?” The contractor responded by saying, “Bye bye bye, you can leave.” Upon exiting the on-site Securus office, the inmate said, “This is bullshit. I wrote a [request] to get help, and now you’re not helping me.” The Securus contractor replied using a slur, saying, “Fuck you, you bitch ass n—.”Another prison staffer overheard the exchange and provided a statement about the incident.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hakzua5btcgcfjye2yujlhos/bafkreiarwklirugiusgirt2n7ukgyo2byqk7jg3vyx3hb5xh5r5sg3e27a)
he knows and doesn't care, because he is doing this for securus
October 29, 2025 at 2:10 AM
he knows and doesn't care, because he is doing this for securus
In Missouri prisons, people can purchase some Nintendo Game Boy Advance titles on their Securus tablets. Last year, Byron wrote about how Harvest Moon took over his facility: "About a week after the game was made available, it was the only thing you heard many prisoners here talking about."
This Video Game Has Residents of My Missouri Prison Obsessed
It seems that everyone here is tending farms in Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town.
prisonjournalismproject.org
August 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
In Missouri prisons, people can purchase some Nintendo Game Boy Advance titles on their Securus tablets. Last year, Byron wrote about how Harvest Moon took over his facility: "About a week after the game was made available, it was the only thing you heard many prisoners here talking about."
The word ‘sure’ has the same origin as ‘secure’: Latin ‘sēcūrus’.
‘Sure’ came through French, while ‘secure’ is a 16th-century borrowing from written Latin.
English even used to have a third borrowing: ‘sicker’, adopted from spoken Latin more than 1500 years ago.
Learn all about this word family:
‘Sure’ came through French, while ‘secure’ is a 16th-century borrowing from written Latin.
English even used to have a third borrowing: ‘sicker’, adopted from spoken Latin more than 1500 years ago.
Learn all about this word family:
August 21, 2026 at 12:36 PM
The word ‘sure’ has the same origin as ‘secure’: Latin ‘sēcūrus’.
‘Sure’ came through French, while ‘secure’ is a 16th-century borrowing from written Latin.
English even used to have a third borrowing: ‘sicker’, adopted from spoken Latin more than 1500 years ago.
Learn all about this word family:
‘Sure’ came through French, while ‘secure’ is a 16th-century borrowing from written Latin.
English even used to have a third borrowing: ‘sicker’, adopted from spoken Latin more than 1500 years ago.
Learn all about this word family:
This means that Welsh has ended up with (at least?) three acquisitions derived from sēcūrus:
1) segur (meaning 'idle'), borrowed straight from Latin in Britain
2) sicr, borrowed from Late Middle English
3) siŵr, borrowed from Early Modern English 'sure'
1) segur (meaning 'idle'), borrowed straight from Latin in Britain
2) sicr, borrowed from Late Middle English
3) siŵr, borrowed from Early Modern English 'sure'
July 7, 2026 at 10:01 AM
This means that Welsh has ended up with (at least?) three acquisitions derived from sēcūrus:
1) segur (meaning 'idle'), borrowed straight from Latin in Britain
2) sicr, borrowed from Late Middle English
3) siŵr, borrowed from Early Modern English 'sure'
1) segur (meaning 'idle'), borrowed straight from Latin in Britain
2) sicr, borrowed from Late Middle English
3) siŵr, borrowed from Early Modern English 'sure'
“Securus” that’s fucking orwellian
October 31, 2023 at 3:15 PM
“Securus” that’s fucking orwellian
They did it just like bankers do
August 23, 2024 at 1:55 AM
They did it just like bankers do
#Genshinoc #Yunxi
"Yunxi sure has a knack for finding herself in unsual places. Not that it's a bad thing! Since she always seem to get a good sketch out of it."
— Gaming
◆ Name: Yunxi
◆ Title: Ebullient Songbird
◆ Self Proclaimed Wandering Artist
◆ Vision: Anemo
◆ Constellation: Securus Fringilla
"Yunxi sure has a knack for finding herself in unsual places. Not that it's a bad thing! Since she always seem to get a good sketch out of it."
— Gaming
◆ Name: Yunxi
◆ Title: Ebullient Songbird
◆ Self Proclaimed Wandering Artist
◆ Vision: Anemo
◆ Constellation: Securus Fringilla
December 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
#Genshinoc #Yunxi
"Yunxi sure has a knack for finding herself in unsual places. Not that it's a bad thing! Since she always seem to get a good sketch out of it."
— Gaming
◆ Name: Yunxi
◆ Title: Ebullient Songbird
◆ Self Proclaimed Wandering Artist
◆ Vision: Anemo
◆ Constellation: Securus Fringilla
"Yunxi sure has a knack for finding herself in unsual places. Not that it's a bad thing! Since she always seem to get a good sketch out of it."
— Gaming
◆ Name: Yunxi
◆ Title: Ebullient Songbird
◆ Self Proclaimed Wandering Artist
◆ Vision: Anemo
◆ Constellation: Securus Fringilla
I hosted a Chomping Chaz competition at Farmington Correctional Center. The zombie video game comes pre-installed on every Securus tablet.
I Hosted a Zombie Video Gaming Competition in Prison
Chomping Chaz is one of a few games that comes pre-installed on every Securus tablet. My prison had a competition with the game last year.
prisonjournalismproject.org
June 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I hosted a Chomping Chaz competition at Farmington Correctional Center. The zombie video game comes pre-installed on every Securus tablet.
Chomping Chaz is one of the few games that comes pre-installed on every prisoner’s Securus tablet. This past Halloween, I hosted a first-of-its-kind gaming competition inside my housing unit at Farmington Correctional Center in Missouri.
I Hosted a Zombie Video Gaming Competition in Prison
Chomping Chaz is one of a few games that comes pre-installed on every Securus tablet. My prison had a competition with the game last year.
prisonjournalismproject.org
July 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Chomping Chaz is one of the few games that comes pre-installed on every prisoner’s Securus tablet. This past Halloween, I hosted a first-of-its-kind gaming competition inside my housing unit at Farmington Correctional Center in Missouri.
Securus is working on a deal with NYC to eliminate physical mail. They'll get paid to digitize it and inmates rent tablets to read it. theintercept.com/2023/01/23/n...
NYC Jails Want to Ban Physical Mail, Then Privatize Scanning of Digital Versions
In the name of fighting drug smuggling, NYC jails, including Rikers Island, are moving to ban mail and have private firm Securus digitize it.
theintercept.com
June 12, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Securus is working on a deal with NYC to eliminate physical mail. They'll get paid to digitize it and inmates rent tablets to read it. theintercept.com/2023/01/23/n...
Tom Gores Securus.
August 12, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Tom Gores Securus.
They have always screened them for contraband. This is a dehumanizing, disempowering shakedown: rather than be allowed to keep a letter forever “for free,” they will have to rent time on a Securus device to see their own mail, forever bsky.app/profile/cast...
I know practicality is not the point here, but there is something I don’t understand : if you are able to scan all incoming letters, how come you can’t screen them for contraband?
September 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
They have always screened them for contraband. This is a dehumanizing, disempowering shakedown: rather than be allowed to keep a letter forever “for free,” they will have to rent time on a Securus device to see their own mail, forever bsky.app/profile/cast...
Clermont is serviced by InmateSales at 702-829-3001 or InmateSales.com here you can put money on his phone, messaging, tablet etc. Do not send any money to Securus because the funds will not be able to be transferred.
May 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Clermont is serviced by InmateSales at 702-829-3001 or InmateSales.com here you can put money on his phone, messaging, tablet etc. Do not send any money to Securus because the funds will not be able to be transferred.
Since I'm not trained in Celtic linguistics, I don't feel qualified to make posts about Celtic. This time, though, I did want to include Welsh, because it has three descendants of Latin 'sēcūrus' too:
'segur', 'sicr' and 'siwr/siŵr'.
Click yesterday's graphic to explore their word family:
'segur', 'sicr' and 'siwr/siŵr'.
Click yesterday's graphic to explore their word family:
The word ‘sure’ has the same origin as ‘secure’: Latin ‘sēcūrus’.
‘Sure’ came through French, while ‘secure’ is a 16th-century borrowing from written Latin.
English even used to have a third borrowing: ‘sicker’, adopted from spoken Latin more than 1500 years ago.
Learn all about this word family:
‘Sure’ came through French, while ‘secure’ is a 16th-century borrowing from written Latin.
English even used to have a third borrowing: ‘sicker’, adopted from spoken Latin more than 1500 years ago.
Learn all about this word family:
August 22, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Since I'm not trained in Celtic linguistics, I don't feel qualified to make posts about Celtic. This time, though, I did want to include Welsh, because it has three descendants of Latin 'sēcūrus' too:
'segur', 'sicr' and 'siwr/siŵr'.
Click yesterday's graphic to explore their word family:
'segur', 'sicr' and 'siwr/siŵr'.
Click yesterday's graphic to explore their word family:
Latin sēcūrus is the origin of 'secure' and 'sure' in post-1066 English, but it was also adopted into Germanic centuries earlier.
From this came German sicher and Dutch zeker 'sure'. Their Middle English cousin was siker – now lost, but it endured long enough to give Welsh a word for 'sure': sicr.
From this came German sicher and Dutch zeker 'sure'. Their Middle English cousin was siker – now lost, but it endured long enough to give Welsh a word for 'sure': sicr.
July 7, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Latin sēcūrus is the origin of 'secure' and 'sure' in post-1066 English, but it was also adopted into Germanic centuries earlier.
From this came German sicher and Dutch zeker 'sure'. Their Middle English cousin was siker – now lost, but it endured long enough to give Welsh a word for 'sure': sicr.
From this came German sicher and Dutch zeker 'sure'. Their Middle English cousin was siker – now lost, but it endured long enough to give Welsh a word for 'sure': sicr.
Securus makes oil or tobacco companies look like good corporate citizens. I cannot emphasize how much of a malignant force they are.
October 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Securus makes oil or tobacco companies look like good corporate citizens. I cannot emphasize how much of a malignant force they are.
I want to remind everyone that Chris "tweets" by dictating his posts on the prison phone to his wife.
Yes. SECURUS IS LITERALLY PROFITING OFF THE TWEET THAT DETAILS HOW THEY WIPED HIS REPORTING OFF THE EARTH
Yes. SECURUS IS LITERALLY PROFITING OFF THE TWEET THAT DETAILS HOW THEY WIPED HIS REPORTING OFF THE EARTH
October 31, 2023 at 3:22 AM
I want to remind everyone that Chris "tweets" by dictating his posts on the prison phone to his wife.
Yes. SECURUS IS LITERALLY PROFITING OFF THE TWEET THAT DETAILS HOW THEY WIPED HIS REPORTING OFF THE EARTH
Yes. SECURUS IS LITERALLY PROFITING OFF THE TWEET THAT DETAILS HOW THEY WIPED HIS REPORTING OFF THE EARTH
oh this is by direct request of dodgy prison phone monopolies like Securus, 100%
states get kickbacks from the volume of price gouging these phone companies can get away with, so the incentive is to protect it from oversight
states get kickbacks from the volume of price gouging these phone companies can get away with, so the incentive is to protect it from oversight
October 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
oh this is by direct request of dodgy prison phone monopolies like Securus, 100%
states get kickbacks from the volume of price gouging these phone companies can get away with, so the incentive is to protect it from oversight
states get kickbacks from the volume of price gouging these phone companies can get away with, so the incentive is to protect it from oversight
Rodney Hinton Securus ID is 27054750810
We can show some support even in small ways It take only a few minutes to download Securus, transfer him some stamps, put money on his phone or commissary, etc, just a thought, good morning!
We can show some support even in small ways It take only a few minutes to download Securus, transfer him some stamps, put money on his phone or commissary, etc, just a thought, good morning!
May 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Rodney Hinton Securus ID is 27054750810
We can show some support even in small ways It take only a few minutes to download Securus, transfer him some stamps, put money on his phone or commissary, etc, just a thought, good morning!
We can show some support even in small ways It take only a few minutes to download Securus, transfer him some stamps, put money on his phone or commissary, etc, just a thought, good morning!
WA DOC evading FOIA, as well as outsourcing prison comms decisionmaking and recordkeeping to Securus
Note: CA prisons are now contracting w Securus and debating banning physical mail.
truthout.org/articles/pri...
Note: CA prisons are now contracting w Securus and debating banning physical mail.
truthout.org/articles/pri...
Prisons Allow Private Companies to Cut Off Communication With Loved Ones
Some states are allowing private companies to decide which people in prison are allowed to contact their family members.
truthout.org
May 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
WA DOC evading FOIA, as well as outsourcing prison comms decisionmaking and recordkeeping to Securus
Note: CA prisons are now contracting w Securus and debating banning physical mail.
truthout.org/articles/pri...
Note: CA prisons are now contracting w Securus and debating banning physical mail.
truthout.org/articles/pri...