364 IDOC PRISONERS WHO HACKED JPAY SYSTEM CHARGED WTH THEFT - ONE PRISONER NOT CHARGED BECAUSE OF WORK HE DOES FOR ADMINISTRATORS
IDOC administrators, after having been notified by JPay that nearly a quarter million dollars had been fraudently credited to Idaho inmate accounts, charged 364 inmates with administrative violations of Theft. The means by which the funds were stolen vary, but one inmate was found to have credited his own JPay account nearly $10,000.
In what is becoming standard practice in the IDOC, one prisoner who has hacked his JPay account more than once, ordering thousands of songs for which he did not have the funds, and still have not been paid for, has received no discliplinary report or punishment simply because he provides work, services and information for administrators. This inmate continues to have access to computers and other devices with the knowledge and permission of ISCC staff because the inmate "assists administrators and represents inmate interests". [Editor's note: While he may assist administrators, he certainly does not represent inmate interests.] This inmate has even been allowed to create official documents for the IDOC which are available via the state Open Meetings laws and Public Records Act (Idaho Code Title 74) which purport to state the official position of IDOC administrators.
JPay forwarded a document identified as a Negative Balance Report to IDOC investigators to identify prisoners who had hacked their system. Ironically, the prisoners who hacked the system and credited their account hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars, did not have a negative balance, until JPay identified the problem, removed the credits, and debited the accounts the amount prisoners had spent from the ill-gotten gains. The unnamed inmate has had a considerable negative JPay account balance for quite some time - and not for the first time either, but as noted, was not charged or even identified as one of the prisoners hacking the system.
JPay, a company which has reportedly been around for more than 25 years just can't seem to get their system together in Idaho. For that reason, administrators have not allowed JPay to launch video visitation or other basic services in Idaho prisons - services which are desperately needed in IDOC, and already available in various county jails around the state.
It is expected that JPay will attempt to recoup the funds hacked (and subsequently spent) by prisoners, whether through the freezing of accounts or through litigation. As to the unnamed prisoner - he does whateverer he wants to do - just like several other "special deputies" granted immunity and special privileges by ISCC administrators - whenever they want. Prisoners who were charged with the hacking/theft were found guilty of the administrative violations, and received punishments varying widely based on the prisoner's past record and other factors.
This data has been reported on by the Associated Press and other news outets in the northwest.
In what is becoming standard practice in the IDOC, one prisoner who has hacked his JPay account more than once, ordering thousands of songs for which he did not have the funds, and still have not been paid for, has received no discliplinary report or punishment simply because he provides work, services and information for administrators. This inmate continues to have access to computers and other devices with the knowledge and permission of ISCC staff because the inmate "assists administrators and represents inmate interests". [Editor's note: While he may assist administrators, he certainly does not represent inmate interests.] This inmate has even been allowed to create official documents for the IDOC which are available via the state Open Meetings laws and Public Records Act (Idaho Code Title 74) which purport to state the official position of IDOC administrators.
JPay forwarded a document identified as a Negative Balance Report to IDOC investigators to identify prisoners who had hacked their system. Ironically, the prisoners who hacked the system and credited their account hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars, did not have a negative balance, until JPay identified the problem, removed the credits, and debited the accounts the amount prisoners had spent from the ill-gotten gains. The unnamed inmate has had a considerable negative JPay account balance for quite some time - and not for the first time either, but as noted, was not charged or even identified as one of the prisoners hacking the system.
JPay, a company which has reportedly been around for more than 25 years just can't seem to get their system together in Idaho. For that reason, administrators have not allowed JPay to launch video visitation or other basic services in Idaho prisons - services which are desperately needed in IDOC, and already available in various county jails around the state.
It is expected that JPay will attempt to recoup the funds hacked (and subsequently spent) by prisoners, whether through the freezing of accounts or through litigation. As to the unnamed prisoner - he does whateverer he wants to do - just like several other "special deputies" granted immunity and special privileges by ISCC administrators - whenever they want. Prisoners who were charged with the hacking/theft were found guilty of the administrative violations, and received punishments varying widely based on the prisoner's past record and other factors.
This data has been reported on by the Associated Press and other news outets in the northwest.