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TABLETS: Resident Handbook, page 56, St. Louis County Justice Center in Clayton.

Resident Handbook, page 56.

Tablets are provided for each resident that is housed in general population and is not on lockdown. Tablets will be distributed each day beginning at 8:00 am and collected at 9:00 pm for charging. On the tablets for all to use for free are apps for education, job searches, forms and information, law library, commissary, books, telephone and much more. If you would like additional content, the cost is $5 plus tax for the first day and the rest of the month is free. The same day next month, that fee will again be taken out of your account. Additional content includes access to movies, music, and games that you can purchase. Damaging tablets is strictly prohibited and can result in disciplinary sanctions and you may forfeit any use of the tablet in the future to include: 1 st incident of intentional damage that is determined to be your fault: Loss of tablet privilege for 90 days; 2 nd incident of intentional damage that is determined to be your fault: Loss of tablet indefinitely. If you have been without a write up for 120 days after the privilege loss, the Unit Manager and the Housing Unit Supervisor may conduct a hearing to consider reinstating your tablet privilege. Being in possession of an altered tablet, tablet parts, or an extra tablet is prohibited. If you are found to be in possession of an altered tablet, tablet parts, or an extra tablet, you lose your tablet privileges indefinitely. INTENTIONAL DAMAGE TO A TABLET MAY LEAD TO PROSECUTION AND AN ORDER TO PAY RESTITUTION. GENERAL INFORMATION

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