11 Facts About JPay

JPay is a privately held information technology and financial services provider focused on serving the United States prison system.

JPay was started in 2002 by the company's CEO and founder, Ryan Shapiro.

In 2009, JPay's services expanded to offer an inmate MP3 player, the JP3, and a library of music tracks for purchase.

In 2011, JPay moved its headquarters from Miami to Miramar, Florida, to accommodate a larger call center.

In 2012, JPay launched a tablet, the JP4, designed for the prison industry, which enables inmates to read and draft emails, play games, and listen to music.

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JPay's tablet has been distributed in seven DOC agencies, including North Dakota, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Virginia, Michigan and Washington.

JPay offers electronic payment and deposit options which include credit and debit card payments via online, phone, and mobile app channels.

JPay provides services that an inmate and an inmate's family and friends can use to communicate, such as video visitation, email, videogram, instant messaging, and a tablet computer.

JPay provides payment services for offenders to make community corrections and court-ordered payments.

JPay has been one of the corporate supporters of the Creative Corrections Education Foundation, a nonprofit founded by a former Texas warden, which collects contributions from prison inmates and from corporate sponsors to fund scholarships for children of prison inmates.

In February 2015, Valerie Buford sued the Indiana Department of Corrections after she learned that her brother, Leon Benson, had been placed in solitary confinement, had good conduct time deducted, and had JPay access revoked after she had reposted a videogram sent via JPay on a Facebook page campaigning for his release.