Hong Kong inmates to get tablets in prison trial opening up new world of e-books, movies and skills

As part of a “smart prison” pilot project, Hong Kong's Correctional Services Department distributed 40 tablets to selected high-security inmates at Stanley Prison in January. — South China Morning Post

Tony* remembers his black Motorola flip phone with an aerial sticking out at one end. In the 1990s, in India, it was the lightest, trendiest cellphone when others on the market were as big as a brick.

Then he landed behind bars in Hong Kong, sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. He was in his early 20s and had never used a computer, or sent an email.