<p>Governor Gavin Newsom’s $189 million initiative to modernize California’s correctional system has <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/05/13/opinion/gavin-newsom-delivers-porn-to-death-row-inmates">come under fire</a> following a bombshell investigation revealing that taxpayer-funded digital tablets are being used by death row inmates to access pornography and groom minors.</p>
<p>While the Newsom administration heralded the distribution of free tablets to every inmate in the state as a step toward “digital equity” and “rehabilitation,” serial killers and rapists inside the system say the devices have effectively become personal sex machines, City-Journal <a href="https://www.city-journal.org/article/death-row-porn-tablets-california">reported</a>.</p>
<p>The program, designed to provide “justice-impacted” individuals with access to educational content and family contact, has reportedly been hijacked by the state&#8217;s most dangerous offenders. In interviews with dozens of death row inmates, a disturbing pattern of lurid behavior has emerged, ranging from the exchange of lewd photos to live pornographic video chats.</p>
<p>Newsom&#8217;s office denied the claims, saying, &#8220;This is flat-out FALSE. This MAGA nonprofit provides ZERO evidence for its outrageous claims. Their &#8216;sources&#8217;? Convicted murderers and a random guy who doesn’t even live in California.&#8221;</p>
<p>The governors office claimed that &#8220;prison tablets DO NOT provide open internet access,&#8221; adding that the devices &#8220;are monitored, recorded, searchable, and investigated.&#8221;</p>
<p>Among those utilizing the technology is Robert Maury, the notorious &#8220;Tipster Killer&#8221; convicted of raping and strangling multiple women. Maury admitted in an interview that he has used his device to &#8220;flirt&#8221; and receive topless photos from women on the outside. He also detailed a common loophole where inmates use the video chat feature to have someone on the outside broadcast pornography onto a television, which the inmate then watches through the tablet’s camera.</p>
<p>“If you try hard enough, there is always a way around the system,” Maury said, noting that younger inmates who grew up with the internet are particularly adept at evading the state’s “bullsh*t” restrictions.</p>
<p>The abuse isn&#8217;t limited to viewing. Samuel Amador, another condemned serial killer, admitted to rotating between watching pornographic clips and family videos on his state-issued device. Even more alarming, Jamar Tucker — convicted of a triple homicide — revealed he uses the tablets to receive videos of women in thongs for sexual pleasure.</p>
<p>The most harrowing consequence of the program involves Nathaniel Ray Diaz, a convicted child predator. Prosecutors allege Diaz used his prison-issued tablet to contact and exploit a 12-year-old girl, allegedly forcing her to send explicit images and engaging in &#8220;thousands of calls&#8221; from inside Avenal State Prison.</p>
<p>Douglas Eckenrod, a former high-ranking California corrections official, warned that the Diaz case is just the &#8220;tip of the iceberg.&#8221; He expressed grave concerns that the lack of oversight on the 90,000 devices currently in circulation has created a &#8220;pathway&#8221; for predators to groom children.</p>
<p>&#8220;I would bet my pension that there’s a vast amount of childhood pornography on the tablets,&#8221; Eckenrod said.</p>
<p>The former high-ranking corrections official stated, &#8220;I would bet my pension that there’s a vast amount of childhood pornography on the tablets. There are probably several thousand [children] that are currently being groomed.&#8221;</p>
<p>Despite the mounting evidence of sexual misconduct and child exploitation, the Newsom administration is moving &#8220;full-speed ahead.&#8221; The current contract allows for extensions that could see taxpayer spending on the devices reach $315 million. While the Department of Corrections maintains the tablets are &#8220;tightly controlled,&#8221; the men on death row say the reality is a click away.</p>

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