JPay, Keefe Sued Over Inmates’ Allegedly Lost Music, Audiobooks

Florida prison inmates had to give up digital music and book files, as well as media players, when prison authorities ended their prison-store contract with Keefe Commissary Network LLC and switched to JPay Inc., a new lawsuit says.

Inmates and their families collectively spent $11.3 million on digital media files and $3.2 million on players through Keefe, plaintiffs Matthew Rodriguez and Otis Clayton say.

The suit is at least the second over the Florida prisons’ change of vendor. A suit filed in February against the Florida Department of Corrections alleges the state effectively stole the prisoners’ property.

Keefe fraudulently induced ...