New York May Drop JPay, The Scandal-Plagued Prison Banking Company
A one-year extension could be the prison contractor’s last, ending a 15-year run.
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Correction: Murray Huberfeld is an executive at Platinum Partners, which has no relationship with Securus, not at Platinum Equity Partners, the financier of Securus.
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