Inmate Visitation

Quiz: Test your written communication and report writing knowledge

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Make sure to share your results and challenge your colleagues to match or beat your score

Officials: Wife smuggles meth balloons into prison, inmate swallows them twice

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After Casey McCary passed the balloons, he ate the evidence again

Drug and contraband detection in inmate mail (white paper)

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RaySecur, Inc.

Innovations in T-ray technology allow CO staff to detect the smallest, hardest-to-find drugs and contraband that X-ray and other screening techniques can't find

Iowa State Penitentiary to host picnic for inmates, guests

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Warden Patti Wachtendorf says the picnic will give offenders a chance to eat a meal with their families, which isn’t allowed during routine visits

Fla. jail receives thank you note from inmate's mom

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The inmate was recently sentenced to life in prison

Calif. limits video-only visits for county jail inmates

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Video visits are still allowed under the new rules, but in-person meetings must be offered in addition

Minn. prisons add video visitation

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All 11 state Department of Corrections (DOC) facilities now allow inmates to video chat with loved ones via tablet or computer in a program similar to FaceTime or Skype

Prison email improves communications for Vt. inmates

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Vermont’s prison system is rolling out special email and video visitation services for inmates

Wife charged with passing drugs to inmate husband at jail where inmates overdosed

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Ebony Strange, 32, was charged with promoting prison contraband

Ruling allowing no-barrier visits between attorneys, inmates upheld

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The California Supreme Court has let stand an appellate court ruling that attorneys must be allowed to visit jailed clients with no partitions or barriers separating them

In-person visitation: Good for inmate behavior, or contraband issue?

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Video visitation is great to prevent contraband, lower staffing needs and enact control over inmates, but are there downsides?

Corrections board says changes to visitation won't affect flow of contraband

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Report compiled by the board stated that at least 80 percent of weapons found on Rikers Island were made of components already found in the jail

Face-to-face jail visits becoming rare as video trend sets in

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Legislator would halt practice, return to in-person interaction

Jail, video visitation company facing lawsuits over ending in-person visits

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A company that provides video visitation to correctional facilities and a county jail are facing lawsuits for surreptitiously ending in-person visitation earlier this year

Mexican inmate kills family during prison visit

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Domingo Villa Arellano was serving a life sentence after being convicted of his wife’s murder in 2006

LASD settles lawsuit to make jails more accessible for disabled

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Under the settlement, the sheriff's department will buy and maintain hundreds of new wheelchairs and provide physical therapy on site for disabled inmates

The business of body cameras: 5 keys for procurement

What the public really thinks of corrections officers

Why body cameras in corrections?

550 courses and videos, plus training workflows and skills development tracking

Breaking down the correctional officer oath

First Circuit: Surgery performed on inmate to locate alleged contraband a violation of the Fourth Amendment

Using virtual reality to improve inmate interaction with families

Third Circuit reverses qualified immunity granted for Delaware prison officials

Book excerpt: Peer Support Fundamentals: Ask, Listen, Encourage, Follow-up

A video for wellness reform: 'PTSD911'

Duty to intervene applies in jails

Poll call: What should be the minimum age to become a corrections officer?

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