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• Ga. county's experience shows perils of ransomware

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  When hackers hold computer systems hostage, police and corrections officers have to manage the fallout without the help of technology

• The Connected Jail: How to increase efficiency and safety from intake to release

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  With the right technology, command staff can enhance officer and inmate safety and facility security despite understaffing and tight budgets.

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  Spotlight: TextBehind enables families and friends to communicate with incarcerated loved ones conveniently and affordably

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  TextBehind, Inc.

  The company's main focus is to have a digital experience for the family and friends of the incarcerated

• Fla. jail's tattoo database provides agencies more tools to ID

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  The log of photos is helpful to LEOs in the field because it's another tool they can use to identify dangerous suspects

• 5 of the biggest challenges facing corrections in 2019

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  As we enter the final year of this decade, these challenges should serve as a roadmap to identify opportunities to improve the field of corrections

• Minn. jail upgrade doubles cameras, adds new technology for officer safety

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  Sheriff Dan Hartog called the upgrades "the latest and greatest" in technology

• Pa. warden considering using inmate canteen funds to buy body-scanning device

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  While officials have said canteen funds are generally used for programs that benefit inmates, there is no policy dictating how that money must be used

• How technology is advancing correctional officer training

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  The Tennessee Department of Correction is leveraging educational technologies to improve employee performance and foster career advancement

• Warden: Smartphone app for inmate video calls reduces contraband risk

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  Officials are also considering making prison mail digital to boost safety for staff

• New jail safety system helps keep Ky. COs safer

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  Upgrades include chips in inmates' bracelets and scannable wall panels on detention pods logging when a CO checks in

• Neb. prison cell doors suddenly open, sparking fracas

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  The inmates were ordered to stay in their cells but left the cells anyway, entered the gallery and refused to return

• NM jail to scan irises to verify inmates' identities

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  Chief Greg Rees said the jail will soon start scanning the irises of all inmates as soon as they are booked into jail

• Appeals court tosses FCC cap on cost of calls to prisons

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  The court said that the FCC lacked authority to set rates for the in-state prison calls

• Tablets distributed to inmates in SD men's prisons

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  The program is aimed at helping inmates access educational programs and maintain ties to friends and family, which experts say can help decrease rates of recidivism

• Inmates may get computer tablets at a fee if commissioners approve

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  An inmate's family or friend must pay a monthly rental fee to the technology company for the inmate to acquire a tablet

• Convicted murderer in Indian prison develops software for managing prison staff

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  The Staff Tracking and Accountability Management Program keeps track of 200 employees by providing staff status reports and details about exposed locations

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