Corrections Cameras News & Articles

• $500K ARPA grant funds Mo. jail security improvements

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  The grant, which is half of the project, will fund emergency call boxes, improve security cameras and add new fencing mesh

• Beyond the body-worn camera: Incorporating digital evidence management systems into the corrections environment

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  Integrating BWC and facility video in a single system enhances safety, reduces liability, aids investigations, and makes documentation more accurate and efficient

• New law forces feds to fix prison cameras

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  President Biden signed the bill to fix prison cameras after rampant staff sexual abuse, inmate escapes and high-profile deaths

• After breakouts, riot, Louisiana youth jail to get big security upgrade

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  The city-parish will use $2 million to install as many as 50 metal security doors throughout the facility, as well as upgrade the security camera system

• 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

• 5 ways video analytics can improve correctional facility security

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  Through the provision of efficient, detailed, real-time data, video analytics give correctional facilities the tools to identify threats and enhance safety

• How to buy an inmate transport video surveillance system (and why you should)

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  A vehicle video surveillance system can alleviate COs and agencies of any liability in the midst of an unpredictable incident during inmate transport

• Del. DOC commish asks Senate for more security cameras, COs

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  DOC Commissioner Perry Phelps also said he is concerned about the security risks from inmates manipulating staff to do them favors

• Ill. governor seeks prison tower cameras

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  Gov. Bruce Rauner wants to replace officers in watchtowers with closed-circuit cameras at nearly two dozen lower-security Illinois prisons

• Ky. COs allege security cameras at facility are faulty

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  Officers are concerned about their safety and the inmates' safety

• ND jail to install transport camera

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  Camera system will have audio capabilities and record the front of the vehicle, the officers and the inmate

• Mt. county jail updates 17-year-old surveillance system

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  Upgrade has nothing to do with the recent ACLU report that criticized jail conditions throughout Montana

• Calif. jail gets cameras to cover blind spots

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  Blind spots have been a headache for staff, allowing for fights or drug use to go undetected

• Ohio county jail to get $216K camera upgrades

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  Hazy surveillance images became an issue this week in the sentencing of Zachary Butler in the death of fellow inmate David Piersol following an assault in April

• Bounce Imaging unveils throwable 360 degree camera for situational awareness

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  Panoramic views of dark or tight spaces can be viewed instantly by a synced device

• Meet Ohio's new drone: the 'Blimp in a Box'

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  The 'Blimp in a Box' isn't your typical drone, but it provides a powerful option for the corrections department when it comes to security and surveillance

• Ohio considers drones to watch 2 Warren Co. prisons

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  Drones could join guards keeping an eye on inmates in two Warren County prisons, according to the state corrections agency

• Man busted in jail waiting room theft

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  A man who stole a woman’s vehicle after swiping her car keys from a Webb County Jail waiting room was arrested Tuesday

• Get the full picture with 360 degree hand-held camera

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  With a 360 degree camera, personnel can see incidents from every angle

• Pa. county prison to buy more cameras, equipment

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  Will purchase eight additional security cameras and related equipment totaling approximately $8,500

• TacView releases patrol version pole camera for COs

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  Camera can detach from pole and attach to chest harness or vest clamp

• Video visitation will soon be only option for Tenn. inmates

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  The Knox County Sheriff's Office demonstrated the new video visitation for the media on Friday

• Motorola introduces Real-Time Crime Center software

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  Software integrates video, CAD and more to increase situational awareness

• Mich. DOC proposes $3M security boosts

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  Plans for boosting security at four prisons in Michigan were already in place before inmate Michael David Elliot busted out

• VIEVU announces mobile upgrade to VERIPATROL

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  Users now able to access video management system from their mobile devices.

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