Corrections Communications News & Articles

• Video a better alternative for prison communication

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  Video teleconferencing cuts costs for all involved

• NC jail goes high-tech for inmate visits

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  First center in the state to use an online video system for people visiting inmates

• Calif. prisons object to expanding media access to inmates

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  Officials said it would cost too much money to facilitate interviews

• Inmates' families protest call rates in Mass.

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  The families have asked the department to investigate what they say are excessive telephone rates and poor quality phone service in state prisons and county jails

• Tenn. jail plans visitation via video

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  County contracts for system to avoid contact, contraband

• Throwable SWAT robot aids in special operations

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  Users can locate suspects, confirm presence of hostages or determine a building's layout

• Illegal prison cellphones being disabled in US

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  The deal with Global Tel Link addresses the growing problem of cell phones within America's largest prison system,

• Video visits for Ill. inmates

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  The contract with Telmate of Ontario, Ore., calls for video conferencing equipment to be installed in each of the 17 inmate housing units

• Texas county stops recording inmate-attorney phone calls

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  Recordings warn inmates and recipients of their calls that the conversations are recorded

• Mom charged in NY death fights jail call recording

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  Phones at the city's Rikers Island jail complex have signs and play messages warning inmates that their calls can be monitored and recorded

• Ill. looking to crack down on inmates' cell phones

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  Officials are worried about inmates who successfully smuggle cell phones into their cells

• Inmates in private Ga. prison charged $5 per minute for phone calls

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  Relatives and representatives of those detained at Stewart find it nearly impossible to visit or communicate with the inmate, that is if they even know that he or she is being held there

• Tenn. sheriff seeks videoconferencing in jail

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  The new technology would allow deputies to monitor and record calls between inmates and visitors and reduce the personal contact that might allow the transfer of illicit materials

• Calif. Gov. Brown signs bill banning cell phones in prisons

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  Gov. says will help "break up an expanding criminal network" that uses contraband cell phones to organize crime from behind bars

• In-cell phones possible for UK inmates

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  A number of jails are being considered for a pilot scheme in which inmates will be able to make outgoing calls from the landlines, rather than communal phones on landings

• AT&T wants to expand 4G service atop jail

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  Company s hoping to expand its 4G broadband-coverage in the area and since the jail is the county's tallest building, it was a natural fit

• Motorola: Split won’t negatively impact public safety

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  Company says the announced split of Motorola Mobility from Motorola Inc. means improved research and development and better products for the public safety market

• CA lawmaker aims to outlaw cell phones for inmates

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  Attempt to outlaw cell phones renewed after Charles Manson was discovered with a phone in his cell

• Courts across the country embrace videoconferencing

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  As state and local governments see their budgets squeezed they have increasingly looked to save money through technology

• For cops, citizen videos bring increased scrutiny

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  Some ask whether incidents caught on tape are hindering officers

• NJ corrections official accused of taking bribes

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  Lydell B. Sherrer, a deputy commissioner, is accused of approaching a laid-off corrections worker and offering to save the worker's job for $10,000

• New Panasonic Toughbook U1 is a mighty miniature

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  Panasonic has released a handheld Toughbook with a full Windows operating system

• Ohio's prison system launches Facebook page

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  The page is intended to offer general content about the state's prison system

• Video arraignments saving time, money for police, courts

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  Such hospital bedside arraignments are a growing trend for mental health facilities, local lockups and county jails

• Chicago police go high-tech to predict gang hot spots

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  Any police interaction with a gang member will be fed into the system for a "real time, ongoing" account

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