Corrections Communications News & Articles

• Ark. county jail improves security after fatal attack on CO

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  An inmate attacked correctional officers Lisa Mauldin and Demaris Allen in the jail’s kitchen in December

• How using outdated technology with deaf inmates risks lawsuits and prison staff safety

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  Court settlement amounts against prisons and jails that did not provide deaf inmates with the ability to make legally entitled telephone calls have totaled in the millions

• SC prisons get green light for anti-cellphone tech

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  The technology can catch prisoners in the act when they try to use illegal prison cellphones

• Minn. prisons add video visitation to all 11 facilities

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  Video visitation is expected to be up and running on all JPay kiosks in the facilities by the end of October

• Can you hear me now? 8 portable radio options for your correctional facility

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  Communication throughout a facility is paramount to not only productivity, but also officer safety

• 4 options for contraband cell phone detection

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  Cell phones are a continuous threat inside correctional facilities; here’s how you can find and stop this type of contraband before it becomes a problem in your prison or jail

• 10 best gadgets and gear to kick up your next outdoor adventure

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  Looking to step up your next hike or camping trip? We've got ten great tested and true products to get you there

• How real-time crime center technologies are force multipliers

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  New technologies promise to connect disparate systems for improved situational awareness

• New Esri app lets COs share and interact with maps

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  The Explorer for ArcGIS shares maps between users and allows for manipulation during presentations

• Pryme releases new headsets, mics for dispatchers

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  Pryme radio products have released a new line of headphones, accessories and mics for law enforcement

• Motorola introduces Real-Time Crime Center software

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  Software integrates video, CAD and more to increase situational awareness

• 5 wearable tech trends for COs

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  Off-the-shelf wearable technologies connect COs to data.

• The 'paper' PC: A tablet fit for your squad room?

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  Plastic Logic demonstrated the PaperTab — a computer no thicker than a floppy sheet of plastic — at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) earlier this year

• 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

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