Corrections Inmate Visitation & Communication News & Articles

• FCC gives state prisons tech options to quash cellphones

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  The move stops short of addressing out-and-out cell signal jamming

• How one tool helps COs screen mail for illicit drugs quickly and safely

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  ChemImage’s VeroVision Mail Screener provides a reliable, non-destructive, efficient approach to detecting illicit drugs in the mail quickly and safely

• Okla. prison inmates to begin receiving computer tablets

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  The devices include both free educational content and paid services like music and family messaging

• Spotlight: ChemImage products help quickly, easily and objectively detect drugs concealed in inmate mail

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  Unlike other contraband detection methods, VeroVision Mail Screener takes the guesswork out of mail screening

• Inmate video visitation and the First Amendment: 3 landmines to avoid

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  As of July 2018, over 600 correctional facilities had implemented some form of video visitation

• Ga. inmate video-conferencing program saves state money

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  The prison system has saved nearly $6,000 from January to March since using video-conferencing for inmate hearings

• How to streamline inmate visiting schedules

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  New online scheduling tool smooths out in-person visitation at King County Jail

• Webinar: How correctional facilities can attract and develop all-star talent with the right education programs

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  Learn how the Tennessee Department of Correction is leveraging a learning management system

• Inmates get more video visits, but NC sheriff's opponents say it's still not enough

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  A sheriff tweaked a controversial policy that lets Mecklenburg County jail inmates receive visits from family and friends only through video screens

• How video can transform inmate visitation

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  Once a properly-implemented video visitation becomes the norm at a correctional facility, contraband issues decrease while security improves

• Tier Talk Podcast: The pros and cons of video visitation

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  Some believe this is a great way to improve safety and security, but others believe that rehab requires physical contact from the inmate’s family

• How video arraignments benefit public safety and save money

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  Thanks to an innovative program, prisoners who pose a serious risk to the community don’t need to exhaust CDCR resources when they appear live in court

• How tablets are helping clean up one Ariz. prison

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  Inmate tablets present a proven, cost-effective way to make jail staff safer and prepare inmates to live productive lives upon release

• 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

• Understanding the pros and cons of video visitation systems in corrections

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  Research reflects a reduction in recidivism with inmates receiving regular visitation from family, loved ones, clergy and mentors

• 11 reasons video visitation is better (and safer) than face-to-face visits

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  Video visits eliminate the threat of contraband getting to the inmate and helps in a big way with staff shortage issues

• Officials investigating rap video filmed in Ga. jail

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  Inmates recorded the video on the jail’s video visitation system

• 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

• 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

• Inmate phone providers threaten legal action over new rules

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  The largest players in the prison pay phone industry say the new inmate phone caps will have a "devastating" effect on their business

• Miss. county jail gives inmates ability to email, receive digital photos

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  The Lowndes County Adult Detention Center is planning on installing kiosks that will allow inmates to send emails and receive digital photos

• 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

• Jammerfun's portable Wi-Fi Signal Jammer provides security

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  The jammer is great for blocking cell phone connections ranging from 3G, 4G, Bluetooth, WiFi and more

• 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?

• Want to visit an inmate? Increasingly, you'll have to log on

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  Prisoner advocates are raising alarm, saying video visitation is impersonal and that its emergence has frequently left jail policies in the hands of profit-driven technology companies

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