Inmate Visitation
The former multi-millionaire attorney, who is serving two life sentences for murder, had his phone and canteen privileges suspended for 30 days
New correctional technology gives facilities and residents the tools to prepare for successful re-entry while promoting facility and community safety
Many probation and supervision agencies rely on aging technology systems that are difficult for officers to use and don’t provide adequate data for decision-making and measurement of outcomes
Project provides training and assistance for correctional facilities to improve contact between enable incarcerated parents and their children
The families and advocates are planning to boycott the DOC’s program that’ll allow a private company to profit off of inmate video visitation
The changes are being considered because the current visitation program requires staffing that DOC has a difficult time meeting
The proposed change would limit face-to-face visitation to a minimum of two per month, for two hours at a time on alternating weekends
A sheriff tweaked a controversial policy that lets Mecklenburg County jail inmates receive visits from family and friends only through video screens
Once a properly-implemented video visitation becomes the norm at a correctional facility, contraband issues decrease while security improves
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
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
After Casey McCary passed the balloons, he ate the evidence again
Warden Patti Wachtendorf says the picnic will give offenders a chance to eat a meal with their families, which isn’t allowed during routine visits
The inmate was recently sentenced to life in prison
Visitors will no longer set foot inside the actual jail, but be directed to a video-conferencing trailer near the facility’s entrance
Video visits are still allowed under the new rules, but in-person meetings must be offered in addition
Research reflects a reduction in recidivism with inmates receiving regular visitation from family, loved ones, clergy and mentors
Officials hope to expand a program that allows people to chat with inmates via video hookup at public libraries across the city
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
Officials who run the facilities say video visits have improved security and increased visitation hours
Video visitation is great to prevent contraband, lower staffing needs and enact control over inmates, but are there downsides?
Report compiled by the board stated that at least 80 percent of weapons found on Rikers Island were made of components already found in the jail
Three separate lawsuits have been filed against Securus involving their replacing in-person visitation with video visitation
Merced County is increasing security at its jails through the use of a body scanner and a video visitation system
Would allow some people confined by corrections facilities to appear before a judge or for a mental health evaluation to do so using video conferencing
Legislator would halt practice, return to in-person interaction
A company that provides video visitation to correctional facilities and a county jail are facing lawsuits for surreptitiously ending in-person visitation earlier this year
Under the settlement, the sheriff’s department will buy and maintain hundreds of new wheelchairs and provide physical therapy on site for disabled inmates
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
After a successful three-week trial period when the online visits were free, county prison officials began charging $15 for a 25-minute session
Claims it doesn’t work and alienates poor families
For years, visits have been a frustrating experience at the Harris County jail