Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto said a new video visitation program at the jail will help increase safety and free up resources for his agency.Officials said the jail will transition next ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, North Carolina (WTVD) -- The Cumberland County Detention Center has launched a new inmate web-based video visitation program. However, the detention center already had video ...

Jail officials in two Ohio counties plan to allow inmates to meet with their lawyers, family and friends using remote video access.Montgomery and Warren counties in southwestern Ohio want to use the ...

As discussed here a few weeks ago, a new report issued by the Prison Policy Initiative takes a harsh look at the burgeoning video visitation business in prisons and jails. More than 500 detention ...

A new system called "video visitation" is replacing in-person jail visits with glitchy, expensive Skype-like video calls. It's inhumane, dystopian and actually increases in-prison violence — but god, ...

Doug Phillips is the chief jail administrator of the Polk County Sheriff's Office in Des Moines, Iowa. Updated February 23, 2014, 7:00 PM At the jail here in Polk County, Iowa, we began using a remote ...

Video conferencing is often thought of as a useful tool to connect with people in distant locations. Students and teachers living in foreign countries take advantage of the technology to communicate ...

Video visitation was marketed to Texas jails as a money-saving safety improvement, but instead the technology is rarely used and, advocates say, detrimental to rehabilitation. Texas Jail Project Gone ...

Criminal justice has a long history of having a fetish for technology. Prison cells that open remotely, electronic monitoring anklets, speed limits enforced by radar, police body cameras—technological ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Video visitation is the hot new trend in the corrections industry. Companies like ...

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