Many States Are Now Conducting Video Visitation For Inmates

By Andrew Smith


Having a loved one or a friend being in a prison or in a correctional facility is a sad knowledge. Knowing the dire conditions inside such environment brings a lot of anxiety. The arrangement of visitation takes a toll personally and, worse, strains relationship among family members, plus, not to mention the long distance one has to cross on. Gladly, many states are now conducting video visitation for inmates.

A lot of stress could be experienced by the visitor during travels and actual meetings, and all for thirty minutes or less visitation. No wonder when during those times, emotional baggage is becoming bitterer. Physical stress almost always begets emotional bouts. It helps to know that there is another option in order to avoid such case.

Since then it is seen that video visitation has improved the condition of the facility. Inmates have less contact with security forces, and the latter would divert their time from manning the prisons to attending other important tasks around the area. In a way, it improves the prisoners well-being also as he now has a sense self-decision on his own to move.

The facility personnel had taken more important tasks than transferring prisoners from one cell to another cell of visitation. Illegal transactions among inmates were also prevented. For this positive observation, videoconferencing continues till this day and is improving technically. In fact, contractors are competing for customers trust.

When it comes to funding the service, the welfare funds intended for inmates are used. Additional support comes from the shared profits and commissary fractions with phone contracts or IT vendors. Sometimes supporting funds are abolished in order for vendors to make upgrades and improvements on the facility.

Thus, for the part of the visiting person, he must be well versed of what could happen along the way. Different vendors have their own way of conducting the business. Others require the visitor to go check for himself if it is actually served in the prison. Others also extend the service of coordinating between clients.

Videoconferencing is not free. Companies charge the visitor per minute for a minimum of 33 cents, in additional to a fix charging fee which, basing on the internet, could amount to 30 dollars. And the video duration is only less than an hour like, thirty minutes. Basing again on the reviews, other visitors have experienced extortion from greedy vendors.

One of the latest improvements in video visitation is the option in making it at the home. Unlike before when videoconferencing happens only on site the facility, which of course is obsolete as it is not at pace with the current time, inmates now may take a look at the outside world. They could communicate more than one loved ones and the background could be arranged in order to refresh previous memories.

According to a study, since the immergence of videoconferencing, seventy percent of inmates shun face to face visitation. It could be that it helps them get a frequent glimpse on the actual world of their loved ones. Because if vendors offer an at home visit, the background could be so staged as to compensate the loneliness of the prisoner.




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