Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
Jennifer Walter walked into a portable room outside the Napa County Jail last week and had a brief conversation with her 21-year-old son. But despite being just 100 feet away, the inmate appeared from inside the jail on a computer screen for a video chat of the type hosted by Skype or Google Talk. The mother and son were on the front lines of a national trend that has jails around the country moving away from in-person visits, replacing them with digital ones. But while the shift has some clear advantages — for counties, inmates and their loved ones — 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. A consultant hired by the U.S. Department of Justice reported in December that video chats are best used as a supplement, but “should not be deemed as an invitation to discontinue in-person visiting.” The consultant added, “Traditional, in-person visiting is a best practice that should continue in all correctional settings when possible.” Counties shift to video However, in the Bay Area, Napa officials have allowed only video visitation for family and friends since premiering […]
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