Thursday, May 19, 2011

Jail inmates upgrade to visits via video chat

New system allows Cape May County Jail inmates online video visits

A sheriff at Cape May County Jail recently came up with the idea of allowing inmates to be able to speak with visitors over video chat. The system would allow the inmates three visitors per day for 20 minutes each as opposed to the regular one day per week face-to-face visits. Normally visitors have to go through the process of security and have to speak on a telephone while seeing the inmate through a glass. Personally, I think video chat visits are much more convenient for everyone and it helps that they are only a small fee of $10 per session. This may add up if someone is a frequent visitor, but overall it saves them the trouble of driving all the way to the jail and going through security to only be able to see to the person through a sheet of glass anyway. I'm no inmate visitor but in my opinion the sheriff who came up with this clever idea is one smart man.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

That's great! That's a great idea too. Plus, they can't give them cigarettes hidden in a carved out portion of the Bible now :)

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