Offender message delivery system

摘要

A correctional facility communication system for sending an external message to an offender of a correctional facility is disclosed. The correctional facility communication system includes a messaging system and a correctional facility system coupled together with a wide area network. The messaging system is at a first location and the correctional facility system is at a second location, different from the first location. The messaging system authenticates a sender of the external message, receives the external message in electronic form at the first location, checks the external message against criteria specified by the correctional facility, determine a second location of the offender and a corresponding printer, and sends the external message to the second location for automatic printing with the corresponding printer.

主权项

1. A system for providing an inmate housed in a correctional facility with access to recorded media, the system comprising:
one or more network interfaces configured to facilitate network access for a correctional facility system, wherein the correctional facility system corresponds to one or more correctional facilities; one or more user interfaces to facilitate access to information regarding one or more recorded media items from a media repository that is network-accessible;
one or more processors coupled to the one or more network interfaces, to one or more repositories that retain information about inmates housed in the one or more correctional facilities, and to the one or more user interfaces, the one or more processors to execute instructions to:
enable authorized access, via the one or more user interfaces, to the information regarding one or more recorded media items from the media repository based at least in part on processing authentication information corresponding to persons approved for access;process information regarding an identity of a first inmate housed in one of the one or more correctional facilities;process information regarding a selection of the one or more recorded media items for playback by the first inmate, where the one or more recorded media items were selected via one or more recorded media options, and where the one or more recorded media options exposed to the first inmate are a function of the information regarding the identity of the first inmate;download data corresponding to at least part of the one or more recorded media items consequent to a determination that one or more predetermined rules are not violated based at least in part on the identity of the first inmate, and retain the data in association with the first inmate; andenable transfer of the data to a media player medium to facilitate playback by the first inmate.