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Global Tel Link (GTL), formerly known as Global Telcoin, Inc. and Global Tel*Link Corporation, is a Reston, Virginia–based telecommunications company, founded in 1989, that provides Inmate Calling Service (ICS) through "integrated information technology solutions" for correctional facilities [1] [2] which includes inmates payment and deposit, facility management, and "visitation solutions". [2]
In order to use an inmate telephone service, inmates must register and provide a list of names and numbers for the people they intend to communicate with. [5] Call limitations vary depending on the prison's house rule, but calls are typically limited to 15 minutes each, and inmates must wait thirty minutes before being allowed to make another call. [6]
This was a decrease of twenty percent in the inmate population from just four years earlier when there were 29,347 inmates in the system. [7] A 2011 study showed among the 36 states that report felon recidivism — defined as re-imprisonment within three years of release — Virginia has the fourth lowest recidivism rate in the United States. [8]
Securus Technologies is a technology communications firm serving department of corrections facilities and incarcerated individuals across the country. [ 1][ 2] The company is a subsidiary of Aventiv Technologies. In the past, the company has faced criticism over phone call pricing, data security, monopoly [ 3] and product innovation.
Closed on July 1, 2024 [3] Indian Creek Correctional Center: Chesapeake: 1,002 James River Correctional Center: Goochland County: Closed April 1, 2011 Keen Mountain Correctional Center: Oakwood: 879 Lawrenceville Correctional Center: Lawrenceville: 1,555 Operated by GEO Group as Virginia's only private state prison, until Aug. 1, 2024. When the ...
In the video exchange obtained by the AP, the inmate told the state police investigator there was no functional heat in at least one part of the prison, leading to “unbearable” indoor ...
24279. Country. United States. Website. vadoc .virginia .gov /facilities /western /redonion /. Red Onion State Prison ( ROSP) is a supermax state prison located in unincorporated Wise County, Virginia, [ 4] near Pound. Operated by the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC), it houses about 800 inmates. [ 3] The prison opened in August 1998.
August 9, 2023 at 6:32 PM. RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Department of Corrections, under scrutiny over the death of an inmate that raised broader questions about conditions at a southwest ...