More jails replace in-person visits with awful video chat products
Terrible policy. In-person visitation is known [0][1] to reduce recidivism rates. Video visitation should be included as an addition, not a replacement, to in-person visitation.<p>Lots more information about the subject (costs, providers, etc.) can be found at Prison Policy Initiative:<p><a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/visitation/report.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.prisonpolicy.org/visitation/report.html</a><p><a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/prisonvisits.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/prisonvisits.html</a><p><a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/phones/state_of_phone_justice.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.prisonpolicy.org/phones/state_of_phone_justice.h...</a><p>[0]: <a href="https://law.yale.edu/system/files/area/center/liman/document/prison_visitation_policies.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://law.yale.edu/system/files/area/center/liman/document...</a><p>[1]: <a href="https://mn.gov/doc/assets/11-11MNPrisonVisitationStudy_tcm1089-272781.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://mn.gov/doc/assets/11-11MNPrisonVisitationStudy_tcm10...</a>