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.Lots more information about the subject (costs, providers, etc.) can be found at Prison Policy Initiative:https://www.prisonpolicy.org/visitation/report.htmlhttps://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/prisonvisits.htmlhttps://www.prisonpolicy.org/phones/state_of_phone_justice.h...[0]: https://law.yale.edu/system/files/area/center/liman/document...[1]: https://mn.gov/doc/assets/11-11MNPrisonVisitationStudy_tcm10...