Systems and methods for providing a visual content gallery within a controlled environment

A method for managing a social content gallery in a controlled environment, comprising:

• receiving a content submission message from a user device located outside of the controlled environment, the content submission message including content, a content gallery identifier, and first authentication information;
• determining a user associated with the user device based on the authentication information;
• authenticating the user based on the authentication information;
• determining that the user is authorized to add the content to a content gallery associated with the content gallery identifier;
• determining that an authorized face associated with the content gallery is included in the content based on performing facial recognition analysis on the content;
• determining that the content does not include restricted submission information applicable to the content based on monitoring movement of an identified object from a first frame of the content to a second frame of the content;
• adding the content to a content gallery associated with the content gallery identifier based on determining that the authorized face associated is included in the content;
• receiving a request for the content from an inmate device associated with the inmate, the request including second authentication information;
• authenticating the inmate based at least in part on the second authentication information;
• determining that the inmate is authorized to access the content gallery associated with the content gallery identifier;
• and
• sending the content to the inmate device.

A system for distributing content created by an inmate located within a controlled environment, the content being received via a secure private network from an inmate device associated with the inmate, the system comprising:

• a database that stores inmate profile information associated with the inmate and an inmate device identifier;
• a network accessible content gallery associated with the inmate;
• and
• one or more processors and/or circuits configured to:
• receive a content submission message from the inmate device, the content submission message including the inmate device identifier and content;
• determine restricted submission information applicable to the content based on the profile information;
• determine that the content does not include the restricted submission information based on monitoring movement of an identified object from a first frame of the content to a second frame of the content;
• determine that a face associated with the inmate is included in the content based on performing facial recognition analysis on the content;
• and
• add the content to the network accessible content gallery.