Correctional postal mail contraband elimination system
AssigneeHLFIP Holding, Inc.
InventorJonathan D. Logan
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Abstract
A method and system for eliminating contraband in postal mail at a correctional facility comprising a central processing facility and a network of inmate email kiosks and correctional institution staff review stations. The postal mail utilizes scanning stations to create electronic versions of the mail and associates various information about the sender, recipient, mail contents, and institution into a format that is easily reviewable and provides tracking data. The scanned mail may then be made available to the intended inmate and institution staff. Institution staff may also then access the associated information and tracking data.
Claims32
A method for eliminating contraband in postal mail for a correctional facility comprising:
- receiving an identification of mail information associated with a postal mail that is sent to a recipient inmate, the identification of mail information comprising at least one of identification of the recipient inmate and identification of a correctional facility associated with the recipient inmate;
- identifying an inmate postal mail account associated with the recipient inmate, the postal mail account being capable of electronically receiving digital messages associated with postal mail;
- scanning at least a portion of the postal mail, thereby creating a digital representation of at least a portion of the postal mail;
- associating the digital representation with the inmate postal mail account;
- receiving a determination from staff, wherein the determination is based upon whether contraband is discovered upon screening of at least one of the postal mail and the digital representation;
- electronically delivering the digital representation to the inmate postal mail account upon receiving a determination from staff representing that access is not denied, the digital representation being capable of display on a terminal capable of receiving and sending at least one of digital representation of postal mail and email;
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- logging access to the digital representation by the recipient inmate.
A system for processing postal mail that is sent to an inmate at a corrections facility, the system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to one or more of the processors and_comprising instructions operable when executed by one or more of the processors to cause the system to:
- receive an identification of mail information associated with a postal mail that is sent_to a recipient inmate, the identification of mail information comprising at least one of identification of the recipient inmate and identification of the correctional facility associated with the recipient inmate;
- identify a postal mail account associated with the recipient inmate, the postal mail_account being capable of electronically receiving digital messages associated with postal mail;
- scan at least a portion of the postal mail, thereby creating a digital representation of at_least a portion of the postal mail;
- associate the digital representation with the inmate postal mail account;
- receive a determination from staff, wherein the determination is based upon whether_contraband is discovered upon screening of at least one of the postal mail and the digital representation;
- electronically deliver the digital representation to the inmate postal mail account upon_receiving a determination from staff representing that access is not denied, the dispatched digital representation being capable of display on a terminal capable of_receiving and sending_at least one of digital representation of postal mail and email;
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- log access to the digital representation by_the recipient inmate.
A computer program product for processing communication that is sent_to an inmate at a corrections facility, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions encoded thereon that, when_executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- receive an identification of mail information associated with a postal mail that is sent_to a recipient inmate, the identification of mail information comprising at least one of identification of the recipient inmate and identification of the correctional facility associated_with the recipient inmate;
- identify a postal mail account associated with the recipient inmate, the postal mail_account being capable of electronically receiving digital messages associated with postal mail;
- scan at least a portion of the postal mail, thereby creating a digital representation of at_least a portion of the postal mail associate the digital representation with the inmate postal mail account;
- receive a determination from staff, wherein the determination is based upon whether_contraband is discovered upon screening of at least one of the postal mail and the digital representation;
- electronically deliver the digital representation to the inmate postal mail account upon_receiving a determination from staff representing that access is not denied, the digital representation being capable of display on a terminal capable of receiving and sending_at least one of digital representation of postal mail and email;
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- log access to the digital representation by_the recipient inmate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.