Systems and methods for product ordering and delivery for inmates

A method for providing product ordering services to an inmate of a correctional facility, the method comprising:

• storing an inmate profile of the inmate;
• receiving a list of available products for ordering by the inmate;
• generating a catalog of available products that excludes products from among the list of available products that are prohibited by the correctional facility;
• providing the inmate with access to the catalog of available products;
• receiving data regarding an order for the inmate for one or more products selected from the catalog of available products;
• generating an order number for the order of the inmate;
• assigning a unique tag code to the order number that contains information regarding contents of a package and an identity of the inmate;
• printing a label for a package containing the order, wherein the label is readable by a computer without the order number to conceal the identity of the inmate and the contents of the package using the unique tag code;
• affixing the printed label with the unique tag code to the package;
• conducting an electronic review of the contents of the package, wherein the package does not include the order number or any information discernable to a human;
• and
• generating a map comprising a route within the correctional facility for a person delivering the package, the route having locations marked thereon representative of a delivery destination associated with the package, wherein identity information of the inmate receiving the package is not revealed to the person delivering the package.

A method for providing product ordering services to an inmate of a correction facility, comprising:

• storing an inmate profile of the inmate;
• receiving a list of available products for ordering by the inmate;
• generating a catalog of available products based on the received list of available products, the generating including:
• comparing each product of the list of available products to restrictions associated with the correctional facility;
• removing each product of the list of available products that is restricted by the correctional facility;
• comparing each remaining product of the list of available products to inmate restrictions associated with the inmate;
• and
• removing each product of the remaining products that is restricted by the inmate restrictions;
• receiving an order from the inmate for one or more products included in the catalog of available products;
• generating an order number from the order of the inmate;
• assigning a unique tag code to the order number that contains information regarding contents of a package and an identity of the inmate;
• printing a label for a package containing the order, wherein the label is readable by a computer without the order number to conceal the identity of the inmate and the contents of the package using and that includes the unique tag code;
• affixing the printed label with the unique tag code to the package;
• conducting an electronic review of the contents of the package, wherein the package does not include the order number or any information discernable to a human;
• and
• generating a map comprising a route within the correctional facility for a person delivering the package, the route having locations marked thereon representative of a delivery destination associated with the package, wherein identity information of the inmate receiving the package is not revealed to the person delivering the package.