Offender message delivery system
AssigneeCore Systems (NI) Limited
InventorTerry D. Harper
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Abstract
A correctional facility communication system for sending an external message to an offender of a correctional facility is disclosed. The correctional facility communication system includes a messaging system and a correctional facility system coupled together with a wide area network. The messaging system is at a first location and the correctional facility system is at a second location, different from the first location. The messaging system authenticates a sender of the external message, receives the external message in electronic form at the first location, checks the external message against criteria specified by the correctional facility, determine a second location of the offender and a corresponding printer, and sends the external message to the second location for automatic printing with the corresponding printer.
Claims27
A correctional facility communication system for sending an external message to an offender of a correctional facility, the correctional facility communication system comprising:
- a messaging system at a first location configured to:
- authenticate a sender of the external message,
- receive the external message at the first location, wherein the external message is in electronic form,
- check the external message against criteria specified by the correctional facility,
- provide a unique identifier for the external message, wherein the unique identifier triggers analysis according to a criteria specified by the correctional facility, and
- send the external message to a second location for automatic printing on a corresponding printer that prints the external message with the unique identifier being visible;
- a correctional facility system at the second location, wherein the correctional facility system:
- receives the external message,
- analyzes the unique identifier according to the criteria to determine the external message is confidential, and
- automatically prints the external message under seal and with an identifier, corresponding to the unique identifier, visible for distribution to the offender;
- and
- a wide area network coupling the messaging system to the correctional facility system.
A method for sending an external message to an offender of a correctional facility, the method comprising steps of:
- authenticating a sender of the external message;
- receiving the external message at a first location, wherein the external message is in electronic form;
- checking the external message against criteria specified by the correctional facility;
- providing a unique identifier for the external message, wherein the unique identifier triggers analysis according to a criteria specified by the correctional facility,
- sending the external message to a second location for automatic printing on a corresponding printer that prints the external message with the unique identifier being visible;
- receiving the external message at the second location;
- analyzing the unique identifier according to the criteria to determine the external message is confidential;
- and
- automatically printing the external message under seal and with an identifier, corresponding to the unique identifier, visible for distribution to the offender.
A communication system for sending an external message to an offender of a correctional facility, the communication system comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- authenticate a sender of the external message,
- receive the external message at a first location, wherein the external message is in electronic form,
- check the external message against criteria customized by the correctional facility,
- provide a unique identifier for the external message, wherein the unique identifier triggers analysis according to a criteria specified by the correctional facility to cause printing the external message under seal, and
- send the external message to a second location for automatic printing on a corresponding printer that prints the external message with an identifier, corresponding to the unique identifier, being visible;
- and
- a memory coupled with said processor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.