Multifunction wireless device

A controlled-environment telephone system for responding to an inbound telephone call to a wireless communication device associated with an inmate of a controlled environment, the system comprising:

• a network interface configured to receive the inbound telephone call from a network external to the controlled environment;
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• one or more circuits configured to:
• prompt a caller associated with the inbound telephone call for first information or second information depending on availability of caller identification information;
• prompt the caller for identification information of the inmate;
• validate the caller based on the first information or the second information and the identification information of the inmate;
• send a message to the inmate informing the inmate of the inbound telephone call, wherein the message comprises a short message service (SMS) message, a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message, an announcement at the controlled environment, or a page;
• receive authorization information from the wireless communication device via a private wireless network of the controlled environment;
• validate the wireless communication device for use with the private wireless network based on the received authorization information;
• permit an outbound call from the wireless communication device by the inmate to the caller in response to the caller being validated, in response to a successful validation of the wireless communication device, and after an initial authentication of use by the inmate of the wireless communication device is performed;
• perform an action to the permitted outbound call in response to failing a continued authentication of use by the inmate of the wireless communication device, wherein the wireless communication device performs continued authentication that uses authentication information from the inmate that is provided continuously or at a given authentication interval;
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• receive sensed environment information from the wireless communication device via the private wireless network, wherein the sensed environment information is associated with monitoring activities of one or more inmates of the controlled environment, wherein the sensed environment information is separate from the permitted outbound call, and wherein the wireless communication device includes at least one sensor to provide the sensed environment information.