Message transmission scheme in a controlled facility

A system for message transmission in a controlled facility, comprising:

• a computer processor;
• a memory;
• a database server comprising a superfriend account for a superfriend, wherein the superfriend account stores a superfriend network list, wherein the superfriend comprises an administrative privilege and a removal protection, wherein the removal protection prevents each inmate of a plurality of inmates from disassociating the superfriend from an inmate network of the inmate, wherein each inmate of the plurality of inmates has permission to associate and disassociate, in the inmate network, with other inmates of the plurality of inmates and not the superfriend;
• and
• a network application executing on the computer processor and comprising instructions that:
• receive a request to transmit a message from the superfriend in a controlled facility,
• receive, for the message from the superfriend network list of the superfriend, a selection of the plurality of inmates confined in the controlled facility,
• send, via an electronic network, the message to each of the plurality of inmates in the controlled facility, and
• present the message to each inmate of the plurality of inmates in the controlled facility when the inmate accesses the electronic network, wherein the message is presented in a separate window that is displayed prior to any window displaying other messages from non-superfriends, and
• for each inmate of the plurality of inmates:
• calculate audit information capturing the presenting of the message;
• transmit an acknowledgement of receipt of the message to the superfriend;
• and
• storing the audit information,
• wherein for at least one inmate of the plurality of inmates, calculating the audit information comprises calculating a length of time in which the message is presented to the inmate, and
• wherein the audit information comprising the length of time.

A non-transitory computer readable medium for message transmission in a controlled facility, the non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code for:

• receiving a request to transmit a message from a superfriend in a controlled facility, wherein the superfriend comprises an administrative privilege and a removal protection, wherein the removal protection prevents each inmate of a plurality of inmates from disassociating the superfriend from an inmate network of the inmate, wherein each inmate of the plurality of inmates has permission to associate and disassociate, in the inmate network, with other inmates of the plurality of inmates and not the superfriend;
• receiving, for the message from a superfriend network list of the superfriend, a selection of the plurality of inmates confined in the controlled facility;
• sending, via an electronic network, the message to each inmate of the plurality of inmates in the controlled facility;
• presenting the message to each inmate of the plurality of inmates in the controlled facility when the inmate accesses the electronic network;
• and
• for each inmate of the plurality of inmates:
• calculating audit information capturing the presenting of the message, wherein the presenting of the message includes requiring each inmate to access the message prior to gaining access to other messages from non-superfriends;
• transmitting an acknowledgement of receipt of the message to the superfriend;
• and
• storing the audit information,
• wherein for at least one inmate of the plurality of inmates, calculating the audit information comprises calculating a length of time in which the message is presented to the inmate, and
• wherein the audit information comprising the length of time.