A Securus video chat terminal. The company will no longer require jails to remove in-person visits to use its software. Coos County, NH Securus, a billion-dollar tech company that works with hundreds ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Video visitation is the hot new trend in the corrections industry. Companies like ...

Securus, a for-profit corrections company that sells video visitation software, is convincing jails and prisons to remove in-person visits. Securus Richard Gladden, a Texas defense attorney, ...

“Securus' Video Visit mobile app represents another way we Serve and Connect, connecting family and friends with an easier, more convenient way to visit their incarcerated loved ones,” said Russell ...

Two lawsuits filed by a civil rights group allege that county jails in Michigan banned in-person visits in order to maximize revenue from voice and video calls as part of a “quid pro quo kickback ...

A new system called "video visitation" is replacing in-person jail visits with glitchy, expensive Skype-like video calls. It's inhumane, dystopian and actually increases in-prison violence — but god, ...

Securus Technologies is changing its tune about in-person jail visitation. The communications firm, which provides video services for a number of jails across the country — Denton County Jail included ...

Dallas County has chosen a local company, Securus Technologies, to install “video visitation” at its jail by the end of this year. The video chats would cost $10 per 20-minute visit. And there’s a ...