Can Skype-Like Video Chats Replace In-Person Jail Visits? [GovTech.com]

Samantha Sangenito 9/28/154:00 AM

For many inmates in county jails awaiting trial, the days are long, lonely and stressful. For them, visiting with family is their only connection to the outside world. It is a connection that deserves as much protection as the right to private counsel. It is an act that needs to be safeguarded by those operating the jails.

And yet, the trend to do away with in-person visitation in order to make money for local county lock-ups has become all too popular. It is a movement that gives this board pause. It is a trend that needs to cease in Central Texas.

[For more of this story, written by Sean Collins Walsh, go to http://www.govtech.com/opinion...son-Jail-Visits.html]

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