By C1 Staff
Telmate is aiming to help the families and inmates of the Utah County Jail by providing a more cost-effective way of providing visitation.
The company will be replacing the previous vendor who provided the Utah County Sheriff’s Office with inmate phone, email, and video visitation services.
Telmate states that video visitation is a more efficient means for an inmate’s friends and family to stay in touch. Video visits are a high-quality, safe, and convenient alternative to in-person onsite visits.
Studies show that inmates who are connected to their loved ones are more likely to not reoffend.
With Telmate video visitation and other services, inmates are given tools to stay connected and occupy their time with productive activity.
Telmate customers have reported a drop in violence for both inmate-to-inmate and inmate-to-staff immediately after video visitation systems were installed.