“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 ...

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 ...

People locked up in the Denton County Jail used to be allowed to see visitors two days per week. But when a company called Securus Technologies began offering a service for expensive virtual “visits” ...

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 ...

At the Dallas County jail, a local company’s attempt last year to end in-person visitations and replace them all with video chats was quickly foiled by local activists and politicians. But in Denton, ...

In a hyper-connected world where digital tools are essential, the nearly two million incarcerated individuals in the U.S. face a stark reality. Access to technology is limited due to decades of ...

A St. Clair County judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the county that alleged the sheriff's department conspired with a telecommunications company to force jail inmates to use costly video ...

It’s been described as ‘Skype for the jailed’ and is being sold as safer and more convenient. But it begs the question: are in-person visits a human right? One sunny day in October, at the Jefferson ...

PLANO, Texas, Aug. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Securus Technologies, an Aventiv company with more than 30 years of industry leadership in secure, innovative technology for corrections, is unveiling two ...

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, ...

Face-to-face visitation has a new meaning for inmates at Maricopa County jails now that in-person visits have been swapped for Skype-like video chats. On Thursday, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office ...