Investigation and reporting of inmate security threats

1. A method for identifying telephone call activities that pose potential security threats, comprising:

storing first information regarding security threat groups;

storing second information regarding inmates known to be affiliated with the security threat groups;

storing call detail records associated with telephone calls to or from inmates associated with a correctional facility; and

using the call detail records and the first and second information to identify telephone call activity associated with one of the security threat groups.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein storing first information includes:

storing information regarding at least one of inmate organizations, inmate groups, inmate alliances, or gangs.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the correctional facility includes a plurality of correctional facilities; and

wherein using the call detail records and the first and second information includes:

establishing correlations of inmate telephone calls between ones of the plurality of correctional facilities to identify telephone call activities associated with the security threat groups.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the correctional facility includes a plurality of correctional facilities; and

wherein storing the second information includes:

storing information regarding inmates known to be affiliated with the security threat groups from the plurality of correctional facilities.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

storing third information regarding each inmate associated with the correctional facility; and

wherein using the call detail records and the first and second information includes:

identifying telephone call activity associated with one of the security threat groups based on an analysis of the call detail records against the first, second, and third information.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

regularly updating the first and second information.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

automatically recording a name of an inmate who calls a telephone number determined to be associated with one of the security threat groups.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein using the call detail records and the first and second information includes:

determining telephone calls from an inmate who is associated with one of the security threat groups, and

tagging the determined telephone calls as telephone calls possibly related to the one of the security threat groups.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

storing a database of telephone numbers associated with persons doing business at the correctional facility; and

analyzing the call detail records against the database to identify telephone call activity between an inmate and one of the persons doing business at the correctional facility as a potential security threat.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein using the call detail records and the first and second information includes:

determining instances where two or more inmates call a same telephone number outside the correctional facility at a same time, and

tagging the determined instances as potential conference telephone calls related to one of the security threat groups.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein using the call detail records and the first and second information includes:

determining instances where two or more inmates call a same telephone number outside the correctional facility, and

tagging the determined instances as telephone calls possibly related to one of the security threat groups.

12. A system for identifying telephone call activity associated with a potential security threat, comprising:

means for storing information regarding security threat groups and inmates known to be affiliated with the security threat groups;

means for storing call detail records associated with telephone calls to or from inmates associated with a plurality of correctional facilities; and

means for identifying a telephone call activity associated with one of the security threat groups based on the stored information and the stored call detail records.

13. A computer-readable medium that stores instructions executable by at least one processor, comprising:

instructions for storing first information regarding security threat groups;

instructions for storing second information regarding inmates known to be affiliated with the security threat groups;

instructions for storing communication detail records associated with electronic communications to or from inmates associated with a correctional facility; and

instructions for analyzing the communication detail records against the first and second information to identify electronic communication activity associated with one of the security threat groups.

14. A system, comprising:

a memory to store:

information regarding security threat groups and inmates known to be affiliated with the security threat groups, and

communication detail records associated with communications to or from inmates associated with a plurality of correctional facilities; and

an analysis module to analyze the communication detail records against the information regarding security threat groups and inmates known to be affiliated with the security threat groups to identify communication activity associated with one of the security threat groups.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the information regarding security threat groups includes information regarding at least one of inmate organizations, inmate groups, inmate alliances, or gangs.

16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the analysis module is configured to establish correlations of inmate communications between ones of the plurality of correctional facilities to identify communication activities associated with the security threat groups.

17. The system of claim 14 , wherein the analysis module is configured to:

determine communications from an inmate who is associated with one of the security threat groups, and

tag the determined communications as communications possibly related to the one of the security threat groups.

18. The system of claim 14 , wherein the memory is further configured to store information regarding persons doing business at the correctional facilities; and

wherein the analysis module is configured to identify communication activity between an inmate and one of the persons doing business at one of the correctional facilities as a potential security threat.

19. The system of claim 14 , wherein the analysis module is configured to:

determine instances where two or more inmates call a same telephone number outside the correctional facilities at a same time, and

tag the determined instances as potential conference telephone calls related to one of the security threat groups.

20. The system of claim 14 , wherein the analysis module is configured to:

determine instances where two or more inmates communicate with a same number outside the correctional facilities, and

tag the determined instances as communications possibly related to one of the security threat groups.

21. The system of claim 14 , wherein the communications include at least one of telephone calls, electronic mail transmissions, or instant message transmissions.