Management of controlled-environment facility resident image and/or background during video visitation
Information associated with a controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device, such as device location within the controlled-environment facility, may be used to determine whether the resident device is approved for two-way video visitation or restricted to on-way video visitation. Video visitation may be initiated and voice and video captured and streamed by a non-resident communications and/or data device, as well as voice and/or video captured and streamed by the resident device, is received by a controlled-environment facility electronic communications management system. Voice and video captured at the non-resident device is transmitted to the resident device and, if the resident device is permitted two-way video visitation, voice and video captured by the resident device is transmitted to the non-resident device, if the resident device is restricted to one-way video visitation, only voice is transmitted to the non-resident device.
1. A method for management of controlled-environment facility resident image and/or background during video visitation comprising:
initiating, by a controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device, a visitation request;
determining, by a controlled-environment facility electronics communications management system, whether a controlled-environment facility resident user of the controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device is, in accordance with rules associated with the controlled-environment facility, approved for two-way video visitation, or restricted to one-way video visitation;
capturing and streaming, by the controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device, voice data captured by the controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device, to the controlled-environment facility electronic communications management system, in response to determining, by the controlled-environment facility electronics communications management system, that the controlled-environment facility resident is restricted to one-way video visitation;
capturing and streaming, by the controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device, voice and video data captured by the controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device, to the controlled-environment facility electronic communications management system, in response to determining, by the controlled-environment facility electronics communications management system, that the controlled-environment facility resident is approved for two-way video visitation; and
streaming, by a non-resident communications and/or data device, voice and video data captured at the non-resident communications and/or data device to the controlled-environment facility electronic communications management system.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising recording and filtering, by the controlled-environment facility electronic communications management system, voice and/or video data streamed by the controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device and the voice and/or video data streamed from the non-resident communications and/or data device.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising blocking, by the controlled-environment facility electronic communications management system, voice and/or video data streamed by the controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device, based on information associated with the controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising blocking, by the controlled-environment facility electronic communications management system, voice and/or video data streamed from the respective communications and/or data device, based on image features detected in the video data streamed from the controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device and/or the non-resident communications and/or data device.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the controlled-environment facility resident is approved for two-way video visitation or restricted to one-way video visitation, is based, at least in part on location of the controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising blocking, by the controlled-environment facility electronic communications management system, the voice and/or video data streamed from a respective communications and/or data device, based, at least in part, on a time of day of the visitation.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising blocking, by the controlled-environment facility electronic communications management system, the voice and/or video data streamed from a respective communications and/or data device, based, at least in part, on a duration of the visitation.
8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising reporting, by the controlled-environment facility electronic communications management system, in response to the visitation completing successfully, a successful visitation session to at least one of:
the controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device;
the non-resident communications and/or data device;
the controlled-environment facility; and
a database associated with the controlled-environment facility.
9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising reporting, in response to a failure to confirm identity of the user of the controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device, failure of the video visitation session to at least one of:
the controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device;
the non-resident communications and/or data device;
the controlled-environment facility; and
a database associated with the controlled-environment facility.
10. A method for management of controlled-environment facility resident image and/or background during video visitation comprising:
initiating, by a controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device, a visitation request;
capturing and streaming, by the controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device, voice and video data to a controlled-environment facility electronic communications management system;
receiving, by the controlled-environment facility electronic communications management system, the voice and video data captured and streamed by the controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device;
receiving, by the controlled-environment facility electronic communications management system, voice and video data captured and streamed by a non-resident communications and/or data device;
determining, by the controlled-environment facility electronic communications management system, in accordance with rules associated with the controlled-environment facility, whether a controlled-environment facility resident user of the controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device is approved for two-way video visitation or restricted to one-way video visitation;
transmitting, by the controlled-environment facility electronic communications management system, the voice and video data captured at the non-resident communications and/or data device, to the controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device;
transmitting, by the controlled-environment facility electronic communications management system, to the non-resident communications and/or data device the voice data captured at the controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device; and
transmitting, by the controlled-environment facility electronic communications management system, to the non-resident communications and/or data device the video data captured at the controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device, in response to a determination the controlled-environment facility resident is approved for two-way video visitation.
11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising the controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device streaming the captured voice data, and blocking the video data, to the controlled-environment facility electronic communications management system, in response to a determination the controlled-environment facility resident is restricted to one-way video visitation.
12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising recording and filtering the voice data streamed by the controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device and the voice and video data streamed from the non-resident communications and/or data device.
13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising blocking the streamed voice data, based on information associated with the controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device.
14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising blocking the voice and/or video data streamed from a respective communications and/or data device, based on image features detected in the video data streamed from the respective controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device and/or the non-resident communications and/or data device.
15. The method of claim 10 , further comprising using a location of the controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device to determine whether the controlled-environment facility resident is approved for two-way video visitation or restricted to one-way video visitation.
16. The method of claim 10 , further comprising blocking the voice and/or video data streamed from a respective communications and/or data device, based, at least in part, on a time of day of the visitation.
17. The method of claim 10 , further comprising blocking the voice and/or video data streamed from a respective communications and/or data device, based, at least in part, on a duration of the visitation.
18. The method of claim 10 , further comprising reporting, in response to the video visitation completing successfully, a successful video visitation session to at least one of:
a respective controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device;
the non-resident communications and/or data device;
the controlled-environment facility; and
a database associated with the controlled-environment facility.
19. The method of claim 10 , further comprising reporting, in response to failure to confirm identity of a user of the controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device, failure of the video visitation session to at least one of:
a respective controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device;
the non-resident communications and/or data device;
the controlled-environment facility; and
a database associated with the controlled-environment facility.
20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by a controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device, cause the controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device to:
initiate a visitation request;
capture and stream voice data captured by the controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device to a controlled-environment facility electronic communications management system; and
capture and stream video data captured by the controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device, to the controlled-environment facility electronic communications management system, in response to a determination, in accordance with rules associated with the controlled-environment facility, that a controlled-environment facility resident user of the controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or data device is approved for two-way video visitation.