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(WASHINGTON) – Inmates at the Daviess County Security Center will have a new method to communicate with family members after the Daviess County Commissioners approved a communication system similar to texting.
Combined Communication will provide the service. There would be approximately 60 devices for the 220 inmates. The devices are housed in secure, tamper-proof cases, and designed especially for the inmate environment.
For over 17 years, Combined Communication has partnered with corrections professionals to provide inmate communication technologies that are reliable and cost-effective.
An inmate would pay $4 to use of the device plus 10 cents per message.
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Sheriff Gary Allison told the commissioners that other counties have had success with the system.
Staff will monitor all messages sent and received.