Entries by Telmate

Video visits help inmates connect with friends, family, and improve security

JANUARY 24, 2018 LEBANON, KY – The Marion County Detention Center will upgrade its video visit solution with corrections technology leader Telmate, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GTL. The services will now include remote video visits on Telmate Tablets as well as “at facility” visits on lobby video visitation stations. Telmate installs and maintains their advanced visitation solution […]

GTL’s Give to Live and Telmate Gives Back Programs Thrive in 2017

Serving communities and causes around the nation, GTL and Telmate set the bar high for corporate giving in 2017 Reston, Virginia (PRNewsWire) – January 18, 2018 – GTL, is proud to share some of the initiatives of its Give to Live and the Telmate Gives Back programs in 2017 as associates volunteered in their local communities throughout the year, donating […]

Telmate’s “Deck the Halls with Calls” Program Provides Free Phone Time to Inmates for Holidays (PRWeb)

SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) DECEMBER 21, 2017 – Corrections technology leader Telmate, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GTL, today announced the sixth year of “Deck the Halls with Calls,” a yearly event where the corrections company will provide nearly one million minutes of free phone calls to incarcerated men and women so they can connect with loved ones during the holiday season.

Telmate Volunteers Teach Kids to Code at San Francisco Boys & Girls Club

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017 SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Here at Telmate we just finished running our first-ever, Coding Workshop for Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco. The workshop is a volunteer-led group of eleven developers, QA, and data analysts that was set up to teach coding classes to the club’s middle school kids during the last few weeks […]

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT KIM PLAUCHE

Livingston Parish Corrections Administrator Uses Innovation and Technology to Keep Detention Center Running Smoothly, Securely JULY 2017 LIVINGSTON, LA – Today Telmate, a leader in inmate communications, recognizes Administrative Assistant, Kim Plauche of the Livingston Parish Detention Center, as the Telmate Heroes Award recipient for Summer 2017. The Telmate Heroes Award recognizes exemplary performance in the field of law enforcement and corrections, combined […]

[FROM TELMATE] GTL Acquires Telmate, a Leading Provider of Secure Corrections Solutions and Community Corrections and Probation, Parole Applications

AUGUST 1, 2017 SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Today Telmate, a leader in correctional technology, announced its acquisition by GTL, a leader in the fields of inmate communications and government payment services. “My business partner Richard Torgersrud and I, have worked for the last 11+ years to build the most reliable, innovative, and secure technology solutions in the corrections […]

[FROM GTL] GTL Acquires Telmate, a Leading Provider of Secure Corrections Solutions and Community Corrections and Probation, Parole Applications

Reston, Virginia (PRNewsWire) – August 1, 2017 – GTL, an innovation leader in correctional technology, education solutions that assist in rehabilitating inmates, and payment services solutions for government, today announced the acquisition of Telmate, a leading provider of secure corrections and community corrections solutions including inmate telephone service, tablets, visitation, messaging, education and entertainment content, corrections applications, investigative […]

Providing inmates with tablets keeps jails safer, officials say (ABC 33 | 40)

WALKER COUNTY, Ala. — Walker County is the first in the state to provide inmates with mobile tablets. Officials say the technology is keeping the jail safer for inmates, staff, and the community. Better behavior, more family interaction, intercepted contraband. Those are just some of the ways Walker County Jail officials say mobile tablets are improving […]