The Challenge

Overcrowded courts and prisons create dangerous and costly logistical problems for law enforcement and criminal justice organizations.  Governments are increasingly utilizing technology – including video codecs, IP cameras, and digital recording systems – to improve public safety and process efficiency.  Yet software-based solutions that seamlessly integrate these technologies have not been readily available.  That’s where Simtrol comes in.  

The Solution

Simtrol’s Device Management Platform seamlessly integrates the technology required to enhance criminal justice procedures such as digital arraignments and video visitations.  Simtrol’s industry-specific leading edge Telejustice applications include Arraigner™ and Visitor™.

• By integrating multipoint videoconferencing, digital document management, digital signatures and evidence into a unified platform, Simtrol’s Arraigner substantially reduces the complexity, risk, and cost associated with arraignments and other pre-trial proceedings.

• Competitive arraignment solutions tend to focus on the video component, while ignoring the procedural paper trail. Simtrol’s Arraigner is a total solution that brings the judge, county prosecutor, police officer and offender together into a virtual courtroom. The solution’s inclusion of extensive workflow documents related to each case makes it a truly unique offering that can save a large county over $15 million annually while simultaneously improving security levels.  

• Simtrol's Visitor is a video visitation software application that enables correctional facilities to conduct inmate visitations with enhanced safety and cost-effectiveness.  Via a centralized, easy-to-use touch screen featuring a Graphical User Interface (GUI), correctional facilities can easily schedule and manage visitations. The technology also enables facilities to observe a live grid of video visitations, record desired sessions, annotate recordings, send messages to participants, and start and stop visitation sessions automatically per configurable schedules.

The Benefits

• Reduce the complexity, risk and costs of pre-trial processes with a ‘virtual’ approach and electronic workflow.
  • Cut arraignment times in half
  • Eliminate costs and safety issues for transporting prisoners
• Decrease energy consumption and associated power costs by intelligently scheduling devices
• Extend asset life through proactive maintenance and optimized device settings
• Increase device uptime and utilization with proactive alerting and remote diagnostics and troubleshooting
• Reduce operating costs by enabling centralized management of assets and simplifying technology support requirements