A new program has been introduced to the DC Department of Corrections along with some other institutions across the country. It's called "video visitation" and it's aim is to take actual face-to-face meetings with friends and family and replace them with remote conferencing conducted with cameras at separate facilities. The deal for this technology was reached between the DC city council and the Global Tel*Link Company, which installed the system for free. Those involved say the new system is aimed to make the jail run more efficiently, but what other implications can arise? Ivy Finkenstadt of the DC Prisoners' Project explains.

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