{"id":3099,"date":"2015-02-18T12:32:17","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T16:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/?p=3099"},"modified":"2019-09-18T14:36:59","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T18:36:59","slug":"new-videos-not-like-skype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/18\/new-videos-not-like-skype\/","title":{"rendered":"New videos: Video visitation is not “just like Skype”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month, we released a new report, Screening Out Family Time: The for-profit video visitation industry in prisons and jails<\/a>. Despite exciting press coverage<\/a> and a victory in Portland, Oregon<\/a>, where that sheriff agreed to bring back in-person visits, county jails and private companies are still<\/i> conspiring to ban traditional family visits.<\/p>\n

In response, we collaborated with NYC comedians to challenge the industry’s offensive claim that video visitation is “just like Skype” with 4 short videos. The comedians take on banning in-person visits<\/a>, the high cost<\/a>, how hard the systems are to use<\/a>, and that these services make eye contact difficult<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Watch all 4 videos:
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