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I would just like to state for the record that not all companies in the rehabilitation-space are scummy and greedy. While there are other companies in our field
by joshstrange 7y ago
I would just like to state for the record that not all companies in the rehabilitation-space are scummy and greedy. While there are other companies in our field (I won't mention any names as we work with some of them) that fall under that umbrella there are other companies, like mine, dedicated to improving the lives of people once they get out of jail or in some cases keeping them out of jail in the first place.
As far as I know we were the first ones to release a very low-profile ankle bracelet [0] and give participant's a phone they can use to keep in contact with their supervisors. If you don't know much about the rehabilitation-space then you might not understand how big of a deal that is but understand that before us the only monitoring systems in existence were bulky ankle bracelets that could barely last a full day on a charge and provided no more than beep/buzz as a form of communication.
The ability to reach out and talk to a participant is huge deal as we can steer someone back from doing something like violating parole/areas they aren't allowed to be in. Before this the "solution" was to just dispatch an officer to the location the ankle bracelet reported. Now we can proactively call them when they are going somewhere they shouldn't be and give them a chance to reconsider. You have to remember that a number of people on our program either can't afford a phone and/or the service for it so it's not as easy as just "call the participant". Using our program we insure there is a stable line of communication at all times.
We also work to provide a spectrum of options for our agencies to use from Ankle Bracelet+Phone, to just Phone, to just an app on their own phone. Agencies can use this move participants between our offerings as they move between perceived risk levels. You might put someone right out of jail on a Bracelet+Phone and then graduate them to just the Phone after a few weeks. You might just use our Check-In app to periodically check in with the participant. You might use our video chat app built into our phone (we do NOT charge by the minute or anything scummy like that) to avoid having to have them come into the office (in a lot of jurisdictions a video chat can be legally equivalent to a face-to-face visit, either at the station or at a participant's house).
I could talk about this for hours but I'll leave you with this, our mission statement:
> Corrisoft’s mission is to deliver advanced technology services that enable community supervision agencies to engage with their clients more effectively, drive better outcomes, and reduce recidivism.
I'm sure other companies might use similar language but from the inside I can tell you we really mean it.
[0] https://corrisoft.com/air-smartphone-supervision-solutions/ https://corrisoft.com/air-smartphone-supervision-solutions/