Video Arraignment
Increasing the security of government employees and the public is a top priority in the judicial and law enforcement community. Wide Area Media video conferencing solutions meet that objective by creating protected legal and penal environments and reducing the potential for courtroom violence through high quality, life-like video interactions. Wide Area Media video conferencing solutions also optimize time and resources by removing the requirement for defendants, victims, judges, and counsel to sit in the same room during preliminary proceedings.
Many judicial systems, law enforcement and correction agencies also use Wide Area Media video conferencing solutions to:
- Speed the adjudication process
- Reduce case backlogs by bringing the courtroom to the inmate
- Eliminate extra costs for transportation, housing and security that are incurred moving inmates to and from jails and courtrooms
The reasons why more organizations choose Wide Area Media are clear: our video conferencing solutions effectively streamline the legal process by enabling participants and observers to "have their day in court" without traveling far distances. Medical, forensic and other experts can testify from their offices, broadening the use of expert testimony. And everyone - defendants, witnesses, judges, and lawyers - can reclaim time they once spent waiting for scheduled court appearances.
Corrections Applications
Wide Area Media collaboration solutions can also be effectively used for the following:
- Video arraignments, warrants, and parole board hearings
- Video-enabled courtroom presentations
- Remote testimony by specialists, inmates and officers
- Psychiatric and healthcare evaluations and consultations
- Rehabilitative distance learning programs
- Meetings between inmates and counsel or other representatives
- Judicial consideration of appeals and visitation
Courtroom Applications
Wide Area Media collaboration solutions are widely used for the following:
- First arraignments / pretrial procedures
- Warrants and bail hearings
- Remote depositions
- Distant witness testimony – expert, victim; civil, criminal cases
- Inmate and officer testimony
- Attorney consultations
- Juvenile detention hearings
- Case management and mediation
- Mental health hearings
