US Patent Issued to Global Tel*Link on March 11 for "System and method for inmate notification and training in a controlled environment facility" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,187, issued on March 11, was assigned to Global Tel*Link Corp. (Reston, Va.).

"System and method for inmate notification and training in a controlled environment facility" was invented by Stephen L. Hodge (Aubrey, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A messaging system for relaying messages to groups of inmates located in one or more controlled-environment facilities. The system receives a message from a user and a recipient designation identifying those inmates designated for receiving the message. The system performs a content check of the message or requests administrator authorization of the message, and then packages the messag...