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Kiosk counting inmate funds for corrections facilities

April 11, 2013

A new intake kiosk for handling funds in correctional facilities was introduced by Global Tel*Link, enabling a streamlined process for counting and applying an inmate's funds to their trust account, according to a news release.

The intake kiosk from GTL accepts bills in a stack and loose change via a coin basket, producing a more rapid count of the funds, the announcement said. The kiosk rejects counterfeit bills and non-money such as bus or subway tokens that may be in an inmate's possession. All funds taken by the intake kiosk are automatically applied to the correct inmate account and the intake kiosk produces a receipt for the inmate and the facility at the completion of the process.

The GTL intake kiosk runs on the OffenderConnect software and integrates directly with other GTL applications like the Offender Management System. Transactions appear in the OMS accounting system automatically for simplified account reconciliations, and the intake kiosk creates an audit trail for every transaction.

"We needed to provide a solid solution that removed the potential for human error and made counting funds much quicker than the manual processes that most facilities were using," said Ron Meadows, intake kiosk product manager for GTL. "The intake kiosk does so much of this work, and does it quickly and accurately. By counting bills and coins simultaneously and then automatically applying the funds to the correct inmate account, we can really save the facilities a lot of time."

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