Systems and methods for processing requests to send private postal mail to an inmate
US11201974B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 27, 2020 |
| Grant date | Dec 14, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 27, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/4473
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system for maintaining privacy in private postal mail, such as privileged or other legal postal mail or medical mail, at a correctional facility comprising a privacy verification system to verify a privacy status of a sender and generate privacy status identifiers to be used on the legal postal mail. The privacy status identifiers when scanned or observed at a mail processing facility that processes incoming mail sent to inmates who are incarcerated in a correctional facility provides an indication to the mail processing facility that the mail is private so that appropriate measures can be taken to maintain privacy status.
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