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Video link lets inmates go to court without leaving jail
By themorningsun.com- Lisa Yanick-Jonaitis
Published: 11/20/2014

From the Isabella County Jail, Sgt. Lori Cooper spoke to group in an Isabella County courtroom Wednesday over a video teleconferencing system.

Shown on a large, high-definition television at the front of the courtroom, Cooper answered questions – clear as a bell – as part of a demonstration of the “virtual” courtroom system.

“It’s safer. We aren’t taking the risk of transporting from the jail to the courthouse for every appearance,” she said. “And it’s a lot less manpower, and it takes less time.”

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