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Aventiv Technologies Commits To Diversify Workforce Through New Partnership With Korn Ferry Partnership Aims to Increase Representation from African American and Hispanic Communities in Aventiv Workforce News provided by Share this article Share this article DALLAS, April 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Aventiv Technologies, parent company of Securus Technologies, today announced a new partnership with Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY), a leading global organizational consulting firm, to help advance the corporation's human capital goals as part of its ambitious, multi-year transformation agenda. The partnersh...

Calling a loved one in Colorado jails or prisons? Be prepared to pay some bucks. Durango, Colorado Currently Tue 4% chance of precipitation 7% chance of precipitation Lawmakers want transparency into costs paid by families, inmates Tuesday, April 13, 2021 10:17 AM Inmates in the La Plata County Jail hang out in the dormitory area. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file Calling a loved one in Colorado jails or prisons? Be prepared to pay some bucks. Inmates in the La Plata County Jail hang out in the dormitory area. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file ...

Share this article Share this article DALLAS, March 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Securus Technologies today announced that the company's COVID-19 assistance program which launched in March 2020 has provided 40 million free phone calls, 6.4 million free video connections, and 23.8 million free JPay Stamps to incarcerated individuals and their loved ones. The assistance program, launched in partnership with correctional agencies across the country, has facilitated more than 320 million minutes of free phone connections alone, ensuring loved ones can stay in contact during the pandemic with those th...

Getty The prison where I'm incarcerated shut down contact visits on March 9, 2020. There's been no transparency from officials on when we'll get to see our loved ones again. As bars and restaurants are filling up again, it's time to lift restrictions in prisons. Christopher Blackwell is a writer who is incarcerated at the Washington State Reformatory in Monroe, Washington. This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author. Last night, before I fell asleep in my cell, I kissed a photo of my wife twice and said, "It's okay, my love, we'll ma...

Print When Georgina Mercado was arrested in Chicano Park in 2016 and booked into the Las Colinas women’s jail in Santee, her first thoughts were about her children, who were 2, 4 and 6 years old at the time. Mercado ended up spending three months in custody before the charges were dropped. Her grandmother, whose only source of income was a monthly Social Security check, took care of the children. “I couldn’t call home because I’m not going to put that extra burden on my grandmother,” Mercado said. The initial connection fee alone was $5. “Over three months, I think I only called h...