Video conference with minister example of new court technology

Mirmichi Leader Friday November 7th, 2008

By Laura MacInnis

Ten years ago there was a riot at the Atlantic Institution in Renous.

Instead of hauling 13 violent inmates to the Miramichi Law Courts to be charged, a video conference was set up at the local hospital between the judge and the prison.

The security it maintained for sheriffs who would otherwise have to transport more than a dozen criminals from a maximum security prison was a benefit the court saw right away.

That's why Miramichi was the first to purchase it's own Integrated Switch Digital Networking (ISDN) video link system in New Brunswick in 2001.


Posted Nov 07 2008, 02:52 PM by Serge Obolensky, CAE
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